by Evan Madill What do Escape Rooms, Surfing, and John Adams all have in common? These themes are all used to teach Basque, in my new book, Basque-ing in Language Learning. My journey as a beginner of Euskara was difficult. In my experience of studying many languages, Basque was the only one where I truly felt […]
Begoña Echeverriab.echeverria@ucr.eduNovember 20, 2026 I first heard of Francisco Franco from Chevy Chase’s iconic sketch on “Saturday Night Live.” Riffing on repeated NBC news reports on the dictator’s supposedly imminent death for weeks before, “Weekend Update” host Chevy Chase announced Franco’s death, then quoted President Nixon praising Hitler as “a loyal friend and ally of […]
By Blake Allmendinger From the 1920s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios converted ordinary young men and women into “stars.” Teaching them to sing and dance, giving them deportment and elocution lessons, and altering the manner in which they dressed, studios changed the names and identities of such aspiring actors as Marion Morrison (John Wayne) and Lucille […]
By Lisa Van De Graaff Burnt Basque cheesecake has become a family favorite for us, especially for Blas who has requested it for his birthday cake three years in a row. It is an unusual and oh-so-rewarding experience to smell the burnt top and savor the texture combination of paper thin crunchy char and thick […]
