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Author Geoffrey Becker will read from his recent short fiction on Friday, April 20, at 4:10 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. Mr. Becker is the winner of the 1995 Drue Heinz Award -- granted by Pittsburgh University Press -- for his story collection, Dangerous Men.

Josh Conklin's "24 for a cure" -- a 24-hour radio marathon to raise money for A.I.D.S. Community Resources -- on WHCL, begins Friday, April 20, at 3 p.m. The Hamilton senior hopes to raise $1000 and is still accepting donations.

Jodie Stewart, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to South Korea. She will teach conversational English to middle and high school students.

Senior readings by Creative Writing majors will continue tonight, (April 19), at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn, Beinecke Village.

The lecture by Brian Barry, the Arnold A. Salzman Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Columbia University, scheduled for Thursday, April 19, has been cancelled.

The inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Continental Basketball Day Clinic at Hamilton College, held on April 7, was a resounding success. Sponsored by the Hamilton College Basketball Team and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the clinic attracted 127 participants.

General Colin Powell, the inaugural speaker in the Sacerdote Great Names Series at Hamilton, was cited by Americans in a recent Gallup Poll as the person they would most like to hear give a speech. Former President Jimmy Carter, who spoke at Hamilton on April 30, was the third most sought-after speaker.

Jessica Dietrich, who was a visiting member of Hamilton's classics department from 1996 to 1998, will deliver the Winslow Lecture, titled "Dido and the Caesars: The Imperial Legacy of Vergil's Heroine," on Monday, April 16, 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit.

Maggie Hanson, a junior from Bowdoinham, ME, appears in the April 16 issue of Sports Illustrated, in the Faces in the Crowd column. Hanson recently won the Division III indoor title in the 5,000 meters. Her time of 16:59.07 was the season's fastest time in the division.