Most students are still waiting to be notified if they have received tickets to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's speech on Friday, but undergraduates in the Wilson School have already been offered reserved tickets.
The University has declined to release details about how many seats are available for other students, faculty and staff.
Rice is scheduled to speak Friday to an audience of more than 3,500.
To accommodate as many as possible, organizers of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary celebration have selected Jadwin Gymnasium for the speech.
Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 said the gym will allow the maximum number of people to attend.
"We have done everything possible to make this a University-wide event, consistent with our vision of the Woodrow Wilson School as Princeton's nexus with the world of public and international affairs," she said.
Organizers chose Jadwin partly in response to the large unmet student demand for tickets to see Secretary of State Colin Powell, who spoke in Richardson Auditorium last year.
More than 2,000 students and faculty requested tickets to hear Powell speak, but Richardson Auditorium seats about 850 people. Jadwin Gymnasium seats about 3,500 people.
Despite Jadwin's larger capacity, those hoping to hear Rice's speech will still need tickets. Tickets have been reserved for Wilson School students and faculty, as well as some of the school's alumni. All other students, faculty and staff must participate in a lottery. Tickets are also being offered to members of the public.
Some students wondered about the fairness of the lottery system.
"Granted Rice's speech is the inauguration of the school's 75th anniversary, and granted her appearance is made possible essentially through efforts of the school, I think it is appropriate that members of the Woodrow Wilson School receive privilege for the tickets," said politics major Lauren Carpenter '06.
The Wilson School will hold several other events this weekend to kick off its 75th anniversary celebration, including a mock national security council meeting, a Princeton Project on National Security panel titled "Homeland Security: How Safe Can We Be? " and a keynote address by Lt. General David Petraeus GS '85 '87.
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