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Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer discussed the current pressures experienced by college applicants and how changing national demographics might lessen applicant anxiety in the future with both The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Inzer was quoted in a Times article, titled "College expect to see drop in applicants; Demographic change alters the landscape," that appeared on the front page on Sunday, March 9.

Hamilton College and Colgate University will co-host a film symposium, "Nature/Place/Cinema," on April 4-6 and April 11-13 that will be held on both campuses. The symposium will focus on the representation of landscape, place and the natural world in film and video. It will feature visiting filmmakers who will screen their films and videos as well as lectures by cinema scholars. All events are free and open to the public.

The donor and two editors of the diary of the "Adirondack Murder," Chester Gillette, will present "The Murder of Grace Brown and the Prison Diary of Chester Gillette," a lecture/discussion and booksigning, on Friday, March 7, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kennedy Science Auditorium. The threesome will present a second program and booksigning on Saturday, March 8, at 1 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Commercial Drive in New Hartford.

Heroes and Hard Times: A Black Folk History, a musical performance by James "Sparky" and Rhonda Rucker, will be presented on Thursday, March 6, at 4 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The event is being held in conjunction with the Emerson Gallery's current exhibitions which explore key moments in African American history through photography and political satire.

Major John Dehn, a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, will present "The President, the Congress, and the War on Terror" on Thursday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in the Red Pit in the Kirner-Johnson Building. Dehn will conduct a lecture-discussion on issues including detainee designation and treatment and the nature of the war making power.

The Hamilton College Democrats and the Kirkland Democrats are hosting a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary No End in Sight on Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium in the Kirner-Johnson Building. Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, will introduce the film and moderate a brief discussion following the screening. The event is free and open to the public.

Alumnus Dr. Ian Howat '99, an assistant professor of geoscience at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University, will present "Speeding ice and shifting paradigms: timescales of ice sheet collapse" on Friday, Feb. 29, at noon in room 1035 in the Science Building.

The photography of Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan is included in a four-page spread in a new book titled The Elements of Photography – Understanding and Creating Sophisitcated Images. De Swaan's "Sub-Version Series" is represented with four images and is accompanied by an artist's statement and her comments on framing and borders.

Professor of Government Stephen Orvis gave a lecture at the "Policy Lunch Series" at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany on Feb. 26. His presentation, "What Went Wrong in Kenya?," addressed the set of developments - social, political, economic, domestic, international - that led to the violence in Kenya following elections; the prospects for the future; and possible solutions to enhance the development of a more stable democracy.

At a workshop of the Mondragon Co-operative Academic Community (MCAC) held Feb. 25-26, Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, presented a paper "Trust, inequality and the size of co-operative sector: cross-country evidence."