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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

GRAPHIC: MINDY CHOI ’25/THE HAWK

The education system and dangers of book bans: “Finding the Balance” between safety and ignorance

Clare Yeatman September 27, 2023

The first time I remember crying over a book was when I read E.B White’s “Charlotte’s Web.” After connecting with these characters, I could not help but weep with Wilbur, the main character, when...

Marvin DeBose is a member of a national book committee called “In The Margins.”
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/ THE HAWK

Libraries become battlegrounds for book bans

Allie Miller September 14, 2022

In school and public libraries across the country, efforts to ban books are on the rise. For Christi Bukar, executive director of the Pennsylvania Library Association, a statewide chapter of the American...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK

Education students challenge book bans

Juliet Menz March 22, 2022

As efforts to ban books in schools spread across the U.S., current and former education students at St. Joe’s are considering how these challenges impact their choices in the classroom. “People...

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