Because of the enthusiastic response to the news that Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu is giving an open lecture at Cornell University April 10, the venue for the address has been changed and free tickets now are required.

Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in the struggle against racial segregation in South Africa, will be the 2000 Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellow at Cornell April 10 and 11.

Tutu will present the Bartels Fellowship Lecture Monday, April 10, at 8 p.m., in Newman Arena of the Field House on Campus Road. Titled "Truth and Reconciliation: Toward a Just Society," the lecture is free and open to the public. Required tickets will be distributed starting Monday, April 3, at Willard Straight Hall and in downtown Ithaca at the Clinton House Ticket Center. A free public reception will follow the lecture in the Ramin Room of the Field House.

Two 1999 PBS documentary films will be aired on campus in preparation for Tutu's visit. "Archbishop Desmond Tutu," with Bill Moyers, will be shown at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. "Facing the Truth," with Bill Moyers, will be shown at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in Room 106 of the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road.

Tutu's visit to Cornell is hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. He will meet with students and faculty and will teach a class in Africana studies.

Tutu, 68, retired from the office of Archbishop of Cape Town in June 1996 but was named archbishop emeritus in July 1996. Currently, he is chancellor of the University of the Western Cape. He also is the William R. Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

In 1975 Tutu was appointed dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg. From 1976 to 1978 he was bishop of Lesotho, and in 1978 he became the general secretary of the South African Council of Churches (SACC). It was in that position, which he held until 1985, that Tutu became a national and international figure. He was elected bishop of Johannesburg in 1985 and Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986.

A subsidiary of the World Council of Churches, the SACC has been committed to the cause of ecumenism and to fulfilling the social responsibility of the church. Under Tutu's direction, the SACC became a vital institution in South African spiritual and political life, voicing the ideals and aspirations of millions of South Africans. Under Tutu's leadership the council became an effective voice against apartheid. In 1984, Tutu's contribution to the cause of racial justice in South Africa was recognized when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In December 1995, when the struggle against apartheid was won, President Nelson Mandela appointed Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help heal the nation's wounds. In October 1998 the commission submitted its first official report, marking a significant step in the nation's healing process.

The Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship was established at Cornell by the Bartels in 1984 to foster a broadened world perspective among students by bringing distinguished international public figures to campus. Henry and Nancy Horton Bartels are both members of the Cornell Class of 1948.