Fred Parks Law Library

Our favorite patron is back in the Library! He and Oliver Wendell Gnome are catching up on all the tea from the last year. Come say hi!

Congratulations to Anna Ferris for winning the TV give away from CALI! Thank you to CALI for visiting campus and thank you to all the students who stopped by and visited with them.

It’s Constitution Day, and to help us celebrate Houston Public Library is here to sign you up for a library card! You don’t need to live in Houston to get a card! Come get your library card and then grab constitution swag! Everyone needs a pocket constitution. Plus, grab a word find to get free prints! Need a pen? Pencil? Bookmark? We’ve got ‘em!

The Library Research Workshops return tomorrow! Join us this week to learn all about secondary sources - what they are and which ones you should use.

“The women’s movement is the only one where we grow more radical with age.” Gloria Steinem said this on May 20, 1985, before a standing room only crowd at South Texas College of Law. Steinem’s speech on po*******hy and the first amendment was sponsored by Women in Law and the Student Public Interest Law Group. In the audience, along with students, faculty, and staff, were Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire and Houston councilwoman Eleanor Tinsley. Steinem dedicated her life to equality and civil rights. She cofounded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center. In 1970, she testified before the Senate on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. Gloria has passed away at the age of 92. You can read about her speech and visit to South Texas in our student newspaper, Annotations, https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144434/.

Join us today from 11:30-12:30 or from 4:30-5:30 to learn about all the study guides available through the Library! There will be snacks and you can enter into a drawing for a private study room for finals!

On this day, August 26, 1981, the library became part of the Federal Depository Library Program. On first floor we have a slew of federal publications. In honor of our 45 years, Oliver Wendell Gnome is hanging out down there. First person to find him and bring him back to the reference desk wins 100 free prints!

That’s a wrap on new student orientation! Many of our new 1Ls came through the library and got to meet our resident gnome. It’s going to be a great semester!

Preparing for our Netflix documentary on new student orientation. Join us at the Library Open House on Thursday at 4 pm and/or Friday at 1:30!