Monday, October 31, 2016

November 2016

Happy Thanksgiving BC Community Families!



The Library staff collected non-perishable food items for the annual Benedict College Thanksgiving Food Drive.            
Jeannie H. Adams,  Linda Campbell, Brian Crawley,  Damian Farmer,  Floyd Ingram, Mae Jones, Kanaan Lewis, Bridget V. Sledge, Louise Smith, LaDoris Walker and                                                           Darlene Zinnerman-Bethea, Director.




Storytelling at the Benedict CD Center
October 31, 2016 

The Hallo-wiener by Dave Pilky




















 




 Presidential Elections eBooks








HOT Topics From Newsbank
  • CIVICS, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: U.S. Presidential Campaign
    Topic: Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have finished their debates and are winding up their campaigns before Election Day. What were the most significant factors of the three debates for each candidate and how did it change their campaigns? What are the strongest arguments to be made in favor of each candidate?
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  • AT&T and Time Warner
    Topic: Telecommunications conglomerate AT&T has announced its plan to acquire media and entertainment conglomerate Time Warner. What factors do regulatory agencies investigate when approving corporate mergers? What industries would a merger like this impact and what would that impact be? What are the potential benefits and concerns for each company in this merger?
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    Topic: A federal judge has approved a nearly $15 billion settlement for Volkswagen's deceptive practices in emissions testing. What are its specifics, how do they work toward resolving the problems created by the emissions scandal and how does this settlement rank historically in the size of other US settlements? What investigations are still in store for Volkswagen?
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  • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Cyber Attacks on Both Coasts
    Topic: A massive hacker attack on Friday October 21st disrupted many services starting in the eastern US and then spreading to other parts of the US and Europe. What has been discovered about how these attacks were set up and deployed? What has been discovered about who is behind them? What kind of protection is necessary to insure safety from these attacks?
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Monday, October 17, 2016

October 2016
                                                      

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   Congratulations Ms. Louise Smith (M.M.M. Librarian)  on being inducted into Benedict College's  2016 
Athletic Hall of Fame for Outstanding Track Performances!

 



Fast Facts About Breast Cancer

  • Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 women get breast cancer and more than 40,000 women die from the disease.
  • Men also get breast cancer, but it is not very common. Less than 1% of breast cancers occur in men.
  • Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. About 11% of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than 45 years of age. 
   



         Book of the Month


Taking Charge of Breast Cancer by Julia A. Ericksen

Vividly showcasing diverse voices and experiences, this book illuminates an all-too-common experience by exploring how women respond to a diagnosis of breast cancer. Drawing from interviews in which women describe their journeys from diagnosis through treatment and recovery, Julia A. Ericksen explores topics ranging from women's trust in their doctors to their feelings about appearance and sexuality. She includes the experiences of women who do not put their faith in traditional medicine as well as those who do, and she takes a look at the long-term consequences of this disease. What emerges from her powerful and often moving account is a compelling picture of how cultural messages about breast cancer shape women's ideas about their illness, how breast cancer affects their relationships with friends and family, why some of them become activists, and more. Ericksen, herself a breast cancer survivor, has written an accessible book that reveals much about the ways in which we narrate our illnesses and about how these narratives shape the paths we travel once diagnosed.

      
            Click here for a list of tips on breast cancer prevention.
                                             
                                                                           
 
                     

Breast Cancer eBooks



                                                                                 

    
Hot Topics From NewsBank (Access World News)


  • BUSINESS: Yahoo Hacked 
  • Topic: Computer hackers have successfully stolen confidential data from over 500 million Yahoo Inc. personal accounts. What kind of personal data was on those accounts and how can this theft put the owners of these Yahoo accounts at risk? What kind of protections do companies like Yahoo provide for their customers and what are some of the technical processes that hackers use to gain access? 


  • CRIME AND LAW: Baltimore Police Investigation Topic: As the Justice Department released a critical report regarding the Baltimore police department's use racial discrimination and excessive violence, the findings also pointed to their unlawful mistreatment of the mentally ill. In many cases, the victims' civil rights were violated according to the Americans with Disability Act. How do the findings of this report compare to the recent findings of investigations into other police departments' use of excessive force? How does a pattern of behavior become defined as systemic? When a problematic pattern reaches a systemic level what types of interventions are effective in making change? 
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  • SOCIAL ISSUES: Burkinis Topic: France has attempted to ban so-called Burkinis from public beaches. Burkinis are full body swimsuits that also have a headpiece and were designed to allow Muslim women to swim in public. Why did some French cities ban them? What did the highest court in France say when overturning the bans? How have they become a political issue?                        Search Terms: France AND Burkinis AND bans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  • CIVICS, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: Presidential Debate
    Topic: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have held their first debate. What were some of the key policy points debated and what are the differences between the two candidates in those debates? On each of those policy points, which candidate seemed to have the better policy and why? What are the similarities and differences between the mainstream media and social media when it comes to which the aspects of the debate are discussed the most?
    Search Terms: Hillary Clinton AND Donald Trump AND debate

                                                                              

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