PAS8: Final Reflection

For my final blog, I wanted to reflect on what I did on my passion blog for this semester. This passion blog was a great way for me to reconnect with some of my favorite songs and why they are my favorites. At the beginning of the semester, I was feeling a little bit homesick […]

RCL7: Hate and Attention

The image that I want to talk about is something that has been at our campus very recently. These Christian protestors have been on campus twice, they hold signs that spread a lot of hate because everyone isn’t following their specific ideological views. This is something that is not just on the Penn State campus, […]

PAS 7: Blood Brothers

I constantly find deep meaning and good stories in Bruce Springsteen songs because it is what I grew up with and it is a way for me to relate and grow closer to my family. One of my favorite songs from his wildly popular album Born in the U.S.A. is “No Surrender.” This song is […]

PAS6: Crushing Expectations

One artist that I was introduced to is completely different from the rest of my music taste. Jon Bellion is a smaller artist who has had one or two very popular songs. I had never heard of him before because my music taste is mainly rap. He makes more R&B and Pop songs.  My cousin […]

RCL6: NIL

I believe that the story of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) and the payment of college athletes needs to be told because it is extremely important that these athletes are now getting paid for all the profits that they are making for their colleges and universities. Something to be gained by having a greater understanding […]

PAS5: The Song of The Summer

“This right here is my new modern jam.” One of my favorite songs from Travis Scott’s new album UTOPIA. MODERN JAM is a song that references the greatest artist of all time, Kanye West, and his 2013 song “I Am a God.” References fill this song and this amazing album.  This has been my favorite […]

RCL5: Don’t Procrastinate This

The speech that I viewed was Tim Urban’s “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator.” This is my favorite TED Talk by far and I have watched it multiple times, most of the time while procrastinating my homework. The main theme of the speech is how procrastination is a massive issue that plagues everyone, no […]

RCL4: The Hat

When you think of political campaigns and effective political marketing, your mind should go to one thing, the red hat. By saying the red hat you probably already know what I am going to talk about because it was so popular and controversial.  The “Make America Great Again” hat was a staple in the 2016 […]

PAS 4: Beauty in the Struggle

Once again, me and Bep. All we do is talk about music. That is our main point of conversation and the main thing that we care about the most. One artist in particular that we both love is J. Cole. He is a very popular artist and while we do listen to songs like No […]

RCL3: Analysis of a Terrible Ad

  This ad from Mr. Clean in 2011 depicts women in their stereotypical roles of being the housekeeper and the nurturer and passing down this stereotype through generations. The ad depicts a mother and her daughter using a Mr. Clean product and they both seem extremely happy while doing so. While it is not a […]