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Anthropology Professor Douglas Raybeck was interviewed for a San Diego Union-Tribune article (Oct. 24) about the need for people to feel they're in control when dealing with technology. "Any technology that improves our control over our environment, or our perception of control, will sell like hotcakes," Raybeck said.

Café Opus will present an evening of live acoustic music on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 9-10:30 p.m. The performance will feature original songs and covers (including U2, Radiohead and REM) played by Andrea Higgins, a frequent performer at Virgo Bat & Leo Phrog's Coffeehouse in Utica, and the guitar and mandolin playing of Matt Stringer '03.

The Hamilton College Crew Team dedicated a new shell in memory of Matt Houlihan '03, a member of the crew team who died last year. The dedication took place in Boston, where the team was competing in the annual Head of the Charles Regatta.

For Hamilton College student Jessica Ambrose, what began two years ago as a project for an Issues in Education class has evolved into a formal journal-writing program geared to girls at six local middle schools.

Anthropology Professor Douglas Raybeck will discuss his fieldwork in Malaysia in a talk titled, "A Generation of Change in Kelantan, Malaysia: A 30 Year Slide Show," on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m. in KJ 223. Everyone is welcome.

The Hamilton Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and the BLSU held a penny drive following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The groups collected $277.95, which will be sent to the Salvation Army to assist with the WTC repair efforts in New York City.

Hamilton's Personnel office presents "What is a 529 Plan, and is it right for you?" as part of its financial planning series on Thursday, Oct. 25, at noon in The Hub, Bristol Campus Center. Honorine Wallack, a Certified Financial Planner with A.G. Edwards & Sons, will highlight the features of 529 Plans and the questions one should ask to determine if these plans are right for you.

A Humanities Forum featuring Associate Professor of History Tom Wilson will be held on Monday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m. in the Red Pit. He will discuss Liturgies of Confucian Sacrifice.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat will be the next speaker in the new Faculty Lecture Series on Friday, Oct. 26, at 4:10 p.m. in KJ 109 (Red Pit). She will speak on the topic "'Don't Act': The Cold War Politics of Art."

A film and lecture,"Slave Routes: A Trail So Long Gone," will be presented by Professor Kofi Anyidoho, visiting writer-in-residence, Columbia University, on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Red Pit (KJ-109). Sponsored by the Department of English with co-sponsorship from the Office of the President, HEOP, Dean of Faculty, Dean of Students, departments and programs of Africana Studies, Comparative Literature, Government, History, the BLSU and La Vanguardia.