Tag - Banned Books Week

Troubling Trends in Book Censorship

Nationwide, more than ever extreme efforts have been made to employ book bans in libraries and schools. Banned Books Week, an event held annually to celebrate...

2022 Banned Books Week Social Media Contest

In celebration of Banned Books Week Sigma Tau Delta and National English Honor Society are teaming up to host the seventh annual Banned Books Week social media...

Intellectual Freedom Challenge Experience

Literature has always fascinated me. I see it as an opportunity for escapism, to travel in time and to question the world around me. I remember when my teacher...

Intellectual Freedom Challenge

NEHS’s Intellectual Freedom Challenge (IFC) invites sophomore or junior NEHS members to submit well-reasoned, argumentative essays about the use of...

NEHS Focuses on Writing

Ernest Hemingway stated, “There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then...

George Orwell and Recent Censorship

Censorship: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc., that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to...

IFC and Banned Books Week

As announced in the last newsletter, the Intellectual Freedom Challenge (IFC) is now open to sophomore and junior members of NEHS interested in writing an...