Camarillo, Calif., Nov. 7, 2007鈥敽＝巧缜� will present its annual Campus Reading Celebration featuring Jared Diamond, author of 鈥淕uns, Germs, and Steel鈥� at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Note: doors open for this event at 6 p.m. The event will be held in Salon A on the 海角社区CI campus. A book-signing will follow Diamond鈥檚 presentation.
Reservations are required for this event. Reservations also may be made by calling 805-437-8598. Admission for 海角社区CI students, faculty, and staff is free, but reservations are required. The cost to attend the event is $10 for community members and $5 for non-海角社区CI students.
Limited parking is available on campus and is $6 for a daily permit. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo with free shuttle service to and from the campus until 10 p.m. Riders should board the 海角社区CI Vista bus. There will be way-finding signage on campus directing attendees to parking and the event.
This year鈥檚 Campus Reading Celebration book is Diamond鈥檚 Pulitzer Prize winning 鈥淕uns, Germs, and Steel.鈥� A national bestseller, 鈥淕uns, Germs, and Steel鈥� details a global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race. The Campus Reading Celebration provides an annual opportunity for the campus community and public to share in a common intellectual experience.
Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, also is the author of the best-selling and award-winning 鈥淭he Third Chimpanzee鈥� and 鈥淐ollapse.鈥� He has published more than 200 articles in various magazines and journals.
The University鈥檚 Foundation along with support from the University鈥檚 Instructionally Related Activities Fund provided funding to give copies of the book to new and continuing 海角社区CI students free of charge.
For more information about the Campus Reading Celebration contact Amber Weir, events coordinator, 805-437-8548 or amber.weir@csuci.edu.
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