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Twelve Hamilton students participated in the National Model United Nations Conference on April 5-9 in New York City. The conference hosted approximately 2,500 delegates from 29 countries and was sponsored by the National Collegiate Conference Association. Opening and closing ceremonies, as well as closing committee sessions, were held at UN headquarters.

Karibu: An Evening of East African Food, Art, & Entertainment will be hosted by Women's Studies 332: Tanzania Field Study on Thursday, April 16, from 5-8 p.m. in the Annex. The fundraiser will feature Adanfo African Ensemble from Ghana, dance performances, art auction, and East African inspired buffet.

Hamilton College picked up a 7-2 non-conference win against visiting Union College at Gray Tennis Courts on April 14.

Megan Coughlin '09 and Amber O'Connor '09 set program records and Hamilton College split a non-conference doubleheader with St. Lawrence University at Ferguson Fields on April 15.

Hamilton College fell to Division I host Colgate University by a score of 6-1 in Hamilton, N.Y., on April 14.

Hamilton College won the Gilman Plate for the fourth straight year and swept every race in a regatta against rival Union College on the Mohawk River in Schenectady, N.Y., on April 14.

Hamilton College won the Gilman Cup for the third straight year and swept both races in a regatta against rival Union College on the Mohawk River in Schenectady, N.Y., on April 14.

At Spring Volunteer Weekend, Saturday, April 4, 2009, the Committee for Kirkland College organized a special afternoon of events to recognize the 40th anniversary of when women arrived on the College Hill.

The New York Times highlighted Hamilton's annual gift campaign in an April 15 article titled "Colleges Ask Donors to Help Meet Demand for Aid." The article discussed the challenging fundraising environment with which colleges and universities are dealing and how institutions are appealing to donors to assist in meeting the growing demand for financial aid.

"I grew up as a nomad," announced Suleiman Nuh Ali to those in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium on April 14. "In my childhood I cannot remember a place my family stayed more than a month." Nevertheless Ali's experience in his native Somalia was not unique: approximately 65 percent of the Somali population is nomadic, traveling "without borders." And as the lecture progressed, it became even clearer that borders – or, more specifically, the conflict between those political boundaries formed from within and those formed from without – drastically influenced the course of Somalia's history.