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In his Class and Charter Day address marking the end of the College's 190th academic year, Sean Fitzpatrick '63 recalled favorite teachers, life on College Hill in the early 1960s and "Yes" papers.

Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article about Star Wars (May 10.) Rubino compares Star Wars' Luke Skywalker's relationship with Yoda to heroic warrior Achilles, who also "had tutors with mysterious powers." Rubino said, "There is something in those ancient mythological themes that resonates with people."

Erin Waters '01, a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Russia. Her project is titled "Yaroslavskiie Babushki: Portraits from Today's Russia." Waters intends to do a study of babushki (grandmothers) in the Russian city of Yaroslavl.

As proud family and friends waved tiny American flags, Hamilton President Eugene M. Tobin congratulated the 40 new Americans who were sworn in at a May 9 naturalization ceremony at the Federal Court House in Utica. In his remarks Tobin said the essence of being an American "is our system of freedom under law" and that "the responsibilities of citizens are as important as the rights accorded citizens."

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on Friday to faculty members from the philosophy, physics, economics, sociology and Spanish departments.

Julie-Francoise Kruidenier, a candidate for graduation from Hamilton College later this month, was named the recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize at Hamilton's annual Class and Charter Day on May 10.

Donna M. Cardarelli, a candidate for graduation from Hamilton College later this month, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for study at Buryat State University in Russia. Seven Hamilton College seniors have won Fulbright Grants and teaching Assistantships this year.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz gave a paper titled "'I Never Saw Any of Them Again': Series, Sequels, and Character Identity," at the International Conference on Narrative on April 12. Two more books have come out in the Theory and Interpretation of Narrative series that Rabinowitz co-edits for Ohio State University Press: Breaking the Frame: Metalepsis and the Construction of the Subject by Debra Malina, and Narrative Dynamics: Time, Plot, Closure, and Frames, edited by Brian Richardson.

Charlotte Porter, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Austria.

Associate Director of Community Research in the Levitt Center Judy Owens-Manley presented her research at a May Colloquium for Service-Learning Practitioners held at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pa. The colloquium was an opportunity for practitioners to share syllabi, compare notes, engage in philosophical discussions and develop a repertoire of best practices for various aspects of service-learning programs. Owens-Manley presented "Evaluation of Community Programs and Services" as a part of a session on research in service of community.