Any more word out there about the Pound Conference this Summer? Anything formally announced, or on the verge of formality? I have the requiest for travel form in front of me, and here at MSU, the competition for our few travel dollars is fast and furious. If I don't hear from anyone, I suppose that I will let intuition be my guide. All the best, Robert K I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever...where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degredation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all. Thomas Jefferson, from Paris, 1789 Robert E. Kibler, PhD English and Humanities Director, Northern Plains Writing Project Minot State University 500 University Avenue West Minot, North Dakota 58707 tel: 701 858 3876 e-mail: [log in to unmask]