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Book suggestions from the college’s annual Good Reads summer reading list: BOOKS

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Thrown in the Throat by Benjamin Garcia Suggested by Stephanie Pridgeon, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies: An amazing first book by a queer Latinx poet whose way with words I cannot adequately describe. You could spend your summer in one poem. Improbable Voices by Derek Anderson ’85 Suggested by Bill Hiss ’66, retired colleague: 26 key but lesser-known historical figures, A to Z. First: the Portuguese explorer Albuquerque, important to European colonialism. He learned to use triangular sails to trek against the wind. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Suggested by Mary Pols, Bates Communications: Indie musician Zauner grapples with identity and heritage as she recounts life with her difficult but delightful Korean mom, especially cooking and eating, and the pain of losing her to cancer. How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut Suggested by Jack Pribram, Professor Emeritus: In the 1950s, scientist Dmitri Belyaev had an idea: If dogs came from wild wolves, could dogs come from passive wild foxes? A decades-long experiment began.

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IF IT QUACKS? Recently seen in the Waterman Bird Collection in Carnegie Science Hall, perched near a pine warbler and common bulfinch were these two interlopers. At lower right is Rubber Duck (Duccus rubberus, says the label), and at left is Dr. Quack (Anatidae medicus), whose label notes it is “found worldwide and continues to be harmful, but is challenging to identify.”

Fifty years ago, what did these items have in common: minestrone soup and Manwich on a grilled bun; sausage links, cream whipped potato, and corn fritter with maple syrup; fruit plate with date bread and luncheon loaf, potato chips, cucumber slices, and cottage cheese?

Commons lunch menu on Jan. 19, 1972. : Those items comprised the

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Orange Ya Glad?

There’s not much silliness in Mike Rocque’s scholarly work as a widely published criminologist. But then the holidays arrive.

“I love Halloween and major holidays,” says the associate professor of sociology, who donned this don’t-adjust-your set suit for students in his course “Thinking Sociologically With Numbers” right before Halloween last fall.

“Ultimately, holidays are about social cohesion and coming together to celebrate something bigger than ourselves,” he said. And during the difficult times of college life in a pandemic, “I wanted to dress up a bit over the top to give people something to smile about.”

You Called?

These skeleton models are ready for action in the course “Human Anatomy and Physiology,” taught by Lecturer in Biology Bruno Salazar-Perea, M.D., whose students use colored clay to fabricate the various tissues — vessels, nerves, tendons, and muscle tissue itself — that comprise skeletal muscles. “The intention is to help students learn the details about the structure and function of the over 600 muscles of the body by building them,” he says. “The rationale is that the mind can’t forget what the hands have learned.”

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