Required Reading ================ In response to a controversial reading assignment at the University of North Carolina , requiring incoming freshman to read "Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations" by Michael Sells, General Assemb- ly lawmakers announced on Tuesday a proposal to protect North Caro- lina college students from dangerous ideas. The statute, if passed, will restrict taxpayer-funded universities in North Carolina to a State-sanctioned list of recommended readings. An early draft of the list was released to media outlets, also on Tuesday: o "Considerations on 'The Cat and the Hat'" by William F. Buckley, Jr. o "Dick and Jane and Gender" by Camille Paglia o "Mother Goose But No Father?" by Laura Schlessinger o "Objectivism and 'The Little Engine That Could'" by the Ayn Rand Institute (Editors) o "'Peter Pan' and the Dangers of Dreaming" by John Ashcroft o "'Green Eggs and Ham' - Are You Prepared For Bioter- rorism?" Caleb Carr (with introduction by Donald Rumsfeld) o "Pooh Matters" by Phillip C. McGraw o "'The Wheels of the Bus Go Round and Round' and Other Public Transportation Issues" by Rudolph Giuliani o "Curious George and the Atkins Diet" by Robert C. At- kins o "Hearing a Who: Exploring the Microverse" by Stephen Hawking o "Liberal Bias in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Ann H. Coulter o "My First Dictionary" by George W. Bush and Other Copyright 2002 by Michael J. Legeros Home Search Mike Legeros Copyright 2025 by Michael J. Legeros