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An article by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz, "'A Bird of Like Rarest Spun Heavenmetal': Music in A Clockwork Orange," recently appeared in the newest volume in Cambridge University Press' "Cambridge Film Handbooks" (Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, edited by Stuart Y. McDougal; Cambridge University Press, 2003). The essay explores very different treatments of music in Anthony Burgess' original novel and in Kubrick's film--and argues that Kubrick's reversal of Burgess' aesthetic position is one reason why Burgess considered the movie a "misdemeanor."

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven is co-author of an article in The Philosophers' Magazine, Issue 23, 3rd quarter, 2003, titled "Science and Ethics: Robert Halliday and Heidi Ravven look to biology for some moral education."

Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon was interviewed by the San Antonio Express-News for an article about golf as the sport of corporate culture. "In golf, unlike other sports, you spend all day with the person," said Robert Simon, a philosophy professor and former golf team coach at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. "You can't avoid them. You have time to talk and socialize."

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government, was interviewed for the CNN program Lou Dobbs Tonight. The segment on China aired on July 2 and re-aired on July 4. This piece, "China's Challenge: Can democracy and capitalism succeed in China?" is part of the CNN series, "Capitalism & Democracy," in cooperation with The Economist magazine.

Courtney Shealy, a double gold medalist and world record holder in swimming for the 2000 Olympic Games, spoke on the Hamilton campus on July 2. She is visiting Hamilton as a guest clinician to this summer's swim camp. In addition to winning gold in Sydney, Shealy was named the NCAA co-swimmer of the year with teammate Kristy Kowal. She is the only woman in NCAA Division I history to have competed in two varsity sports on the same day while at the University of Georgia where she also played volleyball.

Hamilton alumnus Alan G. "A.G." Lafley '69 is featured in the July 7 issue of BusinessWeek magazine. In a cover article titled "The P&G Revolution," Lafley is credited with "engineering a remarkable turnaround." Under Lafley, who took over as CEO in 2000, Procter & Gamble's stock has risen 58% to $92 a share and the company's key consumer products have "gained so much market share that they are again the envy of the industry."

Associate Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods was featured in Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers by William C. Banfield (Scarecrow Press 2003). Chapter four is devoted to Woods and focuses on his jazz training, philosophy and composition style.

The Rochester Patriots Drum and Bugle Corps spent a week of its six-week training period at Hamilton College, from June 23-28. The Rochester Patriots consist of a four-part team, the color guard, horns, percussion and the pit. They are a diverse group, gathering people from all over the nation and the world to march and perform with the team.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren published a paper on "Catecholase Activity Associated with Copper-S100B" in Biochemistry. This is a project funded originally by the Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health, a Cotrell Award from the Research Corporation and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed by The Modesto Bee (6/24/03) for an article about the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action. "She's been loathe to rip apart what had become established social practice over the past two decades," said Klinkner, referring to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was thought to be the swing vote on the decision.