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Review: The Myth Of The Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War In American Popular Culture By Ronald Smelser And Edward J. Davies Ii, Gerd Horten

CUP Faculty Research

A review of the book The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture by Ronald Smelser and Edward J. Davies II (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Review: The Media Were American: U.S. Mass Media In Decline By Jeremy Tunstall, Gerd Horten

CUP Faculty Research

A review of the book The Media Were American: U.S. Mass Media in Decline by Jeremy Tunstall (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)

Interview With Pa Sher Yang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Pa Sher Yang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang; translated and transcribed by Mai Vang.

Interview With Wang Her, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Wang Her discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Pang Her Vang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Pang Her Vang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

The Promethean, Volume 16, Revelation, 2008, English Department, Concordia University-Portland

The Promethean

On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of nations.
--Revelation 22:2

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.
--Margot Fonteyn

This year, The Promethean staff wanted a bold theme to complement last year's theme of Genesis. After much consideration, we felt Revelation would bring in a variety of submissions exploring the nature of endings and epiphanies. To our delight, this proved true, and we could not be more pleased …

Review: Electric Sounds: Technological Change And The Rise Of Corporate Mass Media By Steve J. Wurtzler, Gerd Horten

CUP Faculty Research

A review of the book Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media by Steve Wurtzler (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007)

Interview With John Tucker, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

John Tucker was born in Akron, Ohio in 1945. An eagle scout, he was given the opportunity to travel the world, which fueled his international perspective. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1967 and then joined the Peace Corps. He was assigned to Thailand where he spent three years working on a malaria eradication program. While there he was recruited by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). He spent the early part of his career working for USAID in Laos and Thailand as a refugee Relief and Resettlement Officer. He was one of 15 USAID employees in …

Interview With Kao Kalia Yang, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Kao Kalia Yang was born in Ban Vinai refugee camp and came with her family to Minnesota in July 1987, when she was six years old. Attending school in St. Paul and graduating from Harding High School, Yang was accepted at Carleton College in Northfield, MN, and went on to earn an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. In 2008 Coffee House Press published her memoir, The Latehomecomer, which tells the story of her family in Laos, the refugee camps of Thailand, and their new life in Minnesota. Central to this story is Yang’s grandmother, who embodies the …

Summary Report For The 2008 Season, Mark Schuler

Excavation Reports

In 2008, excavation work continued on areas surrounding the domus of the North-East Church complex and expanded into areas west of Cardo 2 North. In addition, probes to bedrock were conducted in several areas of the site. Conservation efforts were completed on F538 in the north aisle and F580 in the skeuophylakion. This report will address work done in the following areas:

• Cardo 2 North (“Via Sacra”) and Related Buildings
• Structures to the South of the South Hall and the Diakonikon
• The Areas West of the Portico
• Probe in the Nave
• The Eastern Street and Related Buildings
• Conservation Efforts