PEACE, PALESTINE AND POLITICS TO BE DEBATED IN DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES A view into international politics is scheduled for January 29 as Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a former minister of higher education and scientific research, and Adrien Wing, a professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law, present "Peace in the Middle East: The Palestinian Perspective" as part of the 1998-99 Distinguished Lecturer Series at William Paterson University in Wayne. A limited number of single tickets may be available at the Shea Center Box Office. For ticket availability, and to purchase single tickets, please call the box office at 973-720-2371 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.; prices are $23 standard; $21 for senior citizens, William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; $8 for William Paterson students; and $12 for students from other schools. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. in Shea Center on campus. Ashrawi, a human rights activist and an international scholar, has combined an academic career as a professor of English literature at Birzeit University on the West Bank with service to many political organizations that benefit her country. She served as official spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation in the Middle East Peace Process and gained international acclaim during the 1991 peace talks in Madrid for her eloquent championing of the Palestinian cause. Most recently, she resigned in protest from Yasir Arafat's government over a lack of commitment to reforms and alleged corruption. Wing grew up in Orange and attended the Newark Academy Preparatory School. A graduate of Princeton, she received a law degree from Stanford University. She spent five years as a lawyer in New York City specializing in international corporate and litigation issues concerning Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, and was recruited as an independent consultant by the United States Agency of International Development to assist in drafting the constitution of Palestine in 1996. Her experience in Palestine dates back to 1982 when she served as a medical volunteer in the refugee camps in West Beirut. Since then she has been active in Palestinian affairs and received the Union of Palestinian Women Committees Award and is a former board member of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign. William Paterson's Distinguished Lecturer Series is presented by the William Paterson University Foundation, the Student Government Association and the Student Activities Programming Board. Supporters of the series have included: AAA-New Jersey Automobile Club; Allied Signal, Inc.; American Home Products Corporation; AT&T; Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Bell Atlantic; Castrol North America; The Chase Manhattan Bank; The CIT Group; Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey; The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB; Dorfman, Abrams, Music and Company, CPAs; Edward Meier; Barbara and Robert Evans; Exxon Research & Engineering; First Institutional Securities, LLC; Fluoramics Inc.; Gerber & Samson, Attorneys; Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.; Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.; Hudson United Bank; Interchange Bank; ITT; Knoll Pharmaceutical Company; Spyros Lenas; Marconi North America; McBride Enterprises, Inc.; Merck; Minolta Corporation; Mona Industries, Inc.; North Jersey Newspapers Company; The Opper Group; Palma, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Passaic County Educational Council; PSE&G; The Ramapo Bank; The Record; Reckitt & Colman, Inc.; Paula and Leon Rosenblum; Daryl and Steven Roth; Ruder Finn, Inc.; Select Carriers, Inc.; State Farm Insurance Companies; Thomas Construction Company, Inc.; Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc.; Union Camp Corporation; United Water New Jersey; United Yarn Products Company, Inc.; Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC); Warner-Lambert Company; and the William Paterson University Alumni Association.
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