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Jonathan Rick '05, editorial intern at Time magazine, published the article "They're Hired - As Authors," in Time (August 2, 2004).  The article contains information about the books related to Donald Trump’s TV show, The Apprentice.

Ann Owen, associate professor of economics and former economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, was interviewed for United Press International article "Analysis: Kerry and the U.S. economy." Owen said the most significant part of John Kerry's economic proposals is his plan to reduce the deficit.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was a guest on the Ben Merens' Show that aired on Wisconsin Public Radio on Tuesday, July 27.  Klinkner discussed what kind of bounce the Kerry-Edwards ticket would get from the Democratic National Convention.

Photography Lecturer Sylvia de Swaan has completed two two-week segments of a six-week residency program awarded to her by the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (CEPA) in Buffalo. 

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for the article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about political conventions.  In the article, "Political conventions have lost some luster," Klinkner said, "They don't serve any function anymore.  They're kind of like the Electoral College; they just ratify the decisions that are made elsewhere."

Many academics believe that "modernization in East Asia can be directly linked to the growth of mass transportation in major cities." Jubin Kwon '05 (Lexington, MA) agrees, and will travel to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Seoul to study different cities and their public transportation to see if transportation does link to modernization.

Hamilton College faculty offer their views on issues to be discussed during the political conventions. 

Dennis Gilbert, professor of sociology, was interviewed for the article, "Class counts - more than pols may know," in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article focuses on the differences between working-class and middle-class Americans.  Gilbert said, "overall research shows, the working class (roughly 60 percent of the U.S. population) has seen more of a decline in its living standards during the last 25 years than has the middle class (30 percent of the population).  Gilbert is the author of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality (2003).   The article also ran on Knight Ridder News Service (7/27/2004) and appeared in newspapers across the country.

Christie Bell Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Kirkland College, and Iowa's First Lady, will be a primetime, 7-11 p.m., speaker at the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, July 27.  The convention will be held July 26-29 in Boston. Vilsack will address 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates representing each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Democrats Abroad.

Carlos Yordan, visiting assistant professor of government, published an op-ed in the Syracuse Post Standard.  Yordan stated "The White House's strategy to shift responsibility to Allawi (Iraq's prime minister) is a true gamble.  The administration can only hope he can convince Iraq's factions to cooperate, while persuading the international community to get more involved in the process.  If sectarian-based organizations can provide physical security and material well-being to the Iraqis, the people will naturally be less loyal to the state and its nation-building project."