Calendar briefs

Energy expert to speak
Are higher oil prices a temporary blip, or will they be a fact of life in the 21st century? Christopher Flavin of the Worldwatch Institute offers his view in a free public lecture Thursday, April 6, at 4 p.m. in 240 Union South. Flavin is senior vice president at Worldwatch, a nonprofit environmental “think tank” in Washington, D.C. He contends that the 21st century may be marked by a dramatic move away from fossil fuels toward a new generation of decentralized, low-emission technologies. Information: 263-5599.

Faculty concerts continue
Stephanie Jutt, a music professor and flute player, performs Friday, April 14, in a free concert with Kenneth Moses, bassoon, and Karen Boe, piano, in Mills Concert Hall, starting at 8 p.m.

Fisk examines NATO action
A public lecture by acclaimed British journalist Robert Fisk is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m., 2650 Humanities. Fisk’s lecture, titled “Cancer and Guns: Reporting ‘Our’ Wars” will address the recent NATO war in Yugoslavia and will challenge the claim that this was a “humanitarian” war. The event is sponsored by the Harvey Goldberg Center for the Study of Contemporary History among others. Information: 233-6643.

Loftus returns
Tom Loftus, special adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization, will lecture on “The Case for Foreign Entanglements: The U.S. in Europe” Tuesday, April 18, 3:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center. Loftus, who has a degree from the La Follette Institute for Public Affairs, is a former U.S. ambassador to Norway and Wisconsin Assembly speaker.

Experts discuss power study
A U.S. Department of Energy study on power outages around the country last year will be the subject of a roundtable hosted by the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute, from 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Cost: $75 to $225 depending on affiliation. Information: 263-4180.