A Citizen’s Utopia
Today in class, we discussed what, in each of our “ideal worlds,” being a good citizen would entail. As expected (who amongst this group doesn’t want world peace, right?), most of my classmates’ ideas...
View ArticlePathos and Color
1 Color vs Black & White 1 Color Variations While flipping through the RCL course book today, I came across a section dedicated to explaining how pathos can be generated through many different...
View ArticleBig Name, Little Things
On Friday, after I (nervously) gave my civic engagement speech, I listened as the remainder of my classmates presented about their artifacts or interviews. At the end of my speech, I concluded by...
View ArticleKairos: Roommate Rhetoric
After just finishing up reading chapter four in our class RCL textbook, devoted to the explanation of kairos, I started to think of what “hot issues” there were in my life that I am, or should be,...
View ArticleToast to the Hosts
As I’m sure many of you are aware, the first canning weekend for THON is this weekend, October 17th to 19th. Over two hundred members of Springfield signed up to go canning this weekend, making this...
View ArticleThe College Application Process: Potential Improvements or Further Inadequacy?
The college application system has always seemed a little off to me. It was unbelievably stressful and tedious, that’s for sure. There’s a significant amount of debate as to whether the process is...
View ArticlePenn State Yik Yak Threat
By Sunday, most every Penn State student knew about a threat to the school delivered via Yik Yak, an anonymous social media smartphone app that gives users a live feed of what people within 1.5 miles...
View ArticleWhy you can’t Can Competitively
As I’m certain every Penn State Student knows, the first canning weekend of THON 2015 fundraising season just passed. Springfield, the THON organization that I’m a part of, achieved huge success,...
View Article“Sexy Ebola Nurse” Costume Stirs the Cauldron this Halloween
Halloween costumes have been a popular topic of conversation for the past few weeks. With Halloween having just passed this Friday, I saw a wide range of creative costumes around campus, from corn on...
View ArticlePolitical Ponderings
As many of you (or maybe not… we’ll see) probably know, this past Tuesday was the 2014 Midterm Election Day. On this day, people across the country pick their senators, representatives in Congress and...
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