{"id":35983,"date":"2015-09-28T03:52:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=35983"},"modified":"2015-09-27T21:47:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T01:47:25","slug":"freedom-to-read-celebration-continues-for-18th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/09_28_2015\/freedom-to-read-celebration-continues-for-18th-year","title":{"rendered":"Freedom to read celebration continues for 18th year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harper Lee\u2019s To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> has garnered a great deal of recognition: a 1961 Pulitzer Prize and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and status in 2011 as the American Library Association\u2019s 10th most banned book. <\/p>\n

The last week of September marks the American Library Association\u2019s Banned Books Week. The University of Toledo will join the celebration Thursday, Oct. 1, on the fifth floor of Carlson Library for the 18th annual Banned Books Week Vigil.<\/p>\n

\"web<\/a>The free, public event will begin at 9 a.m. with programs running every half hour until 5 p.m. Speakers will celebrate the right to read, think and speak freely with the campus and Toledo community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur festival is a mirror of how greatly this campus believes in intellectual freedom,\u201d said Dr. Paulette D. Kilmer, UT professor of communication, founder and coordinator of the event, which the UT Banned Books Week Coalition spends months planning. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis campus\u2019 belief is evident in many ways \u2014 our library, our IT and computer support, the free access for Wi-Fi, The Independent Collegian, UT:10, the radio station \u2014 these all show that intellectual inquiry is very important here,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Light snacks and refreshments will be available all day, with free banned books and prizes distributed every half hour. Also this year, the first 400 attendees will receive a goody bag at the entrance, and one bag will have $50 cash donated by New Sins Press. WXUT also donated 21 shirts for prizes in an all-day Banned Music Twitter Trivia game. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to host this campus-wide celebration of the right to read and think freely,\u201d Kilmer said. \u201cOur event gives UT people an opportunity to support freedom of expression. We set aside all sorts of holidays \u2014 for groundhogs, Halloween, St. Patrick\u2019s Day \u2014 and they\u2019re all good, but we could really afford to add a holiday for reading, too.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Banned<\/a>Topics and speakers for the event will be: <\/p>\n

\u2022 9 a.m. \u2014 \u201cWelcome,\u201d Barbara Floyd, director of UT\u2019s Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections and interim director of UT Libraries, and Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson, professor and chair of the UT Communication Department;<\/p>\n

\u2022 9:30 a.m. \u2014 \u201cReflections\u201d by UT Interim Provost John Barrett;<\/p>\n

\u2022 10 a.m. \u2014 \u201cSilencing Through Stereotypes: Native Americans in Children\u2019s Literature\u201d by Dr. Sharon Barnes, associate professor and interim chair of the UT Women\u2019s and Gender Studies;<\/p>\n

\u2022 10:30 a.m. \u2014 \u201cToledo Free Press Memories\u201d by Sarah Ottney, Toledo freelance journalist;<\/p>\n

\u2022 11 a.m. \u2014 \u201cThe Helicopter Problem\u201d by Dr. David Tucker, UT professor of communication;<\/p>\n

\u2022 11:30 a.m. \u2014 \u201cWomen Who Know Better\u201d by Warren Woodbury, Toledo author;<\/p>\n

\u2022 Noon \u2014 The Dr. Linda Smith Lecture: \u201cDo Criminals Have First Amendment Rights? Civic Death and the U.S. Constitution\u201d by Dr. Renee Heberle, UT professor of political science;<\/p>\n

\u2022 1 p.m. \u2014 \u201cInnocence Seduced: A Brief History of Comic Book Censorship\u201d by Dr. Matt Yockey, UT associate professor of theatre and film;<\/p>\n

\u2022 1:30 p.m. \u2014 \u201cThe Shifting Lines of Intellectual Property in the Digital Age\u201d by Wilkinson;<\/p>\n

\u2022 2 p.m. \u2014 \u201cCollege Confidential: Censorship of College newspapers\u201d by The Independent Collegian Editor-in-Chief Amanda Pitrof and Forum Editor Morgan Rinckey;<\/p>\n

\u2022 2:30 p.m. \u2014 \u201cTrigger Warning Here! A Reflection on \u2018Trigger Warnings\u2019 in Higher Education\u201d by Dr. Glen Sheldon, UT honors professor of humanities;<\/p>\n

\u2022 3 p.m. \u2014 \u201cJeopardy!\u201d hosted by The Independent Collegian staff;<\/p>\n

\u2022 3:30 p.m. \u2014 \u201cNaughty Girls or Nasty Minds? The Evolution of Pin-Up Models\u201d by Torrie Jadlocki, local photojournalist;<\/p>\n

\u2022 4 p.m. \u2014 \u201cYou Can\u2019t Teach That!\u201d by Cindy Ramirez, English teacher at Bedford Senior High School; and<\/p>\n

\u2022 4:30 p.m. \u2014 \u201cBanned Books, Birds and Expressing Beliefs Through Art,\u201d by Lee Fearnside, associate professor of art at Tiffin University. <\/p>\n

In addition to Kilmer, UT Banned Books Week Coalition members are Sheldon; Arjun Sabharwal, UT associate professor of library administration; UT alumna Laura Kinsel Mitchell; and communication students Danielle Pigula and Josie Schreiber. <\/p>\n

Kilmer said the Banned Book Week Vigil would not be possible without help from generous sponsors: Barry\u2019s Bagels; Ann Lumbrezer; Promedica; UT Starbuck\u2019s; The Independent Collegian; WXUT; Kroger; Society for Professional Journalists; New Sins Press; Phoenicia Cuisine; Barnes & Noble University Bookstore; UT Center for Experiential Learning and Career Development; UT Federal Credit Union; UT Foundation Friends of the Libraries; UT Libraries; Jesup Scott Honors College; UT Student Government; UT departments of Art, Communication, English Language and Literature, Foreign Languages, Theatre and Film; UT offices of the Provost, Student Involvement, Excellence and Multicultural Success, Greek Life, Enrollment Services, Communications, and Dean of the College of Communication and the Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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