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Page 1 October 2nd – 8th Banned Books Pg.2 Monsters Pg. 4 Jack Ryan Pg. 6 You’re Beautiful Pg. 9 The Volume 42, Issue 6 www.sinclairclarion.com October 2nd – 8th THE LONGEST TABLE COMES TO SINCLAIR Kali Macklin and funding was received for this Project Leader for The Longest “One time, we had an entire table Staff Writer idea to come to life. Since then, the Table, “It is a movement designed get up and go see a movie together organization has picked up many to get folks to break bread with at the Neon, Stewart said. “Just On Oct. 4, the organization The partners, most notably the City of strangers in their community and walking along the first meal where Longest Table will be hosting an Dayton. work to change the way they engage we had 300 people participate is still event at Sinclair. It’ll run from 3-5 The goal of The Longest Table folks they might not normally get a one of my favorites too.” p.m. in the building 12 plaza. is to create genuine, courageous chance to connect with.” If you have interest in donating or The Longest Table is an organiza- conversation and bring the people Dinners are held as often as participating in The Longest Table, tion local to Dayton. This organiza- of Dayton together. They claim that possible, it just depends on who is you can go to their website and tion began with Tallahassee Mayor the future of Dayton is something available to help at any given time. fill out a form. It also has a space Andrew Gillum. He thought that that needs to be talked about and The goal is one every month. The where a Longest Table event can be people in communities needed to the steps we as a community could summer of 2018 has been very busy requested to run at your business or come together not just when trag- take to improve our city. with meals going on frequently. in your neighborhood. edy strikes, but before something It challenges people to think twice When asked about his favorite They would love to see you there. happens. about the assumptions made about memories from The Longest Table, About three years ago, they began various parts of Dayton and the Stewart stated it was a hard ques- putting together large community people who live there. tion because there are so many fond meals in Dayton. After the idea was According to Bryan Stewart, the memories. pitched at the UpDayton Summit, THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SINCLAIR COLLEGE FREE October 2nd – 8th Page 2 Tartan News A Grey Area: Banned Books Discussion One such example was the new Cabin” which Cerridwyn Kuykendall testament, which was originally was originally Managing Editor written in Greek or Latin and banned for its therefore could only be read by discussion of On Wednesday Sept. 26 Sinclair those who knew those languages. race and politics, Talks hosted a discussion on banned Often people with higher education and now for books in the library Loggia. Hosted and social status were the ones who its portrayal by Dair Arnold and Lajmar Anderson, could read this, while common folk of stereotypes. the discussion was about the history of could not as they only read and spoke This book banned books, why books are banned English. In England when the new was a prime or challenged in general as well as testament was translated into English example of how more specify instances of banned the book was banned. our viewpoints books over the years. A focus of the talk was why books on books can The event was a small group are banned, burned or challenged change over discussion that began with everyone in the first place. First let’s establish time. anonymously writing down a topic some definitions, a challenged book “To Kill a Wikimedia that they think should be banned, on a is simply a material that someone Mockingbird” sides, there are a lot of grey areas. small white slip of paper. These papers felt wasn’t appropriate to be in a was banned due to its themes of Which is something our culture isn’t were collected to be talked about later. curriculum, and therefore the material race and rape. “Perks of Being a always comfortable with. The presentation featured many was challenged in an attempt to Wallflower” was banned due to its As one of the hosts argued, the grey things, such as a video of college restrict access to it. Banned books are LGBT characters and sexual content. areas are full of ideas. Additional students in Nazi Germany burning the actual removal of the material. And “1984” was banned for its themes quotes were shared on the topic: books and several quotes from In either case, there are guidelines of social and political control. The list “Yes, books are dangerous. They authors. One such quote was from Ray for why books can be banned, such goes on and on. should be dangerous-they contain Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: as obscenity. However, it is hard for Many cases of banned books are due ideas.” Said Pete Hautman. “There is more than one way to burn everyone to agree on what exactly to differences of opinion or portrayals When it comes to the issue of a book. And the world is full of people those words mean. One example of people who are different, violence, banning books, there are no right running about with lit matches.” of this would be the wildly popular sexuality, death and dehumanizing answers and there are a lot of grey A point brought up during the “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s groups of people. areas. What do you think about these talk was that books were burnt in Stone,” which was banned because the A point made was that the issue grey areas? What books and themes Nazi Germany as a way to suppress witchcraft featured in the book was of banned books to some isn’t just do you feel constitute banning? knowledge and assert power, and there corrupting the youth. that, but more it is an issue involving have been several other cases of this Other banned book examples censorship as a whole. It was also throughout history. given at the talk were “Uncle Tom’s discussed that no issue has just two them, but I collect them in a method because I can’t have incomplete sets.” Tartan Spotlight: Joash Cook When asked how he maintains storage space with such a growing Cook was born here in the United last name, Cook, so I asked if his collection, Cook said: “Currently, States from a Panamanian mother family background played a key role my parents don’t like me because I and an Irish Father. Being biracial in his choice of major have taken up their whole tv stand, has made Cook subject to several His response was: “Yes, for the bookshelf and a couple other hiding racial slurs and rude comments but reason that every Sunday, we went stops.” his response is: to grandma’s for Sunday dinner. My Outside of trying new foods and “My mother is from Central favorite meal, on my dad’s side of the watching movies, Cook has picked up America and my father is from family, is chicken and dumplings, you the hobby of volunteering at the ani- Wells, Scotland. I’ve got a little can go to other places and get chick- mal shelter. He states “… In my free bit of everything and that is why I en and dumplings, but it will never time, I volunteer…three to four days have an open mind to everything…. taste like my grandmother’s because a week…these are dogs that have my culture is always changing and nobody knows the secret [recipe]…. been abused... they just want to feel a something I will always want to but I do.” little bit of love.” know more about.” When asked if he would ever In conclusion, Joash Cook is a man Cooks diverse background and attempt the recipe to carry on the of many interests and possess a vast family history have influenced tradition, he said: knowledge. After graduating from several of his traits, hobbies and “I can carry on tradition with other Sinclair, Cook would like to travel to interests. Some of Cook’s interests things. That’s something I [would try new foods, experience different are trying different foods, traveling not] attempt because I don’t want to Angel Hopson-Woods cultures and possibly own or be a part to new places and moviegoing. mess up what I had.” Reporter of a three-star restaurant. In fact, his enthusiasm for trying Another interest in Cook is movie- Sinclair Community College is full He has already started his aspiration new foods has influenced the creation going. Some of his favorites include of students of different talents, origins of traveling by venturing to Panama of his motto “I am dumb enough to the “Transformers” and “Marvel” and background stories. One of which and witnessing the skill of traditional try anything once.” Series. is Joash Cook, a culinary arts student fishing as well as visiting the Baha- Trying new foods and cooking dif- He mentions that “After watching with a passion for living life to the mas. fullest by trying new things. ferent recipes correlates with Joash’s my favorite movies, I like to collect October 2nd – 8th Page 3 Sports Tiger Sets Sights for Ryder Cup a golf club like he had before, and Lindsey Elam without pain.