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  • Radical journalist Alexander Cockburn spoke at Hamilton College on April 26 about terrorism, world empires and the global economy. He also addressed possible solutions to contemporary terrorism scares and the current economic crises. Cockburn is a columnist for The Nation, and co-edits the political newsletter CounterPunch with Ken Silverstein.

  • Three members of Hamilton's class of 2004 were honored by the Clinton Fire Department for their service to the community at the department's recent awards dinner at the Skenandoa Club. The students -- Bill Haley, Jill Chapman and Kaitlin Polak -- were volunteers with the department while studying at Hamilton.

  • Hamilton alumnus Andy Burns '78 was interviewed for a Wall Street Journal column (4/26/04), MARKET MOVERS: "Dueling Forces Jostle Stocks." Burns is president of money-management firm Strategic Investment Advisors, in Utica.

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  • "Inside Politics," a review of political developments written for washingtontimes.com, discussed a study recently conducted by Government professors Philip Klinkner and Richard Skinner ’92. Their study, "Black, White, Brown and Cajun: The Racial Dynamics of the 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election," argues that ethnic bias was significant in the surprising and narrow defeat of Republican Bobby Jindal by Democrat Kathleen Blanco. In the article, Jindal is quoted as saying, "I don't believe the people of Louisiana made their decision based on the color of skin."

  • Terrorism expert and author of "Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks" Loretta Napoleoni will present the third lecture in the Hamilton College globalization speakers series, on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m., in the Hamilton Chapel. This event is free and open to the public.

  • A book written by Visiting Assistant Professor of History Aram Goudsouzian about the life of actor Sidney Poitier was reviewed in The New York Times (4/25/04). Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon, recounts the life of the actor known for his roles in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Lilies of the Field," and "In the Heat of the Night."

  • Hamilton alumnus and playwright Thomas Meehan '51 was featured in a Los Angeles Times article (4/25/04) about the new play "Bombay Dreams" which is set to open on Broadway on April 29. Meehan wrote the adaptation of the book for the musical. A Tony Award winning writer, he is also known for the musicals "Annie," "Hairspray" and "The Producers."

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  • Six Hamilton students participated in the first "West Point Conference on Law and Terrorism," held April 13-16 at West Point. The students included Keturah Brown, Drew Conway, Jay Waclawski, Niki DaFoe, Nate Adler and Ashley Herriman.  Accompanying them was Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico, who led a conference session on "Civil Liberties versus National Security." 

  • Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Rivera published an article, "Elites and the Diffusion of Foreign Models in Russia," in Political Studies, Vol. 52 (2004): 43-62.

  • Samuel Crowl, Hamilton class of 1962 and Trustee Professor of English at Ohio University, gave a lecture at Hamilton on April 23 called "Hamlet and Hollywood." In celebration of playwright William Shakespeare’s 440th birthday, Crowl spoke about the four film adaptations of Hamlet that were made in the 1990s. Crowl is an expert in film adaptations of Shakespeare, and is the author of Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen (1992) and Shakespeare at the Cineplex: The Kenneth Branaugh Era (2003).

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