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Christopher Whitcomb '81, former FBI special agent, appeared on Pat Buchanan's MSNBC show Buchanan and Press on October 21. Whitcomb commented on the investigation of the sniper who has killed 10 people in the D.C. area. About the sniper's letter, Whitcomb said, "He apparently made statements in that note that really disturbed law enforcement; maybe talked about a much-larger slaying, something much worse than we’ve seen before."

The Kirkland Project's series on Masculinities will repeat its panel, "What Makes a Man?: Intellectual Investigations into Manhood, Masculinities and Men," at Colgate University. Kris Paap (sociology), Nancy Rabinowitz (comparative literature), Dana Luciano (English) and Marianne Janack (philosophy) will be joined by Meika Loe, a faculty member in women's studies and sociology/anthropology at Colgate, for the panel discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., Ho Lecture Room, 105 Lawrence Hall.

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Nesecan Balkan, lecturer in economics and women's studies, has co-edited two books with Dr. Sungur Savran.

Profesor of Anthropology Bonnie Urciuoli will be the next guest in the Faculty Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson. Urciuoli's talk is titled "The Referential Complexity of the Words 'Multiculturalism' and 'Diversity.'"

The Society of Empirical Ethics, a component of the American Philosophical Association, along with the department of Religious Studies at Hamilton College, and the Institute for Applied Ethics at Utica College will hold a colloquium, “Science and the Foundation of Ethics,” on Oct. 25-27 at the Century House in Cazenovia.

Hamilton College Professor and Chair of Chemistry George C. Shields received a grant from the National Science Foundation to build a program that will increase the number of students participating in the sciences who are normally underrepresented in these fields. "The program centers around an intensive summer research program that aims to create an environment that retains women and minority science majors and increases the number of Hamilton College science graduates who go on to graduate programs," Shields said.

Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery is offering an intriguing, concurrent trio of print exhibitions this fall. Open through November 2, this graphic triple-header includes one gallery devoted to contemporary, large format prints from the Emerson Gallery permanent collection. The second gallery focuses on Hamilton painting and printmaking professor Bruce Muirhead's collection of the best Hamilton student prints gathered over 30 years. The third gallery is slated for the Southern Graphics Council Student-Juried Exhibition.

In the weeks immediately following the November 2002 mid-term elections, an exhibition of the works of 19th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast seems perfectly timed. Unlike today's cartoonists, Nast wielded enormous political power through several decades in the mid to late 1800s, making or breaking the campaigns of politicians via his satirical cartoons published in Harper’s Weekly. Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery is hosting this exhibition of more than 130 black and white prints created by Nast and titled "America in Black and White" from November 15 through January 5.

As the November elections approach, an exhibition of the works of 19th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast seems perfectly timed. Unlike today's cartoonists, Nast wielded enormous political power through several decades in the mid to late 1800s, making or breaking the campaigns of politicians via his satirical cartoons published in Harper's Weekly. Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery is hosting this exhibition of more than 130 black and white prints created by Nast and titled "America in Black and White" from November 15, 2002 through January 5, 2003.