Reformation Day -- October 31, 1517

490 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses (or complaints) of the Catholic Church on the door of the church at Wittenberg. In comemoration, we *nailed* a copy of that revolutionary document to the glass door of the library this morning.

To learn more about this event, the History Channel has a This Day in History article about it: Martin Luther posts 95 theses.

To read an English translation of the actual document, thanks to Project Wittenberg.

Tomorrow is All Saints Day. We have pulled two copies of Foxe's Book of Martyrs out for students to look at. One copy is updated to the present by the Voice of the Martyrs.

Could you pass the US Citizenship test?

Test your knowledge about US history & government. How many stripes are on the US flag? When was the Constitution written? 1776? 1876?

Take this quiz of sample questions from the US Citizenship test.

Election Season is Just Around the Corner!

It's only 391 days until the next presidential election...! Do you know who you will vote for?

MSN Politics has created this great matrix for evaluating the presidential hopefuls based upon 5 catergories: economy, energy, healthcare, immigration and the Iraq War.

Lectures on YouTube

UC Berkeley is now posting some of it's lectures on YouTube.

Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents is a non-major's introduction to the subject.

SIMS 141 Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business features a lecture by Google founder Sergey Brin.

From biology to chemistry, you can view lectures from the comfort of your computer.

New Books

If you haven't noticed the new book cart is back & filled our latest editions to the collection.

Here's just a sampling...

Following Jesus in a culture of fear by Scott Bader-Saye. 248.4 B134f

The blogging church : sharing the story of your church through blogs by Brian Bailey with Terry Storch. 254.3 B154b

Twelve days : the story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen. 943.9052 S443t