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Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate has had three book chapters published in the last month. The chapters include, "From Iconoclash to Iconomash," in Re-Enchantment, James Elkins and David Morgan, eds. The Art Seminar, vol. 7 (New York: Routledge, 2008); "Filmmaking and Worldmaking: Constructing Time and Space in Ritual, Myth, and Film," in Teaching Religion and Film, Greg Watkins, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008; part of the Teaching Religious Studies Series); and "Seeing Words, Reading Images: Allegory and Interpretation in Bak and Benjamin," in Representing the Irreparable: The Shoah, The Bible, and the Art of Samuel Bak, Gary Philips, Danna Nolan Fewell, Yvonne Sherwood, eds. (Boston: Pucker Art Gallery, in conjunction with Syracuse University Press, 2008).

When Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi suggested to Jia Huang '09 that she create an exhibit for her senior thesis that would correspond with the 2008 New York Conference on Asian Studies, Huang immediately embraced the opportunity. Although she has attended school in the United States for the past six years, she admits that the prospect of writing a 40-page thesis paper in her second language was daunting. Conversely, an exhibition would ensure that her knowledge of and interest in Asian culture would translate to a wider audience. 

A video featuring six Hamilton students discussing the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Oct. 2, tops the Washington Post Vote '08 Web site. Produced by senior Eric Kuhn, the video features sophomore Scott Bixby and seniors Kara Labs, Melissa Balding, Sam Risen, David Riordan and Allison Gaston-Enholm. Five students felt that Biden had prevailed in the debate and one student was undecided. The video, which also is on the CBS News site, appears with a video produced on the campus of Columbia University.

The Diversity and Social Justice Project's Environmental Justice Series will feature an interdisciplinary panel discussion, titled, "A Flood of Opportunity: Polluted Sacred Rivers and Religious Environmentalism in India," on Monday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium in the Science Center.

A panel of financial and environmental experts spoke on Oct. 2 in the KJ auditorium on the topic of "Market Sustainability." The event, which was sponsored by the Levitt Center, featured Charter Trustee Rich Bernstein '80, Bob Fryklund '80, and Associate Professor of Economics Julio Videras. The panel was moderated by Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Levitt Center's Sustainability Program Ann Owen.

Classical music and comedy come together for an uproariously funny evening when Hamilton College and local musicians show off their chops in a musical/comedy revue. Comedy Tonight will debut on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Highlights of the program include performances by Samuel Pellman and Colleen Roberts Pellman, piano four-hands; Robert Hopkins, piano; G. Roberts Kolb, tenor; Lauralyn Kolb, soprano; Sar-Shalom Strong, piano; and a composition by Samuel Pellman. The performance is free and open to the public.

"Audacity of despair," David Simon repeated, leaning casually on the lectern at the front of the Hamilton College Chapel. "It's a silly title," he told the audience, and that's precisely why he chose it. The term was taken from a review of his hit HBO show The Wire, which documents the hardships of assorted characters in inner-city Baltimore. This particular critic said that Simon's brainchild was not selling anything but a "negative assessment" – and Simon agreed, to a certain point. That was the function of the show, he explained: to unflinchingly reveal the dirt and decay of an "America that was left behind." 

Hamilton's annual Fallcoming took place this year on Oct. 2 through 5, with a full weekend of activities to suit every interest. Among highlights were a lecture by author and journalist David Simon, a reception and talk in the Emerson Gallery, a football game and a hilarious display of musical talents on the campus. 

The Sedimentary Geology class, taught by Eugene Domack, the J.W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, recently took a field trip to Fish Creek. The class examined the modern sediment processes in both Oneida Lake shorelines and in the Fish Creek alluvial system via the RV Continental Drift. Students in the first group were Anoop Pandey '10, Diana Di Leonardo '10, Richard Munschauer '09, Leila Malcom '10, Allison Mandel '09, Megan Fung '10, Gwen Simmons '10 and Dexter Race '10. The rest of the class will make the trip next week.

Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer performed his one-man show, 99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American But Were Too Afraid to Ask, at the University of Illinois at Springfield on Oct. 1.  Cryer created the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions.