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The Clinton ABC Program is offering holiday poinsettias and wreaths for sale again this year. These beautiful items can enhance the holiday atmosphere in your home or make special gifts for relatives or friends.  

You're invited to Alexander Hamilton's birthday party!  This month alumni across the country are throwing parties in his honor. We hope that you will come and raise a glass to old Al Ham!

Hamilton's Department of Theatre will present Shakespeare’s As You Like It as its fall theatre production. Performances are Nov. 16-19, at 8 p.m., all in the Minor Theatre. 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.

Sylvia de Swaan, lecturer in art, presented two projects at the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) regional conference in Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 15. The first, titled "Return," is a series of photographs and texts about personal history, memory and war. The work is the result of seven extensive journeys to Germany, Poland, Romania and Ukraine over a 10-year period to explore the terrain of her post-World War II childhood. The second project, titled "Sub-version," is a work in progress begun in response to the events of 9/11 in which de Swaan combines documentary with staged photographs that incorporate images from the media, to show how politics and world events seep into the fabric of our lives. SPE is a nonprofit organization which promotes the photographic arts through education, exhibitions and programming.

Attorney William W. Taylor, III, discussed “Legal Issues in the Native-American Land Claim Cases” in a November 15 lecture sponsored by the Hamilton College Levitt Center. In his talk, Taylor used the example of the Oneida land claim case to explore what it means to be a judicial activist and also to consider the presumption that activist judges lean toward the political left. Taylor is the lead attorney for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York.

Professor of Music Samuel Pellman was invited to participate at the Region V Conference of the Society of Composers at Butler University in Indianapolis on Nov. 11. His composition titled "Perijove" showcased analog electronic sounds, digitally processed. "Perijove" included video created by Lauren Koss '00.

Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes will lecture at the next Think Tank, on Friday, Nov. 18 at noon in KJ 221. He will speak on "Unconscious Stereotypes: What are they and how can we measure them?" Think Tank is a student-directed organization that works to stimulate dialogue between students, faculty, and staff outside of the classroom. Funding for Think Tank is provided by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

Eight Hamilton College students received Fulbright Scholarships for the 2005/2006 academic year, placing Hamilton fourth on the list of top Fulbright recipients according to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the administrating organization for the Fulbright Scholars Program. Hamilton is also the only New York college listed among the top 10 institutions in the U.S. Since 2000, Hamilton students have received 32 Fulbright Scholarships.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, has been invited to join the board of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. The committee works to facilitate communication and understanding between the United States and the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. The committee is recognized by policymakers in the United States and China as a reliable source of expertise and a valuable channel for communication on a range of topics.  Key committee areas of focus are international affairs, governance, law, education, environment, economics and mass communication. Li's appointment became official during a two-day conference in New York City in November.

Houston Baker, the Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Arts and Sciences Professor of English and Professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University, gave a presentation drawn from his book, The Betrayal of the Black Intellectuals, on Nov. 14.