I live near Seattle where memories of the Alaska gold rush linger in our local culture. Myanmar this trip bore resemblance to those halcyon days. Travelers are coming from every corner of the world, some to test if freedom is on the lips of citizens; others to explore ancient ruins and natural wonders in a country finally deemed safe by guide books and once hostile “experts”, and global media pestering President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi after their [...]
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November 19, 2012 College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All By TAMAR LEWIN Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote is in its eighth edition. But last summer, as he transformed the class into a free online course, he had to grapple with some brand-new questions: Where should he focus his gaze while a camera recorded the lectures? How could the 40,000 [...]
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![Donations: Nwe’ Kwe Library [$8,800] + Yangon/Mandalay Book Fairs [$10,000] for Burmese texts](http://www.nargislibrary.org/wp-content/themes/newsley/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.nargislibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0171-300x225.jpg&w=150&h=130&zc=1)
We also raised $10,000 worth of kyats at book fairs in Yangon and Mandalay this past week. Thanks again for all your support and generous donation. With best regards, Thant
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