Omnivore's Solution: Michael Pollan's WSU Lyceum Presentation

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
On Wednesday September 23, Michael Pollan spoke at WSU about this quote, an eater's manifesto, from his book In Defense of Food.

Michael Pollan presentation titled "The Omnivore's Solution" is available via streamed video. (only available on the WSU campus): http://www.winona.edu/its/mediaservices/video_archive.asp

Michael Pollan is a New York Times best-selling author and food writer. He is the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto , winner of the James Beard Award, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006), which was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001); A Place of My Own (1997); and Second Nature (1991). Pollan appears in Food, Inc. a documentary which debuted in June, and New York Times Magazine, Pollan is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards, including the James Beard Award for best magazine series in 2003 and the Reuters-I.U.C.N. 2000 Global Award for Environmental Journalism. Pollan served for many years as executive editor of Harper’s Magazine and is now the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley.

3/6 On this Day: New York Times Historical Front Page

Check out a historical front page for the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/
Bookmark this page or set as your homepage to learn about historical events every day.

The WSU Library provides access to the full text online archive of the New York Times from 1851-2003 made available through Proquest Historical Newspapers database. The New York Times is also available in Lexis-Nexis and ProQuest Newsstand from 1980-present. You can access these databases from the WSU Databases page. WSU students, faculty, staff can use their WSU barcodes and last name to access these databases from off campus.

3/5 AP Photo Archive: Check out this cool resource

The AP Photo Archive is an amazing resource available to WSU students, faculty and staff.

It offers "...millions of images dating back more than 100 years, AP Images is one of the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. The AP Images collection is updated every minute of the day and includes entertainment, fashion, news and sports coverage from The Associated Press and a diverse selection of content partners.



For more than a century, AP photographers have captured the greatest moments in history, news, sports and entertainment, receiving 30 Pulitzers and numerous other awards in honor of their contribution to the images that shape our world. Every day, images from The Associated Press and its content partners are featured in thousands of newspapers, magazines and Web sites." - AP Photo Archive description

WSU access to AP Photo Archive

AP Images features photography from:

NBC Universal Photo Bank
Ebony
VII
Sipa Press
EyePress
ImagineChina
Kyodo News
The Press Association (UK)
The Canadian Press
medicalpicture
Image Source
Jupiterimages