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A group of alumni were treated to the first Reunion tour of the College Arboretum. This tour, led by arborist Terry Hawkridge, Assistant Director of the Physical Plant, took alumni on a walk of the campus to see some of the older and more interesting trees.

A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article profiling Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack '72 reports: "For months, the Iowa governor has been among the most frequently mentioned names on the short list of candidates to be Sen. John Kerry's running mate on the Democratic ticket."

At Hamilton College's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23, the valedictorian was James Baker of Weedsport, N.Y. He gave reflections on his years at Hamilton, as he put it, "Dean Paris-style."

At Hamilton's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23 the Salutatorian and James Soper Merrill Prize winner was Mary Beatrice Dias. She told her classmates, "I encourage you to envision a world where social justice prevails."

Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, a 1961 graduate of Hamilton College, delivered the College's commencement address on Sunday, May 23. Hamilton's commencement ceremony took place in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Delaware Congressman and Hamilton College alumnus Mike Castle '61 told Hamilton graduates that their "education prepared them for a career but it also prepares you for life," in his address at Hamilton's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23.  "You are the best positioned of your generation to be the masters of your destiny – to control your future and the future of this nation. Limits exist only in your mind," he said.Bachelor of arts degrees were awarded to 457 Hamilton graduates at the ceremony, held in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

The 6th Annual AIDS Hike for Life was a wonderful success. It was a record-breaking year in both participation and funds raised. More than 500 people walked, ran or hiked through the Kirkland Glen and across campus raising over $36,000!

Peter Singer, the Ira. W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and a well-known public ethicist, gave a lecture titled “Ethics for One World” to a large crowd in the Hamilton College Chapel on May 4. Singer outlined the ethical implications and imperatives of climate change, global trade, international law and foreign aid, as discussed in his book, One World: The Ethics of Globaliztion. The lecture was part of the Globalization Sophomore Seminar lecture series.

Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, presents, "Sweatshops and Child Labor in the Global Economy," on May 5, at 7 p.m. in Benedict 105. Kernaghan is best known for exposing the use of child labor in the production of Wal-Mart's "Kathie Lee" clothing line. His talk is part of the series sponsored by the sophomore seminars on globalization.

Donal Carbaugh, professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will lecture on "The Pragmatics of Personhood: Languages for Speaking and Silence" on Wednesday, May 5, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Oral Communication Center and the anthropology department.