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English Department Writing Prizes The English department will award the following prizes this year. The Virginia Lee Barnes Prize will be given for the best critical essay by a senior in English, American studies, Medieval studies, or women's studies. The Gertrude Claytor: Academy of American Poets award will be given for a poem or group of poems of not more than four pages. Excellence in journalistic writing will be acknowledged with the Minnie Ryan Dwight Prize. The MacArthur-Leithauser Travel Award will be given for creative writing, and the Sydney Robertson McLean Prize will be awarded for short story writing. The Anne Singer '69 Memorial Award will be given for poems, stories, plays, or any other form of creative writing. The Ada L.F. Snell Poetry Prize will be given for a poem or group of poems of not more than fifty lines. For details on submitting entries and to pick up an application form, please stop by the English department office, 201 Clapp. The deadline for all entries is Monday, April 24, at 4 pm.

Holly Hanson (left), assistant professor of history and African American and African studies, chats with prospective student Celeste Caskey and her mother Alice at Explore April 3. The Caskeys came all the way from South Carolina to attend the event. The admission office will host five more Explore programs this month.

Explore Mount Holyoke The Office of Admission is preparing to welcome high school sophomores and juniors to campus for Explore Mount Holyoke 2000. Explore will take place April 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, and 24. The program is designed to acquaint prospective students and their parents with the College and to offer them a sense of what makes MHC unique. Visitors will attend an information session, tour the campus, and have lunch with current students and other community members. They will also have the opportunity to have an admission interview and meet with coaches.

Please join the admission office in welcoming these visitors to campus. Although the Office of admission is primarily responsible for Explore, the program's success depends on the assistance of students, faculty, and staff. Many of these visitors will be on campus for the first time for Explore. Please help make this first impression a positive one. For more information, call x2023.

Preview 2000 From April 15 to 17, the Office of Admission will host Preview 2000--the College's annual open house for high school seniors who have been admitted to Mount Holyoke. Preview will begin on Saturday, April 15, with a series of events for ALANA students. The rest of the prospective class of 2004 will arrive on Sunday, April 16, for a multitude of events, including panels, class visits, and an overnight stay. This year 375 prospective students and their families are expected on campus. Please extend your warmest welcome to these special guests. For more information, please call x2023.