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Leading Discussion

Tomorrow, I’m going to lead a discussion on the end of a novel we just finished up in my English class. The Spring of my senior year seems a bit late to learn a whole new type of assignment, but here I am–nervous, and with no idea what I’m doing....

A Letter from Karl Max to Joseph Stalin

Just a but if creative writing from my GER/RUS 143 class (Culture of Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany) For the attention of Joseph Stalin, I never thought of my societal ideals as unreasonable—just a manifestation of an inevitable fate for a failing system....

The End of Power

“We don’t need you to have more power, you have enough power,” a young Arab woman cried out to leading diplomats in the Middle East. Moisés Naim, author of The End of Power, wrote of the Arab Spring in 2011 as a prime example of the increased ability of citizens to...

Thesis Exercise

I am taking a time-out from my conceptual blogs to talk about something more technical: my thesis (yay …). I will most likely discuss time management and self development goals this upcoming week. So, I am currently working on my thesis of Twin Tolerations...

The urge for completion

I’m taking a class this semester called International Literature and Film (CMLIT 153). We read an article on the “Significance of Film Form” which defines form as “the overall system of relations that we can perceive among the elements in the...

Delegates in Presidential Elections

With the Iowa Caucus tomorrow it seemed fitting to go off of my blog from last weekend and this time discuss the delegate system used for electing Presidential candidates. Assuming anyone reading this either read my previous post or knows how the Electoral College...

The Unwillingness to Change

Prevention vs. Maintenance: the crux of the argument when it comes to rape on campus. Should the university essentially ban alcohol to prevent sexual offenses, or should alcohol consumption continue while information and resources are made available to deal with the...

A Year Ago Today: my PLA Application

This week, I’d like to take the time to highlight something that recently closed: this year’s applications for the Presidential Leadership Academy. This time a year ago, I and many of my friends on the GLOBE floor of Simmons had all just submitted our applications, to...

Civil Rights Rhetoric

I feel like I, along with many others, was taught the abridged, “fairy-tale” version of the Civil Rights movement in elementary school. The movement appeared to be neatly organized with Martin Luther King Jr. as the explicit, god like leader. However, throughout my...

I Peaked In Middle School

As many of you know, middle school is a very exciting time. Hormones are abundant and fashion is dominated by shirts that are labeled with “Abercrombie and Fitch.” Being different is frowned upon, and everyone is determined to appear way older than they...