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From the Archives & Special Collections: The Parallel Bible
In my History 101 class we’ve been learning all about the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and as a giant history buff, I’ve been fascinated. Recently, this rather gigantic bible caught my eye with the intricate border work … Continue reading
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FTC Financial Literacy Materials Coming to the Life Skills Collection
Do you have questions about your finances? Topics like personal budgeting, credit ratings, credit card debt, and identity theft may not be exciting topics for many individuals, but they can have profound and sometimes lasting impacts. To help inform students … Continue reading
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. From a girls’ fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, … Continue reading
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From the Archives & Special Collections: Man and His Becoming
So there’s been a new little green book sitting on our shelf for months that I hadn’t quite gotten an opportunity to look at until now. Imagine my surprise to find out that it’s actually from our university (even if … Continue reading
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Collins Library Links: Opposing Viewpoints and the Academic Library
Opposing Viewpoints and the Academic Library In last week’s Inside Higher Education, Joshua Kim, Director of Digital Learning Initiatives at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), wrote Principles, Values and the Academic Library in the Age of … Continue reading
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February 9-14 is Valentine Maker Time in the Library. Embrace random acts of kindness!
It is that time of year when stores fill to the brim with frilly cards and everyone swarms to find the perfect gift for their sweetheart. That’s right, I’m talking about Valentine’s Day! According to The Romance of Greeting Cards, … Continue reading
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Life Skills Collection: Expanding Your Worldview and Promoting Inclusivity on Campus
Greetings, Loggers! College life introduces us to a range of human experiences, exposes worldviews that may be unfamiliar or differ from our personal understandings, and provides many opportunities for us to grow individually and collectively in awareness, competency, and active … Continue reading
If you had a chance to save someone, you would take it, right?
Two men are arguing in a war zone just outside the Kuwaiti border, and peace has been declared. One, a British journalist, is reporting here to avoid his dull marriage and estranged daughter. The other, an American private, is here … Continue reading
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From the Archives & Special Collections: New in the Reading Room: Book of the Month!
This semester, we’ve added a featured Book of the Month to the Archives & Special Collections’ reading room. For the next three months (February, March, and April), a student worker will pick 1-2 books that they consider to be their … Continue reading
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Why Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents
From saving the American economy from collapse to expanding health insurance to tens of millions who previously could not afford it, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents. Jonathan Chait, one of America’s … Continue reading
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