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Comedian and satirist Andy Borowitz P'11 will perform at Hamilton on Thursday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. This event is hosted by the Hamilton College Democrats, and it is free and open to the public.

Thirteen Hamilton seniors on campus and two students in Hamilton's program in Beijing recently took the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI test) for Chinese language proficiency. ACTFL language tests determine a candidate's ability to use the language effectively and appropriately in real-life situations.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell will speak at Cornell University on Wednesday, April 15, on "The Collective Protection of Democracy or Old-Fashioned Interventionism? Lessons from Nicaragua." Her talk will focus on the use of the Inter-American Democratic Charter to frame an international response to Nicaragua's constitutional crisis in 2005.

Hamilton College will host a Bone Marrow Registry Drive on Thursday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tolles Pavilion. This drive is in memory of Katharine C. Eckman, a member of Hamilton's Class of 2009, who passed away last October from leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. The drive is organized by her friends.

Gideon Clark '09 went 3-for-4 with three RBI and earned Most Valuable Player honors as Hamilton College won the 22nd Annual Jackie Robinson Game, 19-5, against visiting Utica College at Royce Field on April 14.

Hamilton College placed second at the 13-team Skidmore College Palamountain Invitational, which was held at McGregor Links Golf Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on April 12 and 13.

Roberta L. Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, was one of three scholars invited to respond to the work of Susan J. Dudash in a seminar sponsored by the Mellon Foundation at the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame University on April 4. Krueger gave a formal response to Dudash's book manuscript, titled "Giving Voice to the People: Poetic and Theological Responses to Social Class Conflict in Medieval France, 1270-1422."

On Monday, April 13, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein presented a lecture on her best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: the Rise to Disaster Capitalism, to the Hamilton Community. The event was co-sponsored by the Kirkland Endowment and the Dean of Faculty.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten presented a research talk at the international Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), March 29-April 3, in Asilomar, Calif. In her talk,  "High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Structural and Topological Studies of Antimicrobial Piscidin Bound to Aligned Lipid Bilayers," Cotten explained how her research group has used modern advances in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to obtain atomic-level information on highly potent antimicrobial peptides.

Hamilton College students will present Eurydice, for the 2009 spring theater production. Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell, Eurydice will run Thursday – Saturday, April 16 -18, and Wednesday – Saturday, April 22-25, at 8 p.m. in Minor Theater. There is also a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. Seating is limited and reservations are suggested. Call the Theatre and Dance office at 859-4057 for tickets or more information