Events at the Lambuth Library

The Lambuth Library hosted a book signing/talk yesterday by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson at 12:15. Dr. Hopson is a former University of Memphis journalism faculty member who now serves as Assistant General Secretary for the Black College Fund and Ethnic Concerns for the Division of Higher Education at the United Methodist Church's General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Dr. Hopson earned her Ph.D. in Journalism from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and is the author of books including Wiggle Tales: A Collection of Hopson's Haywood Columns from the Brownsville States-Graphic and Bad Hair Days, Rainy Days and Mondays: Wison and Encouragement to Lift a Woman's Spirit. She spoke yesterday to an enthusiastic group composed of Lambuth students and alumni, faculty members, and guests about her book, Times of Challenge and Controversy: Voter Registration in Haywood County, Tennessee, 1960-1961: A Content Analysis of Local, Regional, and National Coverage. The book signing/talk was well attended, and many came out to enjoy Dr. Hopson's presentation and signing of her book.


Displays for the month of October include famous October birthdays. Included in the display were books authored by or written about Luciano Pavarotti, Senator Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Desmond Tutu, Ezra Pound, and Friedrich Nietszche. The display ran through October 19th.


The library is decked out for the upcoming Halloween holiday. Currently on display in the library are books and leisure videos for Halloween. These books and films are available for check out in the library, so come by and check out the display for these "fright-filled" materials. Book titles include: Frankenstein, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Bird's Nest, The Salem Witch Trials, and Monster. Leisure video titles included in the display are: "The Ring," "The Exorcist," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," and "Altered States." Thanks to John Osbourne and Katie Rast for their help with the displays.



The answer to the last trivia question is "lettuce."

Word for the day: persistence (noun): to continue on resolutely

Trivia Question for the Day: Robert Louis Stevenson is famous for writing what novel, which is said to represent both the evil and good sides in humanity?

The answer to today's trivia question will be on the next blog posting. Hope everyone has a great day.

Just before Break and Right During Mid-terms

The week before homecoming brings the much anticipated Fall Break and Mid-term exams. Students are busy studying and putting the final polish on papers while getting ready for the eagerly awaited trip home.

The library's hours during the week of break are as follows:

Monday and Tuesday--7:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Wednesday--7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Thursday--8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Friday--Closed
Saturday--Cl0sed
Sunday--6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Answer to the last trivia question: "The Fly"

Trivia Question for the Day: What is the only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, processed, canned, or cooked, or in any other form but fresh?

Word of the Day: bellweather: one that takes the lead or initiative

Hope everyone has a great week!

October 9

The first display for October is up. Making the display were Noah
Webster, Gandhi, Dwight D. Einsenhower, Picasso, Hillary Clinton, and Dan Rather. What do these famous people have in common? The were all born in the month of October. The display showcases works written by or about these influential people.

Today is Columbus Day. We celebrate this day in honor of Christopher Columbus, Spanish explorer who is credited for finding the New World. On October 12, 1492, a sailor aboard the Pinta, one of Columbus' three sea-faring vessels spotted land, which turned out to be an island in the Bahamas. This voyage marked the beginning of an era of Euporean exploration and expansion.

At LU today, the October 9th edition of "Weekly Tidbits" is out. Pick up one on campus and see what's going on.

Answer to the last trivia question: "Mach" speed.

Word of the Day: quotidian (adj): ordinary or everyday

Trivia Question for the Day: What movie contained the line: "Be afraid. Be very afraid" ?

Hope everyone had a great weekend and have a good week.

What a difference two days make...

The campus has truly started to look like it might be Autumn after all. A cold front moving across West Tennessee has issued in what feels like cooler weather at least for a day or two. Leaves are turning and starting to fall on campus making the lawn look like a multi-colored carpet of gold, red, and green.

A second display is being constructed in the library using famous or influential people born in the month of October. Check out the display table for copies of books such as Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals or the autobiography of businessman, Lee Iacocca, former CEO of the Chrysler Corporation. These books will be on display for most of the month of October.

Word of the Day: elucidate (verb) to make clear; to explain.

Answer to the last trivia question: The man who valiantly served his country in the Army and later as 34th president of the United States is Dwight D. Einsenhower. As president he ended the Korean War, kept pressure on the Soviet Union during the cold war, reoriented the defense budget toward nuclear weapons, enlarged the Social Security system, and built the interstate highway system in the United States. Dwight D. Einsenhower was born on 14 October.

Trivia Question for the Day: What "number" is the speed of an object measured in multiples of the speed of sound, often applied to jets?

Check the next blog entry for the answer to today's trivia question. Hope everyone has a great day!

Tuesday and it's supposed to be Autumn

It appears that we have another few days of hot weather even though the calendar has officially declared it to be Autumn. Maybe we'll have something that resembles "football" weather before football season is officially over!

The answer to the last trivia question is the hardest mineral in the world is reported to also be, at least according to Marilyn Monroe, a girl's best friend--the diamond.

The word for the day is stentorian (adj), which means extremely loud. An example of its usage: Stentor is described by Homer in The Illiad as a Greek herald with the voice of fifty men.

The display for October will be a collection of books from the library relating to Halloween. It should be ready by next week, so come by and check out a book of scary stories, chronicle of the Salem witchcraft trials, or a book about Tennessee's own Bell witch.

Trivia Question for the Day: A young Army cadet, who was also a good running back and an even better placekicker, broke his leg and was told by doctors if he continued to play football and risked injury to the leg, he would be unable to continue his service in the Army. The young man felt service to his country was more important, so he gave up his college football career. Who was he?

Good luck with the trivia question and have a great day!