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Recommended Reading: The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, is a great book that gives an animal true voice. Some of you might remember Ivan, the gorilla that lived in the B&I store on South Tacoma Way for years, in a … Continue reading

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Transgender Tuesdays: Film Screening and Discussion with Visiting Scholar Mark Freeman, May 7, 2013

Transgender Tuesdays: Film Screening and Discussion with Visiting Scholar Mark Freeman Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:00 p.m. Wyatt 101 Free and open to the community The documentary film Transgender Tuesdays provides a uniquely intimate experience, letting viewers go beyond labels … Continue reading

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Did You Know? Configure Google to Display Our Library’s Full Text Holdings!

It’s that easy! Configure Google Scholar to display our library’s full text holdings: Google Scholar Settings > Library Links > type/select University of Puget Sound > Save

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Music in the Library – Euphonium & Trumpet, Friday, March 25, 2013, 3:30 p.m.!

Please join us as Stephen Abeshima and Gavin Tranter perform the “Euphonium & Trumpet” in our next Music in the library series this Friday, March 29, 2013, 3:30-3:50 p.m. in the library reading room!

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One of African Literature’s Giants, Chinua Achebe, Passed Away Friday, March 22, 2013.

On Friday, March 22, we learned the sad news that Chinua Achebe had passed away at age 82.  One of the giants of African literature—indeed, of world literature—Achebe’s 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart, explores the tragic consequences of cross-cultural misunderstanding … Continue reading

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Rosalind Franklin and the discovery of the structure of DNA

The award-winning, critically-acclaimed play Photograph 51, by playwright Anna Ziegler, recently finished its run at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. It tells the story of British-born scientist Rosalind Elise Franklin (1920-1958), who was a physical chemist and expert at X-ray diffraction. … Continue reading

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Spotlight: People Making a Difference at Collins – Toria Messinger

My name is Toria Messinger and I am a Junior at the University of Puget Sound, majoring in Spanish Language, Culture, and Literature and minoring in Latin American Studies, Mathematics, and Latino Studies.  I’m the Treasurer of CHispA (Community for … Continue reading

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Revisiting Iraq Through The Eyes Of An Exiled Poet

Revisiting Iraq Through The Eyes Of An Exiled Poet An interview with Poet Dunya Mikhail.

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From the Archives: Digital Versions of The Trail in Sound Ideas!

In addition to holding original copies of every issue of The Trail, previously known as Ye Recorde and The Maroon, digital versions are available via Sound Ideas!  Take a look at what professors, students, and your parents were up to!

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Books As Muses!

Read this New Yorker article about the many ways artists use books!

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