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Article from the Honolulu Weekly, September 17, 2008

Stiff:
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

The Common Book Program
at Windward Community College

Events for the Fall

September 23, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
Cemeteries of Hawaii by Nanette Napoleon, a researcher of Hawaii cemeteries, Harold Lewis, superintendant, Oahu Cemetery, and Kevin Kallet, president, Ultimate Cremation Services of Hawaii

October 7, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
A Tale of Two Grandmothers: Funerals in Thailand and South Jersey by Pam DaGrossa, Anthropology instructor at Windward CC

October 14, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
STIFF: An Insiders Perspective, Thoughts From a Death Care Expert by Steven Labrash, director of the Anatomy Lab at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (and Lost extra)

October 21, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
The Maggot and Worm Traveling Road Show by professor Lee Goff, author, forensic entomologist at Chaminade University, and advisor to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

November 10, 10:30am, place to be determined
Feng Shui of Okinawan Graveyards by Toshi Ikagawa, Geography and Meteorology instructor at Windward CC. Co-sponsored by the International Education Committee

Events for the Spring

How Shakespeare Kills People, and What He Does With Their Bodies, by Brian Richardson, Political Science instructor at Windward CC

Around the Community

• "American Resting Place" exhibit at Mission Houses Museum (PDF)
• Bodies - exhibition at Ala Moana Shopping Center

Previous Common Books at WCC

• Fall 2004 : Fast Food Nation
• Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 : Ka'a'awa
• Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 : Nickel and Dimed and The World is Flat
• Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 : Ishmael

What is a Common Book?