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Thomas Bass, visiting professor of American Studies, wrote a review of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt's new book, Take on the Street, What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know: What You Can Do to Fight Back, for the New York Times (11/24/02).

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for a Los Angeles Times article (Nov. 22) about how members of the 107th Congress managed to deliver legislation on issues important to their constituents back home before the session ended. Klinkner said in the article, "Few members can credibly go back to their constituents and say, 'I created the new homeland security agency,'"... "On the other hand, they can go back and plausibly claim, 'This new shooting range is because of my skill and leadership on Capitol Hill.' "

Saturday, December 7, 2002 11:00 a.m. Trinity Repertory Company 201 Washington Street Providence, Rhode Island $21 per ticket; $10 for children under 12

Discussion Topic: "Diplomacy in the Middle East; does it have a Future?" $10 per person (cost includes light appetizers, beer and soda)

$15 per person (cost includes one complimentary beer or wine drink ticket and hors d'oeuvres) Spouses and guests are welcome *Holiday casual dress* Limited tickets available. Pre-payment and registration required. Reserve your ticket(s) today by calling the Office of Alumni Programs toll-free at 866.729.0314 or emailing Jackie Thompson at jdthomps@hamilton.edu. Location: Boston, MA; Limbo Restaurant

Friday, December 6, 2002 At the home of Lew '58 and Willy Sandler 7156 Helsem Bend Dallas, Texas 75230 *Holiday casual dress*

Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller delivered two talks at Colgate University, courtesy of the Colgate Russian and Asian Studies programs. The first was called "The Silk Roads: Binding Asia, Europe and Islamic Lands in Ancient Times." The second was "Central Asian Islam from Stalin to Karimov: What is the U.S. Getting Into?" In November she attended the national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh. Keller presented a paper titled "Milliilashtirish Creating a Nation." She also chaired a panel on "War's Impact on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Soviet Lands, 1939-1945: Propaganda and Reality."

Russell Blackwood, the John Stuart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and a long-time trustee of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, has been appointed by the institute to conduct a national undergraduate essay contest in Pakistan Studies. Contest winners will receive a financial prize and publication of abstracts of their papers in Pakistan Studies News.

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair, who is director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, was a panelist at a higher education and welfare reform conference in New York City on Nov. 18. The conference, "Bridging the Gap: Higher Education and Career-Centered Welfare Reform," was sponsored by Metropolitan College of New York, Medgar Evans College (CUNY), National Urban League, National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the College Board. Adair participated in a panel, "Programs and Models That Work," where she described the ACCESS Project. ACCESS is a demonstration educational, social service and career program that assists profoundly low-income parents in Central New York in their efforts to move from welfare and low-wage work to meaningful and secure career employment through higher education. The program provides a fully supported introduction to a liberal arts education coupled with social services, family and career support.

Associate Professor of Economics and Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center Director Paul Hagstrom presented a preliminary report on his research on food stamp participation by refugees and immigrants at the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Conference at the Economic Research Service in Washington D.C. in October.