Lincoln Park High School Library

Librarians:
Ms. Mangurten and
Mr. Herranz                
Library Hours: 7:15am - 4:30pm

___ This May, Chicago will host the annual meeting of NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) which will focus the world's eyes on Chicago as a great metropolitan city, as well as the significance of NATO in world politics. This is a perfect opportunity for the LPHS community to learn about a topic that influences our lives.

"In May 2012, the City of Chicago will serve as the host for a summit which will be among the most important diplomatic forums of the year. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit will be held from May 20th to 21st. In joining the ranks of other world-class cities that have hosted this event—Paris, Rome, and Brussels, to name a few--Chicago will mark several milestones:

• The first city in the United States outside of Washington, D.C. to host a NATO summit.
• The largest city to host a NATO summit in nearly a decade.

In all, several thousand dignitaries, along with an international press corps of thousands, will gather in Chicago. Attendees will include Heads of State and Government, cabinet ministers, other high-ranking government officials, and NATO’s Secretary General. In addition to the official meetings, the summit will bring a number of related events and conferences."

To attend events that are open to the public, visit the Chicago NATO Summit website here.

For more information regarding the 2012 Summit, visit the Chicago NATO website here.

In this video clip of his visit, Muhammad Yunus discusses micro-credit and how it has helped the poor in Bangladesh and around the world through his organization, Grameen Bank, and its affiliates worldwide. Visit Mr. Yunus' website muhammadyunus.org for more information._

Insurgent: the sequel to Divergent. One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries not to think about her mother’s suicide (her last words to Lena were a forbidden “I love you”) or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond her Portland, Maine, border. There’s no real point—she believes her government knows how to best protect its people, and should do so at any cost. But 95 days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter and her skin turn red-hot. As their romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power, and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure.