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Hamilton College is mentioned in a USA Today editorial (Dec. 26) about heightened competition in college admissions. The editorial notes that "the University of California...is beginning to examine applicants' accomplishments and abilities beyond academic achievements based on grades and test scores. That's long been the approach of smaller colleges such as Hamilton in upstate New York. Last year the staff interviewed 75% of the students personally."

Does the type of school an undergraduate attends really make a difference? A new survey suggests that it does. A comparative alumni survey, conducted by the independent research firm of Hardwick Day and commissioned by the Annapolis Group (a consortium of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges), has found that the undergraduate experience students encounter at small, residential liberal arts colleges is more effective in producing meaningful and lasting benefits than the education experienced at large, public universities and other institutions of higher education. Hamilton College is one of the original members of the Annapolis Group.

Vivyan Adair, director of the ACCESS Project, and Sharon Gormley, ACCESS coordinator, were guests on WCNY-TV's "Hour CNY," in December. They discussed the ACCESS Project, a comprehensive Hamilton College program designed to provide low-income parents with the opportunity to receive a liberal arts education. "Hour CNY" is a daily TV talk show in which the hosts feature people and organizations of interest in Central New York.

Men's basketball center Joe Finley was featured in a Utica Observer Dispatch article (12/13), titled "Hard Work Pays Off." In the article, Coach Tom Murphy describes Finley as "one of the hardest working kids we've had...He's made himself into a player." Finley, an economics major, is leading the Continentals in points this season, with 19.8 per game, plus 11.8 rebounds a game.

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Vivyan Adair, who is director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, was a guest on WAMC Northeast Public Radio's program 51%, on Thursday, Dec. 12. The show 51% is a weekly half-hour of interviews and features focusing on issues of concern to women. Adair discussed the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College. The archived show can be heard on-line at www.wamc.org with Real Audio or Windows Media. 51% is heard throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.

The Hamilton College Choir will perform with the University Glee Club of New York City at its 217th Members Concert on Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m., in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. Hamilton’s Choir will perform three songs jointly with the Glee Club: "My Lord What a Morning," "Somewhere/Tonight" ("West Side Story"), and "Ride the Chariot." The concert will be followed by an Afterglow reception on the Grand Promenade at Avery Fisher Hall.

The Newman Community will hold its annual Christmas Mass on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 11 p.m. in the Chapel. The Mass will feature music by the Hamilton College Choir, directed by Music Professor G. Roberts Kolb. All are welcome. A reception in the Bristol Campus Center will follow the service.

Michael H. Granof '63, the Ernst and Young Distinguished Centennial Professor of Accounting at the University of Texas at Austin and Distinguished Teaching Professor, will speak about the Enron debacle on Friday, Dec. 13, at 1:30 p.m. in the Chemistry Auditorium. Granof has had several pieces on this subject published in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times. His lecture is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center speaker series.

"The General from America," a play written by Richard Nelson '72, is currently running off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, through December 22. Nelson directed the production, which tells the story of Benedict Arnold and his famous treason.

The Hamilton College Department of Music will present a concert by the College Orchestra, conducted by Heather Buchman on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m., at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the campus of Hamilton College. This concert features The Hebrides, also known as Fingal’s Cave, by Felix Mendelssohn, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Resighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances Suite III. Colleen Roberts Pellman will be the guest harpsichordist for the Respighi selection.