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The family and friends are visiting from far-flung places and you’ve caught up on conversation, played enough board games to last a year and attended every Continental sporting event on campus. Now where do you take them for fun? Around the Hill asked some Hamilton employees, and they graciously shared plenty of ideas.

Scott Brinitzer '85 was named a recipient of an Excellence in Landscape Grand Award by the Landscape Contractor's Association of Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia.  The annual awards recognize landscape projects of exceptional merit in the areas of exterior and interior installation and maintenance. Brinitzer won for his work on a garden at a home in Arlington, Va. View his portfolio below.

Lucio Petroccione, the composer commissioned to write a piece for the Hamilton College Orchestra, was interviewed about the work on WIBX 950 radio. The composition, Kill Devil Hill, celebrates the 100th anniversary of powered flight and premiered on Thursday, Dec. 11 during the orchestra's concert.

Zhiqun Zhu, visiting assistant professor of government, was quoted in a story that appeared on CBS Marketwatch about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meeting with President Bush.  Zhu said, "On almost all fronts, the two sides are getting close. I wouldn't call them allies, but definitely not enemies anymore."

Directed by conductor Heather Buchman, the Hamilton College Orchestra's fall concert Thursday, Dec. 11, celebrated the 100th anniversary of powered flight with the world premiere of a work commissioned for the orchestra, "Kill Devil Hill" by composer Lucio Petroccione.  (The actual date of the Wright Brothers' first flight was Dec. 17, 1903.)  Also on the program is Double Concerto for Violin and Cello by Johannes Brahms and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major.

Please help local children this Holiday Season by donating gifts to the Giving Tree. Trees are located in Cafe Opus and Beinecke all this week. Stop by and pick up a gift tag for a child's gift. Tree ornaments detail the wish lists of children whose families will not be able to afford Christmas presents for them. Deposit unwrapped gifts by the office of Chaplain Jeff McArn by Monday, Dec. 15.

Barbara Tewksbury, Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Geology, was presented with the 2003 Neil Miner award from National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) by President Edward Geary at the 2003 annual national meeting of the Geologic Society of America in Seattle.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, commented on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's U.S. visit in an interview with Washington Observer, a Chinese-language e-weekly on U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics and defense issues.  Li said Premier Wen's four-day U.S. visit is an important opportunity for China to establish better relations with the U.S. by reaching new agreements between China's new generation of leaders and top-level U.S. government officials. "This U.S. visit shows that China is regarded as a major economic power and is one of America's top allies on the world stage," Li said. He added that the U.S. hopes to see China keep its promises regarding international trade and to "actively help support America's war on terrorism."

Frank Sciacca, associate professor of Russian and professor for the sophomore seminar on 1968, along with Matt Stewart '06, appeared on WCNY TV's "HOUR CNY," with George Kilpatrick on Dec. 9. The sophomore seminar class organized the "1968:So You Want a Revolution" exhibition at Emerson Gallery. Sciacca and Stewart brought Life magazines, posters and political buttons to illustrate on air some of the items in the show. The point of the exhibition is to demonstrate how the political and social forces of the era contributed to the cultural evolution that culminated in 1968.

Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for 2004-2005. Wheatley’s project is a book he is writing titled Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind: The Medieval Construction of a Disability. This cultural studies project will present the first comprehensive exploration of a disability in the Middle Ages, drawing upon literature, history, arts history and religious discourse.