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Hamilton College's expertise in exercising the mind has been well-documented, but the College's ability to exercise the body has proven to be more than adequate as well.  Though the spring, summer and fall months offer the Hamilton community ample opportunity to enjoy more hospitable weather for outdoor activities, the College's Campus Wellness program –  led by director Dave Thompson – provides many alternatives, both indoors and outside, to continue beneficial workouts throughout the year. Participants may engage in activities that allow them either to avoid or to embrace this region's harsh winter… proving once again that there really is no excuse for not working out.

A one-hour documentary titled "Auspicious Vision: Edward Wales Root and American Modernism" and produced locally by WCNY will be shown for the first time on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 9 p.m. Included in the documentary footage are shots of the recent Emerson Gallery exhibition "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector and Naturalist" as well as images of the Root Glen and the Root homestead.

Hamilton's Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition (HAVOC) hosted the 10th annual Martin Luther King Service Day on Saturday, Jan. 26. Students as well as other members of the Hamilton community volunteered at several non-profit agencies throughout and around the Utica area. Those who did not volunteer in Utica hosted children from the Neighborhood Center on the Hamilton campus.

An article by Visiting Professor of Communication John Adams was reprinted in Advances in the History of Rhetoric: The First Six Years (Parlor Press 2007). Adams' article, titled "Let's Re-enact Rhetoric's History," is one of 29 scholarly articles published in the journal. The collection covers a range of periods and topics in the history of rhetoric, including Greek and Roman rhetoric, rhetoric and religion, women in the history of rhetoric, rhetoric and science, Renaissance and British rhetorical theory, rhetoric and culture and the development of American rhetoric and composition.

Associate Professor of Dance Leslie Norton was interviewed for a New York Times article about a lack of innovation in visual designs in ballet today (1/27/08). In the article "Time to Retire Those Sets and Tutus," Norton said, 'As far as anything innovative in art, it's not happening in ballet the way I think it's happening in modern dance. Ballet is in a very conservative mode right now.' The article continued, "She cited productions like American Ballet Theater's new 'Sleeping Beauty' last spring, which drew unfavorable comparisons with Thomas Kinkade's paintings and Disney animation." 

The Hamilton Environmental Action Group will host a showing of The 2% Solution, a free, live, interactive webcast on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium, G027. The webcast is in conjunction with Focus the Nation, a national teach-in engaging millions of students and citizens with political leaders and decision makers about Global Warming Solutions taking place on Jan. 31. Join Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer Van Jones, and youth climate leaders for a discussion of global warming solutions. Audiences can weigh in with cell phone voting. Refreshments will be available. It is free and open to the public.

A Green Democracy Roundtable will take place at Hamilton on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Hosted by the Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) and Democracy Matters, the roundtable intends to address such issues as awareness, activism and solutions to global warming. The discussion is part of Focus the Nation, a nationwide teach-in to raise awareness of global warming, and is open to the public. Kevin Rowe, president of Democracy Matters, noted "We're trying to emphasize that the event is not a panel, but rather an interactive discussion among policymakers, students, faculty, local citizens and activists and the college administration."

Lao Zi's great Chinese philosophical classic, Dao De Jing, serves as the inspiration for a new book, The Path and Its Power, by Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay G. Williams '54.

Nearly 150 students will spend part of their Saturday volunteering for Hamilton Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition's (HAVOC) 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day on Jan. 26. Students and other members of the Hamilton community will work at eight non-profit agencies in Utica and also host children from the Neighborhood Center for a visit to the Hamilton campus.

Eric Kuhn '09 was interviewed for and featured in an Associated Press article titled "Youth Vs. Adults in Gadget Wars" released on Tuesday, Jan. 22. He was subsequently contacted by KPCC public radio in Pasadena, California, to participate in a live half-hour interview on the topic. He was joined on air with Washington Post technology writer Mike Musgrove on Friday, Jan. 25.