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Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, a new book by Sociology Professor Mitchell Stevens, is the subject of a review by Margaret Talbot in the November issue of The Atlantic Monthly.

The Theatre and Dance Department presents "Circling Alcestis," November 16 - 17, at 8 p.m. in Minor Theater. The production is translated by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz; adapted by Carter Cox '03 and Craig Latrell; directed by Craig Latrell; with lighting design by Bill Burd, and costume design by Amy Svoboda. Tickets are $5/adults, $3/students & seniors. Circling Alcestis is an intercultural adaptation of Euripides' Alcestis, featuring elements of West Sumatran dance, martial arts and music. The production is also the culmination of an Emerson Grant to Carter Cox and Craig Latrell. Seating is limited, please call x4057 to make reservations.

Dennis Walsh, a 1976 graduate of Hamilton College, has been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a term expiring in 2004. Walsh has served as a member of the NLRB since his appointment in 2000.

Hamilton alumnus and glass artist Josh Simpson '72 will be featured in a PBS special, "Where the Earth Meets the Sky: The Glasswork of Josh Simpson," beginning on Nov. 11. Check your local PBS affiliate for schedule. Simpson will also be exhibiting his glass at craft shows in Philadelphia, Washington and New York.

Dr. Karuti Kanyinga, senior research fellow, Institute for Development Studies,Univ. of Nairobi, Kenya will present a lecture, "Political Change and Democracy in Africa," on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in KJ Auditorium. As U.S. policy-makers increasingly talk about engineering the creation of a new government in Afghanistan, we can learn much about previous efforts to do the same. Over the last decade, the U.S. has actively pursued an agenda of "promoting democracy and human rights" across Africa. Dr. Kanyinga will address the complexities and contradictions of fundamental political change and the U.S.'s role in it.

Elizabeth Siegel Watkins, an historian and author of On the Pill, a social history of oral contraception, will present a lecture, "Birth Control and Controlling Birth: Struggles Over Reproductive Rights in the 20th Century," on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium, Hamilton College. The lecture is free and open to the public.

In a study conducted for USA Today, Hamilton College Government Professor Philip Klinkner found that ballot design and race were the crucial factors in accounting for spoiled ballots in the Florida 2000 election. Klinkner’s analysis finds that when you control for various factors, non-straight ballots (butterfly ballots, two-page ballots, multiple column ballots, etc.) had a spoilage rate of approximately three times that of straight ballots (one page, one column) --2.4% vs. 7.5%.

The November issue of Jazz Times mentions Hamilton's Jazz Archive in Nat Hentoff's column, "Final Chorus." In a column about Jo Jones, Hentoff writes, "Locke spoke of Jo, and his own life in jazz, for the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, directed by Monk Rowe. The Archive's hundreds of oral histories range from Doc Cheatham to Bill Charlap."

Government Professor Cheng Li spoke to the U.S. National Committee for Asian Pacific Security on Friday. He discussed U.S.-China relations in light of President Bush's recent APEC visit.

Lavinia Limon, interim executive director of Immigration and Refugee Services of America (IRSA) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) spoke at the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College during a luncheon on Nov. 2.