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Richard Wasserstrom, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of California, Santa Cruz, will speak on "Racism and Affirmative Action" on Monday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.  This lecture is the last in the Levitt Center Speaker Series titled "Inequality and Equity" and is free and open to the public.

The Ravi Coltrane Quartet, led by the son of legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, will give a jazz performance in Wellin Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20. Ravi Coltrane, a tenor and soprano saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, has been praised by Jazz Weekly for creating music with “...an explosion of rhythmic and melodic sequences that float through the air with grace.” Tickets are $18 for the public, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students, and can be reserved by calling 859-4331.

As part of the Faculty Lecture Series, assistant professor of psychology Jennifer Borton will speak on Friday, April 20 at 4:10 pm in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. Borton will discuss her research on how negative self thought-suppression leads to negative consequences on mood and self-esteem, and present her argument that “suppressing one negative thought also makes other, related negative thoughts more accessible in mind.”

Margaret Thickstun, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of English Literature at Hamilton, has published a new book, Milton's Paradise Lost: Moral Education (Palgrave Macmillan, April 17, 2007).

Carl A. Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics and the current president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, travelled to New York City on April 13 to speak in honor of former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes at the annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Two conclusions stand out in a 2006 poll of high school seniors -- this year's college freshmen -- on gun control issues.  “The students we polled have had considerable exposure to guns and the threat of gun violence and they give almost universal support to the most commonly proposed gun control measures,” Hamilton College Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert, the poll's director, said. The poll was conducted in 2006 by Gilbert and his students, in collaboration with Zogby International.

The Hamilton College Classics Department will host students from Colgate University, Skidmore and Union Colleges on Friday, April 20 as they join Hamilton students for a day long conference on the classics.

Senior Associate Dean of Admission Mary Karen Vellines wrote an article titled “Both Sides of the Desk: Counseling Director Turned Admission Officer” for the spring 2007 issue of The Journal of College Admission. The article examines the positions of high school counselor and college admission officer and how they relate to each other. During her career, Vellines has held both positions. She also discusses the impact of the U.S. News rankings effect on the college admission process. The Journal of College Admission is the publication of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre presents the second week of performances of "Stone Cold Dead Serious," a high-octane romp across the wastelands of American suburbia. Please note: This play contains explicit language and sexual content not suitable for children. Performances are Wednesday, April 18 - Saturday April 21, at 8 p.m. in the college's Minor Theatre. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for senior citizens and students. To reserve tickets, call the box office at (315) 859-4057.

On April 15 the Hamilton students currently participating in the college’s Washington D.C. program attended a small group lecture with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsberg and students from Cornell and American University. The meeting took place in the Supreme Court’s Lawyers Lounge. Justice Ginsberg spoke for a short time about Belva Lockwood, one of her heroes. Lockwood became the first woman admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1879. Ginsberg wrote a forward for the recently published book Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President by Jill Norgren.