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A Hamilton tradition will be renewed when the College Choir hits the road during spring break, performing in seven Northeastern cities, including Albany, New York, Boston, Ithaca, Philadelphia, Gardner, Mass., and Milltown, N.J.

Madeleine Albright, secretary of state under former President Bill Clinton, will give a free public lecture at Hamilton College on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. As has been the custom in the past, schools and organizations with 20-40 people wishing to attend together, should contact the Hamilton College Office of Student Activities by February 15 to make arrangements, (315) 859-4194.

Sidney Wertimer Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss was interviewed for an article titled "Mundane Excellence" in The Christian Century (Jan. 2-9, 2002). Chambliss' essay, "The Mundanity of Excellence," a report on a three-year empirical study of excellent swimmers, is referenced. Chambliss concluded that the major difference between swimmers who win Olympic medals and those who don't is not talent, but the care and consistency with which Olympic swimmers engage in the mundane activities that prepare them for competition.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society, and Culture continues its film series, "Sex, Freaks, and the Elderly: Double Features in February" with screenings of "The Body Beautful" and "Harold and Maude" on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in KJ Aud. Screenings are free and open to the public.

Activist and educator Luz Guerra and author Sharon Bridgforth will serve a spring residency at Hamilton College, sponsored by the Kirkland Project. They will teach a course, "Point of Entry: Radical Writing/Historical Context in the Americas." Guerra will give a talk, "What Does It Mean to Be an Educator in the World Today? Challenges, Opportunities, and Obstacles," on Monday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Stanley Lombardo, an acclaimed translator of Greek literature, will present, "The Hero's Revenge, A Dramatic Reading of Odyssey 22," on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 4:10 p.m. in the Science Auditorium.

The Hamilton College Choir will present the timeless classic, Fiddler on the Roof, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Hamilton College Choir will hit the road during spring break, performing in concerts in seven cities in the Northeast. All performances are free and open to the public.

Michael Granof, a 1963 graduate of Hamilton and currently a professor of accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, co-authored an op-ed about Congress and the Enron bankruptcy for The New York Times (1/23/02). Granof feels that Congress is partially responsible for Enron's collapse because it failed to pressure the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission to demand tougher standards for financial reporting in the petroleum industry back in the 1970's and 80's.

A musical composition written by Ben Moore '82 was performed by soprano Deborah Voight at a recital in Alice Tully Hall in New York last week. In its review of the recital, The New York Times said "the clear highlight was 'Wagner Roles,' a brilliant comic song by Ben Moore about the perils of being typecast as a Wagnerian soprano."