Tristin Branchini photographs a henequen plant at the entrance of the hacienda. Humberto Suaste explains the henequen industrial process while Doug Barkey translates and Rebecca Mann looks on. Gray video taped much of the field trip for later class use. Joanny Garcia, recently returned from a term at COA in Bar Harbor, helps Tristin find the best route to and from school and home. Students and faculty hold their first ACM around the pool at the faculty residence.
Fielder takes down a coconut.
After a 4 day orientation, students moved into homes of Mexican families and began winter term classes. The courses are Gray Cox's Global Politics For Participants, Dave Taylor's Environmental Issues in Developing Countries, and Doug Barkey's Understanding Culture Through Photography. All four courses are integrated to an unprecedented degree in order to give students the best possible opportunity to study Human Ecology in a different cultural setting. One of the ways that courses are integrated is in the form of class trips. Each trip also involved sampling the fare at local restaurants, which can be an adventurous undertaking.