This month we celebrate Día de los Muertos, a tradition originating from Mexico. In Las Cruces, New Mexico Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated with candlelit processions, homemade altars in the streets, and a giant piñata. (Cities of the United States, 2009)
This commemorative ritual allows the bereaved to celebrate the lives of the deceased, Preserving bonds with the dead is
a human need endorsed
by many cultures around the world. (Bereavement, The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2008)
To learn more about Day of the Dead you can read these
articles from the History Resource Center database (requires login)
or listen to a November
2008 National Public Radio broadcast.
This Fall 2009 semester the Escondido Center Library and San Marcos Campus Library have added
additional textbooks via the President's Associates grant program. Students may use the textbooks while they study in the Library. Textbooks are listed in the online catalog.
Click here to view the catalog. If you do not see yours, please drop by or call us (760-744-1150, ext.8113) to find out if your textbook is available.
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Added 08/30/09
Escondido Students give a Shout out to the Library!
We asked some repeat library users what they like best about the
Library at
the Escondido Center campus.
The Escondido Center campus library is named in honor of
Valley Center dairy farmer Ernest J. Allen. Thanks to a bequest from
Mr. Allen the Palomar College Library built its first 'branch', the
Ernest J. Allen Library (EJA), which opened September 22, 1997. To
further honor our benefactor the library maintains a collection of
dairy memorabilia, including a few items from the Allen dairy. The
Palomar College Foundation currently
administers investments made with the remainder of Mr. Allen's
financial gift. Interest accrued on the funds remains available to
further enhance library services to students at the Escondido
Center.
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