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New Stuff Tuesday — November 5, 2019

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Diana

This post is written by Hanna Srour, Reference Desk Student Assistant.

A Wrinkle in Time
directed by Ava DuVernay
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
Browsing dvd Wri

Andersen Library has more than just books! The 2018 movie A Wrinkle in Time, based on the popular 1962 science fiction novel by Madeleine L’Engle, is an extraordinary tale about a girl named Meg and her younger brother Charles and their quest to reunite their family with the help of such characters as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. Relative to other book-to-movie adaptations, this film adaptation did a very good job of staying true to the original story.

Storm Reid did phenomenally well with the part of Meg Murry. I am always amazed at the remarkable abilities of child actors, and this film was no exception. With other such household names as Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, and Oprah Winfrey, this film is a great choice if you are looking for a relatively lighthearted movie to watch with loved ones or alone.

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Andersen Bringin’ Style Back

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

Study N’ Style came back to Andersen Library this past Monday on October 28^th. Thanks to our partners Whitewater’s Underground Cutz barber shop and Student Diversity, Engagement & Success (SDES) Study N’ Style is back for this semester.

Andersen has held this event before and, by popular demand, we will continue to provide some sweet free haircuts and interactive study tables for students. On the 28^th, forty-five students stopped by to either get a quick trim, study with friends, or destress with some crafts.

If you weren’t able to make it last week, Study N’ Style will be back again Monday November 25^th. Stop by and get a FREE haircut before you go home for Thanksgiving, so you can impress your family and friends!

Until then, take a look at your fellow Warhawks at last week’s Study N’ Style!

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New Stuff Tuesday — Oct. 29, 2019

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Naomi Schemm

How to Cook Everything: Completely Revised Twentieth Anniversary Edition
by Mark Bittman
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
TX714 .B57316 2019

I know, I know. I’ve said it often myself — that with the advent of Food.com, Allrecipes, and the gazillion other recipe-sharing sites out there, I have absolutely no need to look at a print cookbook ever again. Yet I still am drawn to them. At over 900 pages, this tome reminds me of a modern Betty Crocker or Fannie Farmer cookbook, destined to become another classic go-to for techniques and recipes alike. Somehow this seems more trustworthy than the 9,000 results on Allrecipes when I look up how to cook a Thanksgiving turkey.

We have both the 1998 version and this new one in our collection, and we don’t collect very many cookbooks in an academic library, so apparently it was a standout even in 1998. The author says in his introduction that the biggest change this time around is a bigger focus on “the most important aspect of my cooking philosophy: flexibility.” I almost never follow a recipe exactly as it’s written, so I think I’d get along with Mr. Bittman.

What lets this book claim the “Everything” in its title is that it provides many basic recipes or techniques (e.g.: cooking dried beans), and then provides additional guidelines: rinsing, storing or freezing beans, add-ins for flavor, and dozens of interesting variations on the following recipes (orange-glazed black beans with bacon, anyone?) It contains an extensive Index — by ingredient or technique, as well as lists such as Essential recipes and All-in-One meals. The table of contents also makes it easy to browse through sections such as Spices, Herbs, Sauces, & Condiments, all the way through to Desserts.

Browse through it today, try a few recipes, and if you’re a soon-to-be-graduate about to venture into your own kitchen, maybe even pick up your own copy!

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Did You Take A “Rest Stop”?

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

Midterms have come and gone – we made it! Hopefully you were able to make it through this fall’s mid-semester projects, papers, and exams by taking a little “Rest Stop” at Andersen Library.

Last week, Pathways for Success held their first “Rest Stop” event of the academic year. For a couple hours, students were able to step away from academic obligations to creatively destress through various activities like painting and making buttons.

Take a look at the unique artistry of your fellow Warhawks in the pictures below!

Interested in the “Rest Stop” event, but not able to make it this time around? Don’t worry, another “Rest Stop” event will be back in the spring!

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Flu Season Strikes Again

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

Is it really that time of year already?

It’s time to get your flu shot at the Flu Shot Clinic hosted by the University Health & Counseling Services (UHCS) at Andersen Library!

The Flu Shot Clinic has made two stops so far, one on October 10th here in Andersen Library and the other at the Wellness Fair held in the Hamilton Room on October 15th.

If you weren’t able to attend, there’s still two opportunities to get your vaccination at the Flu Shot Clinic. The next stop will be on October 31^st at the UW-Rock County Fireplace Lounge from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and the last stop will be back here in Andersen Library on November 13^th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the third floor in room 3102N. Flu vaccinations cost $10 for students and $15 for staff.

By coming to the Flu Shot Clinic not only will get your flu shot done and out of the way, but you’ll also receive a FREE “Cold Care Kit” thanks to UHCS.

For any questions or concerns, contact UHCS at 262-472-1300.

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 22, 2019

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Carol

Gravity’s Century: From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes
by Ron Cowen
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
QC173.6 .C36 2019

It’s been a while since the Physics Department hosted their Friday night Observatory Lectures. So I’ve selected this astrophysics title to fill that little void in my universe.

Gravity, the elemental principle that attracts stuff to each other, keeps the planets in our solar system merrily orbiting around the sun while firmly planting us to the Earth. It’s a reassuring sort of property – but enigmatic, too. Award-winning science writer, Ron Cowen, explores some of the deep mysteries of gravity — and what is known about its more quirky and unusual properties.

This is the story of the scientific quest to observe the event horizon – that spot just outside a black hole where the power of gravity sucks everything into it. Cool, scary and amazing, huh? If you want to learn more about gravity, Research@UWW offers thousands of books and articles on the topic.

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Stories To Be Heard – Green Card Voices comes to campus

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Shannan Lojeski

“We’re Here. We Have A Story. We Play A Role”

Those three statements are the motivation behind the Green Card Voices initiative. This initiative was created with the aspiration to give current immigrants a voice to share their story and educate others on the immigrant experience in America in a personal and impactful way.

Green Card Voices is a non-profit charitable organization that was founded in 2013. The Mission of Green Card Voices is to share the diverse and personal experiences of America’s 40 million immigrants. Today, Green Card Voices continues to be a video-based platform that uses digital storytelling to share individual’s immigration stories.

All these individuals have stepped out and are willing to be vulnerable with the general public in hopes bridge the gap between immigrants, non-immigrants, advocates, and adversaries across the country.

From October 14^th through the 31^st, the Green Card Voices and their Youth traveling exhibit will be at UW-Whitewater’s Andersen Library. The exhibit will then travel to UW-Rock County’s Lenox Library from November 1^st through the 14^th. There will be a reception for the Green Card Youth Book which served as the inspiration behind the creation of this specific traveling display.

Students, faculty, staff, and community members of both participating libraries are encouraged to visit the locations and visually experience each person’s story by scanning the QR codes on their own personal devices. Each story was thoughtfully documented in an authentic and unbiased way by Green Card Voices to honor immigrant’s courage in sharing their experience.

Andersen Library is proud to welcome Green Card Voices to campus and more than excited to recognize the contributions that immigrants have and continue to make to so many areas of American life.

We encourage you to take a moment out of your day and come visit the Green Card Voices Youth exhibit. Support those around you and listen to someone who deserves to be heard.

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New Stuff Tuesday – October 15, 2019

Posted on October 14, 2019 by James Castrillo

Teaching U.S. History Through Sports Book Cover

Teaching U.S. History Through Sports
edited by Brad Austin and Pamela Grundy
New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor
GV583 .T43 2019

This book sets up a way of related history through our popular past time of sports. In mind the audience of this book is classroom teachers. While sports are often viewed in a very 1 dimensional way of who wins or loses according to a set of rules, this book shows how actions by athletes, coaches, and fans have pushed forward the country. Our nation’s games can highlight the changes of our social fabric. While not always positive in result, the book also highlights the tremendous social costs that athletes pay when they speak up for their beliefs and are rejected or condemned. An example of this is shown on the cover. In 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, Tommie Smith and John Carlos received death threats when they silently raised their fists in protests of civil rights in the United States. This book will highlight important historical events through sports, and guide teachers how to navigate the teaching of social change.

For more on Smith’s, check out his autobigography from our main collection.

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Early Days of Animation & Cinema

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Martha

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the birth of Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau, whom it credits with inventing a device that shows the earliest form of animation. That device is called a phénakistiscope. The true story of the first animation is more complicated than given there and involves several other inventors. Want to read more about the topic? Check out this thorough article by Richard J. Leskosky in Film History: Phenakiscope: 19th Century Science Turned to Animation. I only meant to read the first page, but got pulled in to reading more of the research article. Fascinating!

Thank Sean Hollister’s Verge article for enlightning us to the back story: Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Joseph Plateau, Who Paved the Way for Cinema with the Phenakistiscope.

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Learn about Census 2020

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Barbara

On Thursday, October 17th, at 6:30pm, the League of Women Voters of the Whitewater Area will host a public program in the Whitewater Municipal Building’s Council Chambers (312 W Whitewater St, Whitewater) about the 2020 Census and how to participate in the process.

Program speakers include Patricia Gillette, Partnership Specialist with the Chicago Regional Office of the Census Bureau and US Census representative for the Whitewater area and Miguel Aranda, UW-Whitewater graduate student, member of Whitewater’s Complete Count Committee and advisor for the UW-Whitewater chapter of Voto Latino.

The program will explain the process of the count and will address lingering concerns over the confidentiality of personal information and distrust following recent heated debates of adding a citizenship question, which will not be a component of the Census. Learn more about it at the Census Bureau’s website for Census 2020.

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