Highline Reads
is an exciting program that brings all interested members
of the Highline
community together around a common book during the academic year.
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The World is Flat
The Contest
Learn more about the contest
 Enter
the Contest
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2006-2007 CommitteeTommy Kim,
Chair
Pat Philips
Janice Adams
Ruth Windhover
Joy Strohmaier
Terry Meerdink
Shannon Gillilan
Matt Schwisow
Craig McKenney
Jack Harton
Sam Alkhalili
Moira Fulton
Susan Landgraf
Patricia McDonald
Ron Sabado
Joy Smucker
Lonny Kaneko
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Committee Assignments
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Book Selection Criteria
The book or books (no more than three per individual) you
nominate should meet the following criteria:
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About
The Book
 The World Is Flat is Thomas L.
Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time,
as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put
people all over the globe in touch as never before - creating an
explosion of wealth in India and China, and
challenging the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in
place.
more
about the book
Lengthy abstract of the book
from The New York Times
Sunday Magazine
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Student ContestCongratulations go out to
Erin Donlon Gittins, Brittany Rose Esbenshade & Dulanjalee
Seneviratne - the top three winners of the 2005/2006
Highline Reads Common Book Quiz Show! (for Fast Food Nation)
Erin and Brittany tied for first place, and Dulanjalee finished in
third place. Over 50 students participated in the contest, which
was an Earthweek/Highline Reads event.
more on the contest
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 Highline
Community College
2005/06 Common BookFaculty and staff voted for
the first Highline Reads common book early fall
quarter.
Fast Food Nation was our big winner, receiving 53% of the 102
votes cast. Our Babies, Ourselves received 26% of the votes
and Botany of Desire received 21%. |
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 About
Thomas FriedmanThomas L. Friedman, a
world-renowned author and journalist, joined
The New
York Times in 1981 as a financial reporter specializing
in OPEC- and oil-related news and later served as the chief
diplomatic, chief White House, and international economics
correspondents. A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has
traveled hundreds of thousands of miles reporting the Middle
East conflict, the end of the cold war, U.S. domestic politics
and foreign policy, international economics, and the worldwide
impact of the terrorist threat.
more
about the author
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 Globalism
(Brown Bag)
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika meets the Star Spangled Banner: A
South African "Global Citizen's" perspective meets yours on
Globalism and Globalization*
Led by Andre Du Toit
In the Faculty Resource Center
(Library, 6th Floor)
Fridays, 1:10-2:10
More on Brown Bag Events:
http://flightline.highline.edu/id/
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College Posters
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