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Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, discussed Michael Steele's performance during his first 100 days as Republican National Committee Chairman in a Baltimore Sun article titled "For GOP's Steele, A Time To Fly Or Fall." "In fairness to Steele, I can't imagine a worse time to be chairman of the RNC. But he's only made the situation worse for himself," said Klinkner.

Eric Kuhn '09 has been named to the UWIRE 100 list, a select group of undergraduate and graduate students judged the top collegiate journalists in the country. This is the second year that Kuhn has been selected by UWIRE. Only seven other student journalists were chosen in both 2008 and 2009.

Professors of Anthropology Charlotte Beck and Tom Jones presented a paper titled "A Case of Extinction in Paleoindian Lithic Technology" at the 74th Society for American Archaeology Meeting in Atlanta on April 23. The paper is a continuation of Beck and Jones's research on the earliest colonists of North America and discusses the ultimate disappearance of a particular technology used initially by these early colonists.

A luncheon with Acting President Joe Urgo on Thursday, April 30, marks the final event in a busy year of Hamilton Alumni Leadership Training (HALT) events. Earlier this month, HALT held a week-long series of promotional events to educate the Hamilton campus about HALT and how graduating seniors can stay engaged with the College as alumni. Applications for membership on next year's HALT committee are due May 1.

The American College of Physicians (ACP) named Hamilton alumna Christine Laine '83, MD, MPH, FACP editor of its flagship journal, Annals of Internal Medicine last week. A former vice president and senior deputy editor of Annals, Laine is the youngest editor in the journal's history. She graduated summa cum laude from Hamilton with a double major in writing and biology.

Eight seniors presented their government senior honors theses at the 63rd Annual New York State Political Science Association Conference at John Jay College in New York City from April 24 – 25. The event drew 200 to 250 panelists, presenters and round table participants from around the country.

On Wednesday, April 22, Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, presented "Firm and Employee Effects of an Enterprise Information System: Micro-econometric Evidence" with Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen from the Hanken School of Economics (HSE) in Helsinki, Finland at the Helsinki Center of Economic Research at the University of Helsinki. Jones also presented "The Nature and Effects of Corporate Governance in Co-operatives" on the same day at HSE.

In response to New York University's and Colby College's announcements that they are no longer requiring applicants to take either the SAT or ACT, InsideHigherEd.com, in an April 21 article titled "SAT Skepticism in New Form," addressed the issue. Editor Scott Jaschik reviewed similar decisions made by other institutions in years past including Hamilton's decision to become SAT-optional in 2001. Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer shared some of her observations with Jaschik.

An Associated Press article that focused on a Buddhist retreat center in Texas quoted Richard Seager, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies. "This tension between old and new is not unique to Buddhism," said Seager, author of Buddhism in America. "My sense is that the need to reinterpret for and in the West is seen increasingly to be the wise option," Seager said in Miller Puts His Twist On Buddhism.

Visiting Professor of Film History and F.I.L.M. Director Scott MacDonald, on-leave this semester, spoke on cinema and the American landscape at the San Francisco Exploratorium and delivered the inaugural presentation at the new storefront theater of San Francisco's Studio for Urban Projects on March 27.