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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/.  

In preparation for Halloween, the earliest surviving film version of Dracula will be screened on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m. Nosferatu (1921), directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, will be screened in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium in the Kirner-Johnson Building. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the F.I.L.M (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series organized by Visiting Art History Professor Scott MacDonald.

Dean of the Faculty Joseph Urgo contributed a chapter to What Democracy Looks Like: A New Critical Realism for a Post-Seattle World, edited by Amy Schrager Lang and Cecelia Tichi (Rutgers University Press, 2006). Urgo’s chapter is titled “'There is evil in the world an I’m going to do something about it': William Faulkner as Political Resource."

Two Hamilton alumni are included on a short list of individuals recognized as the nation’s foremost leaders. Now in its second year, U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Leaders” edition (Oct. 30, 2006) recognizes the achievements of A.G. Lafley ’69, CEO, Procter & Gamble, and Robert Moses ’56, founder of The Algebra Project. Conducted in collaboration with the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, honorees were selected by a committee of government, community and private sector leaders. Chosen were men and women who, among other things, inspired a shared vision, challenged established processes and achieved measurable results in their respective fields.

Visiting Instructor in Art Sylvia de Swaan presented a lecture at the State University of New York in Oswego as part of their Visiting Artist Lecture series on Monday, Oct. 23. She also conducted a workshop for advanced photography students focused on constructing narrative in relation to local history and geography while creating an emotional connection.

Les Roberts, author of two Lancet studies on deaths in Iraq, spoke at Hamilton on October 23. Roberts introduced his team's follow-up study on deaths in Iraq, released October 12, and the way it is being covered by the media, compared with the way his first study of Iraqi deaths was received by the media.

For the second year, Hamilton students have organized a youth soccer program at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in the Cornhill section of Utica. The Observer- Dispatch celebrated the program with a front-page article continued on the front page of the sports section. Describing the committed engagement of approximately 45 Hamilton students, the article focused particularly on founder Kristina Carroll and sophomore Eve Stevens. Parents expressed their approval and gratitude for the effort expended by the volunteers in creating 12 teams for about 120 children aged 4 to 13. Likewise, the elementary school’s principal described the program as “wonderful.”