The OBOC program encourages the City of East Lansing-Michigan State University community to read the same book and come together to explore its themes and issues in a variety of campus and community settings each fall.
In the fall of 2001 representatives of Michigan State University and the City of East Lansing explored the feasibility of establishing a community-wide reading program...
The selection process includes a spectrum of representatives from MSU and the City of East Lansing who read and evaluate the merits of numerous selections.