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HESE Venture

This week in HESE, we talked about how cultural contexts influence our venture. Here are some questions that we talked about in relation to our project. Give three compelling examples of how cultural issues affect your project. Our project, education on disabilities,...

Social Entrepreneurship

I really enjoyed the blog I shared last week so I think I am going to do something similar again this week. Here is a blog that describes the process of combining something I am very familiar with – biochemistry – with entrepreneurship. 1. Describe an...

Taking the earbuds out

For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about the act of listening to music. By listening to music, I’m not talking about the type that you go listen to at a concert, but the kind when you’ve got your earbuds in and you’re going somewhere....

Selma Review

In preparation for the spring PLA trip, we watched Selma, a movie that told the story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the march from Selma, Alabama to the capital in Montgomery in an effort to highlight inequality of voting rights in that area. While I am still...

In Defense of Dirt

While I was writing about my reflections of Selma, I ended up with a substantial portion of text that really didn’t fit into the main body of the other essay, but was related to some of the themes of the movie. As a result, I split them up into two blog posts...

Half Way Mark

I’m half way through my final semester at Penn State. Holy crap. I found myself wake up today as any Sunday, around noon, self-loathing for sleeping in so late, but still warm and comfortable. I’m not sure what did it, but as I started reading the news...

Law Over Life: The Importance of Titles

After the last class that we had with President Barron, I’ve come to realize that the idea of the law being worth more than certain lives is actually more than an idea; it’s real life. There are people that actually view social positions and the law that governs...

The Impact of a Setting

The other day, a friend of mine going on a first date lamented the fact the agenda included visiting a location he had frequented with a past girlfriend. “But you know, there are only so many restaurants in State College.” “Tell me about it,” I...