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Colin Adams delivered the Doris M. and Ralph E. Hansmann Lecture on February 25 in the Chapel. Adams, the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, discussed hyperbolic geometry in his talk, "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities for the New Millennium." 

Professor of Africana Studies Tracy Sharpley-Whiting was a guest on Syracuse PBS station WCNY's "Hour CNY," on Feb. 26. Sharpley-Whiting discussed racial profiling on the talk show.

Charlotte Beck and George Jones, both Leonard C. Ferguson Professors of Archaeology, co-authored, "Lithic Source Use and Paleoarchaic Foraging Territories in the Great Basin," with Eric E. Jones, Pennsylvania State University and Richard E. Hughes, Geolchemical Research Laboratory in American Antiquity (2003, vol. 68.) A map from their article is used for cover art. The study relies on stone tools as "calling cards," or maybe "tourist stickers," to describe the geographic patterns of movement of the human groups in the western deserts at the close of the ice age and shortly thereafter.

The "sonic stylings" of Doc Woods and the Hamilton College Jazz Combo, Keith Foster, Louis Bosso, Khori Newlander, Richard Stahnke and Dan Hilton, were heard by a full house at the Village Tavern. The set included standards such as "Summertime" and "My Favorite Things" and originals by Doc Woods.

Hamilton students and faculty recently participated in an anti-war rally on the village green in Clinton, and a rally for peace in New York City. Hamilton's Peace and Justice Action Group organized a bus trip to the New York City rally with members of the Mohawk Valley Peace Coalition.

Rich Bernstein '80 is scheduled to be a guest on the Friday, Feb. 28 edition of Wall $treet Week with Fortune. The show airs on PBS stations at 9 p.m. He is chief United States strategist at Merrill Lynch and a regular guest on the show. His next appearance is scheduled for April 11.

University of Rochester Professor of History Richard Kaeuper will present a lecture, "Violent Knights, Holy Knights: War and Religion in the Middle Ages," on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 4:15 p.m. in the Red Pit. Co-sponsored by the departments of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, English, French, and History and the Kirkland Project.

The office of Administrative Services/Summer Camps programs has announced the schedule of camps for 2003. Call extension 4271 or 4372 to request a brochure.

Margo Okazawa-Rey, co-founder of East Asia-U.S.-Viecques Women’s Network Against U.S. Militarism, will present a lecture, “Organizing Internationally for Women’s Liberation: Gender, Race, Class and Nation,” on Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The 1997 film Western will be shown on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit as part of the Kirkland Project "Masculinities" series. It is free and open to the public. A discussion facilitated by Associate Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender will follow.