Saturday marked the end of the 28th annual Banned Books Week. A display stood in the main lobby at Olin Library all last week allowing students to voice their opinions about the event and the books that were acknowledged.

Yesterday The Washington Post printed the last edition of its eminent Book World, the weekly insert that stood as one of the country’s best book reviews. The story is what we’ve come to expect from print media today: plummeting subscription, faltering ad revenue, disappearing profits. Considered alongside the recent deaths of the Los Angeles Times’ and Chicago Tribune’s print book reviews, this seems to be the death knell for the form.

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A few weeks ago, Raed Jarrar was denied boarding at JFK Airport because his t-shirt displayed “We Will Not Be Silent” in Arabic. Employees told Jarrar to change or turn his shirt inside out, as it was offending the other passengers. These types of incidents serve as reminders of the importance of the First Amendment, which addresses the right to freedom of expression. Last week, the Cornell University Library sponsored an interactive project focusing on banned and challenged books in order to raise awareness in the Cornell community about these issues.