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Religious Studies Professor Steve Humphries-Brooks was the featured interview in a Syracuse Post-Standard article (2/23/04) about Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ. Humphries-Brooks was quoted as saying: "Jesus films tend to get made at crux moments of American history." Humphries-Brooks predicted Gibson would show Jesus as "triumphant action figure." He said: "One possibility is Gibson saying we have been beaten down. Jesus saves us and moves us into the future...Or has he shown a Jesus not crucified by others but crucified by all of us for our suns?"

Hamilton students participating in the New York City Program are sharing their experiences, via weekly journals, while living and learning in the Big Apple. Many of them have exciting internships that enable them to rub elbows with the stars -- Zach Zinn '05 has worked with Adam Sandler for Nickelodeon, and Rebecca Lee '05 is working with Diane Sawyer for ABC television on 20/20 and Primetime.  More ...

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund Committee recently awarded seven grants totaling $24,000 to educational, cultural and public safety organizations in the Town of Kirkland.

While these restaurants are novel and nostalgic, I can’t help but think that this throwback to signature homemade meals fills a void left by the constant hustle of Manhattan.  Populated by mostly young adults, New York City’s eight million residents rush to work, to lunch, from work, to dinner…jumping from experience to experience.  In this endless cycle of sprinting through the day, people have lost sight a simpler life represented by this type of food.

One of the hottest topics now seems to be “the downfall of Dean.”  Whenever I mention to someone that I worked on the campaign, they immediately try to engage me in a conversation about why he lost.  Why the initial popularity?  Why did they end up voting for Kerry in the end?  Everything from looks to rhetoric to wives is debated.

I had my first off-Broadway experience this weekend. The play was called “Roulette” by Paul Weitz, who wrote the screenplays for About a Boy and American Pie.

At the end of last class, we wandered into a discussion of a recent controversy about a school barring a local priest from talking to students at lunchtime. Some in the class argued that such voluntary mentoring would help some and do no harm. I disagree.

Professor of Art Stephen Goldberg will present several public lectures in the coming months, as well as contributing to a book. On April 3, Goldberg will present his paper titled "Teaching Confucianism Through Art" as part of a panel called "Using Asian Art to Study Asian Cultures" at the ASIANetwork Conference in Lisle, Ill. Later that month on April 16, Goldberg will present "Double Voicing and Sovereignty in Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture" at the Conference on Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture at SUNY Binghamton. On July 27, Goldberg will travel to Honolulu to deliver two lectures, titled "Chinese Art and Aesthetics" and "Japanese Art and Aesthetics" at the Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum of the Asian Studies Development Program.

There is endless deep thinking and entertainment to be had in people watching.  Whether it’s imagining yourself in another life or contemplating the complicated lives of others, it’s fascinating.  And so one can see the many benefits associated with the lack of a car in a city like New York.  It can open up a new door of self-discovery.

This week, I decided to try out the city’s nightlife and discovered even more so than before that this is a city of single people. I read recently that two thirds of people in Manhattan are single compared to one half in the rest of the U.S.