What Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup, 2017-18

Barack Obama’s remarks from the 2016 commencement ceremony at Howard University
Satire from The Onion: “Hundreds Killed in Brutal Pro-Something-Anti-Something Clash”
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
New historical analysis by Jason Johnson, “‘An ugly piece of work’: Cold War conflict on the German frontline”
Ross Gay’s poem, “A Small Needful Fact”
Danez Smith’s poem, “juxtaposing the black boy and the bullet”
A visual essay by artist and entrepreneur Gabriel Lacktman, “Growing Up with Graffiti: Reflections on Transitioning from a Part-Time Felon to a Full-Time Artist, and Then Back Again”
“Invasion of the Taxi Snatchers: Uber Leads an Industry’s Destruction” by journalist Brad Stone
“A Sociological History of Soccer Violence” by journalist Tiffanie Wen
An article from the Journal of Counseling Psychology titled “Does Self-Stigma Reduce the Probability of Seeking Mental Health Information?”
Jyoti Jaggernath’s research on “Women, climate change and environmentally induced conflicts in Africa”
SU alum Melissa Goodrich’s short story Moon Tale
Film analysis by Ajay Parasram titled “Race, Class, and Gender at the Margins: Exploring My Name Is Khan”
An article by NPR’s Hanna Rosin titled “How A Danish Town Helped Young Muslims Turn Away From ISIS
The concluding chapter from interfaith activist Eboo Patel’s book Sacred Ground