Sept. 10-Oct. 31

The Empty Sky - The World Trade Center and Memorials

A photography exhibit by artist Donna Clovis of Princeton Junction will be on display at Rutgers’ Center for Latino Arts and Culture, 122 College Ave. An opening reception will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Contact: The Center for Latino Arts and Culture, (732) 932-1263.

Sept. 12
Terror in The Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence

A public lecture by Professor Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara. Juergensmeyer is a renowned scholar on religious fundamentalism and nationalism. This is the first lecture of the 2002-3 Anna I. Morgan Lectures in Religion, sponsored by Rutgers' department of religion. This year's theme is "Globalization and World Religions"; all the lectures will touch upon 9/11.
Time and location: 7 p.m., Trayes Hall, Douglass Campus Center, George Street and Nichol Avenue.
Contact: Chun-fang Yu, chair, department of religion
(732) 932-3290.

Sept. 18
The News Since 9-11: Can You Trust the Media?

Journalist and author Michael Massing, who has analyzed news coverage of the war on terrorism from New York to Afghanistan, will lecture on the topic "The News since 9-11: Can You Trust the Media?" A contributing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review and a frequent contributor to The Nation, Massing is the author of The Fix, a study of the U.S. war on drugs. Comments and questions from the audience will be encouraged. The event is sponsored by the journalism and media studies program at Rutgers-Newark.
Time and location: Sept. 18; Room 255, Robeson Center, Rutgers-Newark Campus
Contact: Rob Snyder, journalism and media studies program,
(973) 353-5119, ext. 10.

Oct. 7
First Monday 2002: Civil Liberties in a New America

A program looking at free speech, privacy/monitoring, racial profiling and other civil liberties issues in the post-Sept. 11 era. First Monday is a national program that is conducted each year on the opening day of the United States Supreme Court (first Monday in October). The Alliance for Justice picks a topic and law schools across the country plan activities that relate to that topic. All First Monday programs feature speakers, the showing of a film developed by the Alliance for Justice and collaborative workshops with community groups. The event is sponsored by the Rutgers Law School-Newark.
Time and location: 12:30-5 p.m., Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington St., Newark
Contact: Frank Askin, Rutgers Law School, (973) 353-5687, e-mail: faskin@kinoy.rutgers.edu

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