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Pitzer College Inaugural Symposium to Spotlight 
"Just War Doctrine in the Age of Terror"

Claremont, Calif. (Jan. 8, 2003) – As part of a weeklong celebration marking the 
inauguration of fifth President Laura Skandera Trombley, Pitzer College will play 
host to "The Search for Social Justice," a symposium featuring prominent 
speakers. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 
in Avery Auditorium. All sessions are free and open to the public.
The keynote session, "Just War Doctrine in the Age of Terror," will take place 
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The panel will be led by Richard A. Falk, the Albert G. 
Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus and Professor of 
Politics and International Affairs, Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School of 
Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Falk has written many 
articles on international law, the New World Order and international justice. 
Among his books are "International Human Rights Law and Practice: Cases, 
Treaties and Materials" and "Predatory Globalization: A Critique."
Commentators will be Martha Crenshaw, professor of government and the 
Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor of Global Issues and Democratic Thought 
at Wesleyan University; and David G. Winter, professor of psychology at the 
University of Michigan. Crenshaw is an internationally recognized authority on 
the problems of political violence, and Winter's research has focused on the 
psychological aspects of conflict escalation, war and peace. The organizer and 
presider will be Dana Ward, professor of political studies at Pitzer. Ward has 
written about moral reasoning, foreign policy and gender. He currently is the 
executive director of the International Society of Political Psychology.
The panel will address the question of whether or not terrorism presents a 
sufficiently new challenge to call into question Just War Doctrine and instruments 
of International Law, which incorporate Just War principles. Do we need new 
principles and laws for containing terrorism, or are existing laws and doctrine 
sufficiently robust to guide our response to increasing political violence?
In addition to the Feb. 14 symposium on the Just War Doctrine, Ahmed 
Rashid, recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the Taliban, will 
speak on his new book, "Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia," at 
Pitzer College on Feb. 7. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take 
place from 3-5 p.m. in Avery Auditorium.
The opening session on Feb. 14, "From the Ground Up: Living Justice on 
Campus," will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Speakers include Paul 
Faulstich, associate professor of environmental studies at Pitzer; Kathryn Miller, 
associate professor of art at Pitzer; Jason Venetoulis, visiting professor of 
environmental studies at Pitzer; and Mark von Wodtke, Claremont Environmental 
Design Group and professor emeritus in the College of Environmental Design at 
Cal Poly Pomona. Wodtke is the founder of Energy Harvester and has more than 
30 years of professional experience in doing regenerative designs for renewable 
energy systems integrated into both architecture and landscape.
This symposium will challenge the usual notion of "justice" to include issues 
of environmental sustainability. Taking Pitzer as a case study, speakers will 
discuss ecological design and how it interfaces with social justice. Bringing this 
theme back home, there will be an exploration of new options for residential 
facilities on campus that incorporate socially and ecologically just design. The 
session will include brainstorming design features that will help Pitzer envision 
ways in which the community can "live justice" on campus. 
The final session, "Issues in Social Justice: Student Projects & Papers from 
the First-Year Seminars," will take place from 4 to 5:15 p.m. The inaugural 
symposium was inspired by Pitzer's First-Year Seminar program, which 
encourages the development of each student's potential for becoming a more 
literate person who thinks, reads, writes and speaks with competence and 
discrimination. While each seminar has a different instructor, topic and body of 
readings, the focus this year has been on "The Search for Social Justice." This 
session presents several examples of work completed by students focusing on 
the theme of the seminars. Presiders will be Mita Banerjee, associate professor 
psychology, and Brian Keeley, assistant professor of philosophy. Students will be 
chosen at a later date.
The inauguration of President Trombley will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, 
Feb. 15. The week of events surrounding the inauguration will be kicked off 
Monday, Feb. 10 with a student raffle to determine the winner of "President for a 
Day." The president and the winning student will then exchange places from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13. There also will be a Marquis Library 
Fireside Chat with emeriti faculty at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11. On Sunday, Feb. 
16 there will be Community Work Day held in the Arboretum.
The inaugural celebration also marks the beginning of a yearlong celebration 
of Pitzer's 40th anniversary. A "Pitzer at 40" campus-wide exhibit will open 
Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Partial funding for "The Search for Social Justice" symposium is provided by 
Campus Life Committee. Lunch also may be purchased at the dining hall for 
$4.25 the day of the symposium.

Media contact:
Bridget Lewison
Office of Public Relations
V: (909) 621-8219
F: (909) 621-8798
Bridget_Lewison@Pitzer.edu