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Twenty-one Hamilton students were inducted into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, on Oct. 14. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. The Hamilton College chapter was established in 1977.

A comparative politics textbook co-authored by government professors Steven Orvis and Carol Drogus has recently by published by CQ Press.  The book, Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context, is an innovative hybrid approach to the field of comparative politics.  The book is organized thematically around important concepts in comparative politics; in turn, each chapter is framed by the questions of who rules?, what motivates political behavior?, and where and why? Then, within each chapter, the authors have integrated a set of extended case studies based on a selection of 10 "core" countries. 

Members of the Hamilton community who don't have a car on campus will be wheel-less no more, thanks to the arrival of Zipcar on the Hill. Zipcar, the world's largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, will begin its service at Hamilton this week, as an environmentally friendly alternative to the costs and hassles of keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues Hamilton's commitment to invest in sustainable solutions on campus and marks Zipcar's entry into Clinton, bringing its operations to more than 50 cities, including London, England, and 28 North American states and provinces. 

Rachel Richardson, a senior creative writing major at Hamilton, has published a short story, "Trapeze," in The Minnesota Review, a long-established, nationally distributed literary journal published by Carnegie Mellon University. Associate Professor of  English Doran Larson notes, "Not only is it a rare achievement for an undergraduate to publish so prominently, "Trapeze" is the lead story in the issue -- an honor for any writer."

The Dean's Faculty Lecture Series kicked off the spring semester on Feb. 28, with a lecture by Edgar B. Graves Professor of History Al Kelly. Kelly's topic was "Heroes and Harlots: German Virtue and French Decadence in the 'Great and Glorious War' of 1870-1871."

Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty is the author of a new book, Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, published by Duke University Press (3/03). The book addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. According to the jacket: "Forging vital links between daily life and collective action and between theory and pedagogy, Mohanty has been at the vanguard of Third World and international feminist thought and activism for nearly two decades."

Martha Rhodes, writer-in-residence, will give a reading of her poetry on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m. in the Beinecke Events Barn. It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.

"Doctuh" Mike Woods, associate professor of music, was interviewed for a Syracuse Post-Standard article (2/19/03) about his jazz group, the Zoe Jazz Ensemble. The group performed at the Syracuse Suds Factory on Feb. 19. Woods has written more than 400 scores in jazz, classical, orchestral, gospel and other musical genres.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven gave an invited lecture at the UCLA Jewish Studies Center conference titled, After Spinoza: Judaism, Modernity, and the Future of the Multitude. Her lecture was titled, "Spinoza's Halakhic Social Ethics, Jewish Democratic Politics, and Feminist Liberation." It was a gathering of Spinoza scholars from all over the world for an intensive three-day conference supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Ma Vie en Rose, a screening in the "Masculinities" film series will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 pm. in KJ 109 (Red Pit). It will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Irwin Chair in Women's Studies. Originally released in 1997, this is the story of seven-year-old Ludovic, seen by family as a little boy--while Ludovic has no doubt that she is a little girl, and dresses,plays and loves accordingly. The winner of the Golden Globe as best foreign language film of its year, this is a beautiful and hopeful movie about the possibility for an infinite range of sex/gender identities being open to all of us. Co-sponsored by the French Club. Free and open to the public.