Multicultural Learning Experience #1
Today I went to my first multicultural learning experience, which was the Multicultural Involvement Fair hosted in Heritage Hall by SMART. SMART, which stands for student minority advisory recruitment...
View ArticlePassion Blog #1: Are You Hannah Montana or Miley Cyrus?
Despite my previously posted ideas for my passion blog, I have thought of an entirely new (and way more fun) topic. Each week I will take one or two Buzzfeed quizzes, depending on the length of the...
View ArticleThe Penn State Arboretum
The aspect of the Penn State Arboretum which I feel best represents civic life is the children’s garden. In my eyes, the Arboretum represents an escape for both students and the residents of State...
View ArticleBell Hooks Video: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
Although the video of Bell Hooks looks a bit jaded, her cultural criticisms of society are most definitely not. She starts off by speaking about how popular culture is the primary medium of racial and...
View ArticleCivic Artifact Speech Draft
For my civic artifact speech, the artifact which I chose to focus on is the Penn State Arboretum. Despite our trip there as a class, this was not what inspired me to use the Arboretum as my artifact. I...
View ArticleDoes Buzzfeed Actually Know Where I’m Going to Meet the Love of My Life?
Let’s be real- do I even know where I’m going to meet the love of my life? UH no?? But anyway, apparently this quiz is going to tell me. Even though I am 18. Buzzfeed doesn’t discriminate! On a more …...
View ArticleThe First Presentations
One of my favorite things about this class is that it never ceases to make me think. Whether it is how my own experiences can be related to the topics, or about what other people comment, I always feel...
View ArticleThis Week in Review
This week’s focus was on stereotypes of Asians, Latinos, Native Americans and African Americans. The thing about stereotypes is that even though we don’t always notice them doesn’t mean that they are...
View ArticleMLE #2: Dear White People
While searching for my second multicultural learning experience, I came across a showing of the movie “Dear White People” at the HUB, and a later session at which the director, Justin Simien, was...
View ArticleWhich Member of Olivia Pope and Associates Are You?
You may have seen the title of this week’s blog post and thought, what the heck does this have to do with anything? Well, let me tell you. The creator of Scandal, to which this quiz pertains, is none...
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