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Mitchell Stevens, Associate Professor of Sociology, will discuss "Community and Bureaucracy at Hamilton," as the next speaker in the Faculty Lecture Series, on Friday, Nov. 15, at 4:10 p.m., in the Red Pit at Kirner-Johnson. Stevens explains, "'Community'" is the wrong referent image for organizational life at Hamilton. The frequent invocation of "'community'" in organizational discourse abets rather than diminishes campus problems. The College is better understood as a bureaucracy," says Stevens. "Once relieved of its unsavory affective baggage, bureaucracy is a useful lens for assessing some of the College's chronic troubles and greatest strengths." The lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. A reception will follow at Café Opus.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, has been invited to deliver the Swarthmore College annual Charles E. Gilbert Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 14. The Gilbert Lecture is sponsored by the Center for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Political Science. Klinkner's topic is "Is the Old Racism Really Dead? An Analysis of Anti-Miscegenation Referenda in Alabama and South Carolina." Previous lecturers include Charles O. Jones of the University of Wisconsin and Theda Skocpol and Robert Putnam of Harvard University. All are past presidents of the American Political Science Association.

Hamilton College Professor of Africana Studies and French Tracy Sharpley-Whiting was interviewed for a Toronto Star article about racial profiling in popular movies.

Assistant Professor of English Gillian Gane has published an article titled "Unspeakable Injuries in Disgrace and David's Story" in a special double issue, "South Africa: Post-Apartheid," of Kunapipi: Journal of Post-Colonial Writing (Vol. XXIV, Nos. 1 & 2 [2002]: 101-13).

A panel discussion, "Challenges and Rewards of Resettlement," will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. in the KJ Red Pit. The panel is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center as part of the speaker series on "Immigration and Global Citizenship." Panelists include: Alan Cafruny, professor of government and president of the board of the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRCR) ; Peter D. Vogelaar, executive director, Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRCR); Alma Adilagic Lukovac, Citizenship Services, MVRCR; and Isaac Padiet, Employment Services, MVRCR.

Greg Doyle '82 has been recognized by Business Insurance magazine as one of the industry's 35 Rising Stars. Honorees were selected by the editors of Business Insurance in recognition of their achievements in the commercial insurance industry at a relatively young age. Doyle is executive vice president at Guy Carpenter in New York City.

Hamilton College’s 26 student Emergency Medical Technicians will be honored this week (Nov. 10-16) during National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week.

The annual Operation Christmas Child toy drive for needy children is now underway. Donations can be dropped off at Beinecke Student Activities Village, any weekday between noon and 1:30 p.m., through Friday, November 15. Bring shoe boxes, toys, gifts, clothing articles, monetary donations and anything else! Donate a single item, or donate only boxes! Operation Christmas Child is co-sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and La Vanguardia.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts continues its Contemporary Voices and Visions series with a performance the Limón Dance Company on Friday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall on the Hamilton College campus. This performance is a project of the Mohawk Valley Dance Partnership, which includes the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Hamilton College and the Central New York Community Arts Council Arts in Education Institute.

The Hamilton College Department of Theater and Dance is proud to announce its fall production “Romeo and Juliet ‘02,” William Shakespeare’s classic love story told with an urban edge. Directed by Professor Mark Cryer, this fast-paced production is set in 2002 Brooklyn and features multi-level staging, a hip-hop soundtrack, and a cast of characters straight off the streets. The Prince is a DJ, the Chorus girls are streetwalkers, and the Capulets get down to disco. One thing is clear: This is not your parents’ Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo and Juliet ‘02” will be performed on Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16, at 8 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 20-23, at 8 p.m. There will also be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. All shows are in Minor Theater.