A Bad Bet for “Sin City” and the Raiders Las Vegas, the city of lights. Regardless of how you feel about gambling, “Sin City” is truly a testament to American ingenuity, an oasis in the desert. To quote the film Dodgeball “it’s the home of sand, broken dreams, and five-dollar lobster.” It will soon also Read More…
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Reflection on Deliberations
The two deliberations I participated in were my own deliberation cyberbullying deliberation and one discussing sustainability in regard to plastics here at Penn State. I found both deliberations in some ways similar, however, there were certainly some stark differences between the two. The cyberbullying deliberation was better at the distribution of speaking time. In all Read More…
Civic and Passion Blogs
My Civic Blog will address the controversy surrounding using public subsidies for sports venues. As an Economics Major and an avid sports fan, I see the complications with this issue and offer solutions. My Passion Blog will be dedicated to the Centennial State of Colorado and my own experiences backpacking there. I will tell my Read More…
This I believe rough draft
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”-Marianne Williamson The first race of senior year, a cold March afternoon, the temperature couldn’t have been above 35 degrees. I went through my usual warmup routine as I did for the past four years. Lining up Read More…
RCL II ideas
Civic Issues blog: Dis-unity and negativity In the news and across the country, there appears to be a lot of negativity. Both sides are engaging in more vitriolic political discourse and it is not serving our society well. As someone who considers myself a moderate politically, I see or politics getting increasing extreme. The negativity Read More…
Concept of “Rhetoric and Civic Life”
When first hearing the title “Rhetoric and Civic,” I could not help but groan. This was because the title of the course includes the word “civics.” I cannot speak for anyone else’s experience in High School Civics but my high school civics teacher was my track coach who I did not exactly see eye to Read More…
Script
Beginning in the 1950s, the NAACP began to challenge the book for the belief that it actually perpetuated racism instead of fighting it. In 1955, CBS tried to avoid the controversial material of the book when producing a TV version by removing the character of Jim and any mention of slavery entirely. As the civil Read More…
Paradigm Shift Outline: Soccer Goes American
Introduction Soccer made in Germany; Toby Charles Bundesliga and UEFA games Reserved for tape delay lack of popularity perceived as un-american What changed Information revolution Rise of cable and later streaming TV Globalization Marketing trends Thesis: Due to process dating back to the 70s that has skyrocketed in the past 5 years that reflects globalization, Read More…
RCL Spam Email Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Uc-cztsJo Billions of spam emails are sent a year and millions of vulnerable adults fall victim to such scams. All of us have probably received emails regarding “Interesting Business proposals from Nigeria” or “Russian women interested in dating” an we usually just delete them, and what if we didn’t? In his Ted Talk, British Read More…
The Marvel Cinmatic Universe: How Robert Downey Jr, CGI, and Classic Rock Changed Hollywood Forever
With of 16 billion dollars at the box office and 20 movies spanning 10 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the undeniable king of Hollywood and does not appear to be losing steam. This success, however was far from guaranteed and broke all of the norms of the film industry. Marvel represents a paradigm shift Read More…