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The 5th Annual AIDS Hike for Life Walk will take place on Sunday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at Hamilton College. Registration begins at 10 a.m. This event is sponsored by AIDS Community Resources and the Class of 2003.

Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies Ann Frechette presented a paper as part of a student-organized Asian Studies lecture series "Confronting Strangers: Beyond the Asian Myth." Frechette’s paper and presentation "Tibetan Pilgrimage: Myth and Meaning on Mount Kailash," April 17, 2003. The other presenters in the series were Professor Sung of Lawrence University, Shin Okuzono '06, and Huy Huynh '03.

Minnie Bruce Pratt, Jane Watson Irwin Chair of Women's Studies at Hamilton College, will read from her work on Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m., in the Events Barn. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Women's Studies Program,with additional support from the Kirkland Endowment.

Men Advocating Change (MAC) present White Ribbon Week April 14 to 18. The purpose of this week is for men to advocate ending physical, sexual and verbal violence against women. Wearing a white ribbon symbolizes a man's personal pledge never to commit, condone nor remain silent about violence against women. This week's goals also include educating about sexual assault, an issue that suffers from a serious lack of attention on college campuses.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre and Dance presents Rebecca Gillman's, "Spinning Into Butter." Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell, the play is set on the campus of a small liberal arts college and explores both racism and political correctness. "Spinning Into Butter" will be performed Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. All shows are in Minor Theater.

Alison Lin, a candidate for May graduation, has been awarded the college’s Bristol Fellowships. Lin’s project is titled "Grassroots Literacy for Women’s Empowerment: Senegal, Haiti, Vanuatu, Cameroon, and Martinique." She will study grassroots literacy organizations in order to gain insight into how their projects empower women from Third World countries.

Li Qi, a candidate for May graduation, has been awarded the college’s Bristol Fellowship. For his project Qi will study circus troupes in four different countries: France’s Circus of the New Stars and The French National Circus School; Russia’s Amateur Circus Association and Great Moscow State Circus; Brazil’s National Circus and Egypt’s Cairo Circus. Qi, a former acrobat in the Fujianese Circus, is a Higher Education Opportunity Program student at Hamilton.

Ellen Archer '84, Elizabeth Mahoney '95, Kim Miller '97 and Alison Root '00 will participate in a panel discussion, "Careers in Publishing," on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in Dwight Lounge. The panelists will speak about their experiences in the fields of both book and magazine publishing. This event is sponsored by the Career Center.

President Tobin announced this morning (April 10) the passing of Marge Dandridge, the long-time secretary in the dean of student's office. She is being remembered as "a woman of extraordinary warmth whose grace and heart put everyone at ease."

A conversation between Alison Lin '03 and her advisor Ian Rosenstein, associate professor of chemistry, was featured in the fall-winter 2002 issue of Hamilton's Alumni Review. The following is an excerpt from their meeting.