Month: August 2012

Opposing Viewpoints in Context – September Database of the Month

On July 18th, a suicide bomber kills Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat.

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1994

Week of August 20, 2012 (Part 2)

In the News: 1994

Many of FAU’s incoming Freshmen were born in 1994, the year when…

 

NAFTA was established

The Making of NAFTA: How the Deal Was Done
By Maxwell A. Cameron and Brian W. Tomlin. Cornell University Press, 2000
Call Number: HF1746 .C33 2000

Is NAFTA Constitutional?
By Bruce Ackerman and David Golove. Harvard University Press, 1995
Call Number: KDZ944 .A41992 A74 1995

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Back to School

Week of August 20, 2012 (Part 1)

In the News: BACK TO SCHOOL

It’s back-to-school time at FAU. A big welcome back to our returning students, and a hearty welcome to incoming Freshmen and transfer students.

 

The Art of Fielding: A Novel
By Chad Harbach. Little, Brown and Co., 2011
Call Number: PS3608 .A72513 .A87 2011

Best Practices in Student & Faculty Assessment: 2012 Edition
Primary Research Group, 2011
Call Number: LB2822.75 .B46 2011

Breaking Away
By Kristin Lattany. Ballantine Books, 2003
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