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Martha Mockus, the Jane Watson Irwin Chair and visiting assistant professor of women's studies, published an article titled "MeShell Ndegéocello: Musical Articulations of Black Feminism" in the new interdisciplinary anthology Unmaking Race, Remaking Soul: Transformative Aesthetics and the Practice of Freedom, edited by Christa Acampora and Angela Cotten (SUNY Press, 2007).

Gillian Zucker '90 was featured in a Dallas Morning News article "The women of NASCAR: Females making inroads in sport dominated by men" (11/4/07). Zucker, president of California Speedway since 2005, said in the article that she decided she wanted to run a sports franchise while working as a non-paid intern for a minor league hockey team in Utica when she was a student at Hamilton.

Visiting Professor of English Scott MacDonald, currently on leave from Hamilton and teaching with the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard, presented two "Cinema 16" shows at the Harvard Film Archive in September.

The week of November 5-11 is National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week. Ryan Seewald '10 is a member of Hamilton's Emergency Medical Services team and here offers observations about his first three months on the job. We are proud to recognize all 22 members of HCEMS.

William LeoGrande, dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University, will discuss the history of secret negotiations between the United States and Cuba toward normalizing diplomatic relations on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. His remarks will be based on new evidence collected via release of previously classified U.S. government documents. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Megachurch and the Mainline: Cultural Innovation, Change, and Conflict in Mainline Protestant Congregations, a book written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, was awarded the 2007 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) on Saturday, Nov. 3, at the organization's annual meeting in Tampa.

Hamilton College Performing Arts, as part of the Mohawk Valley Dance Partnership with fellow members Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (MWPAI) and the Central New York Community Arts Council's Arts in Education Institute, will present Battleworks Dance Company in a premiere of "Cadances" on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

"Six Secrets for a Great Internship," a video taped in Los Angeles last summer by Eric Kuhn '09, is the featured video on MSN's video homepage. Kuhn has worked as an intern for NBC, MSNBC and CBS. He is a contributor to the Huffington Post, mediabistro.com and U-Wire.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Neal Keating published an article titled "UN General Assembly Adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 143-4," in the November issue of Anthropology News. It reports on the political dynamics leading up to the UN General Assembly's historic decision to formally recognize the human rights of indigenous peoples.

Patrick Raynard, general manager of Hamilton's food service provider Bon Appétit, was interviewed for an Inside Higher Ed article (11/1/07) titled "Campus Food From Around the Corner." The article concerned an aspect of the growing sustainability movement that encourages and supports the purchase of local products, thereby helping the local economy, providing fresher foods and reducing transportation emissions. "Students want to be part of the community they're in," Raynard said in the article. "The ones we talk to feel good about eating an apple that might have been picked that morning down the road."