Early Native American Origins Expert to Speak at Canisius
Canisius College will host Dr. James M. Adovasio, chair of the Anthropology and Archaeology Department at Mercyhurst College, on Wednesday, February 4 at 6 p.m. in the Horan-O’Donnell Science Building, Room 107.

An expert regarding the earliest evidence of native peoples in the Americas, Adovasio's lecture is entitled "Who Were Those People? Biased View of the Initial Peopling of This Continent." The event is free and open to the public.

The lecture is sponsored by the Canisius College Departments of History and Sociology and Anthropology and is part of "Native American History," a course offered at the college.

For more information about the lecture, contact Dr. Keith Burich, professor of history at Ext. 3284 or via E-mail at burich@canisius.edu.

ArtsCanisius Presents Informally Formal Concert
ArtsCansisius presents an Informally Formal chamber concert featuring the Clara String Quartet on Tuesday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Tickets are $15 general admission and $7 for students. Informally Formal chamber concerts feature members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a relaxed setting, where audience members sit at round tables, enjoy coffee and dessert and interact with the musicians. For more information, call the Fine Arts Office at Ext. 2542.

Canisius Hosts Award-Winning Poet G.E. Murray '68
Canisius College will host award-winning poet G.E. Murray '68 on Thursday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m. in Churchill Academic Tower Room 207. Murray will read from his works and answer questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public.

Murray has had seven collections of poetry published. His most recent, Arts of a Cold Sun, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2003. Arts of a Cold Sun has been nominated both for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize (long list) and the Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry. In 2003, Murray was nominated as a candidate for Poet Laureate of Illinois.

He received the Canisius College Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002 and currently serves on the college's Board of Regents. For more information on this event, contact Dr. Mick Cochrane, professor of English at Ext. 2662 or click here.

Permanent Chair of Polish Culture Sponsors Concert, Art Exhibit
The Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College is sponsoring "The Life and Works of Paderewski," a presentation by Dr. Kazimierz Braun, professor of theatre and dance at the University of Buffalo, on Saturday, February 21 at 7 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Following the presentation, there will be a piano concert featuring Igor Lipinski, recipient of the Grand Prix for Young Pianists at the Paderewski Festival in Kasna, Poland.

Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 pre-sale for general admission, student tickets are $8 at the door or $5 pre-sale. The event is co-sponsored by the Polish Cultural Foundation. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Linda Grabowski at 683-3413.

In addition, the Polish Chair is sponsoring an exhibit of Polish handcrafted items curated by Dr. Margaret Stefanksi, assistant professor of modern languages. The exhibit is on display through February 27 in the library display cases. The items include wood carvings, a leather chest, woven tapestries and paintings in a variety of media. The exhibit is on view during regular library hours.

For more information on either of these events, please contact Rev. Benjamin Fiore S.J., chair of religious studies, at Ext. 2822.

Leading Political Campaign Expert to Speak at Canisius
Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, one the nation's leading political campaign experts, will speak at Canisius on Monday, February 23, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in the Regis Room.  The lecture, entitled "What Voters Know and Need to Know to Vote Intelligently in the Primaries," is free and open to the public. 

Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

The lecture, presented under the auspices of the William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series. Seating is limited. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, contact the Office of Public Relations at Ext. 2790 or click here.

Butts Speaks as Part of MLK Celebration

Dr. Calvin Butts, pastor of the nationally renowned Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and president of SUNY College at Old Westbury, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people at the Montante Cultural Center on February 3 as part of the Canisius' Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Butts began his speech by reading from the Bible and blamed the major problems in American society today on the pervasiveness of greed.