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A memorial service for John Mavrogenis '64 will be held on Saturday, January 5, at 1 p.m., in the Chapel. A reception will follow in the Dwight Lounge, second floor of the Bristol Center. Please join John's family and friends as we celebrate his life and many contributions to Hamilton.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner was interviewed in the Buffalo News (Dec. 30) for an article about Sen. Hillary Clinton's first year in office. "Her year could be divided between pre-Sept. 11 and after," he said. Her role as outspoken leader of the opposition to President George W. Bush was "greatly diminshed" in the aftermath of Sept. 11, Klinkner said.

It all started with Chops and Porky. When Carolee Kogut bought those two sheep 17 years ago, little did she know that her hobby would turn into a multi-faceted business, encompassing spinning and making yarn, knitting and selling the homemade products through craft shows and a web site.

John Mavrogenis, a member of the Class of 1964 and former Director of Alumni Affairs, and a devoted contributor to the Hamilton College community for more than a quarter century, died on December 29.

Jay Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, co-authored Volume 252 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, which was published in December 2001. Williams provided three entries for this volume on British philosophers from 1550-1799. His articles were biographies of Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, and Nathaniel Culverwell. Williams also published two book reviews: Aurobindo Ghose, A Greater Psychology: An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought (The Quest, Nov/Dec. 2001), and Sarangerel, Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism (The Quest, Jan/Feb 2002).

The men's basketball team was defeated 93-84 by the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, in the final round of the Adidas Desert Shoot-Out in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The loss at the tournament leaves the Continentals with a 5-1 record for the season.

Religious Studies Professor Heidi Ravven gave an invited paper, "The Garden of Eden: Maimonides' Account of the Imaginative Origins of Morals and Society," for the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Atlanta, GA, in December.

The men's basketball team defeated Wartburg College (Iowa), 84-73, in a first-round game at the Adidas Desert Shoot-Out in Las Vegas on Dec. 18. Joe Finley led scorers with 22 points. The Continentals will face the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh in the next round on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 5:45 p.m. (Pacific time)

Jeff James, a 1975 graduate of Hamilton and the new director of the Cunningham Dance Foundation in New York, was interviewed in the December 13 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. He was formerly vice president for advancement and external affairs at the California Institute of the Arts.

The Santa Claus made famous by wood block engraver Thomas Nast came alive for a group of 6th graders from Clinton's St. Mary's School and residents of Alterra Village on December 14. The two groups were treated to a lecture by Hamilton College Professor Jay Williams, who collects wood block engravings by Nast and is curator of an exhibition of Nast's Santas at the Emerson Gallery.