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Government Professor Cheng Li was interviewed by Reuters news service about President Bush's visit to China this week for the Pacific Rim summit. "It's a big show. Superficially they will reach an agreement, but the reality depends on the unfolding drama," Li said. "For China the priority is to show that the previous concern that China is a threat to the United States is groundless."

Hamilton College's annual Family Weekend will be held this weekend, Oct. 19-21. A full slate of activities is planned for members of the 486 families who have registered to attend.

The next Kirkland Project Brown Bag talk will be held on Monday, Oct. 29, at noon in the Beinecke Kirkland Lounge (Fireplace Room). Sue Ann Miller, Professor of Biology, will speak about "Adoration and Fear: Selected Biological Views of the Body."

This week's Think Tank (Friday, Oct. 19, noon, Burke Library Room 211) will feature Professor of English John O'Neill talking about: "The Reel Jane Austen: Learning About the Novel from the Movies." Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP with your meal card number.

South African novelist J. M. Coetzee will read from his works at Hamilton College on Friday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Chapel. John Michael Coetzee, a novelist, essayist, literary critic, linguist and translator, is one of the most respected writers working in the world today.

Dr. Jane Jervis will present a general science seminar titled "Biosphere II" on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. Her PowerPoint and video presentation will describe the Biosphere II project and opportunities available at the Biosphere facility for Hamilton College students and faculty.

HAVOC is holding its annual "Make A Difference Day" on Saturday, Oct. 27. There are many opportunities both on and off campus to volunteer. Sign-ups will be held Friday, Oct. 19, from 12-1 p.m. in Beinecke.

In October the Syracuse Civic Morning Musicals Lunch Hour Series presented pianists Colleen Roberts Pellman and Joyce Ucci, both lecturers in music, in a recital for piano, four hands. The program, which was performed at the Hosmer Auditorium of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, included works by Mozart, Barber, and Faure.

In October, Christophre Georges, associate professor of economics, presented a poster, "Learning Dynamics in an Artificial Currency Market," at a workshop on multi-agent computation in natural and artificial economies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

Kirk Pillow, assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper, "Does Goodman's Distinction Survive LeWitt," twice in October, first on campus as part of the Faculty Lecture Series and then in Minneapolis at the American Society for Aesthetics national meetings. He reports that the discussion following the paper was even better on campus than it was at the conference.