Banned Books Week '09

"For a country that venerates its First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech, the United States tries to ban books with alarming frequency.

Stick a pin in each place where there's been a challenge to a school or library book, and you'll have a map of the United States that looks like a hedgehog in need of a haircut.

This year already, challenges have been reported from Montana to Indiana to Texas, in high schools and libraries, and from classics like Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, to newer books like Brent Hartinger's The Geography Club and Chris Crutcher's Chinese Handcuffs."

(Read the rest here: The Huffington Post)

For a list of books banned by governments, click here.

Exercise your first amendment rights! Read a banned book!

Hey guys!

The Russian Rock presentation is going on tonight at 6:15 in Philips 210. It should be really fun and a great chance to listen to some music you've probably never heard of before, so get exciteddd

For whoever isn't in class or whatever, we'll be meeting up in my room (410) at 5:45 and head over together to see the presentation.

Hope to see you all there!

AFI Latin American Film Fesitval

The Latin American Film Festival kicked of in Maryland this weekend. I'd brought up the possibility of heading over to catch one or two movies before it wraps up on October 6th. They've worked out more definitive titles and showtimes since the last time we talked about it so check out the options and let me know if anyone's interested!

Films, showtimes, all that good stuff.

Looks like it's just the two of us now

Foreign eye candy, picked ripe from the vine. More to come.

graphic for the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus museum in Berlin

fun fact:

according to cnn.com, facebook is almost as large as the USA population!

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/facebook.profit/index.html

crazy, isn't it?

:)

VIVA MEXICO!

A day like today, 188 years ago, Mexico, led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, won their independence from Spain. During this day Hidalgo proclaimed the battle cry known as Grito de Dolores, from which the famous saying of VIVA MEXICO comes from. It is tradition for the President of the Republic to reenact the well known Grito from the balcony of the National Palace at El Zocalo, Mexico City and for proud mexicans to gather at la Plaza de la Constitucion, also at el Zocalo, to watch him. As you can imagine, mariachis, tequila, and Corona or Cerveza Sol play a very important role in the celebration that began yesterday night and lasts all day today.

Swing by our meeting today to celebrate the Independence of my beautiful (AWESOME!) country with some mexican appetizers while listening to some mariachis.

Y que VIVA MEXICO CABRONES! VIVAAAAA!!

Karla :)

hey, guys!

so the DJ who was playing at First Friday (who played mostly awesome awesome funk music) is throwing/DJ-ing a breakdancing event up at UMD on Saturday. if anyone wants in, it's just a hop on the metro away.

let me knowww