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small groups in which the quieter students feel more comfortable and may participate more freely, but the dynamics are once again significantly altered by the presence or absence of men. Men dominate small groups even more effectively than the class as a whole; small group projects usually reflect male interests, and the women almost always defer to male leadership.  A significant problem in foreign language classes is the issue of authority for women teachers. Nurturing behavior is almost

” (257).The boundaries between animals and humans are changing. The frontier is porous and the implications for our relationships with animals are great. There is much in the academy we can do on behalf of animals. I hope this new interest in animal studies reflects a concern for the lives of real animals. We need a change in our attitudes toward animals, so that they are not so easily dismissed and forgotten, even as we speak and write about them. Animals are not only texts that we produce. We need

,” Zimmerman said. “People are much more willing to listen when they’ve been listened to … When people are treated as complete human beings, it’s going to change their mentality—peace begets itself.” Post-PLU plans:  Zimmerman has been accepted into the University of Montana law school but is deferring admission for a year. She leaves Aug. 20 for Africa after being accepted into the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program, which places volunteers in service areas with congregations around the world

leave something out. An important part of religious teaching is that one ought to be humble and teachable, he says, open to correction and growth of insight. But this would have to be abandoned if we were to agree that religious commitment requires “an unconditional determination not to change in one’s important religious beliefs.” Can these two elements be reconciled? One might begin by clarifying what an “epistemically possible” set of circumstances would be. There are —and must be, given the