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Andrew Savage '85 is part of the cast this fall on the CBS reality show Survivor. He was "marooned" for 39 days on Mogo Mogo, one of the Pearle Islands (Perlas Archipelago) off the coast of Panama. The show will premiere Thursday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven was an invited participant and discussant at a small gathering of Spinoza scholars and historians of Jewish Philosophy from all over the world at the University of Toronto this fall. It was the Second Shoshana Shier Symposium on Judaism and Modernity, held at the University of Toronto. The subject of the symposium was "Spinoza and Jewish Modernity." It covered new views and approaches to Spinoza's significance for the origins of Jewish modernity, as well as the challenge of his thought for our own times.

Jeffrey Long '05, a participant in the Hamilton Program in Washington, D.C. and a member of  the audience at CNN's "Crossfire" on September 16, asked a question on many Americans' minds.  At the taping of "Crossfire," Jeffrey, identifying himself as a student at Hamilton College, asked what influence General Wesley Clark's entry in the Democratic presidential field would have on the strategy of the president and on the position of his fellow competitors on the Democratic side. His question caught the attention of  hosts Bob Novak and Paul Begala. The Hamilton Washington Program, a combination of internship experience and academic work, is in its 34th year. Long is an intern in the Office of Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for an article in the Los Angeles Times about retired Gen. Wesley Clark's expected run for president. If Clark announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, joining nine other declared candidates, "he benefits because he's 'not one of the other nine,'" said Klinkner.

Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu is organizing the bi-yearly TCLT3 (the Third International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century) co-sponsored by Hamilton College and Columbia University, to be held at Columbia on May 28-30, 2004. TCLT3 was sponsored by the President's Office and the Dean's Office at Hamilton.

Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan was recently elected to fellow status by the American Psychological Association. The appointment was awarded for "outstanding contributions in the field of psychology." Vaughan's research interests have been centered on perception and learning, including studies in eye movement, attentional processes and motor planning. In addition to this research, Vaughan has been active in methodological research with the Society for Computers in Psychology, and has served as editor of Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers.

Hamilton College faculty and students participated in a daylong workshop, "A Conversation on Making It: Coping Strategies for Students of Color Attending Area Colleges," held last month at Mohawk Valley Community College  (MVCC). Professor of Classics Shelley Haley was among the organizers. The program of panel discussions with students and faculty from Hamilton, Herkimer County Community College and MVCC "was designed for students of color to realize the Mohawk Valley is a place of support and has possibilities beyond the college years," Haley said. Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal and Associate Professor of Philosophy Todd Franklin participated in a faculty panel, "From Home Room to Class Meeting," at the event.  Phyllis Breland, acting director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program at Hamilton, Keturah Brown '04 and Brandon Long '06 were among other Hamilton participants.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was a guest on the Jim Bohannon radio talk show on Westwood One on September 15. Jim Bohannon talks to special guests and callers on a spectrum of topics from current events and politics to entertainment and pop culture. Klinkner discussed the California recall election. Bohannon's show is heard on 300 radio stations nationwide.

Visiting Insttructor in Geology Pamela Price will give an informal presentation on Hurricane Isabel, which is expected to make landfall on Thursday, on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon in the Physics Aud. Professor Price is a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy and worked for several years as a meteorologist at the U.S. Naval base in Norfolk, Va.  before arriving at Hamilton this fall. She was just in Norfolk over the weekend and can not only share her meteorological expertise but also tell a little bit about the preparations being made in Virginia for the hurricane. All are welcome - please feel free to bring lunch with you.

Hamilton College will host a unique jazz performance by internationally renowned artists Jon Jang and David Murray on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.  Free and open to all students, staff and faculty, as well as the larger Mohawk Valley community, this event will showcase the possibilities of new forms of cross-cultural engagement within the distinctively American musical form known as $B!c (Bjazz $B#c (B by featuring the collaborative efforts of Chinese American pianist Jang and African American reed instrumentalist Murray.