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The theme of war has been pervasive in human creative endeavors, whether the emphasis is on valor, glory, horror, loss, military success or defeat. This theme is being explored through literature for Professor Celeste Barber's English 111 course and works her students will study, as well as books of painting, photography, history, journalism, fiction and poetry, are on display in the library now.
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Representatives from six programs will be attending.
When: Saturday, October 13, 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Luria Library, Santa Barbara City College
West Campus entrance: FREE Parking in all unmarked spaces
Cost: $10.00 (includes lunch and materials)
Registration Online. Scholarships available to SBCC students by contacting Kenley Neufeld at 805-730-4435.
Come join us in the library this week for a very special event. We are honored to host the annual Day of the Dead exhibit this year. The altars are quite stunning. According to the brochure, "ancient Mexicans believed dead people moved on to a different world. Death was another kind of living. Spanish priests, wanting to replace the indigenous religion with the Catholic one, tried to stop the people's celebrations for the dead. When that didn't work, they combined the traditions with the ancient Catholic holy days for the dead. All souls and All Saints Day, on November 1st and 2nd."
Free books to Kick-Off UCSB/SB/SBCC Reads
Join the community of Santa Barbara and students at UCSB in reading The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. This unusual book by author Pietra Rivoli “tells a great story” about the complicated journey of a simple garment. A series of conversations will take place in February, including one with SBCC Professor Peter Haslund at the Carpinteria Public Library on February 19th. See the complete list of conversations. The headline event will be on March 5 at Campbell Hall when Pietra Rivoli will give a free lecture. For more information, please visit UCSB Reads.
The Luria Library will give away copies of the book to the first 45 students who are planning to transfer to UCSB this year. Stop by the library and ask for your free book.
February is Black History Month, established in 1976, expanded from the Negro History Week established in 1926. This is a time to honor and recognize those of African heritage, remember our history of racial prejudice, and help cultivate our black community. Check out the amazing online exhibit called Let Your Motto Be Resistance bringing together portraits of African Americans or the new Amistad Digital Resource from Columbia University.
A little closer to home, I encourage you to browse our library books on the topic, take a look at the World Book Encyclopedia's African American Journey, or CQ Researcher's report on Race in America.
Students, faculty and staff of SBCC are invited to join in the popular annual Black History Month Poetry Reading. Bring a favorite poem by an African American poet and share it with a receptive, enthusiastic audience. This will take place in the Library Cafe on Thursday at noon.
The Luria Library! It's also the title of a novel by E. M. Forster, a Great Books author.
"Borders." Consider the various borders that we erect among ourselves, our cultures, even from the natural world itself. Robert Frost's famous poem, "Mending Wall," considers the unnaturalness of constructing a stone wall between two neighbors: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Come and meet other Great Books authors Tuesday noon, March 18, at the
Luria Library Cafe for our Borders Read Aloud. Share with fellow students your favorite "GB" poem or passage, and tell us what makes it great! Learn about City College's own Great Books program. We'll meet informally near the Cafe from 12:00 to 1:00, light refreshments to be served. RSVP on Facebook.
The Great Books include the classical works from the western Canon and World Culture. Plato, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Confucius, Freud, Cervantes: Each a Great Books author.
On display now in the library is a wealth of books on marine diving, as well as actual equipment used in SBCC Marine Diving Technologies program. Come see images of diving technologies over the years, including photographs of SBCC students in the program thirty years ago.
Santa Barbara City College's Marine Diving Technologies Program is recognized worldwide for its vocational excellence. It is the only community college degree program in the nation which is accredited by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the International Diving Schools Association (IDSA) and the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).
This week's display has particular timeliness because Don Barthelmess, Professor of Marine Technology has been selected by his peers to present the SBCC 29th Annual Faculty Lecture on Wednesday, April 9, at 2:30 pm at the Garvin Theatre. Delivering the lecture is considered the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member each year.
Let’s Celebrate! April is National Poetry Month. So, mark your calendars for Monday, April 21 at noon. Bring along a poem to share, published or personal, one that considers the various bridges, real or metaphorical, that we cross over throughout life.
The event will be in the Luria Library Cafe and there will be a prize drawing for those who read a poem.
O little Icarus,
you chewed on a cloud, you bit the sun
and came tumbling down, head first,
not into the sea, but hard
on the hard packed gravel.
You fell on your eye. You fell on your chin.
What a shiner! What a faint you had
and then crawled home,
a knocked-out humpty dumpty
in my arms. . . .
(Sexton)
Join Santa Barbara City College Intercultural Communications Club as they sponsor Pangea Days on our campus. According to the organizers, "Pangea Day seeks to overcome that — to help people see themselves in others — through the power of film."
