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WAMC/Northeast Public Radio in Albany will feature a reading by Professor of Sociology Dennis Gilbert on Monday, March 5, as part of the public radio station’s Academic Minute. During his reading, Gilbert examines exactly who is considered middle class, pointing out that there are many definitions.

Members of the Hamilton community again supported the annual America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, held this year on March 4 in Utica. Donations are still being counted for this year's event,according to Colleen Pellman, a team captain. Last year Team Hamilton had 162 participants and raised $6395 for the American Heart Association. 

“Priestess,” a painting by Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art Katharine Kuharic, was recently added to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) permanent collection. The painting is included in “The Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women,” acquired through a gift to PAFA. 

Judy Pfaff, professional sculptor and installation artist, will present a lecture on Monday, March 5, at 4 p.m. in Bradford Auditorium. Pfaff’s visit is part of the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series, and is free and open to the public.

Professor of History Maurice Isserman published an op-ed about American Democratic Socialist Michael Harrington in The New York Times (3/3/12). In “The Poverty of An Idea,” Isserman notes that libertarian writer Charles Murray has lately kept alive the idea of a “culture of poverty, the theory that poor people are trapped by distorted norms and aspirations and not merely material deprivation." Yet, Michael Harrington was in the forefront of analyzing poverty as a social problem, Isserman notes.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall. The performance will feature student dancers and choreography by Hamilton faculty Sandra Stanton and Paris Wilcox ’95 in addition to guest choreographers Misung Hong, Heather Koniz ’04 and Jeremy Raia.  

Hamilton’s annual “Do it in the Dark” Dorm Energy Battle is in its final stretch. The campus-wide competition between residence halls began Feb. 13 and will end March 5. The residence hall that reduces its energy consumption the most will win a weekend breakfast catered by Bon Appétit.

Hamilton’s 2012 Public Speaking Competition will take place on Saturday, March 3, from 1-4 p.m. in the Chapel. In this annual event students will compete for three different prizes: The McKinney Prize, The Clark Prize and The Warren E. Wright Prize.

Since gaining nationhood in the 18th century, the United States has been directly involved in dozens of armed military conflicts. The standard that the government has used and still uses to justify military engagements is the just war theory, which posits that a nation can, morally, only become involved in a military conflict that adheres to a set of ethical criteria. Andrew Fiala, professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics Center at California State University, Fresno, discussed the theory on March 1.

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, recently presented her ongoing work to faculty of the University of California at San Diego and Friends of Classics, and at the University of San Diego.