"There will be no genuine third party, and certainly no real transformation into a multiparty system, without a constitutional revolution," says Theodore J. Lowi, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell. Join Lowi on Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m., when he will give a talk to the Cornell Club of Greater Hartford titled "So, Where Is That Third Party?" at the Tumble Brook Country Club, 376 Simsbury Road, in Bloomfield. The trip is a reprise to Lowi's highly successful visit to the area in 1990.

The cost of the lecture is $15 for members of the Cornell Club of Greater Hartford, which is sponsoring Lowi's visit, and $20 for all others; fee includes dessert buffet. Checks should be made payable to the Cornell Club of Greater Hartford, c/o Tom and Cathy Bartell, 6 Robin Road Simsbury, Conn. 06070. The reservation deadline is April 24.

Members of the media are welcome to attend Lowi's presentation. To make arrangements, or to interview Lowi, contact his assistant, Jacqueline Pastore, at (607) 255-4206 or send her an e-mail at <tjl7@cornell.edu>.

Consistently one of Cornell's most popular professors, Lowi is the author of several award-winning books, including The End of the Republican Era (1996), a sequel to his highly acclaimed book The End of Liberalism (1969). Lowi's provocative essays appear frequently in The New York Times and other major publications. He currently is serving a four-year term as first vice president of the International Political Science Association.