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  • Robert Spiegelman, sociologist, multimedia artist and writer, will give a New York Council on the Humanities lecture titled "Cooling Mother Earth: New York's Footprint in Nature, Then and Now," on Monday, Feb. 16, at noon in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

  • The Department of Comparative Literature is hosting a "Literature at Lunchtime" discussion of Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red with Ohio State University Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Richard Davis. The event will take place on Friday, Feb. 20, from 1-3 p.m. in the Dwight Lounge of the Bristol Campus Center.

  • Three's a crowd? Not so, says Hamilton senior Austin Hawkins. On the contrary, three is stronger than two: it is a symbol of unity, energy, overcoming duality, completion, humanity and creation. It is an element of many religions and has a larger cultural meaning. For Hawkins, a bicycle holding three riders is a good balance compared to just one or two, and the flamboyant bike he recently built proves it.

  • Prints created by Hamilton professors Bruce Muirhead and William Salzillo and alumnus Jake Muirhead '86 have been selected for the 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Jake Muirhead, who has two etchings in the show, was awarded a purchase prize for one titled "Daybreak."

  • Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, was interviewed for a Houston Chronicle article about steroids in sports (2/12/09). In the article, "Has ethics struck out," Simon believes sports organizations should have the right to draw lines that allow an athlete's physical and mental attributes to decide outcomes. 

  • Henry Nesbitt '43 was recently honored by Mayor Vicky Daly of Palmyra, New York. Part of the ceremony included the presentation of a Hamilton cane, provided by the College. Henry was a member of the Class of 1943, but accelerated through a special program to graduate in 1942 so he could join the navy. After the war he earned his law degree at Cornell and practiced in Palmyra and Wayne County. His Hamilton diploma hangs in his home.  Mayor Daly reports that he is a beloved member of the Palmyra community as well as the Hamilton family.  

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  • Hamilton College has adopted a new strategic plan that is consistent with its identity, mission and purpose, and attentive to changing demographics and recent economic turmoil. The plan, titled "Foundations for Hamilton's Next 200 Years," identifies four defining values to direct future decision-making.

  • Photographs taken by Hamilton graduate Alexis Mann '05 are being featured in this month's issue of Sun Magazine.  The Sun, which features black and white photography, creative writing, and poetry, is a competitive medium for both emerging and established artists who endeavor to summon the "splendor and heartache of being human."

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  • Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman published the poem "After Hours" in the third edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, published by Syracuse University. This spring Guttman is a humanities scholar in the New York Council for the Humanities' program, "Together -- Book Talk for Kids and Parents," which offers a unique forum for parents and children aged 9-11 to talk about books and ideas.

  • The Biology Department is sponsoring a screening of the PBS video, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium, Science Center. It will be followed by discussion with faculty, including Al Kelly, Ashleigh Smythe and Ernest Williams -- specialists in intellectual history, invertebrate biology, and systematic and evolutionary ecology.

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