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Students in the College 220 course "Natural and Cultural Histories of the Adirondacks," taught by the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Professor Robin Kinnel, traveled through the Adirondacks on Sept. 20. The group hiked in an old growth forest site along Powley Piseco Road in the Ferris Lake Wild Forest, visited the gravesite and cabin of abolitionist John Brown in North Elba and ascended Whiteface Mountain. They spent the night at Camp Wenonah as guests of James Schoff '68 and his wife Anne. The students included James Beslity'11, Jeff Chandler '11, Lindsay Getman '10, Cassidy Jay '11, Molly Kane '09, Leila Malcom '10, Andrew Pape '10, Kevin Rowe '10, Jen Santoro '11 and Travis Tomaselli '11.

Gretchen Gardner, a Hamilton College senior from McLean, Va., '09 penned an op-ed about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for the Utica Observer-Dispatch (9/21/08). In "Gov. Palin's nomination a cautious step forward," Gardner called John McCain's choice of Palin "a positive step forward for American women… I felt that the cause of women's equality took a step forward – although not, perhaps in the way that Sen. McCain intended." Gardner, who will be voting in her first presidential election this November, wrote "I felt shivers down my spine when I saw her nominated. Having said that, I have to say that some of the shivers...were a reaction to a set of policies that downright scare me. Gov. Palin has to be judged not simply as a woman, but as a woman who advocates a set of policies that have nothing to do with gender."

An opinion piece written by James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 21, issue of the Utica Observer-Dispatch. In "Turbulence and the U.S. Economy," Bradfield explained that "In a free enterprise system, we probably cannot prevent all turbulence. Even if we could do so, the cost would almost certainly be foregoing the growth (with turbulence) of the economy that we have enjoyed since the founding of the republic."

Dan Keplinger, writer and star of the 2000 Academy Award-winning Best Short Subject documentary, King Gimp, will speak at Hamilton on Monday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. His presentation, "Message is in the Mark," will focus on art as a method of personal expression for the disabled. Keplinger has cerebral palsy. The lecture is sponsored by the Hamilton College Dean of Students, and is in observance of Disability Awareness Month. It is free and open to the public. 

The Hamilton College English Department is sponsoring a reading series during the fall. G.C. Waldrep, assistant professor of English at Bucknell University, will open the series on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The readings are free and open to the public. 

Curator of Asian Art and Chief Curator at Cornell University's Johnson Art Museum Ellen Avril presented "Cherishing the Past: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art" on Sept. 17 in the Emerson Gallery. The talk was the first of three scheduled in conjunction with a trio of related exhibitions of Chinese art currently on view.

Meredith FitzPatrick '11 finished third and helped lead Hamilton College to the SUNY Oneonta Airfield Invitational team title at Oneonta's Fortin Park on Sept. 19.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Contemporary Voices and Visions series welcomes the 20-member band Alarm Will Sound, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.  Alarm Will Sound is committed to innovative performances and recordings of today's music. Band members have established a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic virtuosity. The New York Times says Alarm Will Sound is "the future of classical music." The group's repertoire ranges from European to American works, from the arch-modernist to the pop-influenced. Tickets can be obtained by calling the box office at 315-859-4331.

Hamilton College will host a Gospel Music Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel as the culminating event of Hamilton's 10th Annual Gospel Choir Workshop.  The workshop begins on Friday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Chapel, and all singers are invited to participate. The workshop and music celebration are free and open to the public. To register for the workshop, call Jeff McArn, Hamilton College Chaplain at 859-4130 or email him at jmcarn@hamilton.edu.

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in Congress to ease the offshore drilling ban, Eric Kuhn '09 spoke with Washington D.C. environmental lobbyist and summarized the interview in a Huffington Post article.