During his sophomore year at St. Andrew's, William Lin '24 took an Advanced Studies history course called World at War, taught by History teacher and Dean of Studies Melinda Tower. This course elicited his curiosity about censorship during World War II. With already a passion for photography, he became very interested in the censoring of photos during the war. Fast forward to his junior year when he enrolled in another Advanced Studies history course, Research Seminar. Still feeling the excitement of his World at War class, it did not take William long to come up with his topic for his research paper. 

As Thanksgiving break approaches, the SAS Book Club has selected a much different work of fiction to read over the ten-day vacation. Club members chose the very old novel by James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice. This book was published in 1934, Cain's debut piece. The author has written many "hard-boiled" crime novels; Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce and The Embezzler are but a few. Once you've read this particular book, you may wonder what the title has to do with the story. An interesting explanation can be found here, in a Library of Congress blog post.