by Alex | Apr 22, 2018
In class, we’ve discussed at various times how different leaders, such as Jefferson, are able to get others to “buy in” to their vision. In the case of the 3rd President of the United States, he used the written word to address a Congress he knew would treat his words...
by Alex | Apr 8, 2018
FYI: This post is about a piece being performed by Penn State’s School of Music choirs and Symphonic Orchestra on Saturday, April 14th in Eisenhower – I’d love it if any of you came out to see it! Student tickets are $6 if bought in...
by Alex | Mar 11, 2018
My freshman year, before I knew I would be blogging for PLA well after my first-year honors English classes, I had to maintain two blogs. One of these got to be about a special topic of our choosing, so I went with the private aerospace industry. As of today, I feel I...
by Alex | Feb 4, 2018
Recently, we discussed whether possessing experience should be a key factor to look for in a leader. Naturally, this discussion evolved to include the myriad ways in which a leader of a group can be selected, and how the nature of the group doing the selecting may...
by Alex | Oct 29, 2017 |
No Laughing Matter Why do we laugh? The word itself is enough to confuse and befuddle foreigners, who might assume it’s pronounced “low” or spelled “laff” if they’ve only heard or read it and not both – and sweets manufacturer Nestle’s candy isn’t helping. But the...
by Alex | Oct 22, 2017 |
What follows is an overview of the general field my forthcoming thesis will be based on. I would love to start a dialogue with anyone interested in it, as it’s something I was unaware of myself as of 10 or 12 months ago. Without further ado, an overview: Data is...
by Alex | Oct 15, 2017 |
This weekend, while enjoying the college football games that now stretch from Thursday nights into almost Sunday mornings, I saw something that made me stop. At a game played between top-10 team Washington State and the University of California at the Cal Bears’...
by Alex | Oct 8, 2017 |
I’ve decided to take a break from my Freiburg-focused series of posts to write the following on ambiguity, humor, and embracing all aspects of life: Lately, I often find myself drawn to the musings of internet personality James Veitch when in need of a laugh. At...
by Alex | Oct 1, 2017 |
As I continue my series about German and European culture and the insights I gained while living abroad, I would like to touch on an interesting facet of local German politics in Baden-Wurttemberg, the German federal state (like an American state or Canadian province)...
by Alex | Sep 24, 2017
Today, the German federal election was held across the country. From Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (“MeckPo”) in the north to Bayern in the south, from Bonn to Berlin, Germans of all stripes turned out to vote for their elected leaders in the German parliamentary system that...
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