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LAFAYETTE TODAY   CELEBRATING THE HUMAN SPIRIT Lafayette’s 172nd Commencement CBS NEWS SPOTLIGHTS POSSE SCHOLARS Evening News features the Posse Foundation and Lafayette’s Class of 2007 Posse. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORS THE MARQUIS CHAPIN AND HEINZE JOIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES CULTIVATING PASSION College holds seventh annual Literacy Day for children from Easton and Phillipsburg. HIGH ACHIEVEMENT Students and grads add their names to the roster of Lafayette recipients of prestigious fellowships and scholarships for postgraduate and undergraduate study. DANCE FOR DARFUR Campus ball supports the Save Darfur Coalition. CHAMBERS HONOR COLLEGE President Daniel Weiss accepts community service awards. STOSSEL SPEAKS John Stossel of ABC News speaks at Colton Chapel. LIBRARY RECOGNIZED American Institute of Architects names Skillman Library a recipient of an AIA/ALA Library Building Award. THE INGENIOUS HIDALGO International Student Association’s Extravaganza features an innovative staging of Don Quixote. MUSEUM ADDS EPI WORKS Mount Holyoke College Art Museum adds art from the Experimental Printmaking Institute to its permanent holdings. NEW HOME Bourger Varsity Football House is dedicated on Reunion Weekend. CHALLENGING THE U.S. NEWS RANKINGS President Daniel Weiss and other college leaders mount a challenge to the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. “LEGACY” CELEBRATES MCDONOGH New print celebrates and supports the creation of a campus sculpture honoring the College’s first African American graduate. NEW SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT DAY The Sports Marketing Club teams with others to give children from Easton and Phillipsburg a day of activities at Fisher Stadium. BEST FINISH IN BRIDGE COMPETITION Lafayette places fifth in the National Student Steel Bridge test. PARD PRIDE ON DVD Interactive DVD will help new students learn College history and traditions. BOOKSHELF