Fun Distractions: Carving Foam Pumpkins

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Ever wonder how to make a Jack-O-Lantern from a foam pumpkin? When you carve a real pumpkin, you can only enjoy your handy work for a few weeks. Check out this video from SKS Props to see how you can make a Halloween decoration that will last for years! Follow the links below for 2 different designs.

Monster Eyes Pumpkin – https://youtu.be/MHysg-URqMQ?si=WRcyebhwLSycWYqL
Mimic Pumpkin – https://youtu.be/4kpOWJ5Wz2A?si=J59V6f99K26HKB5L

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Two-Sentence Horror Story Contest

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Image of two jack-o-lanterns and their reflections, created by David Menidrey on Unsplash

October is the month for horror!  Memorial Library and The Writing Center are hosting a two-sentence horror story contest to celebrate.  All SUNY Cortland students are welcome to participate.  Entries must be submitted online by Sunday, 10/22 at https://forms.office.com/r/mebn6xvRk4.  Story submissions must be original and two sentences long.

The first place winner will receive a Zombie Kittens board game.  Three lucky winners will have their stories presented in the Digital Commons institutional repository (https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/) and in Library social media (Facebook and Instagram @sunycortlandmemoriallibrary).

For full contest rules and information, please visit the contest link.

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BBW23: Read a Banned Book

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Celebrate Banned Books Week by reading a book “they” don’t want you to read! You can find the books from last year’s Top Most Challenged Books List (https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10) in the Teaching Materials Center (TMC) and the Library’s Main collection. The top most challenged book, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is available in the Graphic Novels section of the TMC. Stop by to take a look, and use the Collection Discovery (https://tiny.cc/BannedBooksML) feature to find even more banned and challenged titles.

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Picking Up Books at Memorial Library

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Have you requested a book to be picked up at Memorial Library?

Patrons can view the status of pick-up requests in their library card/account. Go to the Library tab in myRedDragon and scroll down to the lower right side of the page and click on “Your Library Account”. If you have ONESearch opened, you can also get there by clicking on your name in the upper right corner.

After you click your name, you can click on “my requests” to view both ILL and pick-up requests, as well as the status. When a pick-up request is pending, you will see that status in the account.