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Hamilton's Debate Team competed at Cornell University on November 2-3 in a field of 35 teams and 40 novices and won five awards. The winners were: Luke Maher '11, 2nd best novice speaker; Andrew Harris '11, 6th best novice speaker; Chris Smith '11, 8th best novice speaker; Phil Fraccola '08 and Andrew Harris, 2nd best novice team; and Alex Duncan '10 and Chris Smith, 5th best novice team.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre will present Marlane Meyer's Etta Jenks as its fall theatre production. Performances are Thursday - Saturday, Nov. 8-10 and Wednesday – Saturday, Nov. 14-17 at 8 p.m., and a matinée on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m., all in Minor Theater. The performance is under the direction of Professor Carole Bellini-Sharp, with lighting design by Bill Burd, costume design by Amy Svoboda and set design by John Pollard. This play contains adult content and is not suitable for children under 16.

More than 1,900 students and their families will congregate on the Hill on Nov. 9-11 for Hamilton's annual Family Weekend. The weekend will include something for everyone, from athletic contests and concerts to a book discussion and educational family colleges.

Hamilton College will host a panel discussion on local sustainability efforts titled "Global Problems, Regional Actions: Sustainability in the Mohawk Valley" on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the KJ Red-Pit (Room 109). The event is free and open to the public.

Laura Purdy, the McCullough Visiting Professor of Philosophy, gave a talk titled "What is (Morally) Wrong with Emergency Contraception?" at the 3rd International Conference on Science and Ethics, on Nov. 2 in Berlin, Germany.

Eric Lane, the Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service at Hofstra University School of Law, will present a lecture on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture, titled "Can We Save Our Constitution through Love Alone?," is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

The Hamilton College Democrats will take on the Hamilton College Republicans in an Election Day debate on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Allison Gaston-Enholm '09 will serve as moderator. The debate questions will be based on topics agreed upon by both sides. The Democrats will be represented by Will Leubsdorf '10, Rachel Horowitz '09 and Kye Lippold '10, and Republican debaters will be Elizabeth Farrington '10, John Molfetas '09, Colin Forwood '09 and Tim Minella '09. The event is funded by Student Assembly and is free and open to the public.

John H. O'Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English, was honored at the 2007 annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held at Dartmouth College on October 25-28. O'Neill was recognized with a special session titled "Libertinism: A Panel in Honor of John O'Neill." At the Society's business meeting he was presented with a plaque in recognition of his 18 years as newsletter editor for the organization.

Randy Ericson, the Couper Librarian, accepted the Outstanding Project for 2007 award from the Communal Societies Association on behalf of Hamilton College at the CSA annual meeting on Sept. 29. Hamilton received the award for the digitization of the Shaker periodical, variously titled The Shaker, Shaker and Shakeress, The Shaker Manifesto and The Manifesto. This publication ran from 1871 until 1899 and shared religious and political opinions between Shaker communities from Maine to Kentucky.

Blake Hulnick '09, who is studying in Washington, D.C. this semester through Hamilton's Program in Washington, is interning with the American Enterprise Institute. Hulnick co-authored a piece on overseas voters that appears on the AEI election reform Web site: http://www.electionreformproject.org/.