BRUCE BENNETT’s poem, "Sick Cats," was published in the Fall 2003, 25^th Anniversary issue of Tar River Poetry. His book, The Deserted Campus, a collection of poems with accompanying drawings by David Grossvogel, was published by Clandestine Press.

LAURA CAMPBELL performed with the "Society for New Music" at the Everson Museum in Syracuse on November 9. Women composers, Libby Larsen and Barbara White, wrote both the works that she performed. On November 23 Ms. Campbell participated in the premier of a musical theater production of the children's story "My Father's Dragon" in Ithaca. It was produced by the organization, "Music's Recreation," which is based in Ithaca. It has as its goal to provide classical musical experiences to young audiences.

LYDIE AND JIM HAENLIN have been invited by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Orleans (France) to present their translation of Lamine Sall's poetry books. The poet will be present and the book, published by the Wells College Press, will be available for sale. The event will take place on March 18, 2004. Students enrolled in our program in Paris will attend the event as well.

SCOTT HEINEKAMP attended the American Association of Physics Teachers Conference, "Introductory Calculus-Based Physics Teaching," in Arlington, Virginia, from October 31 through November 2, 2003. He has also been appointed to a five-year position as Adjunct Professor at Cornell University in the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, effective November 1, 2003.

CYNTHIA J. KOEPP presented a paper entitled "Pedagogy and Experiential Learning in the Abbé Pluche's Spectacle de la nature" at the 31^stt Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History that took place from October 30-November 2 at Newport Beach, California.

The Faculty Art Show in the String Room Gallery during October included wooden and aluminum sculptures and pottery by THEODORE LOSSOWSKI; paintings by WILLIAM ROBERTS; photographs by REBECCA MELLO EAGAN; decorated pottery by AVA CILIBERTI; and ceramic sculptures by JEFF KELL and GERARD FERRARI.

As one of the Vice-Presidents of the African Association of Political Science and a member of its Executive Committee, TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO attended its Annual Executive Committee meeting held in Yaounde, Cameroon (Central Africa), between November 10 and12.

LAURA MCCLUSKY's book, Here, Our Culture Is Hard: Stories of Domestic Violence from A Mayan Community in Belize, was reviewed in the December issue of American Anthropologist, the journal of the American Anthropological Association.

ERNEST OLSON was a member of a panel presentation of "Public Anthropology and the SHARE Project: Bridging Native and Non-Native Cultures in Local Communities." The panel and subsequent graduate workshop, were sponsored and hosted on October 21 and 22 by the Anthropology Department, McMaster University. This fall, Professor Olson has completed an encyclopedic entry, Religion in Tonga, for the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, The Gale Group. For the spring of 2004, he has been invited to participate in the session, "Conceptions of Social Relationships in Pacific Societies," for the annul meeting of the Association for Social Anthropology of Oceania to be held February 25-28 in Salem, Massachusetts.

Under the direction of CRAWFORD THOBURN, The Wells Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performed at the Morgan Opera House in Aurora on Saturday afternoon, December 6, as a part of the "Christmas in Aurora" celebration. On December 7 they presented their annual Holiday Concert, accompanied by Nancy Gilbertson. A sizable collection of food, donated by members of the audience, was delivered to the Cayuga County Food Pantry. Two of his arrangements for accompanied mixed voices, "The Adoration of the Wise Men," a French carol published by Carl Fischer, Inc. and "My Dancing Day," an English tune published by Coronet Press, have been recorded by the professional chamber choir, Madrigalia from Rochester, conducted by Roger Wilhelm. These selections are included in the group's latest CD entitled "Madrigalia Live For Christmas" which is now available at Border's and other upstate record stores.
 
 

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