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"The Bush Administration must seize the moment now to push forward toward an Israeli-Palestinian settlement," says Hamilton College government professor Yael Aronoff.  The author of When and Why Do Hardliners Become Soft? An Examination of Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Aronoff analyzes the current possibilities for Middle East peace. "The capture of Hussein stimulated some goodwill in the Middle East last month, and the recent signing of the Geneva Accord renewed a bit of hope. However, our window of opportunity to leverage this goodwill and achieve President Bush's 'Roadmap' goal is small. Without some very serious and immediate arm-twisting by the U.S. of both Palestinian and Israeli leaders, this opportunity will disappear.

"On the environment, the President's views in the State of the Union Address were made plain by the conspicuous absence of this issue from his speech, aside from a brief and vague discussion of energy policy," said Peter Cannavo a visiting professor of government at Hamilton College.  "Perhaps he considers the use of performance-enhancing drugs by professional athletes, to which he devoted a good chunk of valuable time, to be a more important issue than the state of the planet we inhabit. 

Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart, in consultation with Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty David Paris, announced the following faculty appointments to endowed chairs.

Ann Owen, associate professor of economics, was quoted in a United Press International article, "Stay the economics course, says Bush."  Owen, a former Federal Reserve economist, said, "The state of the U.S. economy can be summed up simply: short term – good; long term – bad. Large current budget deficits as well as increased future obligations for Social Security and Medicare indicate that the current level of spending is unsustainable.  Eventually, taxes will either have to rise and/or spending will have to be cut dramatically."

While most listeners appreciate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech for its message of hope and solidarity, John Adams, a visiting professor of rhetoric at Hamilton College, says he's struck by Mr. King's lavish use of metaphors -- unexpected words and ideas that create vivid images.

John Adams, visiting professor of rhetoric and communication, said in a VOA radio interview that he's struck by Martin Muther King's lavish use of metaphors -- unexpected words and ideas that create vivid images.  The interview will air on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19. The show, heard around the world, aired at 7:33 a.m. and 11:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.  

Jeffrey Long ’05 published a letter-to-the-editor, "Campaign work shows Kerry’s the best choice," in the Utica, N.Y., <EM>Observer-Dispatch</EM>.  Long spent his Christmas break working with the John Kerry presidential campaign in New Hampshire.

If given the chance after four years of study, students at Hamilton College are more likely than their peers to choose the same college. Hamilton students are also slightly more satisfied with their overall education than students at peer colleges, according to the results of an annual survey of college seniors.

Ultra Violet (Isabelle Collin Dufresne), superstar protégé of Andy Warhol and author of Famous for Fifteen Minutes will present, "Andy Warhol: Ultra Violet Reveals a Legacy," on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 4:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall.  A reception and book-signing will follow the presentation in the Emerson Gallery.  This event is in conjunction with the Emerson Gallery presentation of the exhibition 1968: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION.

The Hamilton College copy of "The Nuremberg Chronicle" is the centerpiece of "Nuremberg 1493," an exhibition opening on Saturday, Feb. 28, and closing Sunday, April 11. The exhibition also features several other important early books from the Hamilton College Burke Library collection.  Several related prints including some by Albrecht Dürer (who worked on the woodcuts for "The Nuremberg Chronicle" while an apprentice) are also in the show.  In addition, the contemporary "Schwaz Nativity," currently on loan to the Emerson, suggests surprisingly close parallels between the styles and processes of woodcut printmaking and German limewood sculpture.