{"id":4875,"date":"2020-06-24T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=4875"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:59:05","slug":"merriam-webster-collegiate-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/merriam-webster-collegiate-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2017 &#8211; Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"\">\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\"><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2017\/author\/\">2017 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2017\/title\/\">2017 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2020\/06\/merriam-webster-collegiate-dictionary.jpg\" alt=\"merriam-webster collegiate dictionary\" width=\"303\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/search~S12\/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=merriam-webster%27s+collegiate+dictionary&amp;searchscope=12&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tmerriam-webster+collegiate+dictionary\">Held at Marshall Libraries.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<p>At the state-run Foreign Language Bookstore in Shanghai, China, it was noticed that two entire pages were removed from every copy of the dictionary to cover up the entry for Taiwan because it contradicts China&#8217;s official line on the disputed island.<\/p>\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n<p>Pulled from the Menifee (CA) Union School District because a parent complained when a child came across the term &#8220;oral sex.&#8221; Officials said the district is forming a committee to consider a permanent classroom ban of the dictionary.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>July 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4875","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9975,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4875\/revisions\/9975"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}