Throughout the course so far, I have developed a much greater understanding of how place can impact people and how place matters. I still believe that where people come from is not a tell-all of who they will become in their future life, but rather, place gives people a jumping off point from which they […]
As college students, we are constantly bombarded with advice on how to approach our writing and our academics, but perhaps the best advice does not come through worksheets and grammar quizzes, but through simple and understandable metaphors such as those presented in Reid’s “Ten Ways to Think About Writing: Metaphoric Musings for the College Student.” […]
February 16th, 2016 DaoCloud Headquarters DaoCloud 387 Technology Drive College Park, MD 20740 DaoCloud, I would like to apply for a summer position as a Wellness Ambassador with your company’s San Diego branch. I discovered this position through an internet search with internships.com. I am currently studying at California State University: Channel Islands in Camarillo, […]
A crucial part of the writing process happens before we even have the chance to pick up our pens. In order to be able to write effectively, we must be able to read effectively, so we can model our work after others. For the sake of this assignment I chose to read the short storyTeddy […]
Many writers living in the aftermath of World War II expressed a great deal of contempt toward totalitarian systems of government in their works. George Orwell wrote the dystopian novel 1984 to force his readers to question the integrity of their governments. The article “Backpacks and Briefcases” urges us to ask what the rhetor may […]
The multiple perspectives that we were exposed to over the weekend did help each of us gain a better understanding of Santa Rosa Island, just as how having a wide variety of disciplines within the SURF program itself assists in our ability to see the world out of a variety of lenses and attack problems […]
Place a group of college freshman in a secluded place, ancient to the world but brand new to our eyes, and there will be a sense of wonder, perhaps fear, and a desire to explore. Although getting to take time to get to know the island on our own terms was crucial to the “sense […]
As both a museum and a memorial of sorts, to both Reagan and his time in office, the Reagan Library is filled to the brim with historical information, testimonies, and artifacts. In a place that has such an extensive wealth of history and provides so many opportunities to expand one’s knowledge, it was difficult to […]
As my research in University 198 continues, I have been provided with a lens to 1966 in the form of more letters from Bizz Johnson’s constituents. All of the letters that I had the opportunity to observe were posted between June and July of that year and were all opposed to the passage of the […]
It’s always been made apparent to me in past history courses that there was massive unrest over American presence of American armed forces in Vietnam and Cambodia, but I always seem to forget the extent to which this unrest reached. The dedication of college students to not only attend, but plan and organize […]
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