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If you're looking for a quiet spot to enjoy this summer's sunny days, visit the Root Glen, where you'll also be treated to a riot of colors provided by the thousands of flowers growing there.

Hamilton College will be among the host sites for events in this year's Empire State Games, July 25-29. Hamilton will host field hockey games on July 26-29; diving competition on July 26-29; and volleyball on July 26-28.The Opening Ceremony for the games is Wednesday, July 25 at Rome Free Academy.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner wrote an op-ed about Dorie Miller, the black messman who became a hero at Pearl Harbor when he manned a machine gun and shot down two enemy aircraft. Miller was featured in the movie "Pearl Harbor." The op-ed was published in The Charleston (WV) Gazette.

Associate Professor and English Chair Nat Strout was interviewed for a "Black Issues in Higher Education" article about how college English departments choose minority and female authors for their reading lists.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner was interviewed for a Buffalo News article (6/10/01) about President Bush's taxpayer rebates.

The smash Broadway musical, "The Producers," by Thomas Meehan '51 and Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical. This past weekend was Meehan's 50th class reunion at Hamilton. He graduated in 1951 with a bachelor of arts in English.

Hamilton's Reunion Weekend Alumni College will feature talks by nationally-known pollster John Zogby and Hamilton Jazz Archive director Monk Rowe, today at 3 p.m. Zogby will talk about polling in the wake of the 2000 presidential campaign at 3 p.m. in the KJ Aud. Rowe will share a sampling of jazz video interviews--humorous, poignant and informative clips from musicians, writers and critics he has interviewed since the archive was established in 1995. 3 p.m. in the Red Pit at KJ.

Hamilton College has been selected as one of the three ACUTA Member Sites to See for the second quarter of 2001. The topic of this quarter's competition was On-Line Customer Surveys. "The Web site [http://www.hamilton.edu/college/its/telephones/phone_survey/phone_ survey.html] was selected based on criteria of content delivery, timeliness, ease of use, and accessibility," according to Jan Weller, chair of the Web Site Selection task force. Addressing voice, data and video communications needs for higher education, ACUTA serves more than 800 institutions of higher education and 2,000 telecommunications professionals from across the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Percy R. Luney, a 1970 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named dean of the new college of law at Florida A&M University in Orlando. He was most recently president of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev. Luney earned a juris doctorate from Harvard University. Classes in the new law school are expected to begin in the fall of 2003.

Reunion Weekend at Hamilton is May 31 - June 3. Highlights include the dedication of The Samuel Eells House, a talk by pollster John Zogby, the dedication of the ropes course, an exhibit and gallery talk by alumni collectors of the Class of 1966, the traditional lobsterbake, reunion parade with the bagpipes of the Mohawk Valley Frasers, Saturday cookout, reunion choirs and more! A complete schedule of activities is posted on the alumni Web page, www.hamilton.edu/alumni.