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On Oct. 20, some 400 members of the Hamilton community gathered for a candlelight march to show solidarity and embrace the various religions on Hamilton’s campus. The procession began at the Chapel and ended at Kirner-Johnson, where the documentary The Anatomy of Hate was screened and producer /director Mike Ramsdell spoke.

Thom Rath, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting assistant professor of history, gave two papers in October. At the conference of the Latin American Studies Association in Toronto, he presented research examining the effects of military reform on gender roles and state legitimacy in Mexico in the 1930s and 40s. This paper contributes to larger debates about the effects of the Revolution of 1910-20 on gender, and the limits of postrevolutionary demilitarization.

The 9th Annual Hamilton College Fall Fest will take place on Sunday, Oct. 24, from noon 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 improve town/gown relations by uniting the Hamilton and Clinton communities for an afternoon of food, fun, and entertainment.

Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is exhibiting in New York City in The Other End of the Line, a major public art installation addressing the connections and differences between the cultures of upstate New York and New York City. Inspired by the freight train High Line's history of transporting goods from upstate New York into New York City, Francis Cape will transport a previously-occupied residential trailer from Sullivan County, N.Y., to Gansevoort Plaza under the High Line.

The Young People’s Project (YPP) at Hamilton College was featured in the Posse Foundation’s summer 2010 newsletter.

Jennifer Murphy Hill '87 hosted the launch of President Joan Hinde Stewart's book, The Enlightenment of Age, at an event attended by alumni, parents and Hamilton students studying in London  on Sept. 27 at the Royal Automobile Club.

LTC Margaret Stock, an associate professor in the social sciences department at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will present a lecture on “Immigration and the Law” on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton. She is a speaker in the 2010-11 Levitt Center series which is focused on three thematically based programs: Security, Sustainability, and Inequality and Equity.

Bon Appétit, Hamilton’s food service provider, was recognized in a Utica Observer-Dispatch for its “eat local” efforts. On Sept. 28 Bon Appétit hosted its annual “Eat Local Challenge,” where all food served was grown within a 150-mile radius of campus.

The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue for Hope, an award-winning film by director Mike Ramsdell, will be screened at Hamilton College on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium of the Kirner-Johnson Building. The screening will be followed by an open discussion with Mike Ramsdell, and is free and open to the public.

Michael Kimmel, a leading researcher and writer on men and masculinity, will lecture at Hamilton College on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture, titled “Guyland” and based on his book, is free and open to the public.