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Religious Studies Professor Richard Seager was interviewed for a Wichita Eagle article about a new Buddhist temple in Wichita that is hoping to attract people of all faiths and races. Seager, the author of Buddhism in America (Columbia, 1999), said the new temple is similar to those created by other ethnic Buddhist groups in America. As a group attracts non-Asians, a parallel congregation often forms. "You begin to get people who like the chanting, and the monks do classes in seated meditation because that's what a lot of Americans like." "You get this other congregation going who really doesn't know about Vietnamese holidays."

Monk Rowe, musician and director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, has been chosen as a recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Popular Music Survey Award. This is the sixth consecutive year that Rowe has won this award, which is created for composers/performers who play their own work, was not aired on the radio. According to ASCAP, the awards are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the society.

Government Professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li was interviewed by the British magazine, The Economist, for an article about China's new leaders (June 15, 2002). He argues that a younger group of leaders -- the fourth generation -- "are likely to have been influenced by their experience of the ideologically inspired violence of the Cultural Revolution, making them more cynical about ideology, more open-minded and less confrontational than their predecessors in dealing with factional politics and social unrest."

As Hamilton's class of 2006 arrives on the Hill, 43 orientation leaders are doing everything from helping the first-year students move into dorm rooms to answering questions about the book store, computer connections and on-campus events.

The Kirkland Project “Masculinities” series will begin on Thursday, Sept. 5, with a panel discussion, “What Makes a Man?: Intellectual Investigations into Manhood, Masculinities and Men,” at 4 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The discussion is free and open to the public.

Hamilton College will welcome the 494 members of the class of 2006 as they arrive on campus today (Aug. 27) to begin orientation. The class is comprised of 491 students; they come from 18 countries, as far away as Sierra Leone and Japan, and as near as Canada and Mexico. One hundred seventy-one are from New York, and 25 are from the Mohawk Valley.

The Performing Arts at Hamilton College announces an exciting roster of world-class professional performances for its 2002-03 season. From early music on period instruments to cutting-edge drama, the Classical Connections and Contemporary Voices and Visions Series have something that everyone will enjoy. All performances are general admission, begin at 8 p.m., and are held at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the Hamilton college campus, unless otherwise noted. Employees may purchase tickets for $10/performance, or $30 for any combination of five performances.

The Hamilton College Department of Music will open the 2002-03 season on Saturday, Sept. 7, with a 20th-century retrospective concert featuring Hamilton College music faculty at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Jon Hysell, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, has joined the college as director of alumni programs. He will be responsible for building and supporting alumni programs that promote stronger connections between the college and its alumni.

Minnie Bruce Pratt, a faculty member at the Union Institute, Cincinnati, has been named to hold the Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies chair for the 2002-2003 academic year at Hamilton College.