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A brief, simple service of prayer and scriptural reflection will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 4:45 p.m., upstairs in the chapel Meditation Room. The service will be led by College Chaplain Jeff McArn. All are invited. The Meditation is "September 11 and a Strange Thing Called Justice," based on a reading of the book of Job chapters 29 and 30.

George Borjas, a Harvard economist and author of numerous books and articles on immigration, will present "The Economics of Immigration," on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A letter to the editor by Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin concerning the length of college sports seasons, was published in USA Today on Thursday, Sept. 5. Tobin wrote the letter in response to an Aug. 30 editorial, "Longer college sports seasons hinder progress off the field." Tobin noted in his letter that New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) football teams won't play their first games until Sept. 21, "part of a conference philosophy that says students are students first and athletes second." He noted that nine NESCAC teams finished among the top 100 in the Sears Cup 2002 standings for overall athletic excellence, and three teams were among the top 10.

Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed for a Journal News article (9/3/02) about the Federal Reserve's actions since the Sept. 11 attacks. Owen discussed this year's battered equity markets, and noted that if they're looking to the Fed to save them by lowering interest rates further they may be looking in the wrong place. She said the Fed's obligation is to stablize prices and moderate rates since it's difficult for businesses to plan in the long-term without them. "It's not a question of 'Should they be expansionary,?'" Owen said. "It's a question of, 'Should they be more expansionary?'" Owen is a former Federal Reserve economist.

Another book has been published in the Theory and Interpretation Series that Professor Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz co-edits with James Phelan at Ohio State University Press. The book, Telling Tales: Gender and Narrative Form in Victorian Literature and Culture, is by Elizabeth Langland.

The Kirkland Project at Hamilton College will sponsor a conference, "Making Change: Working for Social Justice," on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, on the Hamilton campus. The keynote address will be delivered by Robert Moses '56, founder of the national math literacy program, the Algebra Project. His talk, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel, will be followed by a series of panel discussions related to social change. The conference is free and open to the public.

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and chair of Africana studies, was named as a "rising superstar" among black intellectuals in a Chicago Sun-Times article (Aug. 27, 2002) by Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson calls Sharpley-Whiting "one of the country's most brilliant and prolific racial theorists." He said, "In an era when interdisciplinarity is lauded, Sharpley-Whiting's immense intellect and huge curiosity make her an ideal example."

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and chair of Africana studies, was appointed chair of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Languages by the executive committee of the Modern Language Association. The appointment is effective July 2002-June 2003.

Hamilton College Life Trustee will Richard Couper '44 will be honored by the Oneida County Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 5, at Harts Hill Inn. The Historical Society has renamed its "Living Legends" award in honor of Couper. The award will be called the Richard W. Couper Living Legend Award in honor of Couper, who "has not only worked long hours on behalf of the Society, but also as a volunteer for many non-profit organizations," said Kevin Marken, of the Historical Society.

Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss has been appointed to fill an unexpired term as a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through Dec. 31. He will also stand for election to a full term which would run until Dec. 31, 2005. Chambliss was nominated by Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin.