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Goethe Prize: Submissions for the 2003 Goethe Prize, open to all students, are being sought. Graduate students can win up to $500 with an essay (10 to 20 pages in German or English); juniors and seniors can win up to $250 with an essay (seven to 15 pages in German or English); and freshmen and sophomores can win up to $250 with an essay (five to 10 pages in German or English) on any topic connected with German literature or culture. The Goethe Prize, endowed in 1935 by Ludwig Vogelstein, is awarded annually for the best essay. The committee may award a first prize and, possibly, a second prize in each competition. Essays should be submitted under an assumed name, but the author must indicate class (freshman, sophomore, etc.) on the essay and submit a sealed envelope containing his/her identity, student ID number and local address and telephone number. Each student may enter only one essay; former prize winners are not eligible,but winners in the freshman-senior competition can enter the graduate competition when they have advanced to that status. The deadline is noon, April 15. Submit entries to the Dean of the University Faculty, 315 Day Hall. For more information, contact Gunhild Lischke, G75 Goldwin Smith Hall, 255-0725 or gl15@cornell.edu.