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Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, was quoted in the L.A. Times article "China Hands Off Powers to Next Generation", about power transition struggle between old and new leaders. Jiang Zemin gave up his presidency during the March National People's Congress meeting but he also placed many of his own allies in the top positions. Zeng Qinghong, the new vice president of China has long been a friend of Jiang, and it is questioned whether if he will maintain a close relation with Jiang or try to get new President Hu's trust. However, some experts believe that these two will find a way to work with each other. Li said, "Probably Hu gets along with Zeng. The future depends on their cooperation, not vicious struggle. Although Hu is likely to proceed with caution at first, he has given some signals about the direction he intends to take."

Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson fellow, was invited to give a talk during an American University hold forum on "Who's Hu? Deciphering China's New Politics."

Hamilton's April 1 panel on the Iraq war was an impassioned session featuring six faculty members and moderated by government department chair Alan Cafruny. Speaking on the faculty panel were government professors Yael Aronoff, Peter Cannavo, Steve Orvis, Carlos Yordan and Phil Klinkner, and Tolga Koker from the economics department. Following the professors' remarks, a heated question and answer session was conducted.

Chinese AIDS activist and physician Wan Yanhai, and Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies will give the Edwin B. Lee Lecture on Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson auditorium. Their lecture, “China's Looming AIDS Crisis,” is sponsored by the Edwin B. Lee Fund and the Dean of Faculty’s Office, and is free and open to the public.

Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano presented a paper, "Melancholia and Counter-Mourning in Moby-Dick," in the Mourning and Melancholia in American Narrative session at the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature conference at the University of California at Berkeley on March 29.

While none of these employees would describe their work environments as solitary, each assumes responsibility for a specific College initiative, in most cases as a staff of one. In this issue of Around the Hill, we'd like you to meet a few of Hamilton's "one-person shops."

Last message from Sara Draucker on the Antartica 2003 expedition as they return to Punta Arenas.

From Sara Draucker on Antarctica 2003 expedition: Our trip across the Drake Passage continues. The sea has been very calm and though there's not too much scenery compared to the last couple weeks, we can't complain! We should arrive in Punta Arenas tomorrow night (Saturday)- a little early because the weather's been so great. Enjoy the sunset.

High school students from Proctor High in Utica visited science departments at Hamilton College on March 28. The students attended lectures in the chemistry, biology and psychology departments.

John Rice '78 is profiled in an Atlanta Business Chronicle article.