Molly Ivins to receive the Otis Social Justice Award

Bestselling author Molly Ivins will receive the 2004 Otis Social Justice Award at Wheaton College on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and then reflect on the outcome of the presidential election in a public lecture.

The award and lecture will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Hindle Auditorium of the Science Center, and it will be followed by a reception in the Science Center Lobby. The event is free and open to all.

Ivins writes a nationally syndicated column on politics for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is the former editor of the liberal monthly, The Texas Observer and the former Rocky Mountain bureau chief for The New York Times. Ivins' books, including Who Let the Dogs In?, Incredible Political Animals I Have Known and Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America, have been acclaimed as humorous and witty portrayals of American politics.

Wheaton inaugurated the Otis Social Justice Award and Symposium in 1990. The symposium, which now features multiple events, brings the college community together to explore issues central to a just society: peace, world hunger, human rights and the protection of children. The event also honors the women and men who bring members of the community closer to compassionate action. These individuals receive the Otis Social Justice Award, which includes an honorarium that recipients may designate to the cause of their choice. Past recipients of the award have included former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, public school reform advocate Jonathan Kozol, feminist Gloria Steinem and Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman.

Co-sponsored by the Student Government Association and the Wheaton Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, this address is part of ''A Series on Human Rights and War.''