Site-Wide Activity

The current President of Brazil, Michel Temer, suggested that he plans on running for a new term in this October’s election. Temer originally entered the office of the Presidency in 2016 after the impeachment of D […]

On March 20th, Brazil’s government announced that it planned to vaccinate the entire country against another outbreak of yellow fever by April 2019. For those who may not know, yellow fever is a nasty disease. It […]

Over spring break, two important killings occurred in Rio de Janeiro. One, the death of Matheus Melo, 23, a poor black man whose death received moderate coverage. His death is one of many for the city and many […]

Happy IS Tuesday!

For class today here’s what we did and what you hopefully learned!

Brazilian History & Culture Blog Post: presented by Nasua, we learned about the Natural Hair Movement in Brazil. Recently, […]

This chapter by Lippi Green explores language discrimination targeting Spanish speaking communities in the United States. By introducing a summarized history of how terms such as “Hispanic” arose to define a […]

En condecoración de los señores completando I.S., quiero escribir sobre una señor estudiante del cuarto año** que se quejó sobre I.S. mucho. En los cuatro años pasados, ella he estudió ha estudiado el sujeto la […]

Tuve unas buenas vacaciones de primavera. Estaba feliz de ver mi familia y mis amigos. Estaba emocionada de ver a mi perro y novio. Fui de compras con mi madre muchas veces. Compré muchas cosas por muy barato. […]

María va a la playa hoy. Ella espera que ella encuentre encontrar** un hombre guapo. María lleva un bikini brevísimo pequeño para que un hombre la vea. María trae su perro también. Ella está muy contenta porque e […]

Durante mis vacaciones, dormí y pasé tiempo con mi familia. El descanso fue relajante y tuve poco trabajo. ¡mis padres tenían más trabajo que yo! Fui a Skidmore (una universidad) y visité a un amigo de la escue […]

Durante la vacación de marzo yo trabajé mucho y nadé mucho. Cuando yo viajo viajé a mi casa mi hermana fue más rápida que mi yo. Ella nada mucho cuando yo estoy en Ohio y yo no nado mucho. La piscina de la univer […]

En la universidad, tengo cuatro buenos amigos. Se llaman Lauryn, Reveca, Zoie, y BJ. Lauryn es más atlética que el resto de nosotros. Ella juega lacrosse para el equipo de Wooster. Reveca es la más artística en e […]

Why this world: An author biography of Clarice Lispector
Today’s class began with Mia doing a book Analysis on a biography of Clarice Lispector by titled Why this world. Mia’s presentation helped the class hav […]

Beyond the general notion of Nashville, Tennessee as a “music city”, this city has a deep history of racial discrimination and segregation given that it is in the South.  As I toured the city through the lenses […]

Civil Rights Room at Nashville Public Library photo: Demarco Johnson

I was in Nashville, Tennessee last week and I had the opportunity to see the city, not through the lenses of a tourist but through the lenses […]

Since coming home for spring break there has been a lot of talk in the news about the Cincinnati Police Department. The Assistant Chief, Dave Bailey, was forced to retire last week after the city manager accused […]

Recently, I got a few wildlife cameras for my “Natural History of the Vertebrates” class. We deployed them out at Fern Valley Field Station for about a month (January and February 2018). The great thing about the […]

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a documentary about the creation and significance of Historically Black College and Universities in the United States.  It starts from the e […]

How is poverty portrayed?

Poverty is a huge theme for Macabéa in Hour of the Star, not only poverty as in socioeconomic status but poverty in her spirit and her life experiences. Poverty is a major issue in […]