Calendar briefs

Hartman

WTO debate to be held
Panelists will debate the future of the World Trade Organization Thursday, March 23, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in B-10 Ingraham.

Opponents say WTO puts free trade above the environment, human rights and labor rights, while advocates argue that low-paying jobs in developing countries can be a path to upward mobility for the poor. Explosive protests at its November meeting in Seattle put the organization in the world spotlight.

Panelists include Medea Benjamin, co-founder and director of the San Francisco-based human rights group, Global Exchange; John Nichols, editorial page and op-ed editor of Madison’s afternoon newspaper, the Capital Times; Jeffrey Bernstein, assistant professor from the La Follette Institute for Public Affairs; and professor Ian Coxhead of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Institute for Environmental Studies. Laura Hartman, Grainger Chair of Business Ethics at the School of Business, will moderate the session.

‘Passage of Oracles’ premieres
Peggy Choy’s new “danscape,” called “Passage of Oracles,” will premiere at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8, in Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. The free performance portrays courageous sojourners who built the Trans-Continental railway, traversed the Middle Passage from Africa to the Southern cotton fields, or journeyed from Korea to San Francisco. Professor Richard Ralston leads a post-performance discussion.

Student choreography showcased
Student choreographers in the Dance Program will showcase their work in a spring concert March 30, 31 and April 1.

Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. Tickets: $8/general public, $5/students and senior citizens, Wisconsin Union Theater Box Office, 262-2201 or at the door.