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Peter Singer, author of One World: the Ethics of Globaliztion (Yale University Press, 2002), presents, "Ethics for One World," on May 4, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.

A recent editorial published in the Utica Observer-Dispatch discussed the efforts of Young Han ’06 to register to vote with the Oneida County Board of Elections.  According to the editorial, "Discouraging anyone from voting is the antithesis of democracy.  To have the board of elections be the ones doing the discouraging is ludicrous."

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in a New York Times article about recent steel production surges in China. According to Li, Beijing has faced great difficulty in restraining investment in steel mills because of the manner in which power is decentralizing in China and because President Hu Jintao maintains policies that encourage inland development.

The artwork of John von Bergen '63, which was on display at Stone Quarry Hill Park in Cazenovia, was reviewed in this article. Von Bergen's work is described as "lyrical" with "elegant plays of line, which seem to course through thin air creating shape and form, toying with mass and void." The exhibition displayed pieces, mostly bronze sculptures, representing 36 years of von Bergen's art.

Young Han '06 was the subject of a recent Associated Press article titled "Student Could Run for Office at Home but Can't Vote."  Han claims he has tried to register with the County Board of Elections three times since last October but was told that he should fill out an absentee ballot for his home state. 

"Inside Politics," a review of political developments written for washingtontimes.com, discussed a study recently conducted by Government professors Philip Klinkner and Richard Skinner ’92. Their study, "Black, White, Brown and Cajun: The Racial Dynamics of the 2003 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election," argues that ethnic bias was significant in the surprising and narrow defeat of Republican Bobby Jindal by Democrat Kathleen Blanco. In the article, Jindal is quoted as saying, "I don't believe the people of Louisiana made their decision based on the color of skin."

Hamilton College has announced the names of four people who will be awarded honorary degrees at the college’s 192nd commencement on Sunday, May 23. They are Hamilton trustee Kevin Kennedy '70; Berkely Professor Margaret Miles; Hamilton graduate and Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson ’72; and Joseph Wilder, jazz trumpeter.

Today President Bush will again be arguing for the extension of the Patriot Act. Two Hamilton College professors, experts in constitutional law and corruption, express their concerns.

The Crossville (Tenn.) Chronicle published a feature article about Hamilton College students who visited there in March on an Alternative Spring Break trip. The article is reprinted here with permission from The Crossville Chronicle. "If you were to hear that a college student defiantly overcame multiple delays and a canceled flight in order to reach her Spring Break destination by taking a greyhound bus across country at a personal cost of $144.26 and over 27 hours, you probably wouldn’t be too surprised. After all, it is nigh impossible these days to separate college students from their weeklong Dionysian revelry this time of year."

The Utica Observer-Dispatch published an op-ed written by Hamilton student Jonathan Rick '05.  In the op-ed, “Covering dictatorships can mean covering the truth,” Rick discusses Iraqi distortions and oppression of news coverage under Hussein. He declares, “It is futile and fraudulent for a news agency to operate in a dictatorship.”