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Members of Hamilton's Class of 2008 arrived on the Hill on August 24 to begin orientation. A full schedule of activities this week will culminate with Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 4 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. President Joan Hinde Stewart will deliver a talk titled "A Fahrenheit Summer."

Monk Rowe, musician and The Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, has been chosen as a recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Popular Music Survey Award. According to ASCAP, the awards are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the society.

Judith Owens-Manley, Associate Director for Community Research for the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, was interviewed by the Utica Observer Dispatch for an August 22 front-page article on poverty in the city.  Owens-Manley commented in “In city of need, poor feel abandoned – Utica & Poverty: Tough Lives, Bright Hopes” on poverty’s effects on children and the shrinking safety net of available federal funds to help those whose incomes are too small to provide for basic living necessities.

Josh Simpson '72 was interviewed for a Chicago Tribune article (8/22/04) about his path to becoming a glass artisan after pursuing a more traditional career as an occupational therapist. Simpson will be exhibiting his glass work at the American Craft Exposition in Chicago, one of the nation's top fine crafts shows. He is known for his Planets, orbs of clear glass ranging from a few inches to more than a foot in diameter, their interiors filled with elements that resemble mountains, glaciers, oceans, continents and reefs of coral.

2003 Hamilton Alums, Ali Cherry, Sarah Karpinski and Andrew Magoun have reached the half way mark training as "Team Hamilton" for the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington,D.C. They are training under the guidance of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help raise awareness and fund research to find a cure for these horrible diseases. 

Incoming first-year Hamilton students are participating in Adirondack Adventure, an outdoor orientation program for new students. More than 200 students arrived a week before regular orientation for eight days of games, hiking, canoeing and service projects. Coordinated by Andrew Jillings, director of adventure program, Adirondack Adventure (AA) offers 25 different outdoor expeditions. Trips range from standard Adirondack explorations -- hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and rock climbing -- to more unusual trips, such as a service trip, and a geological exploration.

The following was written by Jimmy Breslin, father of Rosemary Breslin '79, and published in Newsday (June 20, 2004). Rosemary Breslin, 47, died Monday from a rare blood disease. A writer who crafted scripts for "NYPD Blue" and wrote a 1997 memoir titled "Not Exactly What I Had in Mind: An Incurable Love Story," Breslin was the third child of columnist Jimmy Breslin and the former Rosemary Dattolico, who died in 1981.

Fallcoming 2004, held on the Hill Oct. 8-10, is a traditional time for Hamilton alumni to reconnect with classmates and friends in our spectacularly beautiful autumn campus environment. Weekend events are rich and numerous. In addition to social events, athletic events are held, the Emerson Gallery exhibit is showcased, the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Council meet and world-class jazz is performed. This year, an athletics reunion will also occur on Saturday concluding with a keynote lecture by renowned sport commentator and author Frank Deford. Join us.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed by Voice of America Radio and BBC World Service on August 19 about the achievements of China's former leader Deng Xiaoping on the 100th anniversary of his birth on August 22.

A paper resulting from Kat McGrory's '05 Emerson Summer Scholar research has been accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the New York State Communications Association, which will take place in October. She will deliver her paper, "Just the Facts? Objectivity, Print Journalism and the Digital Revolution," as part of a panel on The Fourth Estate: Perspective on Change. McGrory, editor of Hamilton's student newspaper, The Spectator, had a [part-time internship this summer at the Utica Observer-Dispatch, a local daily newspaper. The recipient of an Emerson Foundation Summer Grant, McGrory worked with Hamilton Associate Professor of Communication Catherine Phelan on her research on how modern technology has been affecting journalists’ ability to remain objective.