Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • February 29, 2012 Area The Eastern Economic Association, located at Ramapo College of New Jersey, will present “Where Economics and Politics Collide: The Uncertain Future of the Euro Zone,” featuring guest speaker and Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz on Wednesday, Feb. 29. The public program will be held at 4:45 p.m. in the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts on the campus at 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. Stiglitz will speak with economics students at the Anisfield School of Business at 3:30 p.m. the same day. Stiglitz to present ‘Uncertain Future of the Euro Zone’ Stiglitz’s talk will focus on the survival of the European Union and the Euro as a means of currency. The lecture will also address debt issues that have affected countries such as Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Audience members will also have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session. “We are honored to have a speaker of Dr. Stiglitz’s caliber share his insight on world economic affairs,” said Ramapo College President Dr. Peter P. Mercer. “Experiential learning opportunities such as this continue to draw See ‘Follies’ at Don Bosco Come, enjoy the folksy, fun, Don Bosco Prep spring musical production, ‘The Will Rogers Follies,’ showcasing a cast of students from Don Bosco Prep and area schools on March 16 -18, and 23-24 at the De Sales Hall Auditorium on the school’s Ramsey campus. The musical is based upon the life of Will Rogers, the Oklahoma born farm boy and cattle wrangler, who became an internationally known vaudeville entertainer, actor, author, humorist, and political pundit. Performances will be at 8 p.m., on Fridays and Saturdays. A matinee will be held on Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. For information, contact boscoplays@gmail.com or (201) 3278003, extension 104. Tickets are $15 for all ages, and seating is general admission. Don Bosco Prep is located at 496 North Franklin Turnpike. Featured performers are Jaclyn Scerbak as Ziegfield’s Favorite, Courtney Koefed as Betty Blak, Will Martorano as Florenz Ziegfield, and Patrick Sweeney (Mahwah) as Will Rogers. some of the best business students in the region to our Anisfield School of Business which is the proud home of the Eastern Economic Association.” Stiglitz is a University Professor at Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University, held the Drummond Professorship at All Souls College Oxford, and has taught at Stanford, M.I.T., and Princeton. Stiglitz is also the winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and received the John Bates Clark Medal as an American economist under the age of 40 who has contributed significantly to the field. He also served as the chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors under President Clinton, chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank between 1997 and 2000, and president of the Eastern Economic Association in 2008. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for our students, faculty and the Ramapo College community to hear from one of the best minds in economics about one of the most important global issues of our time,” Anisfield School of Business Dean Lewis M. Chakrin said. The Eastern Economic Association was established in 1974 and is one of the nation’s foremost organizations dedicated to scholarly and educational exchange and the discussion and research of economic affairs. It is located in the Anisfield School of Business at the College. The association publishes the Eastern Economic Journal and works with the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia and with the Board of Governors for Economic Education. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required through the Ramapo College Foundation. For ticket information, contact Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Ramapo College Foundation Cathleen Davey at cdavey@ramapo.edu or at (201) 684-7615. For more information on the event, contact Executive Director of the Eastern Economic Association Professor Alexandre Olbrecht at eea@ramapo.edu.