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Phil Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for a Utica Observer-Dispatch article (April 7, 2003) about the Utica city mayoral race and Common Council seats. "As they say, there isn't a Demoncrat or Republican way to pick up the garbage -- a lot of this comes down to personalities," Klinkner said. "Nobody has any radical new ideas. It's more about leadership styles and symbolic sorts of things -- the kind of stuff usually doesn't swing voters in a major way," he added.

Author José Esteban Muñoz will present a lecture, “Feeling Brown: Queer Latino Masculinities,” on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson 109 at Hamilton College, for the Kirkland Project “Masculinities” series. This lecture is free and open to the public.

A book launch party to celebrate Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty's new book, Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory,Practicing Solidarity, will be held on Monday, April 7, from 4-6:30 p.m. at Backus House. There will be remarks celebrating Mohanty around 5 p.m., as well as refreshments and books available for purchase. Hosted by the Irwin Chair in Women's Studies. All are welcome to attend.

A composition by Professor of Music Sam Pellman, titled The Home Planet, has been released on a new recording by Move Records, Australia's leading classical music label (for further details, see the Move Web page at http://www.move.com.au/disc.cfm/3275). This recording has been issued in conjunction with the International Symposium of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, held in Melbourne last month. The Home Planet was one of the featured works at the symposium.

Dr. Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, will give a lecture titled "How to Lie with Maps," on Monday, April 7, at 4:10 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. The lecture is sponsored by HILLgroup and the dean of Faculty's office.

The Hamilton College Choir and College Hill Singers will present the home concert of their recent tour of the south on Friday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Also featuring performances by a capella groups Tumbling After and the Richtones. Free admission.

The Kirkland Project has announced that the final lecture in its "Masculinities" series, has been cancelled. José Esteban Muñoz, scheduled to speak on "Feeling Brown: Queer Latino Masculinities," on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., is unable to come to the College due to a scheduling conflict. The Kirkland Project may reschedule this lecture in Fall 2003.

Poet-activist Sonia Sanchez will read her work and talk about her life on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Sanchez was the recipient in 2001 of the Frost Medal in American Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Society of America for a distinguished lifetime of service to American poetry.

Associate Professor of Government Steve Orvis, who studies fragile regimes, was quoted in an article about the future political structure of Iraq. "The U.S. has, at best, a checkered record on building democracy," said Orvis.  He said that democracy requires a population that knows it can trust its institutions, and is willing to abide by free and fair elections knowing the electorate has a chance sometime in the future to reverse the results - something that Saddam has systematically destroyed in his 23-year rule. Although Baghdad was once the cultural and literary capital of Islam, only 58 percent of Iraq's population today is literate, and the country's once-thriving middle class has been impoverished. This article appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel among others.

Some of the most unlikely victims of the war in Iraq are right here in the United States sitting in their family rooms. If you have children, particularly young children, “turn the television off,” said Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Dunsmore, a developmental psychologist.