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The Hamilton community crossed and recrossed the aisle on October 18 during the inaugural Common Ground discussion, which featured David Axelrod and Carl Rove, chief strategists and chiefs of staff for former presidents Obama and Bush 43rd, respectively, as well as moderator Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of USA Today.

A group of Hamilton government students had an informal session with political strategists David Axelrod and Karl Rove before the two spoke on campus as part of the College Common Ground series.

Hamilton students rubbed elbows with experts and immersed themselves in cutting-edge developments during the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computer Conference.

Most people know that social media has played an important role in the spark and maintenance of protests across the globe and that, as a result, authoritarian governments attempt to censor these platforms. What is less clear, however, is the point at which this censorship becomes repression. Mary Gallagher, professor of political science and director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, discussed China’s repression progression, specifically since the rise of social media on Oct. 17.

Professor of Africana Studies and Classics Shelley Haley recently attended the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) where she participated in several events.

Artnet News tapped Tracy L. Adler, the Johnson-Pote Director of the Wellin Museum of Art, to offer her opinion for the publication’s article, Who Are the Most Influential Artists of the Last Century?

Eight students launched Hamilton’s inaugural Alternative Fall Break trip with a four-day visit to Double H Ranch in the Adirondacks, Oct. 11-15. The camp was founded by Charles R. Wood, and actor Paul Newman as a part of his SeriousFun network of camps for children with life threatening illnesses.

Sam Lebovic, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, delivered a lecture on Oct. 16 discussing the ideas in his book Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in America. In a country where free speech is extremely protected it should follow that the press is extremely free. But, according to Lebovic, that is not the case. There are two key crises facing the free press today–corporate consolidation and the rise of state secrecy. Both are grounded in history, having originated in the 20th century as the country decided what exactly freedom of press meant.

His research project was meaningful in and of itself — investigating high salt levels in wells not far from campus. But Chris Klein ’18 also gained experience in handling the unexpected, as in, “What else can we try to figure this out?”

Contesting the Repressive State: Why Ordinary Egyptians Protested During the Arab Spring, by Assistant Professor of Government Kira Jumet, was recently published by Oxford University Press.