Concert, Anderson Highlight Commencement
	Ithaca College's 31st annual ommencement Eve Concert, "Fantastic Interlude: Music Between the World Wars," will be held on Saturday, May 16, at 8:30 p.m. in Ben Light Gymnasium. The performance is free and open to the public. Charles A. Dana Professor of Music Dana Wilson will direct the concert for the 11th consecutive year. The program includes performances by a variety of Ithaca College ensembles as well as vocalists, and will employ Wilson's "surround sound" concept, which promises a good seat anywhere in the audience. Ensembles are positioned around the gymnasium, and when one group finishes, another begins, creating a continuous performance that originates from various directions. Zooming from one ensemble to the next, "surround sound" makes it possible to present a broad spectrum of offerings from different groups associated with the School of Music. Wilson describes it as "a very exciting environment, musically, emotionally, and energy-wise," where "everyone has a chance to feel close to the music." Questions about the concert should be directed to the dean's office, School of Music, at 274-3343. Festivities continue on Sunday, May 17, with the College's 103rd Commencement. The program will include remarks by Terry Anderson, the former Associated Press reporter who was held as a hostage in Lebanon from 1985 to 1991. "For many people, Terry Anderson symbolizes perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity," says Ithaca College president Peggy R. Williams. "His lack of bitterness toward his captors, as well as his continuing commitment to serving and teaching others, makes a strong statement that I'm sure our graduating seniors will take to heart." Anderson was snatched at gunpoint from the streets of Beirut while reporting on the civil war in Lebanon. He was often kept chained and blindfolded, sometimes beaten, and even subjected to a mock execution. An associate professor at Columbia University's School of Journalism since 1996, Anderson recently accepted an appointment as a Scripps Howard Visiting Professional at the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He is also chairman of the Vietnam Children's fund, which builds elementary schools in Vietnam, and vice chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which monitors attacks on journalists worldwide.