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Hamilton men's basketball players Joe Finley (Brooklyn, NY) and Jimmy Driggs (Fairfield, CT) were named UCAA forward and guard of the week, respectively.

Vivyan Adair, assistant professor of women's studies and co-director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, was interviewed for a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about programs that allows young mothers to go to college.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts will present a piano recital by Awadagin Pratt on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. Pratt will also present an open discussion and demonstration on Friday, Feb. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in Wellin Hall. The discussion/demonstration is free and open to the public.

WOFA!, Percussion and Drums from Guinea, West Africa, on Friday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in Schambach Center. WOFA! combines the traditional with the contemporary in a drum and dance spectacular. WOFA! will also present a free African drum and dance demonstration at 12 noon on Friday, Feb. 16 in the Fillius Events Barn.

The Kirkland Project seeks to build community by raising questions that emerge at the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality. The Kirkland Research Associates Program is designed to support students who wish to make the connections between their own disciplinary or interdisciplinary work and the mission of the Kirkland Project. Students working in each division and from the interdisciplinary programs are welcome to apply.

Hamilton College Philosophy Professor Robert Simon was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article (2/2)about violence in the XFL football league, which was created by the founder of the World Wrestling Federation.

"The Ninth Annual Men of Color Conference" will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The conference will feature a keynote address, "Issues Facing Men of Color in America Today: Are We Making Significant Progress?" by Arthur E. Paris, associate professor of sociology, Syracuse University.

Hamilton College will celebrate Black History Month with a variety of activities. The film GLORY will be shown on Feb. 17th (7 p.m.) and Feb. 18th (9 p.m.) in the Red Pit, sponsored by BLSU. Watch the Hamilton news/events page for more events throughout the month.

A hand-carved stone sign now marks the entrance to Hamilton College. The marker is a gift of the Senior Class of 1999 and was made by Oneida County mason Kenny Miller.

Professor Julio-César Santoyo, Catedrático de Estudios de Traducción at the Universidad de León (Spain) and former rector of that university, will be on campus on Monday, Feb. 5, to give a talk (in Spanish) titled "Traducir lo imposible: De Muñoz Seca a García Lorca." Red Pit at 4:30 p.m.