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  • Uncommon Reading

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    The book for next fall’s Reading in Common program has been chosen, and it fits really well into the Global Insight focus on China for next year. John Pomfret’s Chinese Lessons personalizes the country’s recent history by focusing on five students who were classmates at Nanjing University in 1982. Meanwhile, Michelle Twait has created a…

  • Immigration Teach-In

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    Today, April 17th, there will be a teach-in on immigration in the Heritage Room, Jackson Student Union. Here’s the run-down: 2:30 Suzanne Wilson, “Myths of Immigration”2:50 Bob Douglas, “Old and New Immigrants in Minnesota”3:10 Sujay Rao, Mexican Immigration in historicalperspective”3:30 Byron Nordstrom, “”How They Coped: Swedish Immigrants in Minnesota”3:50 Deb Pitton, “Stories from the Border”4:10…

  • You Asked For It

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    . . . and here they are: extended hours during finals week. Here’s when we’ll be open. Thurs., May 22nd – 8am – 1amFri., May 23rd – 8am – 2amSat., May 24th – 8am – 10pmSun., May 25th – 8am – 2amMon., May 26th, 8am – 2amTues., May 27th – 8am – 4:45pm Many thanks…

  • Celebrate New Books

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    Every year, the Book Mark and the library host an author tea to celebrate Gustavus folks who have new books out. This year it will be held on April 29th at 3:30 in the Courtyard Cafe and added to the Gustavus bookshelf are . . . Esbj! by the late Robert Esbjornson (religion) and Dennis…

  • Print Green

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    The library’s hardest working printers – Romeo and Juliet – are now taking reservations. From now on, when you print to these printers, you will need to go through a couple of simple steps to release the document to print. This should help reduce the enormous amount of wasted and abandoned print jobs. As a…

  • Peeple of Interest

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    Peeps are everywhere during the Easter season. These Edward Hopper peeps seem a little down, but for some classic peep silliness, see how the peeps learned to use the library.

  • Celebration Abstracts Due Today

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    Yipes, it’s already here – the deadline for submitting your creative and scholarly work for the first ever Celebration of Creative Inquiry. It’s not that hard. Just line up a faculty sponsor (they want to help, really) and fill out a simple form. Join all the other students who are sharing their work, and sharing…

  • Archives Storms the Library!

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    The college archives has placed an exhibit about the tornado of 1998 on the main floor, between the new books and the reference desk just in time for the 10-year anniversary. It’s certainly an event to remember – and luckily, the archives is all about preserving our memories.

  • MnLINK Takes a Holiday

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    MnLINK, the union catalog for Minnesota public and academic libraries, will be offline during a server move starting Friday evening, March 14th. It should be back online Sunday afternoon, March 16th. This will not affect our catalog, or the MnPALS shared system, which is a different thing altogether. We do, however, wish we had more…

  • Prepare to Celebrate!

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    The college is launching a new Celebration of Creative Inquiry this year to share all the amazing research and creative work of Gustavus students. These may include – a class assignment or project. off-campus projects or internships. student-faculty collaborative research or creative projects. independent student research or creative projects. the work of extra-curricular student organizations.…