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Hamilton parents, students and art enthusiasts crowded the Emerson Gallery Saturday to hear co-curators Susanna White, Associate Director and Curator of the Emerson Gallery and Bill Salzillo, Professor of Art, and Kym Giacoppe '09 give a gallery talk on the exhibition Edward W. Root: Teacher, Collector and Naturalist, and the sophomore seminar that was taught in conjunction with the exhibition.

Nearly 30 cities will celebrate Alexander Hamilton's 251st birthday during the week of January 7, 2008. Several cities will hold parties with Alexander Hamilton impersonators, Hamilton trivia contests, the time-honored birthday cake and ice cream and educational discussions about Alexander Hamilton's role in American history.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was a guest on WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show, broadcasted by National Public Radio, on Thursday, Nov. 15, on a program focused on China's Three Gorges Dam.

The Hamilton Farm Garden hopes to offer a place for all community members to garden. To get started Hamilton gardeners are encouraged to help plant bulbs and garlic on Saturday, Nov. 17, any time between 11 a.m and 2 p.m. Garden organizers are also looking for donations of the following: shovels, hoes, rakes, tomato cages, stakes, hand tools, buckets, wheelbarrows, hoses, gloves and pots. The garden is located east of the Ferguson House parking lot. Contact garden@hamilton.edu.

The Hamilton Performing Arts Classical Connections Series continues Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in Wellin Hall at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Conducted by Daniel Hege, the SSO will perform Brahms's "Symphony No. 3" and Respighi's "Pines of Rome." The program will also include a premiere of Syracuse composer Andrew Waggoner and "Stretched on the Beauty: Concerto for 4 Cellos and Orchestra."

Hamilton College dance students performed a piece called "Wind Over Wood" composed by Lecturer in Dance Richard Lloyd '73 and choreographed by Associate Professor of Dance Elaine Heekin. The Hamilton students were accompanied by wind ensemble Lavender Trio. In addition, guest artist and choreographer Olivier Wecxsteen, former principal dancer with Boston Ballet and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, performed and set a work for Family Weekend with Hamilton student dancers.

Associate Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Steve Wu published "Financial Shocks and Worry about the Future" in the November issue of Empirical Economics. The article shows that households that experience adverse financial shocks worry more about the adequacy of their financial resources in retirement, even after controlling for the effects of these shocks on overall wealth.

The Publius Society, a new student organization at Hamilton, will discuss campaign finance and the First Amendment on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. at the Alexander Hamilton Institute. Marc Elias '90, distinguished visiting instructor of government and a nationally recognized expert in campaign finance, will present opening remarks.

Students from Professor of Government Theodore Eismeier's American Political Process class gave presentations on the major candidates. The students chose who they wanted to represent and gave presentations on their candidate's political platform.  For the Democrats, Anna Scott '11 represented Barack Obama, Lindsay Getman '10, Jacob Kleinrock '11 and Jenna Cohen '10 represented Hilary Clinton, and Tom Yarnell '10 gave his support for John Edwards.  The Republicans were represented by Jeff Corbett '09 for Fred Thompson, Frank Matt '10 for Mitt Romney and Ed Ajaeb '11 and Gates Helms '11 for Rudy Giuliani.

Students selected to read their work during this event:  Katie Naughton '08 and Emily Tang '08, winners of the Thomas E. Meehan Prize in Creative Writing; Christopher Parmenter '10, winner of the Adam Gordon Poetry Prize for Freshmen; Fiona MacQuarrie '09, winner of the Rose B. Tager Prize in Fiction; Rachel Richardson '09, winner of the George A. Watrous Prize in Poetry; and Nicole Dietsche '09, winner of the George A. Watrous Prize in Fiction.