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Music Professor Sam Pellman's Music for Contemporary Media class was featured in a Utica Observer-Dispatch article on March 3. Arts and entertainment writer Jonas Kover interviewed Pellman and listened to students' compositions. Pellman is currently working on the second edition of his textbook,An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music.

Original choreography and re-staging of classical works by Hamilton College dance faculty, students and guest choreographers set the stage for the annual Spring dance performance.

Classics Professor Shelley Haley delivered a lecture titled "Unsung Heroes" for the Oneida County Historical Society, in celebration of Women's History Month, in March. The topic concerned women who have contributed significantly to society but have not received the recognition they deserve.

The annual Alternative Spring Break auction will be held on Friday, March 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Commons Dining Hall. Everyone in the community is encouraged to attend to bid on some great prizes and support Hamilton's ASB trips. Entertainment will be provided by the Buffers and Hamiltones and step-team Finesse. The event is sponsored by the President's Office.

The Hamilton Performing Arts will present Chatham Baroque in Pub and Parlour: Music of the 18th Century British Isles on Saturday, March 2 at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. There will also be a free pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. in Wellin Hall.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture will host a conference, "Questioning the Body," on March 8 and 9 at KJ and Cafe Opus. Schedules with specific locations will be distributed at registration. The conference is free and open to the public.

A two-day conference, "Cracking India: Literary and Historical Representations of Partition" will be held on the Hamilton campus, April 12-13.

The Africana Studies Program announces the final offering in its Diasporic Film Series, "Black Shack Alley," on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Red Pit. The 2002 theme of "The Color Line Revisited: Is Racism Dead?" celebrates Black History Month. Introductory remarks will be given by Professor Joseph Mwantuali will give an introduction. All presentations are free and open to the public.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture continues its film series, "Sex, Freaks, and the Elderly: Double Features in February," in conjunction with its 2001-02 program theme, The Body in Question. On Thursday, Feb. 28, the films to be screened are "Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun" and "Freaks." All films are free and open to the public, and will be shown at 8 p.m. in KJ Aud.

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair was featured in a segment on "Weekend All Things Considered" on NPR on Feb. 23. Adair had been interviewed for the segment on TANF welfare reauthorization while she was in Washington earlier this month. She argues for the need to expand higher education opportunities for welfare recipients.