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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.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, will deliver the Commencement address at Hamilton on Sunday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m. In 1998 Vilsack became the first Democrat elected governor of Iowa in more than 30 years. Vilsack was recently featured in a TIME Magazine article that described his new plan to fight population drain in Iowa by luring immigrants to the state.

The fourth in the spring series of Kirkland Project Brown Bag talks will take place Wednesday, April 11, at noon in Schambach 108. Assistant Professor of English Doran Larson will read from Hazel Doherty, a novel in progress about sex and politics in Depression-era Hollywood.

Justin Tyler, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded the college's William M. Bristol Fellowship. The Fellowship was created for Hamilton College students to encourage discovery of self and the world, a greater appreciation and understanding of people and culture, and to enable individuals to act on great ideas through independent study projects rather than formal academic pursuit.

Celebrated author and poet Nikki Giovanni will perform at Hamilton on Thursday, April 12, at 6 p.m. in the Chapel. Free and open to the public.

Burke Library at Hamilton College is hosting an Alexander Hamilton exhibition at the library through commencement, May 20. Letters, documents and the lap desk on which Hamilton wrote his part of the Federalist papers and George Washington's Farewell Address are among items on display.