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Hamilton alumnus Robert Kinkel '79 and his band, The Trans- Siberian Orchestra, played Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. Kinkel describes the band's style as "symphonic rock," and goes on to comment, "We mix rock n' roll, classical and orchestra music, musical theater, R&B." The performance of Christmas Eve and Other Stories was the group's first appearance in Buffalo, but many hope, not their last.

America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk will be held on Saturday,Feb. 23, and the Hamilton College community is gearing up already. Co-chairs Gina Hibbard and Marylyn Nassimos are urging runners and walkers to start collecting pledges now. Their goal is for the Hamilton team to beat the 2001 record of 76 participants and $6238 collected.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jay Vest has written a chapter, "Dawn Bringer and the Christbearer: Mythography and the Columbian Impact Upon Native America," in the new book, Critical Essays on the Myth of the American Adam (University of Salamanca Press, 2001).

Government Professor Cheng Li was featured on the China Forum,Sunday, Dec. 9, discussing China's Impending Leadership Change on WNVC TV. In addition, Li commented for BBC on China's political reform and in a Free Asia Radio broadcast on Shanghai's recently elected mayor.

Come join Hillel as we celebrate Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. in Azel Backus House. Potato Pancakes, Lighting the menorah, playing with dreidels and more...

Hamilton's antarctic expedition started with 36 hours of air travel to Punta Arenas, Chile. There they boarded the research vessel, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer--their destination an area off the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica.

Mitchell Stevens, assistant professor of sociology and author of Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, was a guest this week on Napa, CA., NPR affiliate KVON. Stevens discussed his book and the homeschooling movement in a 20-minute interview.

The Hamilton Antarctica 2001 Expedition passed through the Straits of Magellan and turned south along the east coast of Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego, "Land of Fire" was named for the many campfires seen by Magellan during his explorations between 1519 and 1522.

The traditional Newman Christmas Mass will be celebrated this Sunday evening, December 9, at 11 p.m. in the Chapel. This year the College Hill Singers, led by Professor Anthony Reeves, will provide music as we gather to prayerfully anticipate the coming holiday. There will be a hot chocolate and cookies reception in the Bristol Hub following the Mass.

Government Professor Cheng Li gave a speech at the Naval Anaylsis Center in Washington, D.C. on Chinese leadership sucession on Dec. 3. More than 100 officials from various U.S. government agencies, as well as academics, attended the talk titled, "Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transistion to the Fourth Generation."