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Jay Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, gave a talk titled "Thomas Nast's Vision of America" to the Friends of the Dolgeville Library on April 26. Nast was America's foremost political cartoonist of the 19th century, active from 1857 until his death in 1902. Williams has an extensive collection of Nast's pictures.

Max Foster '10 pitched five shutout innings to lead visiting Hamilton College to a 7-4 win against SUNY Institute of Technology in a non-conference game played at Wildcat Field on April 28.

University of Pittsburgh Professor of Neuroscience Bita Moghaddam, presented the John Rybash Memorial Lecture on schizophrenia to the Hamilton community on April 27. The Lecture Series was established in honor of John Rybash, Hamilton College professor of psychology from 1991-1999, by his family, friends, colleagues and former students. Rybash died of cancer in June, 1999, at the age of 51.

Alex Shoulson '10 presented a talk on "Reason Machines: The Potential of Automated Theorem Proving" at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on April 18 at Union College. Shoulson raised the question, "why regress to pencil and paper to create mathematical proofs when we have super computers on our desktops, and illustrated the strengths and weaknesses of computer generated proofs?"

Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology, gave an illustrated talk on April 26 at the Holland Patent library for the Trenton Greenbelt Committee. The title was "Sand Plains, Lupines, and Butterflies." This event was sponsored by the town of Holland Patent.

Charlotte Olcay '10 and Brandon Leibsohn '10, who are interning in the House of Representatives, participated in a luncheon sponsored by the Century Council to discuss the issue of underage drinking on April 23. The featured speakers at the luncheon were Washington Wizards NBA star Antawn Jamison and Olympic Gold volleyball player Misty May Treanor.

Nationally ranked No. 7 Williams College handed host Hamilton College a 9-0 loss in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 26.

Hamilton College finished in third place at the four-team New England Small College Athletic Conference men's golf championships, which were held at Middlebury College's Ralph Myhre Golf Course in Middlebury, Vt., on April 25 and 26.

Nationally ranked No. 1 Williams College handed host Hamilton College a 9-0 loss in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 26.

Hamilton College won the varsity eight in a regatta with Rochester Institute of Technology on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on April 25.