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About 60 Hamilton students and staff members participated in the annual America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk on Saturday, March 7, at Utica College. These volunteers joined a group of some 8,500 people in walking and running between three and five miles. The annual event raises money and awareness for the American Heart Association and its fight against heart disease and stroke. Hamilton has fielded a team for many years. Hamilton team captains were Colleen Pellman, John O'Neal and Ernest Williams.

Anna Oldfield, Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting assistant professor of comparative literature, presented at the 11th annual Women's History Conference "Gender and Power in the Muslim World" at Sarah Lawrence College on March 6-7.

Three Hamilton College athletes competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III championships at Tufts University's Gantcher Center on March 6.

Two Hamilton debate teams competed at a tournament at Skidmore College on Feb. 27 and 28. Chris Smith '11 and Andrew Menges '12 comprised Hamilton Buff, and Sarah Krieger '11 and Hadley Keller made up Hamilton Blue. The two teams competed against 23 other teams from schools including Harvard, Yale, MIT and Cornell.

Senior classics major Casey Green's senior seminar paper has been selected for the Eta Sigma Phi panel at the 2010 APA meeting in California. Eta Sigma Phi is the national classics honor society and the APA is the American Philological Association, the national professional organization for classicists. In addition, senior Madeline Ware's paper received honorable mention for the Eta Sigma Phi convention later this month in Memphis. Hamilton was the only school to have two papers recognized.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell spoke on U.S.-Cuba relations and the prospects for reform under the Obama administration at Utica College on March 4. She discussed the shake-up of Raul Castro's cabinet in which he fired eight ministers closely associated with Fidel Castro and replaced them with former military officers who are personally loyal to Raul.

The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Auction on March 5 drew Hamilton students and community members to the annual event designed to raise money to help fund the nine volunteer trips that begin next Friday. This year 100 Hamilton students will participate in ASB, the largest number of volunteers ever. 

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, gave a talk titled "The Economic Impact of Offline Teams" at ETEO, Mondragon University, in Oñate, Spain, on March 5. Jones' presentation was based on a paper written with Colgate professor Takao Kato available as a working paper from the Institute for the Study of Labor.

The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Auction is taking place today, Thursday, March 5, in the Annex/Tolles Pavilion. This annual fundraiser will help support the 100 Hamilton students participating in ASB this year, the largest number of volunteers ever. Silent auction bidding is all day and the live auction begins at 5 p.m. Live auction items include a behind the scenes Saranac Brewery Tour, a kayak trip with Andrew Jillings, round trip airfare, and more. Eric Kuhn '09 is auction host.

The documentary about Run for the Fallen, titled "To Them That's Gone", has entered post-production and Run for the Fallen LLC has recently launched a new corresponding website.