Welcome to the class!  This is the home page for the 8 am class with Professor Berch.  You will find here, among other things, your syllabus, some introductory remarks about how to get the most out of this course,  a listing of the panels you will be joining, and any other relevant materials.  If you like, you can use this site and ignore the Blackboard site–or use both and see if there are differences.  Who knows?