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Synopsis
Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, Illinois, USA. The Library Event PodCasts are intended to be a flexible, portable record of the events held within the Moraine Valley Library. As such, they are intended to enhance library programs and the larger Moraine Valley curriculum.These events are hosted by the library in the spirit of public discussion, open debate, and intellectual growth. The views expressed by panel members, lecturers, or audience members are their own and are not necessarily the official views of the Moraine Valley Community College board of trustees, staff, faculty, or administration.
Episodes
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Is Love Really All We Need?: How Does Society Shape Our Relationships?
14/02/2007At the heart of Orwell’s novel 1984, is the love story between Winston and Julia. Their love is one of protest and escape. Yet, in the end, their love crumbles under the oppression of Big Brother. While 1984 is not often discussed as a love story, Orwell does challenge the reader to consider how personal relationships and expressions of love are impacted, supported, or destroyed by our larger society.
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Panel Discussion: Arab Customs and Etiquette
28/11/2006Faculty members discuss what is welcomed, deemed appropriate and what is taboo in social gatherings and personal interaction. This is part of the Arab Heritage Month events.
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Big Brother and Our Communities: Sharing, Joining, and Participating in a Monitored World
08/11/2006What does it mean to be in a community? How do Communities express their ideas? How does modern technology, the War on Terror, and our global economy impact the ways that communities form within and connect with larger society? Our expert panel will tackle these questions and more.
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Dan Dinello lecture Techno-Totalitarianism-Science Fiction Visions of Social Control
12/10/2006A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!-a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies. A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He will do a lecture/presentation on Mad Scientists at the November 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.
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Panel Discussion on 1984: 60 Years Later, Does This Book
11/10/2006First published in 1948, does Orwell's 1984 still matter today? How do we think about this book's themes, and how does it speak to us in the year 2006? This event is part of the One Book, One College program.