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dance

South Asia Program
"Sitara Night," an evening of dance performances and other surprises, will be April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall. Tickets are available at the Willard Straight ticket office, from Sitara members and at the door.
Theatre, Film & Dance
Senior Ellen London will present a dance thesis April 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The work is called "Shape" and is an exploration of the decisions one makes regarding his or her own health. The concert, to be held in the Schwartz Center's Class of '56 Dance Theatre, is free and open to the public. Featuring all original choreography, "Shape" is a multimedia dance presentation with video projections by Madeline Farbman. The concert also features a live pianist, cellist and trombone player. London has choreographed each piece with specific dancers in mind. Dancers participating in the concert are: Liz Mao, Rebecca Budinoff, Allen Fogelsanger, Somjen Frazer, Rob Collins, Meg Lekander and Lena Magee.


exhibits

Johnson Museum of Art
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Kathryn Spence," though May 27.
* "War and Peace," through June 10.
* "Common Threads: Art, Identity and Fashion in the 20th Century," through June 17.
* "Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing," through June 17.
* "Something Old/Something New: Print Acquisitions From the Class of 1951," through June 17.
* Art for Lunch: April 12 at noon, tour "Common Threads: Dress, Identity and Art in the 20th Century" with guest curator Charlotte Jirousek.
* Photographer Ernesto Pujol will discuss his work involving religious costume and imagery to create a "visual history of the human body" April 12 at 5:15 p.m. in the museum.
* Student Arts Showcase, April 14 from 3 to 5 p.m.: This annual event becomes a gathering place for creative minds. See and hear demonstrations and performances by dancers, actors, visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, poets and more. Free and open to all.
Clark Hall Physical Sciences Library
(M-Th, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; F, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; and S, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.)
"Humor in the Sciences"; for more information contact Pat Viele at 255-4016 or e-mail ptv1@cornell.edu.
Comstock Memorial Library of Entomology
(M-F, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.)
"Butterflies of the Finger Lakes," photographs by Akito Kawahara and Robert Dirig.
Kroch Library
"From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics?" an exhibition showing the intellectual history of home economics, through Aug. 17. For exhibit hours, call 255-3530.


films

Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema and held in Willard Straight Theatre, except where noted, and are open to the public. All films are $4.50 ($4 for students, kids 12 and under and seniors). Visit the Cornell Cinema web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu.

Cinema Co-sponsorships: Cornell Cinema welcomes proposals from faculty, student and community organizations for films or series to be included in the fall 2001 schedule. Call 255-3522 for information and an application form. The deadline for proposals is May 1.
Thursday, 4/12
"Rebels With a Cause" (2000), directed by Helen Garvy, 7:15 p.m.
"Barenaked in America" (1999), directed by Jason Priestly, with Barenaked Ladies, 9:45 p.m.
Friday, 4/13
"Rebels With a Cause," 7 p.m.
"House of Mirth" (2000), directed by Terence Davies, with Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz and Dan Aykroyd, 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"The Specialist" (2000), directed by Eyal Sivan, with Adolf Eichmann, 9:15 p.m.
"The Most Terrible Time in My Life" (1992), directed by Kaizo Hayashi, with Masatoshi Nagase, Kaho Minami and Shinya Tsukamoto, 10:15 p.m., Uris.
"Psycho Beach Party" (2000), directed by Robert Lee King, with Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson and Nicholas Brendon, midnight.
Saturday, 4/14
"Rebels With a Cause," 5 p.m., $3.50
"House of Mirth," 7:15 p.m., Uris.
"Journey to the Sun" (1999), directed by Yesim Ustaoglu, with Newroz Baz, Nazmi Qirix and Mizgin Kapazan, 7:30 p.m.
"Psycho Beach Party," 9:45 p.m.
"Barenaked in America," 10:15 p.m., Uris.
Sunday, 4/15
"House of Mirth," 4:30 p.m., $3.50.
"The Most Terrible Time in My Life," 7:30 p.m.
"Apollo 13" (1995), directed by Ron Howard, with Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon, 9:30 p.m., free.
Monday, 4/16
"The Women" (1939), directed George Cukor, with Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer and Rosalind Russell, 7 p.m.
"Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story," with an introduction by Teresa Grady, Catholic Worker House, presented by the Celebrate Life Film Series, 7:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"Barenaked in America," 9:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 4/17
"Journey to the Sun," 7:15 p.m.
An Evening with Experimental Austrian Filmmaker Martin Arnold, 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center Film Forum.
"Eclipse of Reason," presented by the Celebrate Life Film Series, 7:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"To Be or Not To Be - the Human Family," presented by the Celebrate Life Film Series, 8:15 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"House of Mirth," 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 4/18
"Titanic Town" (1998), directed by Roger Michell, with Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds and Nuala O'Neill, 7 p.m., $3 for students courtesy of ISPB.
"Spitfire Grill," presented by the Celebrate Life Film Series, 7:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"Quills" (2000), directed by Philip Kaufman, with Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet and Joaquin Phoenix, 9:15 p.m.
Thursday, 4/19
"Where Are My Children," presented by the Celebrate Life Film Series, 7:30 p.m., Robert Purcell Community Center, free.
"The Specialist," 9 p.m.
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964), directed by Richard Lester, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 9:45 p.m.


lectures

Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Computational Studies of Oxidative Damage to Proteins: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease," Christian Amatore, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, April 12, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Classics
"Maronea and Rome: Urban Destruction in the Service of Diplomacy," Kevin Clinton, classics, April 13, 4:30 p.m., 122 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Computer Science
"Combing Theorem Proving and Model Checking for the Verification of Reactive Systems," Peter Manolios, University of Texas, April 12, 4:15 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall.
"Some Challenges for Computer Science/Engineering in the 21st Century," Wm. Wulf, National Academy of Engineering, April 12, 8 p.m., Uris Hall Auditorium.
"The Maximum-Margin Approach to Learning Text Classifiers Methods, Theory and Algorithms," Thorsten Joachims, GMD, April 17, 4:15 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall.
"Motion Design in Computer Animation," Jovan Popovic, CMU, April 19, 4:15 p.m., B11 Kimball.
CUSLAR
"Is Democracy Possible," Howard Zinn, noted historian, activist and author, April 12, 8 p.m., Bailey Hall. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the ticket office in Willard Straight Hall and at Autumn Leaves Used Books on the Ithaca Commons. For more information, contact Paul Wilson at 256-7023 or pdw4@cornell.edu.
Graduate School
The Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture will be given by author Amartya Sen April 19 at 8 p.m. in Alice Statler Auditorium. The lecture is free, but tickets are required. A limited number are available at the door. See story, page 4.
Israeli Student Association
"The Middle East After Israeli Elections: Thoughts on the Past and Prospects for the Future," Ambassador Alon Pinkas, Israeli consul-general in New York, April 16, 5:30 p.m. (Hebrew) and 6:30 p.m. (English), Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. See story, page 2.
Latin American Studies Program
Carlos Morton, University of California-Riverside, will give two public lectures: April 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Latino Living Center, Anna Comstock Hall; and April 13 at noon in 434 Rockefeller Hall.
Messenger Lectures
"Institutional Roadblocks," Norman Myers, consultant in environment and development, April 12, 2 p.m., B45 Warren Hall.
Mind & Memory
"Quarks and the Scientific Non-Method," Peter Lepage, physics and nuclear studies, April 16, 2:55 p.m., 155 Olin Hall.
Physics
Bethe Lectures: Wick Haxton of the University of Washington will give the following lectures, both in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall: "Solar Neutrinos and Neutrino Oscillations," April 16, 4:30 p.m.; and "Neutrinos: John Updike and the Big Bang," April 18, 7:30 p.m. See story, page 6.
Professors-at-Large
"The Failure of Camp David II: A Case Study in Conflict Resolution," Itamar Rabinovich, Tel-Aviv University, April 12, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Southeast Asia Program
"Injury Narratives From Northern Thailand: A Study of Law, Change and Identity," David Engel, SUNY Binghamton, April 12, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
"Plazas, Parks and Cemeteries: Collective Memory and Forgetting in Manila," Eva-Lotta Hedman, University of Nottingham, April 19, 12:20 p.m., Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave.
University Lecture
"What Is a `Feminine' Workplace? Gender Stereotypes, Discourse and Interactional Realities," Janet Holmes, Victoria University, New Zealand, April 19, 4:30 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. See story, page 6.
Wellness Program
"Fear Not the Journey Through Life: Successful Aging Strategies," Denise Heimlich, Cornell Wellness Program, April 12, noon, G01 Biotechnology Building.


music

Department of Music
* April 14, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Festival Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Davis Scatterday, presents works of two doctoral candidates in composition, Damon Lee and Robert Paterson.
* April 15, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student recital: Daniel Acsadi, classical guitar, will perform solo works for classical guitar by de Falla, Bach, Sor and Martin.
* April 16, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Senior recital: Emily Green, piano, will perform works by Prokofiev, Mozart, Debussy and Schumann.
* April 17, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student recital: Amy McIntire, soprano, Dee-Pong Lu and John Nam, piano, will perform works by Schubert and Fauré, as well as Broadway and jazz tunes.
* April 18, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: The Paterson Duo: Victoria Paterson, violin, and Robert Paterson, marimba, perform new and recent works for violin and marimba.
* April 19, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Tenor Gary Moulsdale, with assisting musicians, will perform vocal chamber music by Argento and Britten.
Bound for Glory
April 15: Denice Franke will perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sundays on WVBR-93.5 FM, 8 to 11 p.m., from the Anabel Taylor Hall Café.


religion

Sage Chapel
Robert L. Johnson, director of Cornell United Religious Work, will lead the Easter Sunday service April 15 at 11 a.m.
African-American
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Baha'i Faith
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., meet in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion, games and service-oriented activities. Classes, speakers, prayers, celebrations at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
Buddhist
* Zen Meditation is offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For information call Anne Marie at 273-4906.
* Tenzin Gephel leads Tibetan Buddhist meditation Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m., in the Founders Room, ATH.
* "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Chapter 6 - The Patience of a Bodhisattva: Working With Anger" is taught by Tenzin Gephel on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in 314 ATH.
Catholic
Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
The complete Mass schedule for Easter Weekend April 12-15:
* Holy Thursday: April 12, 6 to 11 p.m., ATH Chapel and 7:30 p.m., ATH Auditorium.
* Good Friday: April 15, 2 to 7 p.m., ATH Auditorium,
* Easter Vigil: April 14, 2 to 7 p.m., ATH Auditorium.
* Easter Sunday: April 15, brunch at 9 a.m., Mass at 11 a.m., Bailey Hall.
Christian Science
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7 p.m., G-20 Anabel Taylor Hall. Church services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ, Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Cornell Christian Fellowship
Meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Episcopal (Anglican)
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Friends (Quakers)
Meeting for Worship, Sundays 11 a.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For rides or directions, call 273-5421.
Korean Church
Sundays, 11 a.m., One World Room (in English), and 1 p.m., chapel (in Korean), Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-2250 for more information.
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-4520 or 257-6835 for directions and transportation. Basketball on Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
"Mormonism: Have You Ever Wondered?" Classes will be held each Thursday from April 12 to May 10 at 3 p.m. in 314 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Muslim
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall.
Weekly Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH.
Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
Pagan
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Protestant Cooperative Ministry
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Jewish
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:30 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with Song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by Shabbat services. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founder's Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Young Israel House, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. For daily service times, call 272-5810; all daily services are at the Young Israel House.
* Community Shabbat dinner, 6:45 p.m., Kosher Dining Hall; call 272-6907 for reservations.


seminars

Africana Studies & Research Center
"The Role of Extension and Community-Based Education in Africa," Margaret Kroma, education, April 18, noon, Hoyt Fuller Room, 310 Triphammer Road.
Applied Mathematics
"Random Matrices, Random Permutations and Digital Boiling," Harold Widom, University of California-Santa Cruz, April 13, 3:30 p.m., 655 Rhodes Hall.
Astronomy
"Microquasars," Felix Mirabel, CEA/Saclay, April 12, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
"Structure and Dynamics of Quasars and AGN: Probing the Engine With the VLBA," Ken Kellerman, NRAO, April 19, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Science Building.
Biogeochemistry & Environmental Change
"Why Does Growth Decline in Older Forests? Some Experimental Tests," Dan Binkley, Colorado State University, April 13, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
Biomedical Sciences
"Neural Regulation of Adrenocortical Function," William Engeland, University of Minnesota, April 17, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
"Nutritional Influences on Lung Health," Patricia Cassano, Nutritional Sciences, April 18, noon, Faculty Commons, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
Chemical Engineering
"Hypothesis-Driven Design and Synthesis of Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vectors," David Putnam, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 18, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
"Computational Studies of Oxidative Damage to Proteins: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease," Arvi Rauk, University of Calgary, April 12, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
"Earthquake-Related - Bridges," P. Gauvreau, J. Muller Intl., April 17, 4:30 p.m., 366 Hollister Hall.
Cognitive Studies Program
"Compositionality," Ernie Lepore, Rutgers University, April 12, 4:30 p.m., 115 Rockefeller Hall.
Cornell Education Society
"You Can Nail Jello to the Wall: Resources for Group Problem Solving," Michael Duttweiler, Cornell Cooperative Extension, April 18, 12:20 p.m., 101 Kennedy Hall.
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
"The Future of the Middle East and Its Struggle with Modernism," Dr. Dariush Homoyoun, former cabinet minsiter of Iran, April 12, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
"Finland in the European Union," Esko Aho, former prime minister of Finland, April 19, 4:30 p.m., 101 Phillips Hall.
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
"Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau From an Eastern Tibet Perspective," Clark Burchfiel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 16, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Hotspots, Endemism and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity," Callum Roberts, Harvard University, April 16, 12:30 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Food Science
"Microbial Risk Assessment," Richard Whiting, FDA, Washington, April 17, 4 p.m., 204 Stocking Hall.
Horticulture
"Tropical Ornamentals as a Potential Source of Novel Biomedicines," Eloy Rodriguez, plant biology, April 12, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"The Mysterious Origin, Evolution and Migration of the Domestic Apple," Barrie Juniper, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, April 19, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Immunology
TBA, Gary Koretsky, April 16, 4 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
International Studies in Planning
"Aborted Identity: The Commission and Omission of a Monument to the Nation, Sri Lanka, Circa 1989," Kanishka Goonewardena, University of Toronto, April 13, 12:10 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
Latin American Studies Program
"Economic Policy After Re-Democratization and the Washington Consensus: Chile in a Latin American Perspective," Andres Velasco, Harvard University, April 16, 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.
"Women Weaving Social Justice," members of K'inal Anzetik and Jolom Mayaetik, a Mayan Women's Weaving Cooperative, Mexico, April 17, 12:15 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
Manufacturing Engineering
"Toy Design for Manufacturability," Paul Dowd, Creative Engineering Toy Designers, April 12, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
"Consulting - A Systems Approach," Tina Ogden, the Ogden Group, April 17, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Materials Science & Engineering
TBA, John Bird, earth and atmospheric sciences, April 12, 4 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Strategies for Optimizing Interchromophore Interactions in Organic Materials," Guillermo Bazan, University of California-Santa Barbara, April 19, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
TBA, George Haller, Brown University, April 17, 4:30 p.m., B17 Upson Hall.
Microbiology
"Genetics and Ecology of Rock-Forming Sulfate Reducing Bacteria," Lee Krumholz, University of Oklahoma, April 12, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
"Molecular Regulation of Reovirus Pathogenesis," Terence Dermody, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, April 13, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"Physiological Events in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilm Formation," David Davies, Binghamton University, April 19, 4 p.m., 105 Riley-Robb Hall.
Molecular Biology & Genetics
"Spo11 and Meiotic Recombination: Making Breaks in Yeast and Mouse," Scott Keeney, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, April 13, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Understanding Epigenetic Silencing of Transgenes Using Cre-Lox Mediated Integration," Christopher Day, Plant Gene Expression Center, April 17, 12:30 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
Molecular Medicine
"The Role of Adapter Proteins in T Cell and Platelet Function," Gary Koretzsky, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, April 16, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
Peace Studies Program
"The Failure of Camp David II: A Case Study in Conflict Resolution," Itamar Rabinovich, Tel Aviv University, April 12, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Bourdieu's Secret Admirer From the Caucasus," Georgi Derluguian, Northwestern University, April 19, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Plant Biology
"Gibberellin Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis," Tai-Ping Sun, Duke University, April 19, 11:15 a.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Engineering Phytoremediation of Toxic Elements," Rich Meagher, University of Georgia, April 19, 4;15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Auditorium.
Plant Breeding
"The Risks of Going Non-GMO," Drew Kershen, University of Oklahoma College of Law, April 17, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
Plant Pathology
"Pathogenicity and Virulence of Meloidogyne hapla From New York," Nathaniel Mitkowski, plant pathology, April 18, 12:20 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
Psychology
"A Brief History of the (Un)Consious: From the Homunculus to the Genome," Trevor Montgomery, University of London, April 13, 3:30 p.m., 202 Uris Hall.
Rural Sociology
"Locating Thai Civil Society in Community-Based Responses to the AIDS Epidemic," Rachel Safman, nutritional sciences, April 13, 2:30 p.m., 32 Warren Hall.
South Asia Program
"Elaborating Public Political Rituals in Colonial India From Empire Day to Flag Day," Arundhati Virmani, Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseilles, April 16, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
Textiles & Apparel
"How New Industrial Districts Revive Older Ones: Locating the Lower East Side in the NYC Garment District's Innovation System," Norma Rantisi, University of Toronto, April 12, 12:20 p.m., Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"3D Applied Anthropometry: Cases and Methods," Hongwei Hsaio, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, April 19, 12:20 p.m., 317 MVR Hall.
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
"A Metaattractor Controller for a Stance-Gait-Neuroprosthesis," Wolfgang Daunicht, Institut an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Dusseldorf, April 18, 4:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.


symposium

Boyce Thompson Institute
A mini-symposium on root-soil research will be held April 12 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.


theater

Latin American Studies Program
Teatrotaller, Cornell's Spanish and Latino theater troupe, will celebrate its 20th performance with a production of "Johnny Tenoriom," a Chicano play in Spanish by distinguished playwright Carlos Morton. The performance is April 13 at 8 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall, and it will be followed by a "talk back" session with the playwright. Encore performances will be given April 20 and 21, both at 8 p.m., in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium. Tickets are available at the Latin American Studies Program, 190 Uris Hall, and from Teatrotaller members.
Theatre, Film & Dance
Black Box Series: Susan Cinoman's Fitting Rooms opens April 20 at 4:30 p.m., with evening performances April 21-22, at 7:30. Tickets are $2. For tickets and information, call or visit the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; 254-ARTS.


miscellany

Cornell Christian Faculty/Staff Forum
The Cornell Christian Faculty/Staff Forum will meet April 12 at 12:20 p.m. in the Shirley Harper Conference Room, 6th Floor, ILR Library Building. Guest speaker will be Bob Jenkins, Ithaca College.
Cornell Campus Store
The Cornell Campus Store is having a Digital Camera Day on April 12. Store hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Saturday, noon-5 p.m.
Israeli Student Association
Faculty and graduate student breakfast, April 17, 8 a.m., G08 Uris Hall. The breakfast is free; RSVP by April 12 to dgl7@cornell.edu.


sports

Baseball (6-13; 2-4 Ivy)
April 13-14, Pennsylvania, noon
April 17, at LeMoyne, 1 p.m.
Equestrian
April 14, at Zone Championships
Men's Lacrosse (5-3; 3-0 Ivy)
April 14, at Dartmouth, 1 p.m.
April 17, Hobart, 5 p.m.
Women's Lacrosse (7-2; 2-2 Ivy)
April 14, Brown, 1 p.m.
Men's Hvwt. Rowing
April 14, Rutgers, 1 p.m.
Men's Ltwt. Rowing
April 14, Princeton, Rutgers
Women's Rowing
April 14, Princeton Radcliffe
April 18, at Syracuse, 8 p.m.
Softball (20-11; 6-0 Ivy)
April 13, at Dartmouth, noon
April 14, at Harvard, noon
April 19, at St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m.
Men's Tennis (1-2)
April 13, Brown, 2 p.m.
April 14, Yale, noon