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Alan Taylor, professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic (Knopf, 1995), will give the Victor S. Johnson III ‘71 Lecture at Hamilton College on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of History and President’s Office at Hamilton.

Arthur Levitt Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), spoke to a large audience of students, faculty and staff in the Fillius Events Barn on Friday, Oct. 20. In 1980, Mr. Levitt established Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center in honor of his father, Arthur Levitt Sr. A long-time proponent of corporate accountability and shareholder rights, Mr. Levitt Jr. spoke on the topic, "The Paradox of an Ethical Society: Are Enrons Inevitable?"

Carl Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics, was elected president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States for 2006-2007, at its recent meeting in Baltimore.  In this capacity he will preside over the association's Centennial Meeting, which will be held next October in Washington D.C.  At the Baltimore meeting, he presided over a session on "Gender and Identity in Latin Literature and Roman Society" and directed a workshop session on "Augustus, Augustanism, and Teaching the Advanced Placement Vergil and Latin Literature Syllabi."

George Longfish, artist and professor emeritus of Native American Studies at University of California, Davis, will present a talk about his work on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kennedy Science Auditorium.  Longfish is a member of the Six Nations Grand River Territory (Seneca/Tuscarora).  He is one of two artists whose work is included in the exhibit, “Native Perspectives,” currently showing through December 30 in the Emerson Gallery. 

Catherine Cook '07 and Samantha Pitter '07 presented their research at the 64th annual New York State Communication Association meeting on October 22 in Kerhonkson. Their original submissions for the conference were drawn from research papers completed for a senior seminar in Communication during spring semester 2006. Cook's presentation addressed key differences between traditional letter writing and electronic mail. Pitter's work compared the ways in which radio and television communicate information to varied audiences.

The fifth annual Hogwarts at Hamilton is taking place on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21, at the Emerson Literary Society. Hogwarts holds a series of hour-long shows where visitors are taken on a tour of “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.” On these tours, they see Hamilton students dressed as Hogwarts students, and improvising scenes of classrooms that might have come from one of J.K. Rowlings' books. There will be four tours on Friday at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., and five tours on Saturday starting at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and all ages are welcome.

The Little Squash Center officially opened on Oct. 13 when an overflow crowd packed the gallery seating area to watch professionals Jon Power and John White, ranked #1 and #10 in the world respectively, in an exhibition match.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Hye Seung Chung is the author of a new book titled Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-Ethnic Performance (Temple University Press).

Activist and writer Rebecca Walker, founder of the Third Wave Foundation and author of such books as To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, and Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, spoke at Hamilton on Thursday, Oct. 19 in the Events Barn. Walker called her talk a “brief moment of contemplation” on the need for liberation, self-determination, and openness for all human beings.

Arthur Levitt Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and proponent of tougher corporate accounting standards, will present "The Paradox of an Ethical Society: Are Enrons Inevitable?" on Friday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.