What should we read about the Muslim world? Suggestions needed

The 2009 Campus Read will begin Fall Semester and the Campus Read Committee has decided that this year’s book will relate to the Muslim world.

Why? Because BSC is hosting a visiting Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Indu Anand, Principal at Janki Devi Memorial College in New Delhi, India, through the Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World. Dr. Indu Anand will be on our campus from September 20 through October 31, 2009.

What should we read? Please post your suggestions on the blog. The rules are few:

1. The book must be in print and in a paperback edition to ensure that it is available and affordable.


2. The book should be reasonably short…about 200-350 pages.


3. The Campus Read selection should be an engaging read that will generate lively discussion.

These titles have already been suggested:

• Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Available at BSC Library: DJ 292. H57 A3 2007)


• Now They Call Me Infidel by Nonie Darwish (On order for the BSC Library)


• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Available at BSC Library: PN 6747 .S245 P4713 2007; also available in DVD: Media PN 1997.2 .P47 2008)


• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Available at BSC Library: PS 3558 .A42169 R45 2007)

We want to hear from you!

Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to Dawn Archer and Mercer Sage for their winning essays about Sherman Alexie's book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Dawn will receive a $500 scholarship from the BSC Foundation for her first place essay, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian as It Relates to the Absolutely True Impact of Expectation on a Full-time Society."

Mercer will receive a $250 scholarship from the BSC Foundation for his second place essay, "A Stranger in Two Worlds."

Thanks and congratulations to all of the students who submitted essays. We appreciate the time and effort put into them.

Campus Read Essays Due Today - December 1, 2008

Is your essay ready? The deadline is today -- Monday, December 1, 2008.

This is your chance to win a $500 scholarship from the BSC Foundation for the Spring 2008 semester.

Essays can be submitted electronically to Kitty Netzer or hand-delivered to the BSC Library front desk.

Guidelines

• Submit your best work of 600 words or more. The topic may be anything related to your consideration of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.
• Essays must be typed and must be a polished, finished product.
• Essays will be judged anonymously, so include your name on a separate cover page with the title of your essay.
• The winning essay will be published in The Mystician.