Thursday, November 8, 2007

What we're reading: Judy Nethercott


CWC Financial Aid Technician Judy Nethercott recently finished reading Cokie Roberts' Founding mothers: The women who raised our nation and highly recommends it.

"Very interesting and enlightening," says Judy.


Find this book in the CWC Library: E 176 .R63 2004

Monday, November 5, 2007

Cowboy up!

Award-winning cowboy poet Dr. Kent Stockton performed to a sell-out crowd Thursday, Nov. 1, during the CWC Library's Dutch oven dinner fundraiser. He was joined by Oklahoma singer/songwriter Paul Harris. The meal (Baron of beef, maple green beans, potatoes and sourdough chocolate cake) was prepared by Jack Schmidt and Colleen Sloan, with tremendous assistance from the CWC Food Court.






Thursday, November 1, 2007

New Book: Maori Tattooing




Maori Tattooing
By: Horatio Gordon Robley
GN 667 .N9 R7 2003

This classic of ethnography describes Maori tattooing (moko), which communicates the bearer's genealogy, tribal affiliation, and spirituality. This definitive study relates how moko first became known to Europeans and discusses the distinctions between men and women's moko, patterns and designs, and moko in legend and song. Features 180 black-and-white illustrations.


Published 2003
240 pages
ISBN 0486430928