Students use podcasts for class projects, self-expression

CHAMPAIGN – Want to know what's important to eighth-graders? Listen to their podcasts.

For Dunia Nadhimi, it's wearing her head scarf, part of her identity as a Muslim. It's not easy being the only girl wearing a scarf in her school. She didn't like the way the other kids looked at her at first, but now most are accepting.

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