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"One of the things that always blows me away," said Susan Skerritt to those attending the HALT Committee Luncheon in Eells Hall dining room on Feb. 27, "is that students know so little about Kirkland." Skerritt, who had graduated from Kirkland in 1977 (just a couple of years before the Hamilton-Kirkland merger) and had served as president of the Hamilton Alumni Association, glanced around the room at the juniors and seniors present. Then presenting a question, the answer of which would hopefully solve the dilemma, she asked: "What makes Kirkland so distinctive?"

A group of 36 Hamilton students and faculty travelled to Cornell University on Feb. 24, and enjoyed a performance of the Awaji Puppet Theater from Japan. At Cornell, the students watched three plays about deity, love, demon and devotion, and observed the intricate manipulations of the puppets and beautiful accompaniment by chanters and musicians.

As the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns approaches, students in Econ. 235: Policy, Poverty, and Practice are devoting a few hours a week to preparing taxes through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.

Julie Sze, professor of American studies at the University of California-Davis and environmental justice author, will lecture on "Environmental Justice and Environmental Humanities at the Crossroads" at Hamilton College on Monday, March 2. Sze's talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Science Center, and is free and open to the public.

Hamilton College competes in the 2009 New England Small College Athletic Conference men's swimming and diving championships at Wesleyan University's Wesleyan Natatorium in Middletown, Conn., this weekend.

Hamilton College competes in the 2009 New York State Collegiate Track Conference indoor track and field championships at Rochester Institute of Technology's Gordon Field House on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28.

Two Hamilton College women's basketball players were honored by the Liberty League on Feb. 26 when the organization announced its end-of-season award winners and all-star teams.

Three Hamilton College men's basketball players were honored by the Liberty League on Feb. 26 when the organization announced its end-of-season award winners and all-star teams.

The Contemporary Voices and Visions series at Hamilton College continues the spring series with a Mohawk Valley Dance Partnership presentation of Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana on Friday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Wellin Hall. There will be a free pre-concert flamenco demonstration at 6:30 p.m. in room 106 of the List Art Center.

Hamilton graduate Daniel Frost '93 has been granted tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor of Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross.  Frost, who joined the modern languages and literature department in 2002, graduated Hamilton with a major in Comparative Literature and went on to obtain both a M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.