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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Oh wait, it’s just an SRTE…..

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Reshma John

Seeing the Onward State’s version of the SRTEs made me actually want to try and attempt to complete, I mean come on, who wouldn’t want to take out their frustrations about their classes and get some sort of relief at … Continue reading →

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Women Runs Over Husband For Not Voting

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Reshma John

Since we were talking about civic engagement and our obligation to take part in our society, I thought it would be the right time to talk about this article that some of you may or may not have heard about. … Continue reading →

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TED Talks

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Reshma John

After watching a few TED talks, it’s easy to see that they have a genre of their own. A TED talk is focused upon one central theme or idea and it can be a discussion over a variety of topics, … Continue reading →

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Fourth Graders, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Civic Engagement

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Reshma John

Watching this video of fourth graders singing a Call Me Maybe tuned song about the civic duty to vote for a president. This video really called out to me on the fact that there are so many countries out there … Continue reading →

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Interruption vs. Interjection in Debates

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Reshma John

I’m not much of a political debate watcher, but what I do watch is the affect that those debates will have on social networking sites. every time people talk about presidential debates, all I can think about is the amount … Continue reading →

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What Bill Clinton Wrote vs What Bill Clinton Said

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Reshma John

Bill Clinton. No matter what personal feelings you have toward (or against) him, there is one thing that I feel that almost any American can agree with is that Bill Clinton had a way with words. Granted to have quite … Continue reading →

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The Westboro Baptist Church: Crazy or Outright Zealous?

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Reshma John

In our English class, we were learning about the use of rhetoric and how the communication of our ideas can affect how people take to our ideas. In order to see how rhetoric can fuel an organization’s message, our teacher … Continue reading →

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The Effect? The Intent? Which One Is It?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Reshma John

Every Wednesday during my senior year, I would hop on the bus to New York City for my senior experience assignment. As I would casually walk through the city, sipping my hot chocolate from Dunkin’ Donuts and trying not to … Continue reading →

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One Library’s Quest to Keep on Living

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Reshma John

Posted on the RCL website is a video of a perfect                                                           … Continue reading →

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Do the Right Thing

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Reshma John

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing was successful in entertaining its audience with comedy and showing us the lives of several different people in one community. Most importantly however, it showed us a world in which violence rather than rhetoric … Continue reading →

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