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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.

Catherine Gunther Kodat, a professor of American Studies, has been researching George Balanchine and his influence as part of her larger project on Cold War culture. A former dance critic for The Baltimore Sun and Dance Magazine, Kodat says: Balanchine was the most important ballet choreographer of the 20th century (considering ballet as a distinct genre of dance), and certainly among the most important in Western dance generally. Influential not only for ballet choreographers, but for those working in modern dance as well; both Twyla Tharp and Mark Morris have acknowledged his influence on their own work.

Forty years ago on January 8, 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson declared his historic "war on poverty" nearly 50 million American were living in poverty. In his first State of the Union Address Johnson declared that his administration, "today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America."  He created a new Office of Economic Opportunity to coordinate social programs for the poor but when he left office in 1969 the war on poverty was far from won.