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The Contemporary Voices and Visions series of the Hamilton College Performing Arts continues with a performance by Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra on Friday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Spoken Hand is an internationally unique hand drumming orchestra composed of four percussion batteries that represent the traditions of Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba, North Indian tabla and West African djembe.

Adolph Reed, author and professor of political science at the New School for Social Research, discussed, ?W. E. B. Du Bois and the *Souls of Black Folk* 100 Years Later: Race and Politics in Post-Jim Crow America,? February 17 in the Chapel at Hamilton College. The lecture was held to commemorate Black History Month at Hamilton. Adolph Reed, author and professor of political science at the New School for Social Research, discussed, ?W. E. B. Du Bois and the *Souls of Black Folk* 100 Years Later: Race and Politics in Post-Jim Crow America,? February 17 in the Chapel at Hamilton College. The lecture was held to commemorate Black History Month at Hamilton.

Barbara Gold, chair of Hamilton's Classics Department, was interviewed for a story about Valentine's Day expressions of love on the Discovery.com Web site. Gold analyzed writings from ancient Rome and sentiments in modern cards and found Romans had a very different view of love from that of today's couples.

Professor of Classics Barbara Gold wrote an essay about "Valentines from Ancient Rome" which was featured on the poppolitics.com Web site.

Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano is mentioned in a New York Times article (2/13/03) about the difficulties in getting rid of old and obsolete computers. System administrator Jenn Sturm is also quoted.

The Buffers, Hamilton's all male a capella group, continued a Valentine's Day tradition by delivering singing Buffergrams to people all over campus.

Thadious Davis, the Gertrude Conway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University will give a lecture, “Raced Space and the Souls of Black Folk: W.E.B. Du Bois’s New World Social Geography,” on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Her appearance is part of Hamilton's commemoration of Black History Month.

Classics Professor Barbara Gold was interviewed for a United Press International (UPI) feature article about the origins of Valentine's Day. In the UPI article Gold says love for ancient Romans was interesting, both to live and to write about, because it was painful, like a disease.

Hamilton College will host its fourth annual winter carnival, FebFest 2003, through February 15 on the campus. FebFest will feature a snoccer tournament, snow sculpture contest, community sledding, a Battle of the Bands and Gong Show. Many events are free and open to the public; others require admission with a FebFest button.

The Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College in conjunction with the current exhibition "Whistler & His Contemporaries, Prints of Venice" presents Lunchtime Tuesday Talks, "Food for Thought," beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 11, noon to 1 p.m. in the Emerson Gallery. Guest curator Professor of Art Deborah Pokinski will discuss "Whistler in Venice."