1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

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Orwell's nightmarish year has students
Watching Big Brother
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tr- The 1914 BIt: Brothe. Ciole"d.<
. 9Sot _ GeoenlS In American
hl'iloty:' 1I11151ll1lln. m,ny InstaR«'S "0{
~rn~nl Intrusion Inlo our IIves."1 The
8If: 8 rother Book of IMIa SUlyed on book
orders unlJll1 appeared In Lite December
1981. Arnone the book', 19114 Information
were: the 10 mOSI lrequently censored
boob In Amerla, ) ways 10 bt1na down
Fidei Cntro, n Sua&esled by Ian Flemln8
to IoIIn F Kennedy; II CIA·backed COvern­
_nl$lh;It h.ive 1,lIen, ,nd I. Edpr Hoov·
~I 8 ...... ys 10 spot. ca. dt1ven by a communist
Orders b
Yea. It YiJ" I·s.hlnscame In 10 shin shops
like SIIlrules 0fI ~In St.reel
In this ......'IlI! 01 Orwdlmanl.l, students
and townspeople bepn to take a oecond
look .t ceflaln technolOClcal devices
around campus with a suspicious e~ . "Beause
Orwell's vision 01 the future Is 50
threatenl"" mlIny people become wal)'
when they W(! a new eleclriaol device or
system," commented Rhett Hayes. II 5enlor
In me.:h.inltlll en8ineet1na. "SufVll!lIIan