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Hamilton College rowed against Ithaca College and St. Lawrence University in a regatta at the Cayuga Inlet in Ithaca, N.Y., on April 11.

The April Hamilton-Colgate Challenge demonstrated, once again, the magnificent generosity of Hamilton alumni when called upon to support their College. At the end of the day on April 30 fully 1,308 alumni had made a gift to Hamilton - nearly four times the total number of donors in April, 2008! The desire of Hamilton graduates to support current students on the Hill clearly transcends the economic stress we are all experiencing. To date, Colgate has been unable to provide an end of the month total. Regardless, students have been the clear winners. Thanks to all of you who help perpetuate the life changing experiences you knew at Hamilton for today's undergraduates.

When someone says "Manhattan," you might think of traders yelling out orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, or ice skaters at Rockefeller Center, or a power-jog through Central Park in-between conference calls. On April 1, NYC Program students explored the rich cultural traditions of another part of the island, visiting a jazz museum, a famous lounge, and the Apollo Theater in the neighborhood of Harlem.

Professor of Music Samuel Pellman presented his work "The Home Planet," comprised of digitally processed environmental sounds, on April 2, in Santa Fe at the national conference of the Society of Composers. Included with the presentation was video art by Lauren Koss '00.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate was recently made a continuing columnist for Religion Dispatches, a publication funded through the Ford Foundation. Plate's column is titled "Pop-Eye," which he says, "provides commentary on the latest trends and games, videos and films that matter to religion. And how and why religion matters to popular culture."

Award-winning journalist Naomi Klein will speak on Monday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. 

Hamilton College picked up a point in doubles play, but the host Continentals fell to nationally ranked No. 7 Amherst College, 8-1, in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 11.

Clarkson University broke a halftime tie with six unanswered goals to start the second half and went on to a 13-5 Liberty League win against host Hamilton College at Campus Road Athletic Field on April 11.

Middlebury College swept a New England Small College Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader against host Hamilton College at Ferguson Fields on April 11.

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented a paper titled "Orestes and Oedipus, White and Black: Greek Tragedy and the U.S. Civil War," at the British Classical Association's annual meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on April 4.