Site-Wide Activity

The CowsVisiting David Kline’s farm, the most interesting aspect to me was the cow barn. More specifically, it was the interaction between the cows […]

I contacted the folks at Wikiedu, and they said students should be able to find the link to see their peer reviews under the “My Articles” section of the course page,

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Little is known about the Dunning’s (my paternal familial lineage) prior to their arrival in the United States in the mid 19thcentury. Our family has yet to do extensive research about the genealogy. However, w […]

My parents migrated to the United Kingdom to attend college in the 1980s. Due to this migration, my sisters and I were born in the UK but have lived in Ghana most of our whole lives. The 1980s in Ghana was a […]

After careful thought over the two sides of the immigration issue in the Obstruction of Injustice piece, I desired to call attention to a third, more sinister side to the immigration debate some years after this […]

As an nth-generation American with an ambiguous cocktail of Western-European blood in his veins, I know little of my ancestry beyond tidbits that were deemed interesting enough to share around the dinner table […]

I do not have adequate information about my family’s heritage, because I only know what my mom has told me and I have never taken a DNA test. But what my mom has told me, was that I have Irish, Cherokee Native, […]

My two sides of my family (mother and father) could not have had two different immigration/migration stories into the United States. My mothers family migrated to  the United States as early as the Mayflower, […]

David Kline's Winter FriendsBecause Ohio just experienced the first snowfall of the season just a couple of days ago, it seems appropriate to write about a Winter chapter. […]

When looking into my family’s immigration history, I found that my father’s side of the family came from a german background and my mother’s side is Irish. My parents/grandparents were unable to tell me the german […]

The top student choices for our topics this week are Area 51 and the Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theories. Classics of our genre! I like these because I’ve done geological fieldwork near Area 51, and I […]

Religion in both documents are used as a utility of identity. In the Israeli Declaration of Independence the Tanakh is mentionedthree times: “…the Jews gave to the world the eternal Book of Books…” “…Israe […]

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The main topic for class discussion on 11/11 was the Bourbon Reforms. There were four central questions that drove class discussion. How does King Philip V attempt to rationalize colonial government […]

InterplayDuring our class visit to David Kline’s farm this past Monday, I was struck by the unusual relationship Kline had with his animals. Having […]

Autumn ColorsThe chapter “Autumn Colors” provides a great in depth perspective of David Kline’s appreciation of fall and the ecosystem. Specifically, David […]

Guinea: Fowl or Foul?The first thing that stood out to me upon our arrival to David Kline’s farm was the flock of guinea fowl roaming around the yard, cackling […]

Insect Appreciation TimeAfter visiting David Kline’s farm, I was struck by his fierce defense of insects. As memory serves, he defended insects, bemoaning their near […]

Following the right-wing coup in Bolivia and the resignation of Evo Morales, the governments and people of several Latin American countries have let their thoughts and opinions be heard. One of the main countries […]

Ethical Slaughter?I have always been of the mind that there’s no such thing as ethical slaughter. Being a vegetarian and on-and-off vegan for the past 6 years, m […]