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Associate Professor of Sociology Mitchell Stevens was interviewed in July for a segment about homeschooling that will air on Channel One News this fall. Channel One News is a daily televised 12-minute newscast that is beamed via satellite to 12,000 U.S. middle schools and high schools. Stevens spoke on camera with news anchor Errol Barnet. Stevens is the author of a book about homeschooling, Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (Princeton University Press, 2001).

William Monopoli, a 1971 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named publisher of The Times, a daily newspaper in Munster, Indiana. Monopoli has worked in newspapers from for more than two decades, most recently as president and publisher of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

Hamilton alumnus, Binghamton native and board of trustee member Dick Couper '44 was the subject of an editorial in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (July 14, 2002). The editorial, "Couper deserves honor," cited Couper's recent recognition by the Oneida County Historical Society as a "Living Legend." The editorial notes, "This isn't just a case of local boy makes good. It's local boy makes good over and over and over."

Religious Studies Professor Heidi Ravven is the author of an article, "Further Thoughts on Hegel and Feminism," that was published in a special volume (volume 33, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2002) of the Owl of Minerva: Journal of the Hegel Society of America devoted to "Feminism and Hegel's Antigone Revisited."

Religious Studies Professor Heidi Ravven delivered a paper at the Platonism, Neoplatonism, and Literature conference at the University of Maine, in June. Her paper was titled Stoic and Neo/Platonic Resonances in Spinoza's Preliminary Formulation of Ethics. The conference was sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic studies and the National Poetry Foundation.

Joe Karam, director of network and telecommunications services, earned designation as a Cisco Certified Network Associate. This is the first level of Cisco network certification. In May he was invited to be a member of the SUNY IT Department of Telecommunications Advisory Board, and in June he led a panel presentation at the ResNet 2002 Symposium in Buffalo. The panel members discussed various methods for managing and monitoring usage on campus computer networks.

Old college campuses are among the best places to look for size-champion trees. Open-grown specimens, planted long ago and well cared for, rack up BIG numbers. Hamilton's got some of the best, rivaling any campus in the Northeast, according to Biology Professor Thomas Diggins.

We are currently in the process of verifying information for the 2002-03 Campus Telephone Directory. Any changes should be reported to the Personnel Office, ext. 4302. Individuals will receive a copy of their personal information on file for verification in early August.

John Rice '78 was featured in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about GE's Power Systems division, whose 2001 sales exceeded Atlanta-based Coca-Cola.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At this time, our group seating is full for the September 23rd Rudolph Giuliani lecture. We cannot accept any additional reservations at this time. If you would like to be put on a wait list, please call the large group reservation line at 859-4529, and leave your contact information at the tone. We will not access or confirm wait list reservations until early September. At that time you will be contacted by our staff to verify your status.