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Associate Professor of Sociology Mitchell Stevens was a guest on a St. Paul, Minn., radio talk show on Sept. 18. Stevens discussed homeschooling with host Ruth Koscielak, whose show is heard on five affiliate stations in Minneapolis. Stevens is the author of Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (Princeton, 2001).

A book edited by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World, to which she also contributed, has received a positive review in the recent Bryn Mawr Classical Review (9/14/02). The reviewer, Barbara Goff of the University of Reading, calls the book "substantial and impressive," and says "Nancy Rabinowitz's Introduction does an excellent job of dancing through what she rightly calls the 'minefield' of the critical terminology surrounding matters of gender and identity."

In anticipation of another large crowd for its Sacerdote Series, Great Names at Hamilton, Hamilton College officials have announced special parking and shuttle bus plans for the lecture by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday, September 23. Giuliani will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. Group seating is full and no additional reservations are being accepted at this time.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts opens the Contemporary Voices and Visions Series on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. with Paul Zaloom’s Velvetville in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts, on the Hamilton College campus.

Hamilton College is ranked in 18th place in the 2003 U.S. New & World Report America's Best Colleges rankings, released on Sept. 13. Hamilton is tied with Colgate and Colby; in the 2002 rankings, Hamilton tied with Colby for 20th place. U.S News judges colleges on a number of criteria, including peer assessment, retention, faculty resources, student selectivity and financial resources.

Associate Professor of Sociology Mitchell Stevens was interviewed for a Christianity Today article (Sept. 9, 2002) about the growth of the homeschooling movement. Stevens is the author of Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement. In the magazine article Stevens discusses homeschooling mothers, who bear "the clear imprint... of liberal feminism."

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture at Hamilton College continues its 2002-2003 series “Masculinities,” with a lecture by Anne Fausto-Sterling on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. in KJ Auditorium on the Hamilton campus. Her lecture, "Thinking Systematically about the Emergence of Gender," will be followed by a reception and book signing. It is free and open to the public.

Today, September 12, the Hamilton community will celebrate the “Spirit of September 12.” From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Beinecke Student Activities Village will set up stations for voter registration; blood drive sign-ups (blood will be given on September 24); community service opportunities (through Hamilton Action Volunteers Outreach Coalition); and other activities to celebrate the spirit of September 12.

The Classical Connections series kicks off Hamilton's performing arts season with a performance by cellist Maya Beiser and pianist Anthony de Mare on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 Hamilton employees, and seniors and $5 students. The box office is open Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m., and 1 1/2 hours prior to all performances. Call 859-4331 for more information.

Hamilton's French department, in collaboration with the Kirkland Art Center, has received a grant from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture to participate in "Tournees," the French film grant program run by the Society for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid. The $1,800 grant, supplemented with support from the Office of the President, the Vice President of Academic Affairs/Dean, and the departments of Comparative Literature and Africana Studies, will enable the French department to show five contemporary French films during the year and to open them to the general public. The first film, "Amelie," an upbeat romantic comedy, will be shown on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. in KJ Auditorium.