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A benefit production of Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” will be performed at Hamilton College on Friday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the Obie Award-winning play will be performed on behalf of the V-Day 2003 College Campaign. This production is sponsored by the Sexual Assault Center and the Office of the President. Tickets are $3 and may be purchased at the door.

Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson fellow, participated in a panel discussion, "Who's Hu? Deciphering China's New Politics," at a Tufts University symposium, "China in Transition: Development, Urbanization, Migration, and Political Change," in February.

Hamilton College will host its fourth annual winter carnival, FebFest 2003, through February 15 on the campus. FebFest will feature a snoccer tournament, snow sculpture contest, community sledding, a Battle of the Bands and Gong Show. Many events are free and open to the public; others require admission with a FebFest button.

The second in a series of HILLgroup Discussions for Faculty and Academic Development Partners will be held on Tuesday, February 11th, at 4pm in the Christian Johnson Browsing Room. We want to hear from you! HILLgroup discussions are informal. Refreshments will be provided. Please plan on joining us.

The Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College in conjunction with the current exhibition "Whistler & His Contemporaries, Prints of Venice" presents Lunchtime Tuesday Talks, "Food for Thought," beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 11, noon to 1 p.m. in the Emerson Gallery. Guest curator Professor of Art Deborah Pokinski will discuss "Whistler in Venice."

Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, will speak on "The Political Importance of Stories of Peoplehood" on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will explore the role that stories play in constituting group identity and developing humans’ sense of themselves as members of particular communities. A reception will follow. The talk is part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program.

The latest book has appeared in the "Theory and Interpretation of Narrative" series co-edited by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz with James Phelan. Written by Robyn Warhol, Professor of English at the University of Vermont, it's titled "Having a Good Cry: Effeminate Feelings and Pop-Culture Forms."

Please join the Philadelphia Alumni Association for a reception with President Eugene M. Tobin. Thursday, February 13, 2003 at the home of Robert and Katharine Booth P'06 101 Righters Mill Road Gladwyne, PA 19035 Special Guest Speaker: John B.A. Nye '87, Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts Department at Sotheby's, will discuss highlights of the Booth's art collection. Reception: 6:00 p.m.; Presentation: 7:00 p.m.

Join the Greater Boston Alumni Association, parents and friends in cheering on the Men’s Ice Hockey Team vs. Tufts! Friday, February 14, 2003 7:30 p.m. Malden Forum Hockey Rink Tickets are $4 per person Post-game "victory" party at Hugh O’Neill’s 45 Pleasant Street, Malden Center (between Malden Forum and Malden Center T stop) *Cash bar and complimentary appetizers will be available*

Evan Smith was recently featured in the major Texas newspaper, as he has been the paper’s editor since 2001. The article describes how Smith is “aggressively” attempting to make the notoriously “white” publication more diversified. Smith wanted to be a politician, but ended up attending Northwestern University for graduate school, earning a degree in journalism. Smith claims that he will publish more Hispanic writers; not only is it good for business, he notes, but it is good to get different perspectives and views in such a widely read paper.