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Miriam Olivas Jarquín, a campesina activist and leader in community development in El Regadío, a farming community in Nicaragua, will give a lecture,  "Political, Economic and Social Fallout of the present Globalization Model and Prospects for Transformed U.S. Trade Relationships," on Friday, Oct. 29, at 4:10 p.m., in Benedict 104. Free and open to the public.  This talk is in Spanish with English translation.

Kimberly Troisi-Paton '91 is the author of an article in the Fall 2004 issue of New York Archives. The article, titled "Failure is Impossible," describes how during the Civil War, New York's suffragists set aside their equal rights agenda to support the abolitionist cause. Troisi-Paton was a government major/history minor at Hamilton, with a special interest in the Civil War. She received her J.D. from Cornell University Law School.

Janet Simons, faculty support specialist, and Kristin Strohmeyer, reference librarian/coordinator of instructional services, presented at the recent EDUCAUSE conference in Denver, Colo. Their presentation, "A Working Model of Proactive Interdepartmental Academic Support," discussed how instructional technologists, reference librarians, and oral communication experts at Hamilton provide coordinated academic support services that are tightly integrated into course designs.

Visiting Assistant Professor of History Hans Broedel will be a guest on "The Science Guy," a program on KRFU News Talk Radio, Colombia, Mo., on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time. Broedel, a medieval historian, will discuss the history of Halloween and the folklore of witches, goblins and the "un-dead." Broedel is the author of a new book about witches, "The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief" (Manchester University Press, August, 2004). The interview will be available online on KFRU's Web site.

All employees, including student workers, are reminded to immediately report to their supervisor all injuries incurred while working at Hamilton, regardless of severity. Supervisors should contact Carol Bennett in Personnel Services within 24 hours of receiving a report from an employee so all details can be accurately recorded.

The College has announced upcoming holidays when offices will be closed.

Ten Hamilton College seniors were elected this month to  the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society. The students are: Alicia Cardina, Timothy Evans, Gregory Jabaut, Hillary King, Gemma Kirkwood, Phillip Lombardo, Katharina Plumb, Louis Vaickus, Daniel Walker and Sarah Ziegler.

Through the weekend of October 22, Hamilton College played host to the annualconference of the Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal ArtsColleges (CSMP), of which Hamilton is a member. Consortium schools providepre- and post-doctoral fellowships to new scholars from underrepresentedgroups. Two dozen fellows from around the country, along with administratorsfrom member schools, attended panels presenting the current scholarly workof the fellows, as well as panels on life at a liberal arts college and thefaculty hiring process. Hamilton faculty Todd Franklin (Philosophy), BarbaraGold (Classics), Penny Yee (Psychology), and Kirk Pillow (Philosophy) led alively discussion, "On Being a Faculty Member at a Liberal Arts College."  

Dang Nhat Minh, one of Vietnam’s leading filmmakers, will hold a screening and discussion of one of his most popular films, Nostalgia for the Countryside (Thuong Nho Dong Que) on Tuesday, Oct. 26,  at 4:10 p.m. in KJ Aud. Sponsored by Asian Studies, Art, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English, History, The Asian Cultural Society, the Kirkland Film Society, and the Dean of Faculty, with thanks to the East Meets West Foundation, Vietnam Airlines, NAATA, and Pacific Time Radio.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune for an article about politics and race. According to the article, "Klinkner, who has tried to measure the impact of race on elections nationwide, has scrutinized every single senate and governor's race between 1960 and 2002 and found that black candidates overall averaged five fewer percentage points than whites."