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St. Lawrence University won all three doubles matches and handed visiting Hamilton College a 6-3 loss in a non-conference dual match played at Sammis Tennis Courts on March 31.

Jonathan Mallinson, professor of French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, presented a lecture, "Reading Candide Today: From Voltaire to Cormac McCarthy," on Monday, March 30. The lecture was sponsored by the Offices of the President and Dean of Faculty and the French Department.

The Carter Center invited Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell to join with other experts on election observation and campaign finance monitoring in developing democracies in a "shirtsleeves" meeting March 31. Organized by the center's Democracy Program, the group explored practical means for systematic collection of information on campaign finance laws and their enforcement, political party practices and problems related to vote buying and the use of the media and state finance during campaigns.

The Legendary Pictures creative team has selected the top five finalists who will pitch their film story ideas to the creative team in a public forum on Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 in the Fillius Events Barn.  The finalists and their film titltes are Ryan Cadigan '11, The Hooded One; Nicole Dietsche '09, Anomaly; Kyla Gorman '09, The Exiles; Sarah Maas '08, Superheroes and Mary-Janes; and William Welles '08, In Fear.

Jonathan Mallinson, professor of French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, will present a lecture, "Reading Candide Today: From Voltaire to Cormac McCarthy," on Monday, March 30, at 4:10 p.m. in the Hamilton College Science Center, room 3024. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Offices of the President and Dean of Faculty and the French Department.

Visiting Irwin Chair and Associate Professor of Women's Studies Delia Aguilar gave a paper titled "Class and Global Feminism" at the World History and Historical Materialism Conference held at the University of Manitoba from March 12-14.

Rebecca Yaguda '09 won the pole vault as the Hamilton College women's track & field team opened the outdoor season with the non-team scoring Ithaca College Invitational at Butterfield Stadium on March 28.

TiDelco Ductan '09 and James Russell '09 each set school records as the Hamilton College men's track & field team opened the outdoor season with the non-team scoring Ithaca College Invitational at Butterfield Stadium on March 28.

Hamilton College jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but the Continentals eventually dropped a non-conference game, 20-9, against visiting Skidmore College at Royce Field on March 29.

Professor of Classics Shelley Haley represented Anna Julia Cooper as part of the Ancestors Project of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States on March 21. The presentation was sponsored by the Columbia University Classics Department and by the New York Classical Club.