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Naughty by Nature, the hip-hop group that brought us "Down with O.P.P." back in the mid-90s, will be performing in the Annex on Saturday, Nov. 11th. Tickets are still available

Assistant professor of English Gillian Gane presented a paper, "Libraries, Black Writers, and Fire" at the meeting of the African Literature Association held in the Bibliotheka Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, from March 19th to the 23rd. Gane also published two articles, "Mixed-Up, Jumble-Aya, and English: 'How Newness Enters the World' in Salman's Rushdie's 'The Courter'" appeared in a long-delayed issue of ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, Vol. 32, no. 4 (cover date October 2001): 47-68 and "Achebe, Soyinka, and Other-Languagedness," appeared in The Creative Circle: Artist, Critic, and Translator in African Literature, edited by Angelina E. Overvold, Richard K. Priebe, and Louis Tremaine (Africa World Press, 2003): 131-49.

After the arrest of an American Muslim associated with the sniper attacks in Washington D.C., many U.S. Muslims were fearful of discrimination and hatred directed at them in the United States. Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert claimed that the arrest of John Allen Mohammed, a 41-year-old Muslim and an American citizen, was “’a bitter pill’ for American Muslims.” According to Gilbert, the way that Washington will handle the situation and the arrest will greatly affect how American’s react.

After the arrest of an American Muslim associated with the sniper attacks in Washington D.C., many U.S. Muslims were fearful of discrimination and hatred directed at them in the United States. Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert claimed that the arrest of John Allen Mohammed, a 41-year-old Muslim and an American citizen, was “’a bitter pill’ for American Muslims.” According to Gilbert, the way that Washington will handle the situation and the arrest will greatly affect how American’s react.

Jennifer Sturm, system administrator and research support specialist, and Dana Luciano, assistant professor of English, both spoke on behalf of the Kirkland Project at the National Council for Research on Women's annual conference, "Borders, Babies, and Bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security," on May 31, at Mills College in Oakland, Ca. Sturm's talk, "Technology and Innovations in Feminist Studies," outlined the Kirkland Project's series for 2003-04, "Technology and Democracy." She also proposed new models for the integration of technology in feminist studies, adapting the framework of MERCURY, the chemistry supercomputing consortium based at Hamilton. Luciano's talk, "From 'Tolerance' to Transformation" was on the history of the Kirkland Project and its accomplishments.

Professor of Art Rand Carter will deliver the opening lecture at The Friends of Schinkel's second Triennial event that will be held in cooperation with the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, June 19 – 21, 2003, at the Schinkel-Klause, Berlin-Mitte. His lecture addresses "Schinkel and the Pompeian Style" in a session titled "Schinkel und Italien." Conference proceedings will be published as a volume in the FOS Triennial series by Edition Axel Menges.

Butterflies are predictors of global warming. A project funded by the NWF will restablish Frosted Elfin and Karner Blue Butterflies

The Monk Rowe Trio will perform at the annual Syracuse Jazz Festival. Monk's trio feature Genevieve Rose on acoustic bass and Gregory Caputo on drums, both of whom reside in Massachusetts. The trio will perform at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, June 20. The festival is held at the Onondaga Community College campus.

The Board of Trustees at Hamilton College has named Joan Hinde Stewart its 19th president. Stewart is currently dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of French at the University of South Carolina (USC). She will become the first female president in the 191-year history of the formerly all-male college when she assumes office on July 1. The first in her family to earn a college degree, the Brooklyn native will also join the college’s faculty as professor of French.