For more information on the program, contact the office of Affirmative Action, which is sponsoring the visit, at x2388. Queer Regional Confer ence at Binghamton University. Nyan Shah, an assistant professor of history who helped to arrange for the speakers, said he is excited about their talks. I think it's safe to say that the performances they will give will be entertaining spectacles. The speakers are Gayatri Gopinath, a Columbia University doctoral candidate in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and Judith Halberstram, a visiting pro fessor of gay and lesbian studies at Yale and an associate professor of literature at the University of California-San Diego.
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Halberstram and Gopinath are scheduled to speak from 4 to 6 p.m. in FA-258. The event is open to the public. A faculty, staff, student reception will follow from 6 to 8 p.m. in LN -1105, the Women's Studies Office. The conference, sponsored by the Queer Student Union, will continue through the weekend. Date rape survivor to share experiences Katie Koestner, a nationally known speaker on the subject of date rape, will be on campus on Friday, October 25, presenting several different programs for students, staff and community members as part of Alcohol Awareness month.