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A seriers of Reunions 2004 pictures will be published soon.

How important is the Red vs. Blue divide in American politics? Hamilton College James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner contends that many pundits and journalists have needlessly hyped the idea that Americans are segregating along political lines.

  The Metropolitan New York Alumni Association invites you to the 23rd Annual Hamilton Day at the US OPEN 2004 Tennis Championship Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $63 per person. All seating is in the Upper Promenade of the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Click HERE to register.  Thanks and enjoy the US OPEN!

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, contributed an article to The Gadflyer, an Internet magazine published by the non-profit New Progressive Institute Inc. in Washington, D.C. In "Red and Blue Scare," Klinkner tells how many pundits and journalists have needlessly hyped the idea that Americans are segregating along political lines. The article is based on Klinkner's study, "Red and Blue Scare: The Continuing Diversity of the American Electoral Landscape," published in the current issue of The Forum: Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics.

Carrie Turvey '05 was recently featured in an article in the Palm Beach Post (6/28/04). Turvey works as a student intern at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla. According to the article, student interns corral groups of elementary school-age children as they guide them through exhibits. "I'm so used to jobs where I'm filing all day and doing grunt work, but this is a lot more than I expected," Turvey said.

Gretchen Schultes '98, lab and classroom user services manager, presented a paper at the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) annual meeting, held June 10-12 at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. This year’s conference explored the many facets of “sustainability” and how it relates to information technology in higher education. Her presentation was titled “TE Classroom Support and Sustainability at Hamilton College.” 

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed for a Baltimore Sun article (6/27/04) about the anticipated increase in interest rates. The Federal Reserve Board is expected to increase rates by a quarter point this week. Owen talked about how people were caught unaware in 1994, the last time the agency raised rates after a recession. "Nobody expected the Fed to raise rates as high as they did, probably not even the Fed itself,"  Owen said in the Sun article.

Ann Hapanowicz ’05 (Rome, NY) already has some professional experience in the bank, literally. As a participant in the Hamilton College New York City program in the spring of 2004, Hapanowicz interned at Chase Manhattan bank in New York, N.Y.  As an Emerson scholar during the summer of 2004, she will continue to explore her interest in banking. She will work with Hamilton Economics Professor Derek Jones on a project that will collect and analyze case study data to investigate the links between "human resource management practices" and business performance. Hapanowicz hopes to work with new data from firms in Central New York, more specifically local banks, to study productivity in the work place.

Associate Professor of English Onno Oerlemans and Associate Professor of Biology Pat Reynolds organized a panel on "Interdisciplinary Teaching on the Adirondacks" at a symposium on "Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest." The symposium was sponsored by the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and held June 4-6 in Crawford Notch, N.H.  Ernest Williams, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Biology, was panel chair and addressed "Interdisciplinarity vs. multidisciplinarity in teaching and learning about the Adirondacks."

Brian Alward '04 was featured in the Bergen Record about his planned 3,000-mile bicycle trip from New Jersey to California, to raise money for cancer research. Inspired by his father's recent diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer, Alward started a non-profit organization, 2004 Coast to Coast for Hope, to help raise funds. According to the article: "He sent letters to family members and friends requesting help and donations, or pledges for miles cycled. He also applied for a grant from his fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon. So far, his organization has raised more than $6,000."