Cover of The Spectator that featured news of Ward Churchill's visit to campus.
Hamilton
found itself in the midst of a national and international
firestorm following revelations that a speaker invited by the College's
Kirkland Project had called victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks "Little
Eichmanns" who deserved their fate.
University
of Colorado Professor of Ethnic
Studies Ward Churchill made the remarks immediately after the attacks, but they
went unnoticed until Hamilton Professor of Government Ted Eismeier uncovered
them about six weeks before Churchill was to speak on February 3 as part of a
panel on prisons. More ...
Impacting tsunami relief
The tsunami that devastated
nations along the coast of the Indian Ocean last December may seem like a world
away from Hamilton, but distance has not stopped Freddie Dias '05 and Ingrid
Tharasook '07 from getting involved in aid efforts. More ...
One-stop information service
The strategic plan adopted by Hamilton in 2002 sets this
bold objective: "Hamilton will strive to become the national leader among
liberal arts colleges for teaching students to demonstrate their knowledge and
insights effectively through written, oral and other forms of communication."
To help achieve that objective, the Burke Library has
collaborated with Information Technology Services to create the Information
Commons (IC). Located on the first floor of the library in the Multimedia
Presentation Center, the new initiative brings together high-capacity computing
tools, the print and electronic resources of the library, and the professional
assistance of both reference librarians and the information technology staff to
provide a single point of service for the campus. More ...
People need to concentrate on the message that Hamilton provides
excellent education, not just controversy. We’re going to have more
scrutiny on the campus, a lot more self-scrutiny ... which is not
necessarily bad. We should always scrutinize the decisions we make. -- Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of
Government, in "College Moves Past Controversy," March 3,
2005, Utica Observer-Dispatch.
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Before his death at 91, Sol was for a long time removed from the center of power, where he enjoyed being. The New York Times
referred to him as "one of the handful of people who truly fit the
description ‘wise man,’ applied to those in Washington whose counsel
was regularly sought by presidents, senators and others in power." How
wise Sol was would be difficult for me to calibrate. He was, though,
thoughtful and kind, and what made him rare in our time was that he was
concerned above all about the good of the country. This gave him a
largeness of spirit and even a touch of grandeur that seems to be
disappearing from American life. -- In "Remembering the Ambassador; Sol M. Linowitz, 1913-2005" by Joseph Epstein in the April 4, 2005, Weekly Standard.
Linowitz, Class of 1935, died on March 18, 2005. He was an advisor to a
half dozen U.S. presidents, including Jimmy Carter for whom he served
as co-negotiator of the Panama Canal treaties and representative for
Middle East negotiations from 1979-81.
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I think the current divisions are partly the fault of the people
in my party for not engaging the Christian evangelical community in a
serious discussion of what it would take to promote a real culture of
life. -- Former President Bill Clinton speaking in the Field House on Nov. 9, 2004, one week after the presidential election.
