Week # 12-98, Air Date 3/22/1998 - 3/28/1998

Segment #1: 'Sierra Club Controversy'. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a bitter debate in the Sierra Club on whether or not the environmental organization should oppose immigration. (4:28)

Subject Types: Environment; Immigration

Segment #2: 'Film Review Of Men With Guns' Latino USA's Maria Martin reports on director John Sayles new film 'Men With Guns,' which is set in a politically turbulent unnamed Latin American country. (7:02)

Subject Types: Arts - Visual

Segment #3: 'Two Way with Author Michele Salcedo' Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with writer Michele Salcedo -- author of the book 'Quinceañera - The Essential Guide To Planning The Perfect Sweet Fifteen Celebration,' a coming of age ritual practiced in Latin America and US. Latino communities. (6:03)

Subject Types: Arts - Literature; Cultural - Personal

Segment #4: 'Commentary On Turning Fifty' Commentator Barbara Renaud Gonzales shares her thoughts on a rite of passage she calls 'the cincuentañera'--turning 50. Renaud says women should commemorate this as much as a 15th or 16th birthday. (3:13)

Subject Types: Women