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Hamilton students in the New York City Program had the opportunity to attend a New York Knicks basketball game on October 17 at Madison Square Garden. The students are sampling all New York has to offer, in addition to holding internships at Merrill Lynch, MoMA, Primary Stage, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and doing pediatric & adolescent AIDS work with SUNY Downstate faculty. On October 26 the group planned to attend a performance of the New York Philharmonic through the generosity of Shirley Bacot, the late Carter Bacot's '55 widow.

Professor of Biology Pat Reynolds has been reappointed as editor-in-chief of the journal Invertebrate Biology for another three-year term. The journal, published by The American Microscopical Society,is one of the oldest biological journals in the U.S., publishing continuously since 1879. Reynolds was named the 20th editor of the journal in 2004, after serving six years as co-editor.

Dr. Peng Hwa Ang gave a lecture titled “Who’s Really Out To Control the Internet? UN and U.S.A. Internet Governance” at Hamilton on Oct. 26. Dr. Ang is the dean of the School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as one of 40 persons appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a UN Working Group on Internet Governance in 2004. He spoke about the current international efforts to create a multilateral, transparent, and democratic method for Internet governance, as well as why it is in the United States’ best interest to relinquish some control over the Internet.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Steve Humphries-Brooks was interviewed for a CNN.com article about a new film, "Color of the Cross," in which Jesus is portrayed as a black man. Humphries-Brooks, an expert on portrayals of Jesus in film, said "Universally in American film up until now Jesus has been a white male. For the first time you have a depiction of Jesus in the hands of an African American director and an African American cast that says what their particular community's understanding of Jesus is." Humphries-Brooks, author of Cinematic Savior: Hollywood's Making of the American Christ, noted, "In my reading, every Jesus film has been about the current moment. Film is primarily a medium of communication between a contemporary director and a contemporary audience. There's never been an authentic, historically accurate Jesus put on film. Will there ever be? We shouldn't expect it."

Assistant Professor of English Gillian Gane contributed an article, "Postcolonial Literature and the Magic Radio: The Language of Rushdie's Midnight's Children," to the Fall 2006 issue of Poetics Today (Volume 27, Number 3).

Bon Appétit chef Reuben Haag was quoted in an article on the Restaurants and Institutions Magazine Web site titled, “California Dreamer: R&I Executive of the Year Fedele Bauccio.” The article discussed Bon Appétit's “Eat Local Challenge,” in which cafes only use food from within a distance of 150 miles for a day. Haag commented on the success Hamilton College had finding local suppliers and that he continued buying from the same suppliers. “I think the more we do this, the more we get into networking and making contacts and relationships,” he says. “Last year we worked with a local dairy that supplied yogurt, butter and cheese for the Challenge. Now it’s our yogurt supplier, and we go through a lot of yogurt on this campus. Programs like this lead to opportunities for us and for farmers and communities.”

Professor of Religious Studies Steve Humphries-Brooks was interviewed for an Associated Press article about a new film, "Color of the Cross," in which Jesus is black. It is the first representation in the history of American cinema of Jesus as a black man. Humphries-Brooks said, "It's very important because (the film) is going to provide an image of Jesus for African-Americans that is no longer under the control of whites." He is the author of Cinematic Savior: Hollywood's Making of the American Christ.

New York Sen. Ray Meier visited the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College on Oct. 26 to announce that he has secured another $500,000 through the 2006-07 New York State budget to continue the project. Meier has secured $3 million for the ACCESS Project since its inception in 2000.

Alan Taylor, professor of history at the University of California, Davis, presented the Victor “Torry” Johnson III lecture on October 25. Taylor’s book, William Cooper's Town, won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for American history, Columbia University's Bancroft Prize, and the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association.

Hamilton Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition (HAVOC) is hosting a Hunger Banquet on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 6-8 p.m. in the Annex.  Students, faculty and staff will learn about world hunger and food inequalities in an Oxfam America style hunger banquet. Upon entering the banquet, everyone will be given an identity with a corresponding income. They will receive either a three-course meal or a bowl of rice depending on their identity. Participants should leave the event with a better understanding of the harsh reality of hunger. More information can also be found at http://www.oxfam.org/en/.