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All eyes focused on Emmanuel Jal as he walked, alone, through the center aisle of the Chapel on April 2. His pace slow and his head lowered, it almost seemed as if he were leading an invisible, somber procession. When he reached the front of the room and turned to face the audience, he asked, "Why should I go through the trouble to tell my story?" After a moment's pause he said, "Because I want to offer my story for those who couldn't give their voice."

NYC Program students explored their artistic sides with a guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in March. Founded in 1870, the museum's millions of square feet contain exhibits from Asia, Egypt, the Americas, and every other corner of the world. In particular, the students' tour focused on the French artist Pierre Bonnard, whose unique use of color and perspective were quietly influential during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender presented a paper at the XXth-XXIst century French Studies International Colloquium at the University of Minnesota in March. After attending the Festival du Réel at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, one of the most prominent festivals/conferences on contemporary film documentary, Guyot-Bender traveled to Minneapolis, to present her paper on the new forms of contemporary militant documentary.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder and Hamilton students Ben Van Arnam '09, Kathie Alser '09, Gail Corneau '10 and Lydia Rono '11 presented their research during the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held March 22 through March 26 in Salt Lake City.

Hamilton's Faculty Support Specialist Janet Simons, Director of Instructional Technology Support Service Nikki Reynolds and Director of Public Service Carolyn Carpan, and Dave Baird of Colgate University, presented on the Media Scholarship Collaboration among Hamilton, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University at two recent conferences.

James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, and Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods participated in Glimmerglass University at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on March 28. Proceeds from the one-day "Food For Thought" program benefited the Cooperstown Food Bank. 

Seventy-three members of the Hamilton College Choir spent 12 days of spring break traveling across Italy as performers in the annual Hamilton College Choir Concert Tour. Singing from Venice, to Florence, to Perugia, to Rome, the students completed the choir's sixth European concert tour under the direction of G. Roberts Kolb. While the choir tours a region of the United States every March, the European tour is a special privilege that comes only once every four years. 

Hamilton students participating in the recent Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to South Carolina were featured in a news story in the Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise and on the Web site scnow.com (4/1/09).

Students from the Program in Washington, D.C. joined about 40 alumni at the Great Hamilton College Networking Party, sponsored by the Washington D.C. Alumni Association on March 30. It featured a panel of alumni talking about getting that first job.

Isha Ojha '09 has been selected as a finalist in Photographer's Forum magazine's 29th Annual College Photography Contest. Her photograph will be printed in the hardcover book Best of College Photography 2009 which will be distributed by the end of June 2009.