Booth Library to examine the Cult of the Celebrity through Harry Potter
Staff Report
November 27, 2017
An exploration about how characters in the Harry Potter handle fame “Harry Potter and the Cult of Celebrity” will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Booth Library’s Witters Conference Room 4440. Lola Burnham, a journalism professor, interim director of Student Publications and editorial adviser...
Tarble After Hours hosts Harry Potter pARTy
Travis Moody, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2017
Students had a magical night at the Tarble Art Center while celebrating and enjoying a Harry Potter themed party. Tarble hosted their Harry Potter pARTy Thursday night in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter franchise. Mike Schuetz, the assistant director at Tarble,...
After hours trivia to be hosted
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
October 25, 2017
The Tarble Arts Center will remain open for an after-hours Harry Potter themed party 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday in the Tarble atrium. Rehema Barber, the director of the Tarble, said students who attend can see the gallery, do an art project, have some food and listen to music. The Tarble staff...
Harry Potter Trivia Contest to benefit HOPE
Staff Report
October 17, 2017
A Harry Potter Trivia Contest, planned as a part of the Harry Potter Night on Oct. 26, will benefit Housing, Outreach, Prevention, Education of East Central Illinois. The trivia contest is set for 6 p.m. in the West Reading Room of Booth Library. According to a press release, teams of between two...
Harry Potter ties into intellectual freedom
Staff Report
September 27, 2017
According to a press release, the “Dark Arts and Other Wicked Ideas: Harry Potter, Banned Books and Intellectual Freedom” lecture will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. on Thursday in Witters Conference Room 4440 in honor of banned books week. “Identifying certain ideas as dangerous – and therefore...
Keynote speaker talks morality in Harry Potter
Brooke Schwartz, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2017
The opening reception of the Booth Library’s Harry Potter exhibit saw students and community members alike gathered together in their shared adoration of J. K. Rowling’s popular book series. People of all ages were in attendance, proving Harry Potter’s multi-generational appeal, which Jonelle...
Quidditch tournament sign-ups continue
Staff Report
September 12, 2017
Quidditch tournament sign-ups are ongoing this week. The tournament is set for 4 p.m. on Friday in the Library Quad. Quidditch is a fictional sport played in the “Harry Potter” book series. Chelsea Duncan, a kinesiology and sports studies professor and the one organizing the tournament, said...
Booth Library celebrates 20 years of Harry Potter
Staff Report
September 12, 2017
Along with Quidditch during Family Weekend, the Booth Library will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the first Harry Potter Book with an exhibit. The program series, “Twenty Years of Harry Potter: Celebrating a Phenomenon,” will be on display at the library from Sept. 14 through Dec. 31,...
‘Muggles’ to get chance to play Quidditch
Staff Report
August 23, 2017
Harry Potter fans can experience their favorite fictional sport as a part of the Booth Library’s fall exhibit and program series. The exhibit, “Twenty Years of Harry Potter: Celebrating a Phenomenon,” will include a Quidditch tournament organized by Chelsea Duncan, a kinesiology and sports study...
