On Friday, Aug. 2, WYPR’s The Signal re-aired last year’s interview with assistant professor of American studies, Nicole King, where she discussed the colorful history of the roadside attraction, South of the Border.

“I think South of the Border—and recreation in general, especially in the South—is important because it’s the politicized aspect of what we do in our free time,” said King. “We often think of politics as happening in board rooms or in political spheres, but they actually happen in places that we go everyday, and especially in the South.”

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Applied mathematics, sexuality and food recipes are abound in Metro Weekly’s review of Manil Suri’s third published novel, The City of Devi. Suri’s latest novel visits a futuristic, war-torn Mumbai as it braces for an impending apocalypse, and amid the chaotic setting lies the stories of three characters. New to Suri’s so-called “trilogy,” however, is the introduction of a gay theme.

”I think so many of these issues, especially we as gay people would face, it’s necessary to work through them, and writing is a great way of doing it,” says Suri. “It also helps you realize which parts of your story might be promising as fiction.”

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Yonathan Zohar, professor in the department of marine biotechnology, was featured in the Baltimore City Paper, in Van Smith’s article,The Economy of Scale, A Baltimore lab aims to take the science of growing clean, healthy salt-water fish to the global marketplace.

Zohar and Smith were subsequently invited to appear in a segment on the Marc Steiner Show.