Staff Favorites: Christmas Movies

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… when my guilty pleasure of watching my favorite Christmas movies over and over actually passes as normal behavior.  What is it about certain Christmas movies that creates such devotion among viewers?  I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched It’s a Wonderful Life all the way through.…

Cook Library Cinema Club: Last Days in Vietnam

April 30, 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, precipitated by the capture by North Vietnamese forces of the city of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. In anticipation of the city’s capture by communist forces, the U.S. government began evacuating American Military and civilian personnel from Saigon in the month before the city’s fall.   In a shocking miscalculation, formal…