Reach | Winter 2008

Features

Tightrope Walker

The United States has its first viable black presidential candidate. Enid Logan explores how Barack Obama is a sign of our racial times.
April 3rd, 2008
Bridging Race

When it comes to representations of multiracial people, Catherine Squires says, the media often don’t have it covered.
April 3rd, 2008
Drinking from the Fire Hose

These days, medical information and health news coverage is everywhere—online, on television, on magazine covers. But are we parched in the deluge? Learn more
April 4th, 2008
Ring Shouter

Yuichiro Onishi is changing the way we think about race.
April 8th, 2008
Rain Man

To find material for his dissertation on art and politics, graduate student Adam Bahner can simply look in the mirror.
April 8th, 2008
The Borders of Freedom

In a world of disappearing and permeable borders, are we really more free? Is the "globalized" world flat or just a slippery slope? A sociologist, a human geographer, a historian, and a political scientist weigh in.
April 9th, 2008
The Internet: Face-off with Academia

CLA faculty members talk about issues regarding student online research, the Wiki-ization of knowledge, and the role of academia as a gatekeeper for knowledge.
April 9th, 2008
Trading Spaces

Kale Fajardo finds that despite the idea that we live in a small world, the connections that space and technology facilitate can also reinforce cultural identification.
July 7th, 2008

Shop Before You Drop

Pooling their expertise, two researchers cast some light on impulse buying.
April 4th, 2008
Test Results

Graduate school entrance exam results don't create inequalities; they reflect them.
April 7th, 2008
Teens, Sex and Mental Health

Sociologist Ann Meier looks at the affects of sex on teens' mental health. Adapted from a story by Rick Moore, University Relations
April 7th, 2008
Musical Sights

A picture may be worth a thousand words. But for students in CLA music classes, they are also worth a thousand notes.
April 7th, 2008
Building Makes Him Happy

Graduate student Justin Stewart turns everyday things into award-winning sculpture.
By Pauline Oo
April 8th, 2008

It's Beautiful

CLA grad Jeff Bauer is helping to change lives through art.
April 8th, 2008

Odyssey

With a commitment to modern Greek studies, Nicholas Kolas honors his heritage—and an old friend.
April 9th, 2008