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Hamilton College Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner was interviewed by The Detroit News for an article about President Bush's position on the University of Michigan's admissions policy (Jan. 17, 2003). Bush said Michigan's admissions policies that give an advantage to minority applicants are unconstitutional. Klinkner was quoted as saying, "He (Bush) has to walk a thin line. He is aware of the racial and gender dynamics in the electorate and realizes that to take a real hard right position on things creates some electoral problems."

James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner was interviewed by the Detroit News. Klinkner commented on President Bush’s stance on affirmative action. Klinkner said, “He has to walk a thin line. He is aware of the racial and gender dynamics in the electorate and realizes that to take a real hard right position on things creates some electoral problems.”

A service fair hosted by Hamilton's department of administrative services on January 16 drew hundreds of College employees to the Annex, where they learned about everything from Bon Appetit menus and rental cars, to copying services and summer camps.

Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and a prize-winning columnist for The New York Post and The Jerusalem Post, will present a lecture, “The Palestinian-Israeli War” on Monday, January 27, at 8 p.m., in the Chapel at Hamilton College. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The HILLgroup will be sponsoring monthly discussion groups on topics related to learning, instructional technology, and the use of information resources in college courses. The first HILLgroup Discussion Series event, Focus On What We Have Learned About Coordinated Academic Support, is Tuesday, January 28th, at 4pm in the Christian Johnson Browsing Room.

The College's Administration and Finance division is hosting its first Service Fair. All employees are invited to stop in at the Beinecke Village Annex on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture at Hamilton College in Clinton announces its “Masculinities” film series for January – March 2003. Screenings are free and open to the public. All films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson 109 (Red Pit). For more information, contact the Kirkland Project at 315-859-4288.

Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu organized a session for the 2003 American Economic Association's annual meeting titled "Documenting Relationships Between Health, Wealth and Income."

Bill Delaney,’73, was featured in a Boston Globe article that highlights Delaney’s most recent career move, transitioning from television to radio. The former CNN correspondent began co-hosting the noon news show, “Here and Now,” on Boston’s WBUR-FM (90.9). Delaney commented on the changes occurring in television news; “they want everything in smaller and smaller bits…at a time when I think people need longer and longer bits to understand what’s going on.”

Director of the Jazz Archive Monk Rowe gave a talk at the 30th annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education. The conference, "Jazz — Crossing All Borders," was held Jan. 8-11 in Toronto, Canada.