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The Nov. 30 Think Tank will feature English Professor Dana Luciano on the topic "Disaster, Public Grief, and Memorial." Think Tank will be held at noon in KJ 222. All are welcome. Luciano says,"My talk will outline some of the ways that we understand public grief. I will focus on trauma brought about by large-scale disaster (war, genocide, fire, bombing, natural disaster, etc) and will consider rituals and measures designed to cope with the emergence of a traumatized public. The discussion will highlight mourning rituals and modes of memorial that developed in the wake of the September 11th bombing of the World Trade Center." Bag lunches will be provided. (Please RSVP with your meal card number).

Amber Hollibaugh, a political activist, essayist and award-winning filmmaker will visit Hamilton College on Nov. 28-30 for three events. All are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by the Kirkland Project as part of its Body in Question series.

College offices will be closed for the following upcoming holidays: Thanksgiving Holidays: Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23; Christmas Holidays: Monday and Tuesday, December 24 and 25; New Year’s Day: Tuesday, January 1, 2002.

Professor of Anthropology Doug Raybeck was interviewed for a page one USA Today article about the popularity of war movies after the September 11 attacks. "Movies that reflect heroism and striving for a good cause...will do very nicely," Raybeck predicts. "Downers won't do well. People want to feel good," he says.

Tim Whitehead, a 1985 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named head hockey coach at the University of Maine.

The Inter Society Council is sponsoring a blood drive on Wednesday, Nov. 28 , from 12-5 p.m. in the Annex. Every donor will receive a free Red Cross t-shirt. Sign up on Tuesday in Beinecke, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or e-mail ebuckley.

Dr. Carolyn E. Johnson, past international president of the United Methodist Women, and United Nations consultant on peace, justice and women and development, will deliver a lecture, "Gender and Beyond Borders: Creating Networks of Community and Change," on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Red Pit, KJ. Her visit is part of the Africana Studies Program Fall Series on race.

AIDS Awareness Week events will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at Hamilton College. Activities will include lectures, films and discussion groups. All events are free and open to the public.

Hamilton junior Shauna Sweet will give a lecture, "Stories You Tell, and Stories You Don't: Identity on the Appalachian Trail," on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Red Pit (KJ 109). Her research was funded by the Bristol and Schambach Scholars Program, which awards research grants to students who have Bristol or Schambach scholarships.

Hamilton College Trustee Thomas Schwarz '66, who served as acting president of the College in 1999, has been nominated to serve as interim president of Purchase College of the State University of New York by Robert L. King, SUNY chancellor. SUNY's board of trustees is expected to act on the nomination at its meeting on November 26.