USI Community Read

USI Community Read The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture.

This year's program (War and Our Communities) focuses on readjustment issues after wartime service facing Veterans, their families and communities.

10/23/2021

“A day in the Life of Sue the Trump supporter…

Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid co**ie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of her medications are paid for by her employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Sue gets it too.

She prepares her morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Sue's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the shower, Sue reaches for her shampoo. Her bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for her right to know what she was putting on her body and how much it contained.

Sue dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air she breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

She walks to the subway station for her government-subsidized ride to work. It saves her considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Sue begins her work day. She has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Sue's employer pays these standards because Sue's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Sue is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, she'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think she should lose her home because of her temporary misfortune.

It's noon and Sue needs to make a bank deposit so she can pay some bills. Sue's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Sue's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

Sue has to pay her Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and her below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Sue and the government would be better off if she was educated and earned more money over her lifetime.

Sue is home from work. She plans to visit her father this evening at his farm home in the country. She gets in her car for the drive. Her car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards.

She arrives at her childhood home. Her generation was the third to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

She is happy to see her father, who is now retired. Her father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Sue wouldn't have to.

Sue gets back in her car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Sue enjoys throughout her day.

Sue agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm self-made and believe everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."”

Evansville’s Big Read event has been rescheduled from March 2. It will now come to a close at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, March...
03/05/2014

Evansville’s Big Read event has been rescheduled from March 2. It will now come to a close at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, March 7 when Mark Cambron, district conservationist for Vanderburgh County, will give a presentation on the range of impacts and outcomes of the Great Depression and the Great Recession at Central Library in Evansville.

University of Southern Indiana

A dramatic reading of The Grapes of Wrath will take place today at Evansville Vanderburgh Central Library at 3:30 p.m. a...
02/26/2014

A dramatic reading of The Grapes of Wrath will take place today at Evansville Vanderburgh Central Library at 3:30 p.m. and at USI’s David L. Rice Library at 5 p.m. The readings are free and light refreshments will be provided.

Evansville’s Big Read event will come to a close at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 2 when Mark Cambron, district conservationis...
02/26/2014

Evansville’s Big Read event will come to a close at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 2 when Mark Cambron, district conservationist for Vanderburgh County, will give a presentation on the range of impacts and outcomes of the Great Depression and the Great Recession at Central Library in Evansville.

University of Southern Indiana

Big Read events this week will include a talk titled "Of Determination and Despair" and screenings of The Grapes of Wrat...
02/18/2014

Big Read events this week will include a talk titled "Of Determination and Despair" and screenings of The Grapes of Wrath and a documentary on the Dustbowl. Additional details and events can be found at http://www.usi.edu/big-read/about-the-program.

02/11/2014

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Dr. Robert Reid, USI provost emeritus and professor emeritus of history, will present the Big Read keynote address at 7 ...
02/04/2014

Dr. Robert Reid, USI provost emeritus and professor emeritus of history, will present the Big Read keynote address at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, in USI’s Mitchell Auditorium. Free and open to the public, the illustrated lecture will examine the relationship between The Grapes of Wrath and documented photography from the 1930’s depicting rural life, agriculture labor floods, and droughts in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Texas. More Big Read events can be found online at http://www.usi.edu/big-read/about-the-program.

The Big Read will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 2, at Central Library in Evansville. A panel of USI faculty member...
01/31/2014

The Big Read will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 2, at Central Library in Evansville. A panel of USI faculty members will discuss the relevance of the novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Check out additional Big Read events at http://www.usi.edu/big-read/about-the-program.

01/30/2014

USI partners with community for ‘Big Read’ reading program

01/28/2014

Remember folks our Big Read is coming up soon, here is the first upcoming week of events!

February 2, 2-4 p.m. Opening Panel/Reception, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

February 5, 7 p.m Keynote Address, Mitchell Auditorium, USI

Feb. 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Talk “Heritage Quilts” by Nell Jordan

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