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The X-Viper Hour radio show at Hamilton College will host the classic radio drama “The War of the Worlds,” reproduced live in the studio on Sunday, April 22, at 5 p.m. on WHCL 88.7 FM, Hamilton’s student-run radio station. Hamilton College President Joan Stewart is in the cast, and a live jazz piano concert by Jason Oberholtzer ’08, will be featured.

One day after the official celebration of Earth Day, Hamilton College will unveil a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy Conservation) plaque certifying that Skenandoa House has met the conservation qualifications set by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Skenandoa House, an 84-year-old residence hall, is the oldest building in New York State to be so designated. Participants in the unveiling ceremony will include representatives from the USGBC, the architectural firm Ewing-Cole, the Oneida Nation, the Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) and Murnane Construction and Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart.

David C. Paris, Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government, presented a paper titled "'Market' and 'State' in Higher Education: A New 'Nation at Risk'?" at the Midwest Political Science Association, in Chicago on Friday, April 13. The Spellings Commission report, like “A Nation at Risk,” emphasizes the economic threat of educational failures and offers policy responses to them. Paris’ paper examined the claims of "market" and "state" on higher education, especially in light of the history of K-12 education reform.

Works created using a wide variety of techniques and media will be on display at the Emerson Gallery as part of “Instants: Hamilton Senior Art Show.” Photography, ceramics, sculpture, painting, video, solar etching and animation represent some of the media used in the production of works for this show. Opening on Friday, April 27, at 4 p.m., the show runs through May 19 when another reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. The exhibition and all related events are free and open to the public.

George Shields, the Winslow Professor of Chemistry, presented a lecture at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, on April 18-19, in conjunction with a symposium commemorating 100 years of chemistry there. Shields earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from Georgia Tech in 1981, a master's degree in 1983, and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1986. He participated in events to inaugurate the Molecular Science and Engineering building, the new home for the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Shields was one of a dozen alumni invited to campus to present a lecture during the 100 year celebration.

Students from Hamilton College and the University of Virginia staged a debate April 14 over which of their respective patrons--Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson--was the greater and more deserving Founding Father of our nation. The battle was precipitated by a bold challenge served upon the Cavaliers' debate society by the upstart and brash Continentals. In good humor, the Cavaliers enthusiastically accepted the challenge and hosted the engagement on their historic and beautiful campus in Charlottesville, Va.

Several students have recently returned to campus and the New York City program from a wonderful, if wet, weekend conference in Buffalo, New York. The annual EuroSim meeting of the Trans-Atlantic Consortium for European Union Studies and Simulations was held on the campus of Canisius College from April 12-15. Hamilton College was represented by Mariam Ballout '10; Henok Alemayo '10; Priscilla Rouyer '10; Steve Sallan '09; Murtaza Jafri '08; and Elena Filekova '08. Professor Ted Lehmann, faculty advisor from the Government Department, accompanied the group.

Richard Wasserstrom, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of California, Santa Cruz, will speak on "Racism and Affirmative Action" on Monday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.  This lecture is the last in the Levitt Center Speaker Series titled "Inequality and Equity" and is free and open to the public.

The Ravi Coltrane Quartet, led by the son of legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, will give a jazz performance in Wellin Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20. Ravi Coltrane, a tenor and soprano saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, has been praised by Jazz Weekly for creating music with “...an explosion of rhythmic and melodic sequences that float through the air with grace.” Tickets are $18 for the public, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students, and can be reserved by calling 859-4331.

Carl Hayden '63 will lead the Think Tank discussion on "The State of Reform in New York State Public Education" on Friday, April 20. Hayden, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents and an integral part of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and Co-Chair of Governor Elliot Spitzer's Education Transition Team, will share his knowledge on the changing shape of public education in New York. The discussion will take place at noon in KJ 221.