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Jeff Dyer, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2004-2005.  Dyer, a music major, was selected from nearly 1,000 students who applied for the fellowships. Dyer’s proposal is titled “The Soul of the Khmer: Music of the Khmer People.” He will travel to Cambodia where he will learn the music of Khmer, investigate the continuing effects of the Khmer Rouge on musicians and explore and participate in the revitalization of traditional, specifically folk Khmer music.

Chicago's Still Point Theatre Collective presents, "Haunted By God: The Life of Dorothy Day," on Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel.  The show is sponsored by Hamilton College and Catholic Charities of Utica, and is free and open to the public.

The final round of the Hamilton College public speaking competition took place March 6 in the Hamilton College Chapel.  The winners of The Clark Prize, The McKinney Prize and The Warren Wright Prize in public speaking have been announced, and will be recognized at the Class and Charter Day ceremony on May 7.

Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller has been elected to the executive board of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS).  She has been the North American book review editor for the society's journal, Central Eurasian Studies Review (CESR), for almost three years, and has contributed essays on teaching, research conditions, and academic conferences. 

Assistant Professor of Government Yael Aronoff presented a paper, "When Hard-Liners Opt for Peace:  The Political Psychology of Israeli Prime Ministers" at the International Studies Association 45th Annual Convention in Montreal, March 17-20.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Steve Humphries-Brooks was interviewed by the Syracuse Post-Standard (3/20/04)for a follow-up article about Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ. In a previous interview for the paper, Humphries-Brooks had predicted that Jesus would be shown as a "triumphant action hero" in Gibson's film. In the latest interview, Humphries-Brooks said, "I'm going to stick to it. It is an action-figure movie, but it turned out in more subtle ways than I thought." He said it "follows the style of the American Western, with the Christian hero, Jesus, in the central role."

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer gave five performances of his one-man show, 99 Questions You'd Like to Ask a Black Person, at Louisiana State University Theatre, March 17-21. Cryer worked on the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions. Cryer calls the play "timely, interesting and entertaining, and an educational tool that is a positive answer to a problem that plagues our community and society as a whole."

Richard Skinner '92 and Philip Klinkner, both government professors, have published a paper, "Black, White, Brown and Cajun: The Racial Dynamics of the 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election," in The Forum: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 3.

Two Hamilton College faculty members were approved for tenure by the college's board of trustees during its recent meeting. Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, and Kevin Grant, assistant professor of history, will receive the title of associate professor on July 1.  The granting of tenure is based on recommendations of the vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, and the Committee on Appointments, with the president of the college presenting final recommendations to the board of trustees.

While many of their peers head off to the beaches of Cancun and Florida for colleges’ annual spring break, 55 Hamilton students are packing up to do volunteer work in six southern rural areas during Hamilton’s break, from March 12-26. The students are participating in Alternative Spring Break, a series of trips geared toward community service.