SPRING 2009 CLASSES

ENG 205 Introduction to Folklore

ENVI 201 Envr & Man/Woman: Phys Aspects

PLSC 117 Introduction to World Politics

HIST 274 Modern China

IBUS 311 World of Business

ENG 205 Introduction to Folklore
ENG 300N Comics
ENVI 201 Environment and Man/Woman
HDEV 381R Multicultural Psychology
HIST 130A Modern World History
HIST 264 Immigration and Ethnicity in U.S.
HIST 341 China and the West
IBUS 211 World of Business
PLSC 117 Introduction to World Politics
SOC 330 Latin America and Women

Michael Sharp, assistant professor of English, was featured in the New York Sun on May 18 for his on-line web-log. Sharp posts the answers to the New York Times crossword puzzle on a daily basis and receives about 4,000 hits a day. Sharp is better known as Rex Parker, his online crossword alias. Sharp’s blog is the one most often mentioned by puzzle professionals and enthusiasts.

Douglas Glick, assistant professor of anthropology, was featured on the Discovery News Channel for his study of stand-up comedy. He researched the linguistic techniques involved in stand-up by examining two of Eddie Izzard’s routines for a paper to be published in the scientific journal Language and Communication. The story was also featured in an issue of the United Kingdom’s publication Chortle on April 13.

LXC is excited to support five courses this Fall from a variety of disciplines and schools. Please take a moment to review which courses will be supporting LxC (some of these courses may be cross listed under another department). Think you are taking a course (or teach a course) that would be perfect for LxC, but we do not support it, let us know!

* ANTH/LING-114: Language, Culture, and Communication in the US
* ENG-227: British Literature
* HIST/AAAS-106: East Asian Civilizations
* IBUS-211: World of Business
* THEA-101: Introduction to Musical Theater