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Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, presents, "Sweatshops and Child Labor in the Global Economy," on May 5, at 7 p.m. in Benedict 105. Kernaghan is best known for exposing the use of child labor in the production of Wal-Mart's "Kathie Lee" clothing line. His talk is part of the series sponsored by the sophomore seminars on globalization.

Hamilton College alumnus Richard W. Couper ’44, a sixth-generation graduate of the college, will deliver the address at Hamilton’s traditional Class & Charter Day awards celebration on Friday, May 7, at 12:15 p.m. in the Chapel. Class & Charter Day is an annual convocation recognizing student and faculty excellence during the preceding academic year.   

A recent editorial published in the Utica Observer-Dispatch discussed the efforts of Young Han ’06 to register to vote with the Oneida County Board of Elections.  According to the editorial, "Discouraging anyone from voting is the antithesis of democracy.  To have the board of elections be the ones doing the discouraging is ludicrous."

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in a New York Times article about recent steel production surges in China. According to Li, Beijing has faced great difficulty in restraining investment in steel mills because of the manner in which power is decentralizing in China and because President Hu Jintao maintains policies that encourage inland development.

HamTrek, the Hamilton College Community’s first spring sprint triathlon, will be held on Class and Charter Day, Friday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m. The event is a way for the college community to get together for some fun competition between students, faculty, staff, alumni, family and administration. HamTrek is sponsored by the President’s Office, Pepsi Co., the Athletic Department, Intramural Sports and Student Activities. 

Donal Carbaugh, professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will lecture on "The Pragmatics of Personhood: Languages for Speaking and Silence" on Wednesday, May 5, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Oral Communication Center and the anthropology department.

The artwork of John von Bergen '63, which was on display at Stone Quarry Hill Park in Cazenovia, was reviewed in this article. Von Bergen's work is described as "lyrical" with "elegant plays of line, which seem to course through thin air creating shape and form, toying with mass and void." The exhibition displayed pieces, mostly bronze sculptures, representing 36 years of von Bergen's art.

Congratulations! Did you know that one of the rights and privileges conferred upon you at graduation is a life time membership in the Hamilton alumni community?  Membership is currently just over 15,000 people. Connecting with alumni from other classes and staying connected with your classmates is about to become more complicated. The Office of Alumni Programs helps simplify this process by providing you with some tools, the most powerful tool of which is www.hamilton.edu/alumni - the Hamilton On Line Alumni Community (HOLAC).

Matthew Zeller, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded the Boren Graduate Fellowship through the National Security Education Program. Zeller will pursue a joint master’s degree in public affairs and international relations at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.

Members of the College Democrats and the College Republicans, as well as two independent students, participated in a public debate on current political issues on April 28. The topics discussed by the panelists included the war in Iraq, the war on terror, affirmative action, taxes and the economy, education and healthcare.