TODAY Civic participation in Chávez’s Venezuela Noon 5214SSHB Thad Dunning,a professor of political science at Yale University,will speak about Chávez and surveys taken in2003and2008.

The U.S.Bicycling Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony at Freeborn Hall on Sunday.The ceremony marked the first time the event had been held west of the Mississippi River. The keynote speaker for the event was Levi Leipheimer.Leipheimer won the bronze medal in the road time trial for cycling at the Beijing Olympics.A world-renowned cyclist and native of Santa Rosa,he also placed first overall in both the2007and2008Amgen Tour ofCalifornia.