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In Mexico, Not Dead; Not Alive, Just Gone 

In the article named “In Mexico, Not Dead; Not Alive, Just Gone”,  it addresses incessant citizen missing events in Mexico have become a such urgent issue in Mex […]

Cuando era joven, mi padre y yo salíamos todos los domingos. Fuimos a “Guilford Lake”. Nos caminamos y escuchamos música. Yo jugaría en el lago. Entonces compraríamos helado. Nos comeríamos una banana split. ¡Fue divertido!

Cabanaconde, the location where the Virgin of Carmen fiesta is celebrated, is an important piece of identity for not only the Cabeneños who reside in the village, but also for the migrants who have sought another […]

Cuando yo estaba en el descanso del Día de Acción de Gracias, la profesora DiDomenico me invitó  a su casa para cenar juntos. Fuimos a la casa de su tío en Akron y yo había una mejorest cena en mi vida. Era mi pr […]

It is clear after reading the article that the Virgin of Carmen festival plays an incredibly important role in community identity for the Cabaneños. For Cabaneños abroad, the funding, planning, participation in, a […]

In the article “The Show Must Go On: The Role of Fiestas in Andean Transnational Migration” by Karsten Paerregaard, he talks about the fiesta of Virgin of Carmen and the significance it holds for the Cabaneno com […]

     I thought the article on Fiestas in Andean Transnational Migration was a very interesting read, especially in the context of the themes in our class. Cabanaconde is a special village in southern Peru that ta […]

La semana pasada fui a mi casa para Acción de Gracias. Para comenzar la semana, tomé el GRE. Fue largo, pero lo hice genial. Después del examen, ayudé a prepararme para que mi familia venga. Tuvimos 20 per […]

We are getting a new police station in town. Why the old one is obsolete is beyond me. The only act of “evil” committed in my town is going a few miles over the speed limit, and this is hardly a matter worth fla […]

Social scientists do important work that is often used to make real-world policy decisions. But how do we know that their conclusions are right? Peer review is one important way that we ensure that research […]

The Paerregaard article talks about how the transnational citizens use the Virgin of Carmen as a mediation and media to express their ties to the original community in Cabanaconde. When people moved from one place […]

The best way to learn about reproducibility is to actually do it. This exercise will teach you the basics of the Tier Protocol through the analysis of a dataset on racial attitudes in the United States. Our […]

The Virgen Carmen is very important to the culture of Cabanaconde. The Virgen is very important because she offers a type of connection to the culture of Cabanaconde for the many migrants who leave the area. All […]

Cuando era un sophomore en la escuela secundaria, fui a Disney World con mi coro. Iban todos los años. Estuve enfermo la semana antes de ir, así que estaba nervioso. Pero, tenía un gran tiempo. El vuelo era temp […]

Thanks again to Megan for a very productive workshop!

Here is the link for the EdTech iMovie Tutorial.

Keep taking your Instagram photos!

We’ll have peer review of your scripts in class on Monday, […]

Beidorm es un gran festival del 9 al 14 de noviembre. Es para honrar a dos santos; la Virgen del Sufragio y el apóstol San Jaime. Las calles están decoradas con flores. También hay un desfile muy grande. Hay un […]

Cuando estaba en la escuela primaria, era alta y delgada. Mi pelo era largo y liso, no rizado. Era muy atlética. ¡Era tímida pero muy contenta!  Ahora, soy más sociable. Pero soy introvertido. ¡Yo no soy muy diferente!

Este fin de semana es muy interesante y divertido.

Cuando era viernes, fui al cine con mis amigos y vimos “Liga de la justicia”. La película fue un desperdicio del dinero. Nos sentimos muy decepcionados, pero es […]

I live in a small town that really loves being a small town. Willoughby is the kind of place that has heavy regulations about new construction. They don’t mind that it happens, but they are very particular about […]