Think Pink!

Our Collection Management Librarian, Wendell Barnett, and the rest of the library staff encourage you to think pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

In addition to the door decorating contest that is going on this week (please stop by and see the library's door!), read below to find out about other campus activities that are planned throughout the month of October.

October 19-23: Jeans Week for Breast Cancer Fundraiser-Spencerian students and Spencerian faculty and staff can pay $10 for the whole week to wear jeans, or they can pay $3 a day. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

October 21: Sullivan Student Professional Dress Down Wednesday-Stop by the Sullivan University Student Life Office (room 147) from 8am-12pm to pay $1 to bypass the professional dress Wednesday requirements. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

October 24: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk hosted by the American Cancer Society-Sullivan Lexington and Spencerian Lexington will be teaming up for this walk held at the Whitaker Bank Ballpark (Lexington Legends field) at 9am, on October 24, 2015. If you want to walk or donate, please click on the link in your Spencerian or Sullivan email.

Did an autobiography really get challenged?

CHALLENGED


Yes, since it was published posthumously in 1965, The Autobiography of Malcolm X,  has been challenged for ‘anti-white’ statements and references to criminal activity. The book contains information about the life of slain activist, Malcolm X.


Source: Banned Books that Shaped America. (2013). Banned Books Week. Retrieved from: http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica

Big Brother Is Watching

CHALLENGED

No, we are not talking about a popular CBS reality show. Instead, today's post is about George Orwell’s novel 1984. It was challenged in Florida in the early 1980s for being pro-Communist and having explicit sexual references.

Source: “Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century”; http://tinyurl.com/n6w3et

New Banned Book Reader

Michelle Knickerbocker reads Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

You can have your picture taken with your favorite Banned Book too! Just come by from 7:30 am-6 pm and tell one of the librarians. 

Challenging a baseball story

Today's highlighted banned or challenged book is Baseball Saved Us. Published in 1993, it tells the story of life in a Japanese internment camp.

The children's book was challenged at a school system in Connecticut because it contained derogatory language.

Source: R. Doyle. Books Challenged or Banned in 2006-2007.