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The Office of Multicultural Affairs is collaborating with a number of student organizations to sponsor CultureFest, a two-day event designed to celebrate cultural diversity at Hamilton College. CultureFest will kick off on Friday, Nov. 8, at 9 p.m. in the Events Barn with a Poetry Slam, followed by a Latin Night after-party at 10:30 p.m. The Asian Cultural Society is planning a Diwali Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. in the Annex, followed by a number of creative performances and an after-party. Of course, how could we have a CultureFest without food? One element that has been missing from previous CultureFest celebrations is participation from the faculty and staff. If you have a creative talent that you would like to share during this celebration, please contact Marc David at ext. 4012 as soon as possible. Don't allow Culturefest to pass this year without showing your support.

Michael Herzfeld, professor of anthropology at Harvard University, will speak about "Masculinity, Tradition, and Marginalization in European Cultures," on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson 109 on the Hamilton College campus. The lecture is part of The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture at Hamilton College 2002-2003 series "Masculinities." This lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow the talk. It is co-sponsored by the departments of Anthropology and Classics.

Glass artist Josh Simpson '72 will be exhibiting his glass at the annual Washington Craft Show Nov. 15-17 at the Washington Convention Center. Visit Josh, Alex and Christina at Exhibit Space #213. For more information about the show, go to www.craftsamericashows.com

Raja Halwani, assistant professor of philosophy at the School of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, gave a talk to the Hamilton community on October 28 titled, "The Just Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Halwani is the fifth speaker in the Levitt Public Affairs Center series on Immigration and Global Citizenship.

Four members of the Hamilton College faculty recently returned from the Association of American Colleges and Universities 4th Biennial Diversity and Learning Conference, where they presented. Jinnie Garrett, Chandra Mohanty, Susan Sanchez-Casal, and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz all participated in the conference, Diversity and Learning: Education for a World Lived in Common, held Oct. 24 - 27, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Professor of Classics Shelley Haley has been chosen Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Washington University (St. Louis). She will spend the week of Nov. 2-8 on the St. Louis campus, where she will lecture and meet with students and faculty. On Monday, Nov. 4, Haley will participate in a colloquium, "Was Dido a Blond(e)?" On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Haley will give a public lecture, titled "Against All Odds: Black American Women Classicists in the Nineteenth Century." Haley will conclude her visit with a faculty seminar, "Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classics Classroom," on Thursday, Nov. 7. Known as the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, the initiative is designed to support the future recruitment and retention of minority faculty and students at the university and to broaden the university's visibility in the minority community nationwide.

Ten Hamilton College seniors were elected this month to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society. The students are: Schuyler Chapman, Carter Cox, Takehiko Kaminogo, Alison Lin, Andrew Magyar, Bryan Pettigrew, Shauna Sweet, Sarah Taylor, Jessie Turner and Richard Waite, V.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Veronica Tichenor was invited to give a talk at Le Centre du Recherche Sur Les Liens Sociaux at the Sorbonne in Paris in October. She presented a talk titled "Unraveling Money, Gender, and Power: Issues and Conceptualizations." She also presented a paper at the American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting in August titled "Maintaining Men's Dominance: Gender and Power Performances in Couples Where She Earns More."

Lecturer in voice Lauralyn Kolb has released a CD Just Spring: Art Songs of John Duke (New World Records) that was reviewed in Journal of Singing (Sept-Oct.). The review notes "(Kolb) brings a bright and colorful soprano voice to the proceedings, along with crystal-clear diction and rock-solid musical instincts."

Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal, Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Rabinowitz, who directs the Kirkland Project, and Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett presented a panel at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Diversity and Learning Conference. Their panel was titled "Multicultural Literacy/Excellence in the Liberal Arts: Transforming a Traditional Liberal Arts College."