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Last year, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, written by Kim Edwards '81, became a literary phenomenon and surprise summer reading hit.

Within weeks of its paperback release, the novel simultaneously reached number one on The New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and Book Sense bestseller lists, and it has been published in 34 languages.

In the second episode (mp3) of the podcast series Colgate Conversations: Writers and heir craft, Edwards discusses the novel, which tells the story of a child born with Down syndrome and the family secrets and lies that follow.

Raider Nation, it's time to step up and be counted. Again and again and again.

Fans of Colgate hockey are urged to vote for star goaltender Mark Dekanich, who is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for men's hockey.

The award recognizes achievement in the areas of character, classroom, community, and competition, and is the highest honor given by the NCAA to a senior student-athlete.

Buried under a mountain of debt and living off a fixed income, the Alsheimer family of Earlville received the best news of the day from Colgate senior Rachel Tibolt: they'll receive more than $8,500 dollars in tax refunds.

"I have three children, so this money is going to make a huge difference in my life," Jennifer Alsheimer said with a look of relief on her face as Tibolt helped her fill out tax forms inside the Hamilton Public Library.

It's a conundrum that would have baffled Peter Drucker: When five dozen emerging leaders meet at a restaurant, who orders first?

Lesley Stahl, an award-winning correspondent for CBS News' 60 Minutes and author of Reporting Live, will deliver the keynote address at Colgate University's 187th commencement exercises on Sunday, May 18.

During the ceremony, Colgate will award Stahl a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree.

One of the country's most respected journalists, Stahl has been a correspondent on 60 Minutes since 1991. She also served in CBS News' Washington bureau and reported on Watergate, the Gulf War, and every political convention and election night since 1974.

It's one of the first ways that students living at Colgate identify themselves: "I'm on the third floor of Andrews." Or, "I live in East."

When students arrive on campus each August, they bring their excitement and enthusiasm. They also bring duffel bags brimming with clothes, crates of PowerBars and macaroni and cheese, photographs, and iPods.

Parker Commons was transformed with palpable, focused energy for environmental change for Colgate and the surrounding community as nearly 100 participants converged for the sixth annual Green Summit.

The summit is not a recognized group but rather an open gathering of students, faculty, staff, and community members who want to see environmental change enacted by Colgate.

On Friday, informal groups were formed around individual initiatives. Participants generated practical, short-term goals called Green Strides that will be carried out over the next two months.

Golden Auditorium was hear-a-pin-drop quiet Thursday night as Paul Muldoon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, read selections of his work for audience members weighing his every word and inflection.

On Friday night, it was different.

Donovan's Pub in James C. Colgate Hall was rattle-the-walls loud as Muldoon and fellow band members played guitar-driven rock songs infused with literate lyrics penned by the poet himself.

Michael Eric Dyson is not afraid to shake things up, which is why his lecture "From Sit-ins to Hip Hop: A Social Consciousness in a Post-King America" left students both moved intellectually and shaking with laughter.

Named by Ebony as one of the 100 most influential black Americans, Dyson is a university professor at Georgetown and author of 14 books.

Colgate professor Peter Balakian, whose book The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response was a New York Times bestseller, is the first guest for a new podcast series produced on campus.

He's been called "one of the most exhilarating of all living poets."

The Colgate community will receive a literary treat from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon when he reads from his collection of poetry at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Golden Auditorium.

Muldoon's coming to Colgate as part of the Living Writers Series, co-sponsored by the English Department and the Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts.

Internationally recognized artists interacted with students and faculty members at a weekend symposium focused on finding innovative solutions to pressing environmental problems.

"How can we re-imagine our relationship to natural systems?" asked Natalie Jeremijenko, the keynote speaker of the seminar titled Environmental Art and New Media Technologies: Imagining Sustainable Futures.

All of the weekend's panels, presentations, and performances addressed that question.

Next time you watch the presidential candidates speak, pay close attention to their unspoken language--signals such as facial expressions, posture, and hand gestures.

What the candidates don't say could actually speak volumes about them, according to psychology professor Carrie Keating, an expert in facial characteristics and gestures.

(Editor's note: The Dalai Lama's visit has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 22.)

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will visit Colgate University in April as part of the Global Leaders Lecture Series.

On Thursday, April 24, the Dalai Lama is scheduled to give a public talk at Colgate. More details about the lecture, including ticket information, will be released in the near future.

"Stick your neck out."

Those were the words of wisdom from John Graham, motivational speaker and philanthropist, during his visit to Colgate University, which included a brown bag lunch, presentation, and a lecture at Memorial Chapel.

Hoping to inspire people to make a difference by taking risks, or in his words "sticking their neck out," Graham heads the Giraffe Heroes Project, a nonprofit organization.

Pink is the new maroon this weekend at Starr Rink.

The women's hockey team will be playing in specially designed pink jerseys during its 7 p.m. Friday game against St. Lawrence and then again at 4 p.m. Saturday against Clarkson.

Raiders fans can show their support for the team and for the fight against cancer by buying the game-worn jerseys through an online auction. Pink ties and scarves worn by team coaches also will be available for purchase, with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society

Desperate times call for creative measures.

To encourage innovative solutions to environmental crises, the arts and activism are teaming up on campus through a series of events titled Environmental Art and New Media Technology: Imagining Sustainable Future.

"It's a time in history when the old models and ways of doing things are not going to sustain us anymore," said Cary Peppermint, assistant professor of art and art history. "It's the perfect time to consider new ways of working."

It was billed as a humanities colloquium, but there was a whole lot of science going on.

That's because Spencer Kelly, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, and Yukari Hirata, associate professor of Japanese, were presenting the results of their neurolinguistic research, and their official sponsor was the Harvey Picker Institute for Interdisciplinary Study in the Sciences and Mathematics.

As Colgate University junior Jeremy Bennett '09 studies in London this semester, he's getting a real-life lesson in personal finances.

Every fish and chips dinner, hostel stay, and souvenir is taking a big bite out of Bennett's wallet. He and thousands of other students studying abroad can blame the weak U.S. dollar, which is making a semester overseas more expensive.