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TICONDEROGA | Nate Clemmer’s family wanted to go somewhere warm for Thanksgiving last year. But Lake Placid was about to get hit with their first winter weather event of the season, and Clemmer needed to be there. » Road Salt Cont. on pg. 20

A ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 6 marked the opening of the recently rebuilt Stewart’s Shop on Route 3 in the Town of Plattsburgh. The project followed a significant investment in Plattsburgh in 2016, according to Public Relations Specialist Maria D’Amelia. Upgrades at three Stewart’s Shops locations in the area totaled over $1 million. Town Supervisor Michael Cashman said that Stewart’s “should be applauded for their investment and reinvestment in the community.” To celebrate the opening, Stewart’s Shop Senior Vice President Dave Caruso presented a $1,000 check to the Plattsburgh Public Library to support the library’s plan to construct a makerspace. Photo by Elizabeth Izzo

Banned books brought into spotlight SUNY Plattsburgh students, staﬀ read from controversial lit By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

PLATTSBURGH | Elaine Ostry is an English professor at SUNY Plattsburgh. She’s also a parent. So when it comes to books being challenged, a practice that often involves parents calling for controversial books to be removed from local libraries or schools, she can understand both sides.

Associate Librarian Tim Harnett lead this year’s Banned Book Readout at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Feinberg Library. Photo by Elizabeth Izzo

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Tim Hartnett said no books are banned at the college, and he’s unaware of any local cases of book bans or challenges. “We’re a community that’s very committed to defending the right to read,” he said. The process of banning and challenging books has a lengthy history at both the federal and local level at schools and libraries. According to “A History of the Book in America” by Paul Boyer, one of the fi rst publicized cases was the banning of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” “Historically speaking, (bans) were not so much about age issues but subject,” Harnett said. But books from all viewpoints are important, he said. “Books are crucial to self expression and self education.” Shelby Cleamon, a theater major from Ithaca, chose to read Ovid’s erotic poems: “If some god said ‘live loveless,’ I’d say no.” A graduate student, Skylar Hunyadi, chose a more modern option: J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” which saw challenges throughout the world for allegedly promoting witchcraft. The choice of Professor of Theater Shawna Kelty? Judy Blume’s classic novel “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.” » Banned Books Cont. on pg. 7

“I teach children’s and young adult literature,” Ostry said. “They’re banned more than any other genre because parents and teachers are concerned about what children read.” Last Wednesday marked the sixth installment of SUNY Plattsburgh’s annual Banned Book Readout, part of a nationwide initiative designed to shine a light on controversial books and advocate against their censorship. Holding up a copy of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” — the most challenged book of 2015, according to the American Library Association — Ostry says that as a parent she’s hesitant to have her daughter read the book, which contains an explicit sex scene between two high school students. “I’m a little hesitant despite being against banning books,” she said. “I’m still not sure that I want my 12 year old reading it.” But as a teacher, she knows and agrees with the author’s intent. “This issue — it’s more nuanced.” As Ostry read the sex scene aloud, a pair of male students walked past and smirked at each other. A few giggles sounded from the audience. Ostry finished the reading with a smile, and the next reader, a librarian named Elin O’Hara, took her place behind the podium. SUNY Plattsburgh Associate Librarian

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