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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.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor about U.S.-China relations and China's President Jiang Zemin's visit to the U.S.

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Ortabasi presented a paper, "Sketching Out the Critical Tradition: Yanagita Kunio and the Reappraisal of Realism," at the Association of Japanese Literary Studies Annual Conference, held at Purdue University on October 4-5. She also organized a panel on the topic of "Imag(in)ing the Real Japan: Representations of Japan in Postwar Film" for The New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2002 Annual Meeting, held at Skidmore College on October 25-26. The paper she presented as part of that panel was titled "Miyazaki Hayao’s Spirited Away: Escaping Japan?"

Assistant Professor of History Peter Hinks spoke on a radio show--Conversations with Howard Scott & "Rainy" Faye--in Bridgeport, Conn., about slavery and emancipation in Connecticut.

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. The colloquium will examine the connections between modern empirical science and philosophical inquiry into the foundation of ethics.

Each year to mark the end of the summer harvest and the beginning of the long, cold winter ahead, ancient Celtic nobles assembled for a grand feast. Not ones to miss out on the fun, friendly spirits and ghosts were known to join in the frivolity, sometimes returning in the form of animals, such as crows and cats.

Kevin Danaher, co-founder of The Global Exchange, will be the next guest in the Levitt Center Globalization series. He will give a lecture, "Globalize This! Why You Should be out in the Street Protesting the World Bank and IMF," on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Sponsored by the Globalization Seminar Series.

Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty presented a workshop with M. Jacqui Alexander on "Globalization, State Practices, and the Challenges for Transnational Feminism," at the Future of Minority Studies Conference on "Feminism, Internationalism, Multiculturalism," at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Oct. 19, 2002.

Dr. James Cobey, a 1965 graduate of Hamilton College and an orthopaedic surgeon at Washington Hospital Center, has received a $50,000 Frank Annunzio Award in the Arts/Humanities/ Humanitarian field from the Christopher Columbus Foundation for his efforts to help victims with devastating injuries due to landmines and his work to ban landmines.

Stuart Scott '61, chairman of the Hamilton College Board of Trustees, announced the members of the Presidential Search Committee. The committee will be chaired by Drew S. Days III '63 and Patricia Smalley, charter trustees of the College.