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Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino traveled to Towson, MD, for the fall meeting of the Classical Assocation of the Atlantic States, where he is chaired a panel of journal editors from the region. Rubino is book review editor of the American Journal of Philology.

Mitchell Stevens, assistant professor of sociology and author of Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, talks about his book and the different home-school constituencies in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "Hot Type" column (Oct. 11 issue).

Author and educator Lorene Cary will deliver a lecture, "Living to Tell the Tale: Experiences of an African-American Woman at Elite Educational Institutions," on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. It will be followed by a book signing. Free and open to the public.

A paper given by Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz at last year's American Philological Association (APA) has been chosen to receive an award for best paper by the Women's Classical Caucus. The paper, titled "The Greek Wedding: Escape from Patriarchy?", was the topic at a Kirkland Project Brown Bag last month.

Max Thompson, nationally acclaimed speaker and educator will present an in-service on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. His talk is titled Acceleration vs. Remediation: How is it possible to help EVERY student succeed in EVERY class? Thompson will be conducting this in-service training for several hundred regional K-12 professional educators, and all members of our Hamilton College Community are invited to attend.

The first in the fall series of Kirkland Project Brown Bag talks will take place Wednesday, Oct. 3 at noon in Schambach 108. [Please note this is not the usual location.] Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott professor of comparative literature, will speak about "The Greek Wedding: Escape from Patriarchy?" Brown Bag gatherings are informal. Please bring your lunch and join us for discussion. For more information, call the Kirkland Project office at x-4288.

Husband and wife authors, novelist Brad Leithauser and poet Mary Jo Salter, will read from their works on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center at Hamilton College. The reading, sponsored by the Hamilton English department, is free and open to the public.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed by Reuters News Service about China's leadership and its foreign policy in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Burke Library is currently featuring a new exhibit, "Antarctic Exploration in the "Heroic Age." It was initially planned to coincide with the Antarctic conference (now postponed until April 2002), and focuses on several of the voyages of exploration in the early twentieth century.

The Class of 2002 will be selling patriotic ribbons to support the Fire Department of New York from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday in Beinecke. Donations of $2 (or more) are encouraged.