The Art of Negotiation (August 6-12) 
Cut-throat negotiating may be fine in a corporate situation but it spells disaster in a marriage. Russ Crescimanno (PVCC) has been teaching “Marriage and Family Relations” for 30 years. He says most couples don’t have a clue how to compromise.
Also: Want a raise? The #1 mistake most people make is not even trying to negotiate their salary. Negotiating for a pay increase is a learned art and Dale Henderson (RU), who teaches Business Strategies, will offer some tactics to maximize your leverage.
Deep-fried Driving (August 13 - 19)
Biodiesel is no longer a garage-brewed fuel for hippie micro-buses.
Scientists CJ Broderick and Chris Bachmann (JMU) say this "alternative fuel" is quickly becoming mainstream for a lot of vehicles. For a first-hand look, Katherine Greiner met two college students at their garage as they prepared for their vegetable oil-fueled road trip to Alaska.
Also featured: Larry DeGaris (JMU) says that fans' emotional connection to sports fuels more than ticket sales. Since the ancient Greek Olympics, athletes have been used to successfully promote a wide variety of products.
The ABCs of Adoption (August 20 - 26)
Adoption is no longer hush-hush…celebrities like Angelina Jolie and politicians like German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have helped make inter-country adoption just another way to build a family. But what happens when these children get to school and later start dating? Education professors, Ruth Lyn Meese (LU) and Elizabeth Dore (RU) have explored that question from a professional perspective as well as a personal one. They are both adoptive mothers.
Also featured: English/ history professor Barbara Melosh (GMU) calls adoption “the quintessential American institution” in her scholarly history of the relatively new practice, Strangers and Kin: The American Way of Adoption.
Turning Guys into Men (August 27 - September 2)
The role of a masculine man in today's society is in radical flux, an issue that psychology professor Christopher Kilmartin (UMW) explores in the classroom and on stage. He toured, performing a one-man show called "Crimes Against Nature," getting audiences to think about masculine identity in an engaging and playful manner.
Also in flux is the answer to the question of "what constitutes a marriage?" Roger Lancaster (GMU) says that the concept of marriage in civilizations across history is so fluid that many anthropologists sidestep the word altogether.
