CIVIC ENGAGEMENT NEWS
Louisiana Protest Echoes the Civil Rights Era
By RICHARD G. JONES
More than 10,000 people rallied in Jena, La., to protest the treatment of six black teenagers.
  Slide Show: March on Jena
U-WIRE | CAMPUS BEAT
Research Shows Political Leanings May Originate in Brain
By KEVIN FALLON, Washington Square News
New York University psychology professor David Amodio says he simply wants to understand how people think. And in doing that, he has made people think twice about how they decide their political leanings.
SCIENCE
Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is honoring inventors dedicated to helping the billions of people living on less than $2 a day.
 Video: Tools for Better Living
MOVIES
Using the Light of a Star to Illuminate Ugly Truths
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“A Mighty Heart” is effectively fashioned, as jolting as it is polished, as well as a surprising, insistently political work of commercial art.
Video Feature: Michael Winterbottom
WASHINGTON
Bush Asks Florida Graduates to Back Immigration Change
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
At a speech to mostly Hispanic graduates of Miami Dade College on Saturday, President Bush pressed for an overhaul of immigration law.
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MULTIMEDIA | VIDEOS
Community Service Learning
California State University presents a series of videos on how community
based learning is empowering communities and transforming education.
• Watch Videos (calstate.edu)
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