Opinion (published exclusively online at http://www.anthropology-news.org)

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NOTES FROM THE FIELD:“Reflections on Beginnings” by douglas carl reeser

MEDIA NOTES:“Speaking of Violence: Media in Academia, Part I” by C Nadia Seremetakis Kenneth Routon is contributing editor of the Media Notes column in Anthropology News.

ARCHEOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICA:“Archeology in North America” by Robert Muckle

MULTIMEDIA MATTERS:“Anthropologists and Multimedia Matters: An Excursion in a Chilly Relationship” by Nathalie Boucher and Martin Lamotte

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN BIOANTHROPOLOGY:“Anthropology and Online Learning: Are Virtual Anthropologists too Plugged in to Connect” by Misty A Weitzel

ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR:“All Roads Lead to Iowa…and Veterans” by Sarah Ono, Heather Schacht Reisinger and Samantha Solimeo

CRITICAL CONSUMERISM:“The 2012 Farm Bill: National Food Policy Debate Sparks Local Food Justice Concerns” by Kelly ErnstFriedman

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE:“For Ebonics, the New Milennium is Pretty Much Like the Old One” by Ronald Kephart

Leila Monaghan, Jacqueline Messing and Richard Senghas are contributing editors of the Language and Culture column in Anthropology News.

J DRIVE:“An Interview with Medical Anthropologist Shao-hua Liu” by Ritu G Khanduri

IMMIGRATION MATTERS:“Refugees: Some Normative and Programmatic Observations” by Fethi Keles

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISM:“Why International Activism?” by Robert R Sauders