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Does math scare you?

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The enemy: math anxiety The weapon: CHOCOLATE The killing field: Periodicals Room, Library When: February 20 at College Hour (12:20 to 1:15 p.m.) Come to the library to slay math anxiety by using chocolate! We have chocolate goodies coffee puzzles (no math knowledge required -- how cool is that?) prizes for those who complete a puzzle information about how to fight math anxiety Join us and have some fun!

We're rolling now!

The semester is in full swing, and everyone is so busy! Now that papers are being assigned, you might need a few resources, and we have the books for you! Check out some of these: Greetings, students in Professor Pincus's history class. Need a book for your book review? May we suggest: Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam by Gordon Goldstein Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon by Jane Rhodes Lynching to Belong: Claiming Whiteness through Racial Violence by Cynthia Nevels For those in early American Literature looking for a topic, try: Herman Melville: an Introduction by Wyn Kelley The economy has and is struggling. Given the impact this has on your future job prospects, knowing as much about it as possible might help. Try: Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity by Michael Lewis High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families by Peter Gosselin For you science buffs, try Why Size Matters: Fr