{"id":6564,"date":"2014-06-18T10:58:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2014-06-18T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T14:58:03","slug":"first-readings-2014-oil-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/first-readings-2014-oil-water\/","title":{"rendered":"First Readings 2014: <em>Oil &amp; Water<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #373737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6565\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1.jpg\" alt=\"oil and water first readings\" width=\"960\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-768x176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-100x23.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-200x46.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-450x103.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-600x138.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2014\/06\/oilwaterHeader1-900x206.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">This year\u2019s First Readings selection is the film\u00a0<em>Oil &amp; Water<\/em>. Here are a few things of note about\u00a0<em>Oil &amp; Water<\/em>\u00a0and the First Readings program.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #373737\">\n<li>The library has\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1982d1\" href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/firstreadings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">created a website<\/a>\u00a0as a part of the First Readings Program.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilandwaterdocumentary.com\/\">Oil &amp; Water<\/a><\/i><\/span>\u00a0is the story of two boys (Hugo Lucitante and David Poritz &#8217;12)\u00a0coming of age as they confront one of the world\u2019s worst toxic disasters.<\/li>\n<li>The film was directed by Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith.<\/li>\n<li>Francine Strickwerda, Laurel Spellman Smith, and David Poritz &#8217;12\u00a0will visit campus in the fall to speak to the first-year students.<\/li>\n<li>This is the First Readings program\u2019s eighth\u00a0year.<\/li>\n<li>The First Readings program provides first-year and transfer students with a common experience that introduces them to the pleasures and rigors of academic life at Brown University.<\/li>\n<li>First Readings is sponsored by the Dean of the College and Brown Alumni Association.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to check out the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1982d1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/FirstReadings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@firstreadings<\/a>\u00a0twitter feed for updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">For more information about <em>Oil &amp; Water<\/em>\u00a0or the First Readings program\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1982d1\" href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/firstreadings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s First Readings selection is the film\u00a0Oil &amp; Water. Here are a few things of note about\u00a0Oil &amp; Water\u00a0and the First Readings program. The library has\u00a0created a website\u00a0as a part of the First Readings Program. Oil &amp; Water\u00a0is the story of two boys (Hugo Lucitante and David Poritz &#8217;12)\u00a0coming of age as they confront <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/first-readings-2014-oil-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  First Readings 2014: &lt;em&gt;Oil &amp; Water&lt;\/em&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}