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Milton Kayle '43 was interviewed for a Fox News channel documentary "War Stories with Oliver North, Biography - Harry S. Truman," which will be broadcast on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. (Check local TV listings). Kayle was a member of President Truman's White House staff from 1951 to 1953.

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Emily Tang '08 and Aaron Balivet '08 presented their study of the Chinese education system on Nov. 15 in the KJ Red Pit. Having already studied abroad in Beijing through Hamilton's Associated Colleges in China program during their junior year, they were awarded a U.S. Education Department Fulbright Hayes Group Project Abroad grant that enabled them to study the Chinese education system and gain firsthand experience in teaching Chinese students during the summer. The Fulbright Grant is part of the U.S.-China cultural exchange, which sends U.S. citizens to foreign countries to serve as informal cultural ambassadors. The grant is also aimed toward enhancing the quality of basic education in rural China by introducing new teaching styles in rural schools.

On Thursday, Nov. 15, the Levitt Speaker Series brought economist Catherine Mann to Hamilton to speak about information technology and globalization. Mann outlined the promises and perils surrounding globalization in the information technology sector, and proposed new investments in training to allow the U.S. to continue to compete in an increasingly open economy. 

Hamilton parents, students and art enthusiasts crowded the Emerson Gallery Saturday to hear co-curators Susanna White, Associate Director and Curator of the Emerson Gallery and Bill Salzillo, Professor of Art, and Kym Giacoppe '09 give a gallery talk on the exhibition Edward W. Root: Teacher, Collector and Naturalist, and the sophomore seminar that was taught in conjunction with the exhibition.

Nearly 30 cities will celebrate Alexander Hamilton's 251st birthday during the week of January 7, 2008. Several cities will hold parties with Alexander Hamilton impersonators, Hamilton trivia contests, the time-honored birthday cake and ice cream and educational discussions about Alexander Hamilton's role in American history.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was a guest on WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show, broadcasted by National Public Radio, on Thursday, Nov. 15, on a program focused on China's Three Gorges Dam.

The Hamilton Farm Garden hopes to offer a place for all community members to garden. To get started Hamilton gardeners are encouraged to help plant bulbs and garlic on Saturday, Nov. 17, any time between 11 a.m and 2 p.m. Garden organizers are also looking for donations of the following: shovels, hoes, rakes, tomato cages, stakes, hand tools, buckets, wheelbarrows, hoses, gloves and pots. The garden is located east of the Ferguson House parking lot. Contact garden@hamilton.edu.

The Hamilton Performing Arts Classical Connections Series continues Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in Wellin Hall at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Conducted by Daniel Hege, the SSO will perform Brahms's "Symphony No. 3" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome." The program will also include a premiere of Syracuse composer Andrew Waggoner and "Stretched on the Beauty: Concerto for 4 Cellos and Orchestra."

Hamilton College dance students performed a piece called "Wind Over Wood" composed by Lecturer in Dance Richard Lloyd '73 and choreographed by Associate Professor of Dance Elaine Heekin. The Hamilton students were accompanied by wind ensemble Lavender Trio. In addition, guest artist and choreographer Olivier Wecxsteen, former principal dancer with Boston Ballet and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, performed and set a work for Family Weekend with Hamilton student dancers.