Freshmen Required to Read, Study ‘Three Cups of Tea’ at WSU Vancouver
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The year’s required freshman reading project at Washington State University Vancouver is the best seller “Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time,” http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ by Greg Mortenson and Portland’s David Oliver Relin.
Each year, a book is chosen at WSU Vancouver to go with the general education theme, which is currently “Global change in a local context.” This year’s freshmen have already received their complementary copies of the book. They are expected to show up for their first General Education class Aug. 25 ready to answer several discussion questions about the book, such as: In what ways has “Three Cups of Tea” challenged your perspectives of Islam or the Muslim world? Why does Mortenson focus on or emphasize providing education to girls?
In a July 13 column, New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristoff said of this book, “Mr. Mortenson has become a legend in the region, his picture sometimes dangling like a talisman from rearview mirrors, and his work has struck a chord in America as well.” (Full op-ed http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/op ... kristof.htm)
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