Civic space in Adichie’s novel
I’m going to try this again since the one I did last night didn’t post. Reading Adichie’s novel, it didn’t take long for me to get to know Ifemelu for who she really is. From the start, I immediately...
View ArticlePassion post #2: Collegian Office
Tonight I took a visit to the Collegian Office located on 123 S. Burrowes St. As most of you must know, The Collegian is our school newspaper here on campus that comes out five days a week...
View ArticleIfemelu at PSU
After reading Ifemelu’s observations about the American college classroom, the immediate difference I noticed that Ifemelu easily pointed out about here vs. Nigeria is how privileged we are in America....
View ArticlePassion post #3
So tonight I decided to do something a little different and I took 30 minutes out of my night to attend the bible study that happens every Wednesday night here in East Halls. Although I am not the most...
View ArticleReviewing project #1 (speeches)
All in all, I was quite impressed with the speeches, especially for it being our first public speaking assignment so soon in the semester. I was expecting there to be more to say in the “needs to work...
View ArticleRhetorical Analysis Essay Draft
Today I think we can all agree that drinking and driving ads have become tremendously ineffective and useless because of the same repetitive trends companies use to get the big message across. Search...
View ArticlePassion Blog #4: TIDES
Last Thursday night I attended my second Tides meeting from 5:30-8:30 just right outside campus in down town State College. For those of you who don’t know, Tides is a program where you can volunteer...
View ArticleProject #3 Ideas
The first topic idea I had for Project #3, the one that I’m most interested in, would be the paradigm shift from dating to hooking up. As we’ve closely been studying this in one of my SOC classes, I’ve...
View ArticlePassion Blog #7: Basetrack
Tonight I attended my first Performing Arts show here at Penn State at the Eisenhower Auditorium! I decided to do something very different this week and immerse myself in the theater culture here at...
View ArticleParadigm Shift Essay Introduction
It certainly doesn’t take many generations to dramatically alter the definition of a “normal” date and the set norms/expectations that come with this. Back track and rewind to the year 1910. Here,...
View ArticleTed Talk Transformation
It has taken me a long time to realize that I can’t incorporate a 7-10 page paper in a 4-5 minute ted talk. I have found myself struggling to pick out what really matters and what is most important/...
View ArticlePassion Blog #8: Canning
I wanted to blog about this earlier but there was so many other things I had experienced that I wanted to share first, so here’s my chance! Well a few weekends ago I attended my first ever canning...
View ArticleTed Talk Reflection
I advise you try not to laugh when watching this… Honestly, I practiced a lot for my ted talk. I wrote out a script, I rehearsed it several times in front of a small audience, and for the most part, I...
View ArticlePassion blog #10: PLA
Hey guys, so last week i attended my first meeting for the Presidential Leadership Academy here at Penn State. I’m still not at that familiar with it but basically it is a program for students to...
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