If you walked past the library this week or stopped in for a visit, you couldn't miss our celebration of Banned Books Week 2010. Is there nothing more criminal than hindering a person's right to access information? In honor of our FREEDOM TO READ, all books currently in the library are books that have been placed on banned books lists. Most of these books are literary classics. Titles such as "Catcher in the Rye", "Huckleberry Finn", "Of Mice and Men", "The Color Purple", "Slaughterhouse-Five", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" all have found their way onto a banned books list since first printing. What a shame to deprive the reading audience of such great pieces of literature!
In addition to the various book displays, each morning of Banned Books Week, the student body has been greeted by 30 second promos on the morning announcements. Each promo contains some of the most popular titles in the canon of literature and yet these titles are some of the most frequently challenged books as well.
Exercise your FREEDOM TO READ by picking up a banned book today!
Happy Reading!
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