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Engineering and pop-culturist instructors team-teach a first-year experience course exploring science through the lenses of history, literature, film, television, and sequential art. Authors present science fiction discourses as unique for synthesizing fields in the humanities and STEM, and they present curricular and co-curricular design strategies for harnessing its potential in the honors classroom. Course objectives and outcomes are presented, with authors noting specific challenges in implementation and emendation. Adaptability and compatibility figure prominently in the successful delivery of the course. A review of literature relating to interdisciplinary education and team-teaching in honors is included.

Engineering and pop-culturist instructors team-teach a first-year experience course exploring science through the lenses of history, literature, film, television, and sequential art. Authors present science fiction discourses as unique for synthesizing fields in the humanities and STEM, and they present curricular and co-curricular design strategies for harnessing its potential in the honors classroom. Course objectives and outcomes are presented, with authors noting specific challenges in implementation and emendation. Adaptability and compatibility figure prominently in the successful delivery of the course. A review of literature relating to interdisciplinary education and team-teaching in honors is included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Up, Up and Oy Vey!: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero. Simcha Weinstein. Baltimore: Leviathan Press, 2006. 150 pages. $19.95 paper. There are two main [...]

To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00801_9.x Byline: Robert G. Weiner (1) Author Affiliation: (1)Texas Tech University Library

To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00801_4.x Byline: Robert G. Weiner (1) Author Affiliation: (1)Texas Tech University Library

The article offers a biography of Norman Odam, the musician also known as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy or The Ledge, who was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1947. Odam's childhood and initial interest in music and songwriting is described, as are his interest in outer space and his search for fame after high school. Odam's creation of his on-stage persona, The Ledge, is discussed as well.

The article reviews several articles related to pop icon Michael Jackson's bibliography which includes "Ghosting the Machine: The Sounds of Film," by Jodi Brooks, which appeared in the journal "Screen" on winter 2004, "Black or White: Michael Jackson's Video as a Mirror of Popular Culture," by Robert Burnett, and Bert Deivert, which appeared in the journal "Popular Music and Society" on Autumn 1995.

Traditionally, librarians preserved and protected written records for the politically elite and wealthy classes. The Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians built up great libraries many of which were destroyed throughout history. When Christianity became the political force in Europe, the clergy continued to protect and collect materials. The beginnings of public libraries in Europe during the 1600s and in America during the middle of the nineteenth century, gave rise to a new literacy among the general population. The upsurge in technology threatens to spawn a new class of “information access illiterate.” Public libraries can serve the needs of society by giving access to, and providing educational literacy programs for using new technological tools to access information. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents a case report on the use of steroids to treat a patient with Whipple's disease. Background information on the patient; Results of the physical examination; Autopsy findings.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics related to comics, graphic novels and manga.