Steven Schooner, a Rice alumnus and professor at George Washington University Law School, will speak to Rice students, staff and faculty about legal and policy ramifications of the use of private security companies in Iraq. He was recently interviewed by the Houston Chronicle, and the article can be seen at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5580310.html He will give a thirty minute lecture, followed by a Question and Answer session with the audience. A reception in the Commons will follow with refreshments from Rice Coffeehouse.