Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, in The New York Times

A letter to the editor by Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz was published in a recent article in The New York Times. In her letter, she writes, “David Brooks reports research on the value of books versus reliance on Internet reading. Sadly noting my students’ current practice of selling their books back to the campus bookstore at the end of the term, I have devised a small scheme, a countermeasure: I buy very beautiful little bookplates, inscribe them individually with the student’s name and then hand these out to everyone on the last day of class… Despite the irresistible attractions and glitter of speed and technology, many students seem to have a hunger for slow reading and for the in-depth discussion of characters and ideas.”

The opinion article, “The Better Teacher: Books or Bytes?” ran July 12.