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Author to address conference

Fresno State alumnus Daniel Chacon, an author and professor in the master of fine arts program at Oregon State, will be the keynote speaker at the 25th annual Young Writers Conference today at 9 a.m. in the Satellite Student Union.

Chacon, who graduated from Fresno State with a master’s degree in creative writing in 1992, authored “And The Shadows Took Him” in 2004.

For more information about the event, call Laura Gribben at 278-2553.

Rapper to appear at hip hop store grand opening

To make its grand opening unforgettable, the hip hop store FTK (Fits. Tunes. Kicks.) will have Grammy award-winning rapper Kanye West to welcome customers and greet fans Saturday at 6 p.m.

“He’s not scheduled to perform, but he might do something impromptu. Who knows?” said co-owner Bobby Naugle, who designed the cartoon bear for West’s debut album, “College Dropout.”

FTK, located on the northeast corner of Shaw and Blackstone avenues behind Video Liquidators, sells merchandise from rare sneakers to clothing one can only find in Los Angeles or the Bay Area, Naugle said.

For more information, call 224-5873.