The lasting power of oral traditions | Joseph Bruchac

Modern generations are now realising that the immediacy and intimacy of live storytelling cannot be captured by technology Are oral traditions still relevant? Are they slowly being replaced with technology? In 1992 my son Jesse, the anthropologist Robert Bruce and I drove 400 miles in Robert's beat-up VW van across the dry landscape of southern Mexico into the Chiapas. In the Lacandon jungle ...

Teachers needed

Three Stony Creek and one Round Prairie school teachers have resigned.

Sad to hear that 'maybe' a

In reply to Back to school? : Sad to hear that 'maybe' a 'lecturer' there say such statement. For me, he/she should encourage young people to continue their education as it's an opportunities that sometimes others fail to do it. People look very high this profession yet this 'person' maybe think he/she great, they says like that. Nowadays young people can have good job without any degrees. If ...

Back to school?

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 15:03:00 I WAS there to show support to a couple of young friends. Hazama (one of the singers who would occasionally perform with Meet Uncle Hussain) and Affiq (of AF5 ) were go­ing back to school. It was the day they received their official offer letters from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) to pursue a degree in communica­tions. Their major? International Relations.

Review: The NYC quirk of `The Extra Man'

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini were the filmmaking couple behind "American Splendor," the wonderful 2003 film that was as charming as it was brutally honest.