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The Legendary Pictures creative team has selected the top five finalists who will pitch their film story ideas to the creative team in a public forum on Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 in the Fillius Events Barn.  The finalists and their film titltes are Ryan Cadigan '11, The Hooded One; Nicole Dietsche '09, Anomaly; Kyla Gorman '09, The Exiles; Sarah Maas '08, Superheroes and Mary-Janes; and William Welles '08, In Fear.

Jonathan Mallinson, professor of French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, will present a lecture, "Reading Candide Today: From Voltaire to Cormac McCarthy," on Monday, March 30, at 4:10 p.m. in the Hamilton College Science Center, room 3024. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Offices of the President and Dean of Faculty and the French Department.

Visiting Irwin Chair and Associate Professor of Women's Studies Delia Aguilar gave a paper titled "Class and Global Feminism" at the World History and Historical Materialism Conference held at the University of Manitoba from March 12-14.

Rebecca Yaguda '09 won the pole vault as the Hamilton College women's track & field team opened the outdoor season with the non-team scoring Ithaca College Invitational at Butterfield Stadium on March 28.

TiDelco Ductan '09 and James Russell '09 each set school records as the Hamilton College men's track & field team opened the outdoor season with the non-team scoring Ithaca College Invitational at Butterfield Stadium on March 28.

Hamilton College jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but the Continentals eventually dropped a non-conference game, 20-9, against visiting Skidmore College at Royce Field on March 29.

Eric Kuhn '09 included portions of his interview with former New York City mayor Ed Koch in an article, "Koch on Maddoff: 5 Horses on each limb. Yell giddy-up.," appearing on Huffington Post on March 26. Koch addressed several topics related to Kuhn's senior thesis, specifically corruption and oversight.

Professor of Classics Shelley Haley represented Anna Julia Cooper as part of the Ancestors Project of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States on March 21. The presentation was sponsored by the Columbia University Classics Department and by the New York Classical Club.

Justin Atwood '11 had three hits, including a triple and a home run, scored two runs and drove in two to help lead Hamilton College to a 9-7 win against Westminster College at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla., on March 27.

Scott MacDonald's interview with Austrian filmmaker, installation artist and architect Gustav Deutsch has just been published in a book titled Gustav Deutsch and edited by Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg and Michael Loebenstein. Deutsch has added new dimensions to what is called "recycled cinema" or "found-footage film," that is, films made from other films.