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Richard Skinner '92, visiting instructor of government, was interviewed by Cox News Service for a story about how GOP leaders are protecting their legislative priorities by adopting unprecedented tactics in the conference committees, including barring the door to Democrats.  Skinner said, "The Senate is already on the verge of breaking down completely."  He continued, "The House is looking like a European parliament, where the prime minister runs everything and all the opposition party can do is talk and watch."  The article appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Austin American-Statesman among others.

The chemistry seminar, "Chemistry at Work: Development of an Environmentally Friendly Xerographic Toner," advertised in the public events calendar to take place Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m., will take place on Friday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. in Chemistry 112.

David Orr, chair and professor of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, presents, "Environmental Education in the Age of Terror," on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m., in K-J Red Pit.  This lecture, sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, is part of a series focused on issues related to the environment and public policy and social responsibility concerns.

Embedded reporter Karl Zinsmeister will describe his month on the frontline of the Iraq war, chronicled in his new book Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton College. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the college’s Family Weekend and the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2003-2004 Speakers Series.

The American Geological Institute inducted Barbara Tewksbury, Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Science and chair of the geology department, as its president on November 4 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Seattle.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen published a letter-to-the-editor about President Bush's tax plan in The New York Times. Owen said, "The Bush tax cut, combined with increased government spending, is creating huge projected deficits. These deficits are even more alarming if we take account of needed Social Security reform." She concluded, "other, less regressive tax cuts would have resulted in a bigger stimulus in the short run, making the bitter pill of large deficits a little easier to swallow."

The Hamilton College football program was featured in a Post-Standard article.  Third-year head coach Pete Alvanos has revamped the Continentals' offensive and defensive schemes, has reached out to alumni and has worked closely with the school's admissions staff, hoping to boost football support.

Hans Broedel, visiting assistant professor of history, was quoted in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about the origins of Halloween. Broedel said, "Halloween is a Christian holiday, which derives its name from the Catholic holiday All Saints' Day, also known as All-hallows. Catholics celebrate this feast Nov. 1. The night before, All-hallows Eve, became known as Halloween." "Halloween-bashing may have been started in the 16th century by opportunistic Protestants as a way to discredit the rival Catholic faith," he said.

Professor of Geology Eugene Domack was quoted in an Associated Press article about the thinning Antarctic ice shelf. The article focused on research conducted by Andrew Shepherd, University of Cambridge, who concluded melting from the bottom of the ice shelf was the main cause of ice shelf decline. Domack said, "Thinning does affect how long the shelf can endure warming conditions and bottom melting can occur in addition to surface melting, so I like Shepherd's addition to the story."

John Adams, visiting professor of rhetoric and communication, was quoted in this article about the catch phrase "perfect storm."  Adams said, "people share media experiences, and some shorthand reference to those experiences - like the title of a book or movie - is a perfect thumbnail way to engage and communicate a set of ideas." He continued, "The essence of a real storm is that it is something that we have no control over and hearing that term applied over and over to all these political and social and financial realities obscures the fact that these are situations where people do have choices."