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Robert Spiegelman, sociologist, multimedia artist and writer, will give a New York Council on the Humanities lecture titled "Cooling Mother Earth: New York's Footprint in Nature, Then and Now," on Monday, Feb. 16, at noon in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, was interviewed for a Houston Chronicle article about steroids in sports (2/12/09). In the article, "Has ethics struck out," Simon believes sports organizations should have the right to draw lines that allow an athlete's physical and mental attributes to decide outcomes. 

Three's a crowd? Not so, says Hamilton senior Austin Hawkins. On the contrary, three is stronger than two: it is a symbol of unity, energy, overcoming duality, completion, humanity and creation. It is an element of many religions and has a larger cultural meaning. For Hawkins, a bicycle holding three riders is a good balance compared to just one or two, and the flamboyant bike he recently built proves it.

The Biology Department is sponsoring a screening of the PBS video, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium, Science Center. It will be followed by discussion with faculty, including Al Kelly, Ashleigh Smythe and Ernest Williams -- specialists in intellectual history, invertebrate biology, and systematic and evolutionary ecology.

Allie Pohl '07 recently exhibited her work in a show titled "New Media Salon" at Plus Gallery in Denver. Pohl showed two piece of video art, "Totter" and "Heel at the Gym." Both pieces explore the artificial things women wear and do to their bodies.

In honor of Black History Month, the BLSU presents a lecture by Associate Professor of Africana Studies Angel David Nieves on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. Nieves' topic is "Coalition 'Building' in the Post-Civil Rights Era: Latinas/os & African Americans in the Diaspora." The lecture is free and open to the public.

Hamilton juniors Stephanie Anglin and Michael Amaral presented a poster with Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology John Edlund at the annual conference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Feb. 5-7, in Tampa, Fla. Their research examined abortion decisions.

Northern Arizona University Professor David Schlosberg will give a lecture, "From Environmental Justice to Ecological Justice: Human Communities and Natural Systems," on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium in Hamilton College's Science Center. Sponsored by the Diversity and Social Justice Project as part of its Environmental Justice series, it is free and open to the public.

Hamilton's 9th annual winter carnival, FebFest, will take place on Feb. 7-14 on campus. This year's theme is Walley Goes Green. Highlights will include a Light Side vs. Dark Side snowball fight, snow touch football, a snoccer tournament and a Mr. Hamilton contest. .

Two Hamilton students were among participants at a Media Scholarship in the Liberal Arts presentation at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., on Feb. 2. Kira DesJardins '10 and Kelsey Rice '10 participated in panel discussions at the workshop with Professor of English Vincent Odamtten and Instructional Technologist Janet Simons. The session was developed by Simons and David Baird of Colgate University.