REEDLEY COLLEGE READING & WRITING CENTER PRESENTS... The Paper Jam Fall 2017 SEPTEMBER 2017 Welcome Back ! 1 Book 1 College ...are you ready for the semester? Papers due? We are here for YOU!!! -Elizabeth KleinKramer her cells to flourish out- face of modern medi- INSIDE THIS This year, the faculty side of her body. For cine. To accompany the ISSUE: have chosen The Immor- many years the Ameri- One Book/One College tal Life of Henrietta can public knew nothing experience, Reedley Col- Meet the Author 2 Lacks, written by Rebec- about the woman whose lege has invited a mem- ca Skloot, as the One cells made it possible to ber of the Lacks family Shakespeare 3 Book/One College recip- cure polio and study to speak at the college on ient. The One Book/One gene mapping. Even March 15th, 2018 at 1st Wed. @ 1 3 College program is de- Henrietta’s family had 7pm. The students, fac- signed to help the stu- no idea what their moth- ulty, and community are Back to School 4 dents delve deeper into er’s cells were worth. invited to come out and literature, and many in- The book discusses the see this year’s One structors have been as- Calendar 5 ethics of the scientists Book/One College signing this book to be and doctors involved in speaker in the spring. read in their classes. The taking Lacks’ cells, and Additional resources for Crossword 6-7 Immortal Life of Henri- simultaneously illus- students and faculty have etta Lacks is a nonfiction trates her life and the been made available by New Tutors of 8-9 book about Henrietta lives of her family mem- librarian Lynn Kemmer the RWC Lacks. Lacks’ story of- bers. The Immortal Life and can be found on the New Tutors 10 fers important medical of Henrietta Lacks is a Library Resources page. Continued history. The first self- gripping book that ex- Lit. Fun Fact 10 replicating cells grown plores the bioethics and in a lab came from her racial tension of the About Us 10 body. Henrietta had a 1950’s, while telling the rare type of cervical story of a woman who cancer, which allowed unwittingly changed the P A G E 2 Meet the Author: Rebecca Skloot -Marshall Hodson and her effect on medi- holds closely to her Rebecca Skloot was cal research in present heart; due to the fact born on September 19, day. Skloot does not that she used to be a 1972. Skloot has a B.S. hesitate when talking veterinary technician in Biological Sciences about the experimenta- and worked in animal and an MFA in Crea- tion done on African shelters/research labs. tive Nonfiction. She Americans, the crea- Not only is she work- has received many tion of bioethics, and ing on her next book, awards including the the legal debates that she goes around the US Goodreads Choice decide if we have con- and does public read- Award, Welcome Trust trol of what we are ings with students and Book Prize, and Chica- made of. Skloot’s The scientists alike. go Tribune Heartland Immortal Life of Henri- Prize for Nonfiction. etta Lacks was eventu- Her recent work, The ally made into a very Immortal Life of Henri- successful HBO Spe- etta Lacks. When pub- cial starring Oprah lished in 2010, her Winfrey and Alan Ball. book received tons of Skloot also founded media outlet from mag- The Henrietta Lacks “For me, it’s azines and publishers Foundation; which as- such as Los Angeles sists others who have writing a book Times, People Maga- experienced the same zine, New York Times, events as Lacks her- and telling National Public Radio, self, and helping with and countless others. cases of patients who Her book tells a true were not aware their people about story of an African biological material was American woman by being used for re- the story.” – the name of Henrietta search. Lacks, and how scien- Skloot continues tists used her genetic writing narrative sci- Rebecca Skloot material without her ence stories and arti- knowledge to research cles for The Best cancer. The story re- American Science veals the constant bat- Writing. She also en- tles of race, ethics, joys knitting to contin- medicine, and scien- ue her family tradition, tific discovery/faith and is currently work- throughout the 1950s. ing on another book Not only does it de- that crosses paths with scribe the hardships her ethics, humans, and family had to face, it animals. Each of the shows Lacks legacy topics are things Skloot THE PAPER JAM FALL 2017 P A G E 3 Shakespeare Returns to Reedley College -profit organiza- Juliet has been retold and tion that began adapted many times into eve- in 1983. Their rything from movies to TV goal is to “make shows. Admission is free and the words and the show is expected to run themes of for approximately an hour. Shakespeare accessible to everyone, re- -Bruno Cazares gardless of age, ethnicity, The San Francisco group, financial status, or education Shakespeare On Tour, will be level.” Romeo and Juliet is a here at Reedley College on classic Shakespearean trage- Tuesday October 24th at 7PM dy, about star crossed lovers to perform Romeo and Juliet. who are doomed from the Shakespeare On Tour is a non start. The story of Romeo and 1st Wednesdays @ 1pm -Gabriella Quijano and most recent, collection of poetry. The The First Wednesday at San Francisco native lives in the central One Series, part of the Reed- coast of California with his wife. Today, ley College Literary Arts he runs Santa Maria’s Live from the Program, invites accom- CORE poetry/performance series. He plished writers and poets to also teaches English at the Federal Peni- read at Reedley College. In- tentiary through the Allan Hancock Com- structor David Dominguez munity College. serves as coordinator for this Following is the first work out of his col- annual series. On Wednes- lection of poems entitled Six Poems: day, September 6, 2017, from 1-1:50, the Student Center at Reedley College One hundred well-behaved right lane trucks. will host novelist and poet Fast Lane I-5. 80 mile Summer Eve South of Stockton Michael McLaughlin, the per hour three-time California Arts twilight toasting the minds of bugs. Council grant recipient. In Phone pole hawk. Beak tucked. For an instant so righteous his earlier years, he worked I’m entrusted with so much. as an Artist-in- Residence at Crop duster Christmas time green. Envying the Atascadero State Hospi- the guy whose first kiss must tal, a Contract Artist with the have just taken hold in rich rye Night’s just a nest California Department of of such an instant just passed. my job’s just to drive Corrections, and as the San for an instant so righteous. Luis Obispo County Area Ah, the heat of it! We’re no more than bread! --Michael McLaughlin Coordinator for California Poets in Schools. McLaugh- lin has written two novels, Western Poetry Show Their Faces and Gang of One. In Back seat my son, you’d think March of 2016, Countless Asleep on Cinemas published his third, the upholstery of heaven. P A G E 4 Back to School -Saul Avila what kind of experience toring Center, Math Cen- you will get just by joining ter, and/or Reading & Back to School is this a new club. New classes Writing Center. Are you Fall Semester! 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