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Zhiqun Zhu, visiting professor of government, was interviewed by the Associated Press about President Bush's Asian tour.  Zhu said, "The hard feelings have their roots in debates over long-standing matters such as human rights and Asian versus Western values."  He continued, "They feel if the United States can take out Saddam, why can't they do it to other leaders, other nations? So they are suspicious, concerned, worried to some extent.  In the dispute between China and the United States, most of the nations seem to side with China."

Robert S. Morris, a 1976 Hamilton College graduate, has been named recipient of the College's Volunteer of the Year Award. The award was announced during Hamilton's annual Fallcoming weekend, on Oct. 17.  

As Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart declared during her introduction, there is no way to introduce Bill Cosby. Cosby, who visited Hamilton and performed a stand-up act at this year's Sacerdote Great Names Lecture Series on Oct. 15, dazzled an audience of students, faculty and community members. Donning a Hamilton College sweatshirt and cap, sweatpants, socks and Birkenstocks, Cosby seemed right at ease in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

The Alpha Delta Phi Lecture Series presents Gary Cohen,(Prevention Manager, Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism/Addiction)in a lecture,The Effects of Alcohol and Dangerous Drinking, on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in KJ Auditorium.

Carlos Yordan, visiting professor of government, was quoted in an Associated Press article, "Symbolic victory seen for U.S. with resolution's approval at U.N.," about the U.N. resolution authorizing a multinational military force under U.S. command. Yordan said, "the resolution was a symbolic victory for Europeans as well because it "forces the United States to explain itself not only to its allies, but to China and Russia, too."

Michael Leff, professor of communication at the University of Memphis, will give a lecture at Hamilton College, "Out of the Cave: Isocrates, Tradition, and Humanistic Rhetoric," on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 4:15-5:15 p.m. in the Physics Auditorium of the Science building. His talk is sponsored by the department of rhetoric and communication and is free and open to the public.

John A. Campbell, an expert in rhetorical theory and criticism, will give a lecture, "Debating Darwinism: Science as Argument and Civic Education," at Hamilton College on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 4:15 p.m. in the Red Pit of the Kirner-Johnson building.  This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Hamilton College department of rhetoric and communication.

Professor of Music Sam Pellman released a new CD recording, "Selected Planets," on the innova label (innova 597). The music on this CD, for digital and other electroacoustic instruments, was created over the past 14 years in Pellman's Hamilton College studio and was composed as a celebration of the accomplishments of the early exploration of the solar system by our robotic space probes. Further information about this recording can be found on his Web site. The CD is now available online from Amazon.com, Tower Records and Barnes and Noble.

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government, will give a lecture, "Education, Art and Politics: American Influence on China's Peaceful Evolution," on Friday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson auditorium. Li's talk is part of the activities planned for Hamilton's presidential inauguration and is the second lecture in the 2003-04 Faculty Lecture Series sponsored by The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.  

Hamilton College will host an Evening of Classical Jazz as part of its Fallcoming Weekend activities, on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn, Beinecke Student Activities Village. The performance is free and open to the public. The jazz performance will feature Keter Betts (bass), Kenny Davern (clarinet), Tony DeNicola (drums) and Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar). It is sponsored by the Hamilton College Jazz Archive.