Somethings in the Air by Garner Campbell Podcasting is taking its place among the dizzying variety of grassroots media now available to everyone. Those in higher education need to understand the potential uses and value of rich media authoring, bringing podcasting into courses so that students can lift their learning to a whole new level.

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Nelson Pichardo Almanzar, Sociology: "(Il)legals and the American Economy" Another chapter in the long history of American undocumented labor, The Tortilla Curtain examines the intersections of race, class, and national origin in the increasingly globalized U.S. economy. Documenting the landscape of undocumented labor leads to a number of largely unanswered questions: Who are the (il)legals? Why are they here? Why are they vilified? The answers are not only hidden in the mostly unexamined assumptions of the American economic enterprise -- principally its voracious demand for cheap and unregulated labor -- but are also intertwined with the role of racist and vitriolic ideologies in legitimizing socio-economic conditions leading to exploitation.

Christopher Schedler, English: "The 'Other' Next Door: Social Borders and Global Suburbs in The Tortilla Curtain"Christopher Schedler, English "The 'Other' Next Door: Social Borders and Global Suburbs in The Tortilla Curtain" Demographic and economic shifts within American urban centers have produced not only a "white flight" to suburban communities, but also a parallel relocation of minority groups. These "global suburbs" have become a new site for debates about immigration, race relations, and economic and class divisions. Boyle's novel depicts one such global suburb of Los Angeles and reveals how social distinctions and borders are constructed through a wide range of everyday practices when physical distance and geographic boundaries no longer effectively segregate Latino immigrants from white, middle-class communities.