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Music in the Library opens its eighth season this Thursday, November 8, with a free concert open to all featuring the Show'd Up Band. The performance will be held from noon to 1pm in the O'Shaughnessy Room of the O'Shaughnessy Frey Library Center.
The Show'd Up Band, a traditional string band made up of UST faculty and staff, plays an eclectic mix of bluegrass, old-time, Celtic and other traditional music, all enhanced with sparkling repartee. The band normally can be found in the Campus Square playing informal jam sessions over the noon hour on Thursdays.
Take time of out of your busy day and listen to this toe-tapping music. Bring your lunch; light refreshments will be provided.
Music in the Library provides opportunities for musicians in the UST community to perform in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Any student, faculty or staff member who is interested in participating in future musical offerings is invited to contact Cathy Lutz (651) 962-5459 or Conie Borchardt (651) 962-6874.

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Welcome Bulletin linkers and regluar UST Libraries blog readers. I am in a musical mood and it makes me wonder -

According to Mojo Nixon who is everywhere?

Please send your guess to arhudson@stthomas.edu

As always no prizes will be awarded to winners, just the opportunity to add your $.02 to the blogosphere.

Thankyouverymuch

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Your UST ID card wears a 14-digit barcode on its back and you can use this number in many ways: checkout books, software, equipment and media; request books from other CLIC libraries via the CLICnet catalog; checkout books at other CLIC libraries; request ILLiad accounts and interlibrary loans. Your Banner number on the front of your UST ID card can be used to make photocopies on library copy and microfiche machines when you enter the Banner number, plus the two-digit month and the two-digit day of your birthday. Copies are 10 cents and will be deducted from your 400-page print-and-copy allotment for the semester. New replacement IDs are available at the Card Office on the St. Paul campus or the 24-hour Public Safety Desk on the Mpls campus.

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You are invited to stop by the School of Divinity lobby and view a new display, October 22 through October 26, that highlights the professional work and creative endeavors of faculty from the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. Betsy Polakowski and Judith Michalski of the Ireland Library have worked to place items on display that celebrate faculty scholarship, creative activity, and community service from the years 2001- 2007. Brochures detailing the display are available. If you have any questions please contact Sheila Hague at 962-5454.

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October is Theological Libraries Month! In celebration we are having a Trivia Contest called:
"Name That Encyclical"

Today's Clue:
Boycott
From: Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Withdraw from commercial or social relations with someone as a punishment or protest. Refuse to buy or handle goods for this reason. ORIGIN: from the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott, an Irish land agent so treated in 1880 in an attempt to get rents reduced.

Send your best guess to Jan Malcheski, Ireland Library.
j9malcheski@sttthomas.edu

Yesterdays's clue
This 19th century Papal encyclical was famous for warning off Catholics from a new form of economic protest, which had arisen in response to tenant evictions.

No Idea?
Look for another clue tomorrow!

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It begins Monday, October 15! The French Section of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of St. Thomas is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the 2007 Tournees Festival of French Films October 15 - November 15 on the UST St. Paul campus. All students and teachers of French, as well as the entire UST community, are welcome to attend the free showings of these films:
Monday, October 15 Fauteuils d’orchestre
Monday, October 22 La Moustache
Monday, October 29 Indigenes
Tuesday, November 6 Bamaka (note change of day)
Tuesday, November 13 Chats perches

All films will be shown in OEC (O'Shaughnessy Educational Center) auditorium at 7:00 pm and are free to the public.

There will be a panel discussion after the films on October 22, October 29, and November 6. Refreshmetns will be served on November 13. Read the Bulletin Today article for more details and descriptions of each film.

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While quite a few of you all knew the name of the governor I had in mind was Harold Stassen, only a handful of the few of you knew that Stassen ran not once not twice but nine, count 'em nine times for president of the United States. Please join me in congratulating Minnesotan historians -

Kevin West
Laurie Dimond

It's a new week and a new trivia question!

A dismal day warrants a question about the Dismal Science

Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics were announced this morning and included on the list of three American recipients was Leonid Hurwicz from the University of Minnesota. What is interesting about the economics prize is that it is the only Nobel prize that was not specified in the will of Alfred Nobel.

What year was the Nobel Prize in Economics first awarded?

If you don't know the answer off your head (I sure didn't) why not search one of the many online encyclopedias and dictionaries in the library collection. Need more help? Ask a friendly librarian.

Please send guesses to arhudson@stthomas.edu by noon Friday. As always no Nobel prizes or any other prizes will be awarded for correct answers, only the satisfaction of a job well done and your name on this blog.

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You are all cordially invited to the 34th presentation in the Ireland Memorial Lecture Series. This year our speaker is Christopher J. Thompson, Ph.D., Academic Dean for The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. Dr. Thompson's topic is: "Preliminary Reflections on the Church and the Environment."
Date: Monday, October 22, 2007
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - followed by an informal reception
Place: The 3M Auditorium in the Owens Science Hall
For directions, call 651-962-5450, or visit the UST website and find Owens Science Hall, Building #39, near the southwest corner of Cretin and Summit. Free parking for the evening is available in lots N and M, south and west of the Owens Science Hall.

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This week, Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library has put up a display about the Index of Prohibited Books, published for centuries by the Catholic Church. Beginning in 1557 and issued regularly until 1948 (officially abolished in 1966), the purpose of The Index was to protect Catholics from books deemed dangerous to their faith and morals.

Displayed at Ireland Library are different editions of The Index and some interesting books that were on the list. Among the notables writers appearing on The Index were Galileo, Erasmus, Gibbon, Kant, Voltaire, Flaubert, Swedenborg, Descartes, Locke, Sartre, Balzac.

In the aftermath of Vatican II, the Church’s position had evolved and The Index was eventually discontinued. Canon Law 212 (section 3) now obtains:

They [the faithful] have the right, indeed at times the duty … to manifest to the sacred Pastors their views on matters which concern the good of the Church. They have the right also to make their views known to others of Christ's faithful, but in doing so they must always respect the integrity of faith and morals, show due reverence to the Pastors and take into account both the common good and the dignity of individuals.

Some trivia:
No American novelist (and very few American non fiction works) was ever on The Index.

Jean Steinmann’s La Vie de Jesus had the distinction of being the last work ever prohibited (1959). This book is on display at Ireland Library, this week.

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You are invited!
Monday, 1 October, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Ireland Library Meeting Room.
Book Talk by author Julie McCarty about her new book A Pearl of Great Price: Gospel Wisdom for Christian Marriage (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007).

Julie McCarty is an alumna of The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.

Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library. The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. 2260 Summit Ave. University of St Thomas, south campus. St Paul MN. Ask at circulation desk for a parking permit This event is free and open to the public.

Directions to Ireland Library

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You are all invited to hear Teresa Nelson on Wednesday, October 3, at Noon in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library. Ms. Nelson is legal counsel for the Minnesota ACLU and will host a conversation on the topic of censorship. Her talk is titled "Intellectual freedom is a right and that's why banning books is wrong." You are welcome to join us in Room 108 of the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library and bring a bag lunch if you like. Beverages and treats will be provided. Please read Monday's Bulletin Today article for more details.

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