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Defending NCAA Division III women's lacrosse champion Hamilton College will play Franklin & Marshall College in a 2009 NCAA tournament semifinal at Roanoke College's Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Va., on Saturday, May 16, at 8 p.m.

Hamilton College men's crew did not row in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship Regatta in Camden, N.J., as there was a limited schedule on May 9 and the rest of the races were canceled around mid-morning on May 10.

Hamilton College women's crew competed in an Eastern College Athletic Conference championship regatta that was plagued by high winds on May 9 and 10 and eventually canceled during the second day in Camden, N.J.

Molly Kane '09 was top female individual finisher, John-Paul Koenig of Clinton was the top male individual, and the Adirondack Adventure team won the relay in the sixth annual HamTrek Triathlon on May 8.

Peter F. Cannavò, assistant professor of government, presented a talk at the conference, "Does the Environment Have a Right?: Critical Perspectives on Environmentalism and the Left," at the University of Chicago on May 9. Cannavò's talk was titled "Civic Republicanism and the Ecological Challenges of a New Century." The conference was sponsored by the University's Program on the Global Environment.

Study Buddies is an on-campus mentoring program that in recent months has taken initiatives to expand its mission. Co-directors Pat Hodgens '09 and Ben Dropkin '11 coordinate the partnership between HAVOC and For the Good Inc., a Utica non-profit run by Kirkland alumna Cassandra Harris-Lockwood '74.

Hamilton College's NCAA Division III tournament regional final against Middlebury College at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, was covered by Lacrosse Magazine Online and featured on its Web site on May 10.

Hamilton theatre students will perform In The Watchfires, an original performance piece, as part of a Senior Day for the Utica Public Housing Authority Resource Center this week. It was created by Christian Baxter '10, Chelsea D'Aprile '09, Nick Fesette '09, Romina Memoli Amador '09, and Susan Stanton '09, and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Dustin Helmer '99. There will be an on-campus performance in Minor Theater on Tuesday, May 12, at 8 p.m. To reserve a free ticket for the campus performance, call the Theatre and Dance Office at 315-859-4057.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate made a multimedia presentation at the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan on May 7. The presentation, titled "The Altar and the Screen," was part of the Museum's exhibit, "Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film." The exhibit has received positive reviews in The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, Christianity Today, The Jewish Daily, among others.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, discussed Michael Steele's performance during his first 100 days as Republican National Committee Chairman in a Baltimore Sun article titled "For GOP's Steele, A Time To Fly Or Fall." "In fairness to Steele, I can't imagine a worse time to be chairman of the RNC. But he's only made the situation worse for himself," said Klinkner.