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Real, Basic Obligations

"We often don’t think about how the little things build up to create that relationship that you want with people you live around." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/532968876&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Marc Boas from an interview conducted by Emily...
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But I’m Still Here

"The doctor...made a comment, 'Oh, the girl doesn’t have a chance.'" https://youtu.be/W0FvxNO6TRY This is part one of a two-part story. Transcript for But I'm Still Here This goes way back to before the Emancipation Proclamation. My grandfather’s father was born...
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Me Coming Home

"...the Mexican-American community in the United States – it wasn't really taught in high school." https://youtu.be/7RlvTsqhRMc Transcript for Me Coming Home That’s another mentality, too. Growing up in East Chicago, everyone wanted to know where you were. And you always...
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International Education at Valparaiso University – An Oral History

“The goal was always to get more students here and get more of our students to go abroad.” The following stories, edited by Nick Ladeau, offer a portrait of how international education was established and developed at Valparaiso University. Study...
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“Us/Them” Mentality

“If you're such a tight part of a certain community, you are more likely to see everyone else as the other." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1107249775&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · "Us/Them" Mentality Transcript for “Us/Them” Mentality I...
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Shocking

"Being exposed to [people of different races] helped me... so I never really faced the same challenges that my parents probably did." https://youtu.be/StopTyM_TWA Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for Shocking It's actually difficult a little bit because, I mean, I...
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Immutable Fact

"I'm a man. I'm a trans man. I also want to do gender the way, like butch lesbians do." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1568472217&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Immutable Fact Transcript for Immutable Fact So I...
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It Doesn’t Just Happen…

"The University needs to do more than putting a bunch of different kinds of people in one spot and hoping they interact with each other." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/77256581" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading...
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Opening the Chapel Doors

"Most of the people that you see are white and straight and English-speaking." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/77257368" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions...
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