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Hamilton has gotten a bit more glam with the introduction of the Gilded Bicycle Guild. The first week in November marked the commencement of the first communal bike system at Hamilton College as 20 golden bicycles were released for use by the entire community. According to Drew LaFiandra ‘07, mastermind behind the Guild, the project has thus far been a great success. He said, “I’m happy people are using the bikes and everything is going well.”

David Roberts, mountaineer and author of On the Ridge Between Life and Death, will lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit at Kirner-Johnson. The lecture, titled “Writing About Adventure – Including Your Own,” will include slides of his Alaskan mountaineering expeditions. The first lecture in this year’s Writers on Writing Series, the event is free and open to the public.

Josh Simpson ’72 was recently featured in an Associated Press article about his personal never-ending mission called the “Infinity Project.” Simpson, who blows glass in his own studio in western Massachusetts, places planet-like glass orbs with the infinity symbol, a sideways number eight, all over the world.

Judith Owens-Manley, associate director for community research for the Levitt Center, and Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan will participate in a panel discussion on the refugee experience hosted by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (MWPAI) in Utica.

Nicholas Tampio, visiting assistant professor of government, presented a paper on “Kantian Encounters with Islam” at the 2006 Association for Political Theory Conference at Indiana University. The paper constructs a dialogue between John Rawls, Gilles Deleuze, and Tariq Ramadan to consider how Kantians and Muslims may interact politically. The paper is part of his book manuscript on Kant’s legacy in contemporary political theory.

Rand Carter, professor of art history, spoke at the International Network for the Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism conference in Venice from Nov. 2 to 5.  The theme of the conference was "The Venice Charter Revisited.” 

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin presented a workshop at the annual Wisconsin State Language Teachers Conference on Nov. 4. Her workshop, on Form-focused and Task-based Instruction, offered an opportunity for language teachers to explore effective classroom interaction through a combination of form-focused instruction and communicative tasks.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre presents the avant-garde masterpiece "The Water Hen" in Minor Theater in November. Performances run Thursday, Nov. 9 – Saturday, Nov. 11 and Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Saturday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. There is also a matinee on November 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for senior citizens and students. To reserve tickets, call the theater department box office at 859-4057.

Brian Rosmaita, assistant professor of computer science, presented "Accessibility Now! Teaching Accessible Computing at the Introductory Level" at The Eighth International Association for Computing Machinery SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '06), held in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 22-25.

Bill Purcell ’76, mayor of Nashville, Tenn., will be honored as one of nine “public officials of the year” from across the country, a prestigious award for effective leadership, by Governing magazine. David Ewing, senior vice president for government relations and community improvement at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, nominated Purcell for the award based on the mayor’s work on education, public safety and economic development. Purcell, formerly a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, took office in 1999 and is credited with “…Nashville’s emergence as one of the top business locales in the country” in the November issue of Governing magazine.