Site-Wide Activity

“Stepping off that plane was the first time I felt like an immigrant” (WET). This quote refers to the point in the play where Alex steps off the plane in Guatemala for the first time. Alex has lived in the Uni […]

Alex Alpharaoh’s powerfully raw and vulnerable performance about his life and DACA experience taught me that people battling DACA struggle on a daily basis. DACA fighters must constantly watch their backs and w […]

Adam Clark

This performance that I went to was about the issues with DACA and how it affects immigrants that have come to this country illegally or have work permits but can not renew them because of the new […]

Este verano voy a trabajar en California a un parque. El parque se llama Calaveras Parque Estatal de Grandes Árboles. Estoy muy contenta y emocionada de trabajar con muchas personas hablando sobre la naturaleza y […]

Announcements

 Tons of grades are posted on Moodle

Do not be alarmed since Moodle doesn’t not calculate grades correctly

There was a reminder sent on Moodle about the group project and a poll  a […]

The article states that over the course of history, politicians have changed their accent in order to gain appeal with the voting population. The primary examples used are George W. Bush adopting a Texan drawl and […]

Writing Due: Your Accents, Identity, and Stereotype project is due this week: Accents, Identity, and Stereotype

You can either turn in your project to the front desk of the Writing Center by 3pm on Tuesday. […]

Classnotes

Class 1/30: The Portugese Colonial Enterprise

Class layout:

Map Quiz
Alberto presented a news story about the rise of evangelicalism and violence against the LGBT community […]

The 2018 Presidential election in Brazil will occur in the context of the impeachment of the previous President, Dilma Rousseff, the corruption charges against her successor Michel Temer, the conviction of […]

On the Caribbean island of Tobago, there is an odd snake. Many snakes are well camouflaged to blend in their environments, to surprise a tasty meal and to avoid their own predators. Other snakes are brightly […]

These discussion about the trans-Atlantic Slave trade and slavery persist, see “An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves”

“For over 200 years, powerful kings in what is now the country of […]

Martin Luther King Jr., “MLK_Jr._”Letter_from_a_Birmingham_Jail”:

In his famous, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” a response to white clergy men that asked King to slow down and described him, according […]

The reading mentioned several T.V. shows that influenced their view of the South and how they perceived Southern people to speak. What are some T.V. shows, movies (or any other pieces of audio) that contributed […]

Los olvidados is a film about Mexico City and the adverse social effects of poverty in an urban environment. The opening sequence situates the story as specific to Mexico City and also to other large cities in the […]

January 19, 2018: Bicycle Thieves (first day)

Seeing Antonio steel the bike at the end makes us rethink the circumstances that might have prompted the first man to steal Antonio’s bike. Necessity and p […]

Lunes a las 8:00:
Este Esta mañana, encontrè encontré una carta en mi oficina. La carta tenga tenía una araña en la junta adentro. Estaba muy soprendida. Cuando le la abría, hay había una nota que dice decía ” […]

Today, Brazil is seeing a steep increase in violence towards the LGBT community. With the rise of Brazilian Evangelical representation in Congress, anti-LGBT sentiments have transcended politics and have found […]

Mi fin de semana comenzó bien. El viernes, estaba muy feliz de haber terminado con las clases. Fui a cenar con mis amigos y luego hablamos durante horas en mi dormitorio. Dormí tarde  el sábado. Hice la tarea con […]

Este Esta semana, no mucho pasó mucho en las políticas relativamente. En el La semana pasada, el gobierno cerró porque los políticos no están estaban de acuerdo. Este Esta semana, ellos probaron […]