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New York Times bestselling romance author Eloisa James will read from her work on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. James writes historical mass-market romances for Avon Publishers, an imprint of HarperCollins. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book-signing.

The  Hamilton College fall 2012 F.I.L.M. (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series will screen Punish Me on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m.,  in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson Building.  The screening is free and open to the public.

The 11th Annual Hamilton College Fall Fest will take place on Sunday, Oct. 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the Clinton Village Green. Fall Fest is an initiative that was started in 2002 by the Hamilton Class of 2005 to reach out and join with the local community for an afternoon of food, fun activities and entertainment.

Hamilton’s state-of-the art fitness center just got a bit more hi-tech with the replacement of 50 pieces of exercise equipment.  The Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center was closed during last week’s fall recess in order to remove the old machines and bring in and install the new equipment.

Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will screen her latest work, Saving Face, along with a new film, Fatima, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 4:15 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, K.J. The screening, part of the fall F.I.L.M. (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series, is free and open to the public.

The sun was shining and temperatures were crisp on Oct. 11 for the inaugural Ham & Legs Fun Run/Walk sponsored by the Staff Assembly’s Wellness Committee. Ninety employees and students participated in the event that included a 5K walk, a 5K run, and 2-mile walk and a 1-mile walk. All events were non-competitive and not timed.

Hamilton’s Staff Assembly Committee on Wellness will sponsor the inaugural Ham & Legs Fun Run/Walk on Thursday, Oct. 11, on campus. Ninety employees have registered to compete in one of the four events:  a 5K walk, a 5K run, and 2-mile walk and a 1-mile walk. All events are non-competitive and not timed.

Professor of Sociology Dennis Gilbert was interviewed about America’s middle class for CNBC.com and for l'Unità, an Italian newspaper. Gilbert is the author of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality (Sage, 2011)

Bipartisanship is generally in short supply in Washington.  However, Hamilton’s Program in Washington students got a glimpse of it at a briefing at the American Enterprise Institute on September 19.  Senators Ron Wyden (D, Oregon) and Marco Rubio (R, Florida) discussed a bill they had introduced, the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act.

Chilly and sometimes dreary weather couldn't put a damper on Fallcoming 2012,  as Hamilton celebrated the opening the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, honored Dan Dietrich II '64 as Volunteer of the Year, and recognized students' scholarships at the Helen and Doane Comstock '27 Memorial Luncheon.