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Assistant Professor of History Lisa Trivedi published the article, "Visually Mapping the 'Nation': Swadeshi Politics in Nationalist India," in the February 2003 issue of The Journal of Asian Studies. It is featured on the journal's Web site, http://www.aasianst.org/catalog/jas.htm#62:1

Vivyan Adair, assistant professor of women's studies and director of the ACCESS Project, is co-editor of a new book published by Temple University Press. Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education in America, is co-edited by Sandra Dahlberg, associate professor of English at the University of Houston. According to the publisher's Web site, "The book offers essays written by women who, poor as children, changed their lives through the pathway of higher education. Collected, they offer a powerful testimony of the importance of higher learning, as well as a critique of the programs designed to alleviate poverty and educational disparity. The contributors explore the ideologies of welfare and American meritocracy that promise hope and autonomy on the one hand, while also perpetuating economic obstacles and indebtedness on the other."

The Hamilton College Choir and the Oratorio Society will present "Ein deutsches Requiem," (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms on Tuesday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. $6 adults, $4 seniors and students, Hamilton students free with ID. The Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall.

Hamilton’s community service program encourages students to help out the surrounding community in a variety of ways, but some students have taken community volunteering to a new level. Three Hamilton students are currently volunteering with the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corp (COCVAC), while eight volunteer with the Clinton Fire Department (CFD).

Bernadette Brooten, the Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, will present the Classics Depatment's Winslow Lecture on Wednesday, April 30, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit (Kirner-Johnson Hall). Her topic is "Slavery's Long Shadow over the Lives of Girls and Women." The lecture is free and open to the public.

An op-ed authored by Visiting Instructor of Government Carlos Yordan recently ran in Maine’s Bangor-Daily News. According to Yordan, the rebuilding of Iraq post war and post deconstruction of Baghdad will be difficult, expensive, and controversial. Several questions, such as who will pay for the reparations, and how will Iraq rebuild their economy, remain unanswered. Yordan also predicts that however the United States deals with the problem will influence voters in the upcoming 2004 election.

"Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood is not a Class Privilege in America," is a photographic exhibit currently being featured at the Emerson Gallery. The show is curated by author and historian Rickie Solinger and photographer Kay Obering. The show incorporates some 50 images that picture the complexities of being a mother in contemporary America and challenges the prevailing ideas that motherhood in America should be a class privilege. In presenting a range of award-winning photographs and texts of poor women who have been deemed "bad mothers" by virtue of their poverty, this exhibit presents counter views of struggle, resistance, love, strength and hope. Free and open to the public. The Emerson Gallery is located on the Hamilton College campus in Christian Johnson Hall, directly behind the Chapel. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10

Members of the Hamilton College community will participate in a "Christmas in April" project on Saturday, April 26. The Hamilton Action Volunteers Outreach Coalition (HAVOC), with sponsorship from the Office of the President, will assist in painting the house of an elderly Utica homeowner. Other sponsors include Fleet Bank, Par Technology, Utica National Insurance and McDonald's. All are welcome to help. For more information contact Jeff McArn at ext. 4130.

The Performing Arts at Hamilton presents an evening of chamber music featuring the Woodwind, String and Brass ensembles playing Brahms, Nielsen, Barber, Debussy and more, on Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Free and open to the public.

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, professor of Africana Studies and French, made a second appearance on Syracuse's WCNY-TV "Hour CNY" on April 9. Sharpley-Whiting discussed the University of Michigan's admissions case, currently before the Supreme Court. WNCY is a Syracuse, N.Y., PBS station.