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The College Democrat and College Republican clubs held a political debate on April 19 in the Chapel. The two groups, consisting of 3 students and 1 professor each, debated on issues including the exit strategy from Iraq, immigration reform, energy policy, lobbying reform and NSA wiretapping.

The Hamilton College film and lecture series, Forum for Images and Languages in Motion (F.I.L.M.), presents young Japanese independent film and video artist, Shiho Kano, on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.  The event is free and open to the public.

William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke about Chinese President Hu Jintao’s first visit to the United States and his upcoming summit with President George W. Bush, at the National Committee on United States-China Relations on April 17.   Li addressed the Asia Society, on April 19,  focusing on China’s internal politics. Both lectures took place in New York City. Li was also interviewed live on the BBC’s World News on April 19.

Hamilton College Jazz Archive Director Monk Rowe will lead a panel of jazz artists in a discussion on the thought process behind the solo flights of major voices in the jazz world in a discussion titled, “On Improvisation” Sunday, April 23, at 5 p.m. at Jazz Central 441 E. Washington St. Syracuse, N.Y. The event is free and open to the public.

Civil rights leader Bob Moses, a member of the Hamilton class of 1956, led a discussion on April 19 on social justice in American education. Moses, whose work has included the creation of The Algebra Project to improve quantitative literacy in disadvantaged schools, led students, faculty, staff, and community members in discussing educational inequality in America and how it can be addressed. The event was the first for the new Diversity and Social Justice Project at Hamilton.

Noelle Short '05, an outdoor writer for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake, returned to Hamilton to write an article about a forum held as part of the sophomore seminar “Forever Wild: The Cultural Histories of the Adirondack Park” this month. The forum, titled “Development and Preservation in the Adirondacks: The Tupper Lake Debate,” discussed the issues surrounding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort at the former Big Tupper Ski Area. Panelists included Jim Frenette, Sr. of Tupper Lake, who has been the Intercounty Legislative Committee chairman, Adirondack Park Agency chairman and a Franklin County legislator; Jim Ellis of Tupper Lake, a community specialist for the Adirondack North Country Association and a member of the Tupper Lake Planning Board; and Peter Hornbeck, chairman of the Residents Committee for the Protection of the Adirondacks. Sarah Mortati '08 was quoted in the article. “It struck me to see that there are real emotions and real people who this project is going to affect directly,” she said.

Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald is the author of a recently published book titled Art in Cinema: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society. The Art in Cinema Society, led by filmmaker Frank Stauffacher, pioneered the promotion of avant-garde cinema in America.

The Department of Music will present “An Evening of Chamber Music” on Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. This event is free and open to the public. 

First-year student Eric Kuhn will host a half-hour interview with Richard Bernstein, Merrill Lynch’s U.S. strategist and a Hamilton graduate, on WHCL 88.7 FM on Thursday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m. The show can also be heard at www.whcl.org.

Village Harmony, the unique world music ensemble composed of young singers from throughout Vermont and neighboring states, presents a concert on Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 PM at Hamilton College Chapel.  Suggested admission is $8, $5 for students. For more information call (315) 859-0701.