"To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves." -- Claude Adrien Helvetius
Many authors we now take for granted on our library shelves have often been denied to the reading public. A common practice in totalitarian societies, we don’t think book bans happen in America, but they do. The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Catcher in the Rye, Call of the Wild, Beloved, Don Quixote, and Fahrenheit 451 (a book about banning books) have all been burned, banned or withheld from readers in America and abroad. September 27th through October 4th is Banned Books Week, but here in the BLRC we’re observing for the entire month of September with books that someone didn’t want you to read. Use your library and exercise your right to read, and think, freely. Free People Read Freely ~ Laurie
Green is the new fashion these days with green clothing, green household cleaners and smart cars. But recycling is nothing new.to our parents and grandparents who called it "not wasting.” In an effort to not waste in the BLRC we've reused paper for a recycled printer and used recycling containers to collect more. Now recycling is in place campus wide, so it’s easy to be green. We are happy to provide a daily 30 page print limit, academic printing only, for free and avoiding waste and unnecessary costs will continue to make that possible. So please remind students: Wasting paper wastes trees, wasting trees wastes fuel to cut down, transport and process trees, wasting fuel leads to higher costs, foreign dependency and increasing the threat of global warming.
Re-duce, Re-use, Re-cycle~ LaurieHere is a list of our new "multiple use" books courtesy of SGA's Lease Book Program:Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber
Hell’s Bay by James W. Hall
Rouge by Danielle Steel
Just Too Good to Be True by E. Lynn Harris
Tribute by Nora Roberts"Sequoias" courtesy Alain Thomas
