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Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty David Paris, who is the James S. Sherman Professor of Government at Hamilton, was interviewed by TIME.com for an article about President Bush's education reform plan.

Eve Ensler won an Obie Award for her one-woman play, The Vagina Monologues. She will lecture at Hamilton College on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events barn.

Cherokee musician Eddie Bushyhead will perform at Hamilton on Thursday, Feb. 1 as a guest in the Kirkland Project's Southern Accents series.

Award-winning poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar will serve as writer-in-residence and give public reading of her work at Hamilton. Her first collection of poems in English, The Hour between Dog and Wolf, was a finalist for several awards.

Members of the Hamilton community spent the day Saturday volunteering at 10 Utica-area sites in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King's commitment to service.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series opens the spring semester with a performance by the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. This public performance ends a week-long residency that includes master classes, school matinees and a public performance. The residency is a partnership between Hamilton College, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, and the Central New York Arts Council’s Arts in Education Institute.

Seventeen low-income women from the Mohawk Valley are taking the first step toward a college education as members of the pilot class of the ACCESS Project, a comprehensive program designed to provide low-income parents in Central New York with all of the support necessary to thrive in an academic community.

Mike Burton grew up in North Carolina and went to Catawba College where he earned his BFA in Theatre Arts; he then moved to New York City to become a comedian. Since then his career has taken off.

The Pat McGee Band will perform at Hamilton on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 9 p.m. in the Beinecke Village Annex. Since its formation in early 1996, the Pat McGee Band's grassroots growth has been phenomenal. The band, with rich harmonies and energized acoustic rock, has been selling out clubs, such as Irving Plaza, New York, NY; House of Blues, Chicago; Paradise, Boston; Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, and the 9:30 Club and the Bayou in Washington, DC. PMB's biggest sellout -- more than 7,000 -- occurred on July 2, 1998 at Wolf Trap's Filene Center, Vienna, VA. They performed on the H.O.R.D.E. tour in Charlotte, NC, and opened for the Allman Brothers Band in Buffalo and Toronto. The band signed a recording contract with Giant Records, a joint venture with Warner Brothers Records.

This year might mark only the second anniversary of Hamilton's FebFest, but a Winter Carnival was once an integral part of Hamilton tradition. Begun in 1938, the events of the Winter Carnival included concerts, dance parties, and a snow sculpture competition. Despite the popularity of this tradition, it died out in the mid-1950s. However, the Winter Carnival was brought back to the Hill last year in the form of FebFest, a week-long celebration of winter and a break from the monotony of classes and work. Most importantly, it is an opportunity for the entire campus community to become involved in an event that celebrates Hamilton and its traditions. In the tradition of the old Winter Carnival, FebFest includes concerts, parties, and various outdoor activities. New events have been added, such as the Gong Show, the Snoccer tournament, and the Wine and Chocolate Tasting. This year, FebFest will be held from Monday, Feb. 12 - Saturday, Feb.17.