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Artist #4: Joon Kim

Unlike a lot of the other artists I’ve commented on before, Joon Kim does art for a hobby. His usual styles include Japanese animation and traditional art by pencil and paper. One of my favorite of his drawings is titled, … Continue reading

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Artist #3: Silvia Colombo

Photography is a beautiful form of art. The breathtaking and graceful scenes captured by the Italian artist Silvia Colombo is proof of this. As an amateur photographer and stamp maker from Italy, Colombo frequently makes flowers and fauna from nature her main subjects. Her … Continue reading

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Starting in the Middle of a Sentence and Rambling

–then the sun shines through when you ruffle your hair, and I don’t think you’ve even noticed how much of a difference you make with that smile and sparkle in your deep brown eyes — full of surprise, happiness, and laughter and everything about … Continue reading

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Advocacy Project Update: African Library Project Website

So far, I’ve set up the homepage for my advocacy project website. I went to the Student Activities & Affairs Office at the HUB yesterday to set up the official web space and URL: http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/alp/ The Blogs @ PSU website format … Continue reading

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Advocacy Project Proposal

**4/8/13 Update: I wrote this blog proposal a while back, and I think I’m actually going to switch my advocacy project topic from pet care to advocating for the Penn State African Library Project instead. I’m part of the organization here at … Continue reading

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work in progress persuasive essay

*still work in progress* Petcare Outline Pet Care Licenses (image source) When people generally think of animal cruelty or abuse, they usually think of horrific acts of physical violence like dog fighting, puppy mills, or animal torture. However, statistics from … Continue reading

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Persuasive Essay Update

After researching animal rights issues and trying to figure out how I could introduce pet permits to America, I’ve learned a lot about current animal welfare legislation as well as the ethics of pet ownership and government regulation. Within current … Continue reading

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Describing a Photograph

Norway 102 by Polish photographer Maciej Duczynski A little more than half of the photograph features a still, open water lake.  The waters are perfectly calm — smooth and unwrinkled like glass and clear and reflective like a mirror of the cloud-dusted … Continue reading

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Persuasive Essay Proposal

For my persuasive essay topic, I’d like to advocate requiring a permit in order for people to be able to own pets. The problem today is that many people see a really cute kitten or puppy at the pet store and … Continue reading

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Heroic Simile

I. Your laughter is like a splash of cool ocean water, refreshing and sparkling with crystal clarity as a beautiful, cloudless day passes by under the summer sun. The ocean spray is swept up by the wind as dappled waves … Continue reading

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