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For
a list of current reading and discussion opportunities - click here.
Past readings and discussions:
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Farmworker's Daughter:
Growing Up Mexican in America by Rose Castillo Guilbault
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Author on campus to talk about her story, answer questions and
sign books
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Thursday,
October 11, 2007 from 3 - 4:30 pm in King Library, 2nd floor
[click here for a flyer]
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The
books are available for sale in the Spartan Bookstore; or check
with your local library
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Opening
remarks by Provost Carmen Sigler
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Banned Books Week Events (10/2 - 10/4/07)
(pdf)
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Tuesday 10/2/07 from noon - 1 pm - SJSU Debate Team on Pros and Cons of Banned Books
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Wednesday 10/3/07 from 11:30 - 2 pm - Public Performance of Ginsberg's Howl and Opportunity to Review Some Banned Books
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The student organization -
Poet and Writers Coalition will perform a reading of Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem -
Howl. In 1956, the owner of City Light Books in San Francisco was arrested on obscenity charges for publishing this lengthy poem. He won the trial.
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Reading of the poem will take place from noon - 1 pm (note - R rating)
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From 11:30 - 2 pm, there will be a collection of banned books for people to take a look at and even sit down and start reading. There will also be information on why the American Library Association (and others) sponsors Banned Books Week each year and why some books are challenged or banned in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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The
Advancement of Learning by Huber and Hutchings - 2-hour
discussion group held 6/19/07 co-sponsored with the Center for Faculty
Development. Book information is at http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/pub.asp?key=43&subkey=1254.
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The Inheritance of Loss
- two discussion groups held in April; author was on campus in April
with the Center for Literary Arts
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The spring 2007 - Wall
of Reading - Celebrating 150 Years of Great Literature
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The
Kite Runner (campus reading book for 2006/2007)
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Nickel
and Dimed (campus reading book for 2005/2006)
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When Generations Collide
by Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman
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The
Campus Reading Program, the Human Resources Service Group and
Student Affairs are co-sponsoring a reading group on this book in
fall 2006 and spring 2007. Author Lynne Lancaster spoke on campus on 9/21/06.
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Information
from the authors,
Amazon.com
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What the Best College
Teachers Do by Ken Bain
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The World is Flat, by Thomas
Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005)
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Discussion
Panel - 10/11/06 at noon in
ENG 285 sponsored by the Ctr for Faculty Development, College of
Engineering, and the Campus Reading Program
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Information
from Amazon.com,
and Friedman's
website
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Additional
reading list for The World is Flat (compiled by the
panelists of the 10/11/06 event)
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Readings on Diversity
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SJSU
President Kassing is again leading a reading and discussion group
in Fall 2006 focused on SJSU's shared
value of diversity.
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The
reading material consists of selected journal articles, reports
and book chapters - click here
for information
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Student Success in College: Creating
Conditions That Matter, by Kuh, et al (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
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SJSU President Kassing and Campus
Reading Program Committee Chair Annette Nellen co-facilitated
a discussion on this book in fall 2005 with 24 employees and
students from across campus. This was tied to the campus
efforts for achieving Vision
2010 and emphasizing our shared
value of student success.
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Book
review by Erin Bendily
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Additional book information from Jossey-Bass,
Amazon,
and Barnes
& Noble
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Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs,
by Pope, et al (Jossey-Bass, 2004)
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