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The communication and government departments held their traditional post-election discussion panel on Nov. 4 in the Red Pit. Government Professors Philip Klinkner and Verena Blechinger-Talcott and Communication Professor John Adams shared their insights into the results and implications of the 2004 election, and answered questions from the audience. The discussion was moderated by Professor of Government Frank Anechiarico.

Kristen Davidson, department of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center and a 2000 graduate of Hamilton College, returned to Hamilton on November 4 to give an informal presentation for the psychology department. Davidson's lecture was titled "Comparison of Informant Report in a Sample of Children with Mood Disorders: How Well Do Parents and Children Agree?" She examined discrepancies or similarities between parents and their children who are affected by various mood disorders. The psychology department sponsored the lecture.

Government Professor Robert Martin was the featured guest at a Hamilton Think Tank in November, where he discussed "Presidents and Enemy Combatants: 1798 and 2001."

Government faculty will hold a Post-Election Discussion Panel on Thursday, Nov. 4, from 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. in the Red Pit. Professors John Adams, Verena Blechinger-Talcott and Phil Klinkner will offer their observations. Moderated by Professor Frank Anechiarico. As the 2004 election comes to a close, you may be left wondering what to expect for the next four years. Come listen to three political pundits give remarks about the results and ramifications of the election. Bring your questions for the panelists!

Government Professor Rob Martin will be the featured guest at Think Tank on Friday, Nov. 5, from noon - 1 p.m. in KJ 221. His topic is "Presidents and Enemy Combatants:  1798 and 2001." Lunch will be served. Think Tank is a weekly discussion forum for members of the Hamilton community. 

Diane Fox, translator of "A Story from the Corner of a Park," and Freeman Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies at Hamilton, led a discussion in November of current efforts in Vietnam to assist victims of Agent Orange. The film event, which took place at the ImaginAsian Theater in New York, benefitted the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA). VAVA was established in 2004 to assist victims of Agent Orange and to be their advocate in Vietnam and around the world. Fox also spoke at a brown-bag lunch at the Southeast Asia Center at Cornell University in September.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed by VOA, BBC and the South China Morning Post about the U.S. presidential election and its implications to U.S. - China relations. In the South China Morning Post article (10/31/2004), "Bush or Kerry, it won't rattle China," Li said, "Public opinion polls in China are quite similar to global ones - people don't like Bush's foreign policy. But the (Chinese) government does not want to take a position because it knows it is a complicated issue."  According to the article, "Campaign strategists for both the Democrats and President Bush's Republican Party were also keenly aware of China's importance to the U.S. It has fast become the biggest exporter to the U.S. of well-produced, competitively priced goods and a major manufacturing base for American companies. Beijing has also been a major buyer of American debt and holder of U.S. dollars."

Lawrence J. Korb, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Adviser to the Center for Defense Information, will present "National Security in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction" on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium on the Hamilton College campus.  The college's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is sponsoring this event.

A paper written by Erica Otlowski '05, "Science Fiction, Dystopia Future," has been accepted for presentation at the National Undergraduate Honors Conference which is taking place November 4-5 at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. This year's conference theme is "Politics, Technology & Social Change in Contemporary America." Otlowski wrote the paper for Professor Catherine Phelan's  "Communication Technology and Society" class.

An extensive collection of American holiday prints from the mid to late 19th century, the collection of Hamilton Religious Studies Professor Jay Williams, was on display at the Kirkland Art Center in Clinton,  from November 17 to December 5.  "Around the Seasons with Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast," a collection of wood block prints depicting the seasons beginning with Christmas, gave viewers a glimpse of American celebrations more than a hundred years ago.