{"id":67581,"date":"2022-09-22T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=67581"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:51:35","slug":"forsyth-library-and-sigma-tau-delta-celebrate-banned-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=67581","title":{"rendered":"Forsyth Library and Sigma Tau Delta celebrate banned books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY RAEGAN NEUFELD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books are challenged for a number of reasons: LGBTQIA+ topics, sexual content, violence, language, racism, and more. Challenged books are then at risk of being banned and removed from schools and libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banned Books Week, a national awareness campaign taking place this week was celebrated on campus by Forsyth Library and Sigma Tau Delta – FHSU\u2019s English student society. On Wednesday, students stopped by the Library\u2019s table in the Union, where they made buttons, played trivia, and shared which banned books they had read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students line up to make buttons advocating for banned books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Students play a trivia game where they have to guess which book was banned for what reasons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Different signs were available for students to write which banned books they have read.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Representatives from Sigma Tau Delta take pictures of students for their social media campaign.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe number of books that get challenged each year is at an all-time high right now,\u201d Forsyth Library outreach specialist Brittney Squire said. \u201cReally, they\u2019re being challenged for reasons that make a person or group uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trivia game featured at the event listed reasons why a book was banned and gave students two options to guess from. Some of the books used were \u2018The Hunger Games\u2019 by Suzanne Collins, \u2018The Catcher in the Rye\u2019 by J.D. Salinger, and \u2018The Perks of Being a Wallflower\u2019 by Stephen Chbosky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students also had the chance to be a part of a social media campaign run by Sigma Tau Delta. After writing down which banned books they have read or have been taught, students posed with their signs for a picture. Some of the books shared were \u2018The Giver\u2019 by Lois Lowry, \u2018Of Mice and Men\u2019 by John Steinbeck, and \u2018The Adventures of Captain Underpants\u2019 by Dav Pilkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Squire, the importance of Banned Books Week stems from the ideas of freedom and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so important that we can celebrate our freedom to read, so that we can raise awareness about this campaign and about this cause,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s also important to unify the power of stories and impress upon the dangerous nature of censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More challenged and banned books can be found on the American Library Association website<\/a>, including the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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