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Pi Sig Fraternity Teams With Library For "Don't Walk Alone"

Pi Sig fraternity will begin a new service during "Open All Night" (April 25th, 4:00 PM - April 29th, 4:30 PM) called "Don't Walk Alone" for female students. Member of Pi Sig, with the assistance of members of .COM and other organizations, will walk girls between their dorms and Jarrett Library from 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM each evening of "Open All Night". For more information, including the leave times from the dorms and the library, click here . The staff of Jarrett Library thanks Pi Sig for their care and concern and their willingness to do this as a service to their fellow students.

Credo Reference Featured Title of the Month - April 2010

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A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires , Edinburgh University Press A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures provides an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain as well as places like Latin America and the Philippines. The Companion is comprehensive in its geographical scope, extending from South America and the Caribbean to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It also accommodates the literatures and histories of regions where Europe merges into Asia, as in the cases of Turkey and Russia, and includes essays on the Jewish Diaspora and the 'clash of civilizations'. Written by recognized scholars in the fields of postcolonial studies, the entries cover major events, ideas, movements, and figures