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A group of 36 Hamilton students and faculty travelled to Cornell University on Feb. 24, and enjoyed a performance of the Awaji Puppet Theater from Japan. At Cornell, the students watched three plays about deity, love, demon and devotion, and observed the intricate manipulations of the puppets and beautiful accompaniment by chanters and musicians.

As the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns approaches, students in Econ. 235: Policy, Poverty, and Practice are devoting a few hours a week to preparing taxes through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.

Two Hamilton teams competed at the Finger Lakes Regional Mock Trial Tournament on Feb. 14 and 15. Hamilton placed fourth at the competition and will advance to the next round of competition called Opening Round Championship Series in Easton, Pa. The team included Casey Green '09, Stuart Lombardi '09, Larry Allen '09, Teddy McBride '10, Evan Klondar '11, Andrew Quinney, '11, Antonia Farzan '11, Caitlyn Tuten-Rhodes '12, and Julia Goldstein '12.

The BioTour bus made a stop at Hamilton on Feb. 24. BioTour is an educational non-profit comprised of 13 young people who travel the country on two school buses that they've converted to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO) and solar paneled electrical power. Their presentations are aimed at educating listeners about smart policies and realistic practices in renewable energy. Hamilton students toured the bus outside the Science Center and in front of KJ.

BioTour, an educational non-profit working toward building a national movement in sustainability, will visit the Hamilton campus on Tuesday, Feb. 24. BioTour is comprised of 13 young people who travel the country on two school buses that they've converted to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO) and solar paneled electrical power. Meet them and tour their bus in front of the Science Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again in front of KJ (in the driveway circle) from 2 - 4 p.m. They will be making a special presentation in the KJ Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

Hamilton College will host a reading by 2009 Writer-in-Residence Dave King on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. Free and open to the public, it is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty and hosted by the English Department. King will read from his debut novel, The Ha-Ha, which was named one of the best books of 2005 by The Christian Science Monitor and was included on The Washington Post list of the season's best novels.

Art students, led by Katharine Kuharic, the Kevin W. Kennedy Associate Professor of Art, traveled to New York City on Feb. 19-21 to tour the studios of respected contemporary artists Polly Apfelbaum, Kurt Kauper, Julie Heffernan, Justine Kurland and Carolee Schneeman. View a slideshow of the tour here. (Photos by Greg Huffaker '09)

Hamilton's 2009 Public Speaking Competition will take place on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 1-5 p.m. in the Chapel. In this annual event students will compete for three different prizes: The McKinney Prize, The Clark Prize, and The Warren Wright Prize. 

Tim Elgren, professor of chemistry, presented an invited plenary lecture at the 4th Annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education, held at Missouri Western State University on Feb. 21. The title of his plenary was "Integrating Applied Learning: Forging Direct Links to the Curriculum." He also led a break-out session titled "Research as Teaching: The Teaching of Research."

On February 18, students in the Program in Washington, D.C., visited the Pentagon to meet with Fred Shear '03, a writer on the staff of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Students toured the massive facility, whose 6.5 million square feet and 17 miles of corridors are home to 23,000 military and civilian employees who plan and execute the nation's defense. Students also visited the Pentagon's 9/11 Memorial.