Passion Blog: Kixxie Siete
My passion blog is normally about underground, unknown, or up and coming bands but I was thinking, why not expand that a little. So I decided this week instead of doing the usual indie band thing I...
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I think this video puts forth a very true argument at the end of its run when he points out the damage that fertilizer and boxcutters have caused America. That’s because these tools have not been...
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The Murlocs are a bluesy-garage rock outfit from Australia starting to tap into the indie-rock scene. Their swampy, Lousiana bayou drenched sound with its twang and harmonicas brings up classic...
View ArticleCivic Issues Blog: Fracking
I thought I would start off my second discussion on Marcellus shale on what it is exactly and how the natural gas it contains is extracted. The Marcellus Formation is a wide belt of shale that can be...
View ArticleCivic Issues Blog #3: The Benefits of Marcellus Shale
Last post, I covered the environmental dangers of blindly pursuing Marcellus shale drilling and its other associated negative consequences. However, this week we will take a look at the benefits that...
View ArticleWork In Progress Week #9: Persuasive Essay draft
Will Ament Professor Minbiole CAS 138T March 2013 A Case for the Support of the Free Syrian Army For a little over two years, the Syrian Civil War has raged on. The conflict has been between the...
View ArticleCivic Issues Blog Week 10
I honestly have enjoyed doing these civic issues blogs on Marcellus Shale. I must admit I’m actually a tad disappointed this is the last one I will be writing. In the first post I discussed the issue...
View ArticleWork In Progress Week 10
For the advocacy project, I was planning on covering the amount of food that Americans waste every year. Its topic that I feel isn’t overly done, and is a rather significant problem that is not...
View ArticlePassion Blog Week #10: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
From left to right: Jake Portrait (Drums), Ruban Nielson (Guitar & Vocals), Riley Geare (Bass & Vocals) I find it amazing how music can bring up such striking reactions from the human mind....
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