Thursday , April 25 th at 6 : 30 pm

O rg a n iz e r s e x p e c t a ta lk today at Notre Dame by worldfamous businessm an W arren Buffett to attract several thou­ sand people. T he ta lk , A Conversation with Warren B u ffe t ,” is f re e and open only to Notre Dame s t u d e n t s , facu l ty and staff. It is at 11 a .m . in th e Joyce C en te r arena. At Buffett’s request, the event also will be closed to all news media, except The Observer, an d no one m ay r e c o r d his com m ents. Anyone a ttend ing the speech must show a Notre Dame identification card at the door. “[The restrictions are] for the benefit of the academic atmos­ phere of the event,” said Mary Hamann, manager of adminis­ tra tion and opera tions in the Mendoza College of Business, the sponsor of the event. “Mr. B uffe t t w a n ts to be a b le to speak freely and at times off the cuff and not worry about his words immediately going on the news.” B uffe t t , o f ten c a l led “The O rac le of O m a h a ,” is wellknown as the world’s most suc­ cessful stock m arke t investor. He is c h a i r m a n a n d CEO of B erksh ire H athaw ay Inc., an Omaha, Neb.-based firm with holdings in excess of $2 billion. Buffett’s 90-m inute a p p e a r ­ ance will include a brief open­ ing s t a t e m e n t f rom th e 70year-old entrepreneur followed by a Q-and-A session with the audience. O ffic ia ls e x p e c t b e tw e e n 1 ,5 0 0 a n d 2 ,0 0 0 p e o p le to a ttend the event, according to Hamann. Organizers originally considered holding the event in th e 3 2 5 s e a t J o r d a n Auditorium but eventually set­ tled on the Joyce Center arena, which holds more than 11,000 people. “We believe there is a lot of interest in Mr. Buffet and want to m a k e s u r e t h a t eve ry o n e w ho w a n ts to a t t e n d can attend,” Hamann said.