10/31 and 11/01 - Library Catalog Downtime

PALS (A Program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities) will be upgrading the operating system on the MnPALS production server this weekend.

The downtime for the library catalog will be:
Saturday, October 31, 6:45 a.m to 8:00 a.m.
Sunday, November 1, 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Thank you for your patience during this upgrade.

11/01 "Find it" service will not be available Sunday from 5am-9am

The WSU Findit! service (periodicals holdings list) will be unavailable on Sunday, November 1, starting at 5:00 a.m. to 1:00pm. If all goes as planned the findit! services could be available before 9:00 a.m.

The Findit! service enables you to look up a periodical title (journal, magazine, or newspaper) to see what WSU has access to.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

10/28 Athenaeum at 1pm- It’s Only a Movie: The Politics of the 1970s and 80s Horror Film by Nathan Wardinski

Just in time for Halloween! Join us on October 28, 2009 at 1pm for It’s Only a Movie: The Politics of the 1970s and 80s Horror Film, presented by Nathan Wardinski.

This presentation will look at the horror genre starting with Last House on the Left in 1972 to A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, examining how these films were groundbreaking and why they represented a serious political and countercultural statement and how that political edge was later lost to commercialization. Attention will be paid to the remakes of these films and the implications of these remakes for the genre and politics of the films.

WARNING: Due to the subject matter, this presentation will make use of graphic imagery.