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A paper given by Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz at last year's American Philological Association (APA) has been chosen to receive an award for best paper by the Women's Classical Caucus. The paper, titled "The Greek Wedding: Escape from Patriarchy?", was the topic at a Kirkland Project Brown Bag last month.

Max Thompson, nationally acclaimed speaker and educator will present an in-service on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. His talk is titled Acceleration vs. Remediation: How is it possible to help EVERY student succeed in EVERY class? Thompson will be conducting this in-service training for several hundred regional K-12 professional educators, and all members of our Hamilton College Community are invited to attend.

The first in the fall series of Kirkland Project Brown Bag talks will take place Wednesday, Oct. 3 at noon in Schambach 108. [Please note this is not the usual location.] Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott professor of comparative literature, will speak about "The Greek Wedding: Escape from Patriarchy?" Brown Bag gatherings are informal. Please bring your lunch and join us for discussion. For more information, call the Kirkland Project office at x-4288.

Husband and wife authors, novelist Brad Leithauser and poet Mary Jo Salter, will read from their works on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center at Hamilton College. The reading, sponsored by the Hamilton English department, is free and open to the public.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed by Reuters News Service about China's leadership and its foreign policy in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Burke Library is currently featuring a new exhibit, "Antarctic Exploration in the "Heroic Age." It was initially planned to coincide with the Antarctic conference (now postponed until April 2002), and focuses on several of the voyages of exploration in the early twentieth century.

The Class of 2002 will be selling patriotic ribbons to support the Fire Department of New York from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday in Beinecke. Donations of $2 (or more) are encouraged.

Hamilton College will host the annual meeting of the Regional Peace Studies Consortium, on Saturday, Sept. 29. The consortium is a group of colleges and institutes that are committed to engage questions of peace and conflict. The member institutions include Colgate, Cornell, SUNY-Oswego, SUNY-Brockport, SUNY-Binghamton, Syracuse, and Hamilton. The conference is held at the campus of a different member institution each year; this is Hamilton's first time hosting the conference. The schedule for the conference is posted on the web at: http://academics.hamilton.edu/workshops/peace/

Hamilton's 12th annual Trust Treat will be held on Halloween night, October 31, from 5-8 p.m. Trust Treat is a Halloween celebration bringing children from the Utica area, as well as the children of Hamilton employees to the College for a safe and fun evening of trick-or-treating. Trust Treat was established by the Newman Council and the Class of 1992 in memory of Eric Trust, a member of the class, who died unexpectedly on Halloween Day during his first year at Hamilton in 1988. Contact Fr. Croghan (4129), Emily Backman (2584), or Kurt Mangold (2574) with questions.

A panel discussion about the events of September 11, featuring experts in international relations, government and philosophy, and representatives of the U.S. Army War College, will be held at Hamilton College on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the College Chapel. The discussion, titled "September 11, 2001: How did we get here, where are we going, what should we do," is free and open to the public.