High school is hard enough already. Imagine facing a foreign language, culture, and school system. Haitian students at Boyd Anderson High in Lauderdale Lakes paired up with new arrivals after the earthquake to help ease their way. Click here to listen to the story.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Under the Sun listeners were introduced to students James Celestin and Michel Philco from Boyd Anderson High in our "Teens Buddy up with Quake Survivors" story. Here are some more voices from the students at Boyd Anderson High.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Have a listen to some of the songs released in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating January earthquake, including a couple by local artists.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Under the Sun won a Society of Professional Journalists award for best blog affiliated with a media outlet in Florida. Ruth Morris's piece, "Under Water, but Undeterred" earned an award for best continuous coverage in radio.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Have you heard anyone slip up and say "the hurricane in Haiti," when they meant to say "earthquake?" Hurricanes and earthquakes are both disasters, but could these words become interchangeable? Under the Sun co-host Dan Grech speaks with a linguistics expert about the potential meaning of this error. You can listen to his interview here.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Under The Sun co-host Alicia Zuckerman contrasts the sounds of traditional Spring Break with the sounds of Alternative Spring Break in the wake of Haiti's earthquake.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Long after Haiti's earthquake hit the headlines, many South Florida families were still searching for the news they wanted most: information about loved ones. We look at how Haitian Americans are coping, and how those stories have been trickling in.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Marleine Bastien, a founder of the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, balances "helping and hurting" as she coordinates aid efforts for earthquake survivors. Listen to her moving description of Haitian resilience.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Yanira Doyle is one of hundreds of thousands of South Floridians who are "under water" on their mortgages. But she refused to give up on her condo, even when she found herself all alone in an eight-unit building. She offers a firsthand account from the trenches of the real estate crisis.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dan Grech interviews FIU demographer Maria Aysa about why some people identify themselves as Hispanic, and others as Latino. What's in a word? Aysa explains it's not just ethnicity that's at stake. It's also about political visibility.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
0 Comments