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User:Mott~enwikiversity

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

To make a pair of shoes
 * Research Component

 * week 1

Pick the style and time period of shoes choose my shoe (research through all weeks)
 * week 2

Gather materials and tools (leather, thread, and strong needle)
 * week 3

Create mold of my foot (use ink and paper to accurately define shape and pressure points of feet)
 * week 4

Cut out patterns for shoe and cure (final design cutout, then glue base parts and press overnight)
 * week 5

Sew sole of shoe (cutout and apply custom instep)
 * week 6

Sew sides and tongue of shoe
 * week 7

Add finishing touches to outside (laces, ect...)
 * week 8

Research history of shoes prep my project

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
I have chose the sculptor artist ( if you can call him that ) Roy McMakin and his untitled work made in 2004 consisting of cast concrete, bronze, and steal with porcelain enamel. I have chosen this work because of my raw hatred of it, and the purpose of my assignment. I have stood in the presence of a great artist, I have seen great art, I have even felt and herd great art but, untitled is none of these. I have walked by it, I have stood next to it, I have stared at it, and still I had no clue it was meant to be art. It was not until I saw the podium scribed with the artist’s name, his work, and intentions that I had fully realized that was in fact art. The artistic talent expressed through his “ visual and physical humor” surpassed our posterity, and was overtaken by a city janitor, for his job has more purpose and putrid art. In my search to better my opinion of McMakin I researched more of his art through the world wide web, and to my dismay I discovered that he was not the sculpture artist shown in the park. So a new title is in order he is a designer nothing more, nothing less. Furthermore, I now understand why his art is so terrible, because he is not an artist. ( so help me, if he himself or another man, woman, or child would consider him an artist I can and will fight them tooth and nail to prove them wrong in their judgment and mental state as a human being.) On a lighter note, I do not hate this man, but make no mistake I do hate his art in any other form than interior design.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
1. Red Robin's spice ingredient label: instead of simply stating ingredients they place "The World's Best Ingredients" with common table salt as the first one among other less then great spices. to me this is shown as a blatant lie.

2. Cheerios claims to "help lower cholesterol", if you stay active, eat less, and oh, eat some Cheerios. They are taking credit for other methods used to lower cholesterol.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My project of making a pair of shoes is going as planned, slow and difficult. Before I even started I already know what the most difficult takes would be, it was making the second shoe. Although my cut out patters for the style and shape of show are working great, I ran into the problem of it being too short, but I was able to fix it by adding some additional leather on the sides. As I construct my shoe I continually hit road blocks including but not limited to: Difficulty sewing, weak material, and the shape of the soul, but I have also made ongoing fixations. Overall I believe I have ultimately failed in making pair of shoes, and succeeded in making awesome house shoes.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

< > Creating a pair of handmade leather shoes.
 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site:Wisconsin Historical Museum. Web. .
 * 2) Book:Vass, Laszlo. HandMade Shoes for Men. S.I. Langenscheidt pup Inc., 2008. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):Discovery.com. Web. .

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

In the sense of accomplishment, I have become biased in several ways. If I was a caveman these shoes would be the early day Air Jordan's, but looking at them now compared to my Chuck's i would say i failed. So in a better sense I met my goal with partial standards. I would however say that I accomplished a taste to achieved new goals.

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well was I was able to make a pair where able shoes with no prior experience in the art of shoemaking. Although recourses where limited they where stretched over a long distance. Some tools that would have been difficult to come by, where easily replaced with lesser duplicates. I was able to manage my time very well getting the project done on time, with maybe a few nanoseconds to spare. I felt that I was supported well with my family and friends backing me to finish my task, and thanks the thriftiness of grandmothers I had everything that I could ask for. What also went very well actually has nothing to do with shoes. What I have learned is that want to actively pursue achievable goals in the future; things that I might not do every day. My next goal is to play the harmonica, badly or well.
 * 2)What went poorly was the overall final product of my shoes. Although they would be conceded shoes by appearance, they would not meet today’s standards. I felt that I picked a goal that was gilded, and in actuality it was incredibly hard. Though I did have the tools to make shoes, I did not have the tools to make them easy. The one thing I was not able to accomplish, which was no fault of my own, is that I was not able to make a decent soul; I simply did not have the resources to do so. And as much as I liked the outcome I feel that I will never where the shoes because, they are unfit for outside use and I don’t like indoor slippers.
 * 3)In the future I would want to pursue goals that seem a little more achievable. And if for some reason I was to pursue shoemaking again it would be with much more patience and practice. Even though I considered my outcome less than what I was expecting, the overall process of making goals and going about them has inspired me to make more.

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User:KarleeButler

=Analytical Writing=

Statement of Intent
<You are responsible for deciding what you will produce this quarter, with the one caveat that I will vet your project idea(s) based on appropriateness of scope. Your statement of intent must be 300 words, free of typos, and posted to your Wikiversity userspace. It will include the following:>

Overview
<What I intend to accomplish is to keep a dream journal and analyze what my dreams mean and why we dream in the first place.>

Rationale
<I hope to gain knowledge in the study of dreams and sleep.>

Publication
<My dream journal and my analysis will be put into a book or a three ring binder>

Schedule
<Build a realistic order of events.>

 * 1) week 2- I will start my dream journal
 * 2) week 3- I will go to the library and check out books about dreams and sleep
 * 3) week 4- I will continue to write in my dream journal and do some research on the computer
 * 4) week 5- I will write an analysis on what I have so far with my dream journal
 * 5) week 6- More research and continue writing in journal
 * 6) week 7- I will analyze my friends dreams and tell them my reasearch
 * 7) week 8- I will write my research paper rough draft
 * 8) week 9- I will do more research and complete my dream journal
 * 9) week 10- I will put everything into one complete piece
 * 10) week 11- I will show my friends my analysis

Anticipated Problems
<What could go wrong is not having any dreams, but if that is to happen I will figure out a way to force myself to dream or again analyze other peoples dreams>

Week 6 Project Review
<Write a 200-word assessment of your project thus far.> So far into my project, I have researched why we have dreams, what is their purpose and how you can analyze dreams. I will begin to write my papers and have two sides. I will write one paper on the psychological point of view and the other on facts and information about dreams and sleeping. I have three books which some of my information will come from and a few web sources I have looked at. I'm also keeping a dream journal and analyzing my own dreams as I go along this project. Once I am finished with my dream journal I will ask my friends to tell me one of their dreams and analyze it for them and see what they have to say about what I tell them.

Before Or During Week 6

 * Stephen LaBerge <i>Lucid Dreaming</i>.
 * Sigmund Freud "On Dreams."
 * 1) Science
 * 2) Psychology/Interpretation
 * 3) Autobiographical - own story.
 * 4) Friends interviews.

Project
<Post your completed project here, neatly formatted.>

Scientific Research on Dreams

Headline text
We all dream, humans, mammals and even dogs and cats. Why do we dream has been a question asked for centuries, it is still uncertain why we dream, which is difficult to put a scientific perspective on the subject, but many scientists have researched and done many studies on the dream world. There have been speculations that dreams have evolved to periodically make sure that everything is working in the central nervous system and to be alert. For example if your having a scary dream and you wake up to find that someone broke in or that something unnatural has happened your brain was sparked first and you can wake up in a quick jolt. The current thinking is that dreaming is an important component of memory and that we do know that when people are learning new things. Even if we're allowed to sleep, but our dreaming is interrupted. There is a lot of evidence now that suggests dreaming is an important component of short-term memory. People often wonder why we don’t always remember our dreams when we wake up or only remember the first dream that occrued right before we wake up and scientist Rita Miller states, “When we remember anything it's connected to regency and intensity. So when we wake up from a dream unless it's very powerful, very intense, there isn't this impact that makes us pay attention to it.” A lot of our dreams can be considered chatter, nothing too memorable. The early dreams of the night last about 10 minutes long and get longer toward morning. If you wake up naturally, you will be waking up from the dream cycle, and the dream is a half to three quarters of an hour long, and that's the dream that people remember because there's more to remember then. Dreams are kind of picture thinking rather then meaningful, unless you believe that, the images speak to our mind and play a picture, almost like a black and white film. We create these pictures by our emotions. For example if you feel like a relationship is really in trouble, instead of dreaming you're having trouble with that person in the relationship, you're more likely to dream about an earthquake. Dr. Garfield states, “Dreaming is like poetry.” We are using ourselves in these images that say more than we could say by just repeating pictures of what happens in our lives. So much of dreaming is symbolic, and metaphoric, but not all of it is, it’s up to you to decide what you want to be real or meaningful. Lucid dreams, which are dreams that you have and you know your dreaming. Dr. Garfield did research on the subject and came up with the facts that it gives you the consciousness of the unconscious, its like an adventure and you get to decide what happens. A lot of people don’t enjoy having lucid dreams which is understandable because it is pretty weird, and a lot of lucid dreams turn into nightmares. It takes effort and concentration to control the lucid dreams, there is a lot of distortion in lucid dreams that is something that you may not believe you would naturally think of. Its not because your crazy but it just happens to people. Different things you think of could come down to something you wouldn’t normally think of. Most lucid dreams are people who are having reoccurring dreams or nightmares. Posttraumatic dreams is another word for it, which has difficult scenes to comprehend. You have to notice the differences in the dreams that keep happening and realize yourself while your sleeping that it is just a dream and to wake yourself up. The amount of dreaming varies over our lifetime. We even dream in the womb. With newborns there's a tremendous amount of the physical component of dreaming. As we get older, that shifts. For an adult, approximately 20 to 25 percent of sleep time is in this REM state. When a woman is pregnant and has dreams her dreams are ten times more crazy and she has twice as many dreams as anyone who isn’t pregnant. Although nobody knows the true reason why we dream, the studies still continue and will always be out there. Scientists and doctors will continue to research and do studies on dreaming and why we do it.

Analysis on Dreams

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Symbols are the language of dreams. And acquiring the ability to interpret your dreams is a powerful tool. In analyzing your dreams, you can learn about your deep secrets and hidden feelings. Every detail, even the smallest element in your dream is important and must be considered when analyzing your dreams. Each symbol represents a feeling, a mood, a memory or something from your unconscious. Sigmund Freud first argued that the motivation of all dream content is wish-fulfilment, and that the instigation of a dream is often to be found in the events of the day preceding the dream, which he called the "day residue." Freud maintained the notion that the dream fundamentally acts as the guardian of sleep. Freud believed the dream was to be composed of two parts; the manifest and the latent content. We disconnect from our reality by extinguishing all external stimuli. I began my own research by keeping a dream journal next to my bed. Every time I would have a dream and wake up in the middle of the night I would record it, when I woke up in the morning I would read them over and I couldn’t believe half of the things I dreamt about. I then analyzed them in depth by using a book called “The Dream Dictionary.” It has many symbols in it and the interpretations of them. Every symbol in the book describes an emotion on how you feel and why the dream occurred. For instance if you had a dream and your teeth were falling out it means that you are having anxiety and feel like you cant control anything in your life. I had many of these dreams where teeth would fall out or that I was falling and couldn’t get up. Freud believed in 4 methods of dreaming; condensation, displacement, symbolism, and secondary revision. Condensation is when two or more latent thoughts are combined to make up one manifest dream image or situation. Which is where you are thinking of two separate things that day and combine them into a dream while you are sleeping while the dream doesn’t make sense it does when you put them together. Displacement is when the emotion or desire toward the intended person or object it is transferred onto a meaningless and unrelated object in the manifest dream. Which means that an object could represent something totally different then what you were thinking about. A person could signify an emotion so that you weren’t really thinking about that person but the emotion was strong that you dreamt of that. Symbolism is the objects in your dream represent your emotions and each emotion can be explained by definition. Secondary Revision is the final stage of the dream work. According to Freud, this is where the dream loses 'the appearance of absurdity and incoherence. Freud used the method of 'free association' to discover the underlying meaning behind the dream. A patient would describe a dream as accurately as possible. The patient would then be told to focus on a specific element of the dream and form as many associations as they could. Essentially, allowing the patient to let their mind wander. Dream analysis, in psychoanalysis, provides the possibility to decipher the mystery of neurotic disorders, specifically hysteria, and secondly, it opens the road towards unconscious. Dreams are very important and if you take a moment to analyze them you will learn a lot about yourself, and it could help you out with life and yourself. Freud's phrase: "The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious.”

Works Cited

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Websites

http://health.discovery.com/centers/sleepdreams/experts/garfield.html

http://www.insomnium.co.uk/text/freud.htm

Books:

1. Decoding your dreams by Robert Langs MD 2. Our Dreaming mind by Robert van de castle PHD 3. Dreamtime and Dreamwork by: Stanley Krippner PHD 4. Dream Work By: Jeremy Taylor 5. Dream Dictionary By: Russell Grant

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User:Hannah Lee

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

I've Always Wanted to Visit the Olympic Games

 * Research Component

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 * week 1

General info about the upcoming games.

 * week 2

History, facts and why the Olympics started.

 * week 3

Look into the upcoming Olympics. Vancouver in Feb. and London in 2012.

 * week 4

Figure out the time frame of travel, logistics and costs of both trips.

 * week 5

Plan a trip to the winter games.

 * week 6

Plan a trip the summer games.

 * week 7

Finalize the details of all info.

 * week 8

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The one art sculpture that didn't strike me as a pleasing work of aesthetic achievement was Anthony Caro's Riviera (1971-1974). It is a rusted and varnished steel standing at 10 feet 7 inches by 27 feet by 10 feet. Honestly, I like and/or appreciate all of the sculptures in the park. It was hard to choose one I really disliked. The one other time I've been there, I saw some that I didn't like and made me re-think my opinion and have changed my mind since. The reason why I choose Riviera was because I did not like the location of it, the rusted brownish color, and the somewhat random placement of the steel parts. But after reading the statement regarding the piece I was able to understand some of the randomness of it. Here is an excerpt of the statement " I have been trying to eliminate references and make truly abstract sculpture, composing the parts of the pieces like notes in music." Also it is meant to be read in time, rather than absorbed in a single glance. I think a part of me was trying to relate it to something I was familiar and had seen some elsewhere.

That is the genius behind Anthony Caro. He has been a forerunner of abstract steel, bronze, and metal sculptures since the 1950's and 1960's. By placing his sculptures on ground, he was regarded has an innovative artist that help art to be accessible to the viewer. His accomplishments are immense! Including being knighted by the Queen of England, being an understudy of Henry Moore, having his work displayed literally everywhere in the world. I can't say I truly like the Rivera, but I do appreciate the thought and meaning behind it. Learning the history of anything helps me gain a insight into whatever I'm not sure about. And it's a process I actually enjoy. I am pleased to say that in Seattle, we have one of Anthony Caro's pieces displayed for all to see.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
High-Fructose Corn Syrup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsgXPt564Q&NR=1

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My project of planning on visiting the Winter Olympics is turning out to be quite expensive! I didn't realize how much it would be until I researched all of the financial costs to be a spectator.. in the cold! The events themselves cost range from 50 dollars up to 1100 dollars. The prices are for the different seating ranges and all the sporting events. The most costly were the opening and closing ceremonies that start at 175 dollars for the general seating and then goes up to 1100 dollars. That does not include expenses for food, lodging, transportation and miscellaneous. I only need to save up for gas, some food, and the cost of the events because I'll be staying with relatives in Vancouver. This gives me a realistic view of how the summer games will be like. The London games would be perfect because I've always wanted to go Europe and the summer Olympics. The whole sight of so many countries all gathered in one place is what really excites and draws me in. And I get to cheer on 3 countries I represent; South Korea, United States, and Canada. Hooray!

Final Presentation

 * I've Always Wanted to Visit the Olympic Games (10%)

 * Research (20%)

 * 1) Internet site:

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Schedule Sports : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Web. 02 Dec. 2009.
 * 2) Book:
 * 3) Scholarly Journal: Gibson, Owen.

"Olympic Games: Public asked to fill the funding shortfall for 2012 medal hopes." Guardian, The. 30 Sep 2009. 1. eLibrary. ProQuest LLC. ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE. 01 Dec 2009. . Kristin Jackson. (15 August). How to get on track for Olympics. McClatchy - Tribune Business News,. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Dateline. (Document ID: 1831236681).
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):

 * Your accomplishment (20%

When we first started this project I realized that a lot of my "i've really wanted to's" were places I want to visit, see, or even live for a short period of time. Visiting the Winter Olympics February 12-28, 2010 made sense because it involves traveling. Knowing that the Vancouver Games are coming up in February, I decided to plan out a trip. I quickly realized that this was financially much more than I expected and the issue of missing class was another. If I wanted the bare minimal to enjoy some of the games, it would cost me around $350. That includes travel costs [by car], visiting 2/3 out of the 15 events at the lowest price [speed skating, figure skating, freestyle skiing at all the preliminary rounds]and extra money for miscellaneous needs. Housing would be provided by my relatives in Vancouer. I don't think it be as exciting because I wouldn't be attending the opening or closing ceremonies and all the events would only by the preliminary rounds. I'm still going to try to plan on going for the weekend. My other goal was to plan on going to the 2012 London Summer Olympics but this would depend on where I am financially at that time of my life. That trip will definitely have to be a broader and greater in all aspects of travels needs, planning, finances, and research. Overall, I'm hoping I'll have enough money saved up and plan on going.

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well - The research was fairly easy. Although, there weren't any textbooks with about it yet.
 * 2)What went poorly - Not being able to go until Feb., Realizing the logistics of everything.
 * 3)Future strategies - Choose a topic that I could actually do during the given time period.

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User:SamanthaOverbay

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

Being able to read Tarot Cards
 * Research Component

Research the history of tarot cards, like where it was originated and things like that.
 * week 1

Research the history of tarot cards and obtain the supplies.

 * week 2

Figure out what each card means.
 * week 3

Continue research and begin learning how to read the cards
 * week 4

Practice reading the cards and continue research.
 * week 5

Continue Practicing and finish up the research component
 * week 6

Read either a friend's or roommate's. Put together my presentation.
 * week 7

Read a family member. Finishing putting together presentation.
 * week 8

practice presentation.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The sculpture that caught my eye negatively was Anthony Caro’s the “Riviera”. I can’t really put my finger onto way I dislike that the sculpture but it just didn’t sit right with me. So after class, I researched Anthony Caro. I learned more about his history and looked more in depth into his other pieces. When I first looking at his pieces I wasn’t fond of them just because I wasn’t fond of the first piece of his I saw. Though, as I looked at more and gave them more than just a single look I began to enjoy them and understanding them. Out of all the pieces I looked at on his website there wasn’t one I didn’t really like. So after my new acquired information on Anthony and his other pieces I went back to the image of the “Riviera”. I started to enjoy the lines and the rhythmic balance it had. I gave it more than a single look, but still couldn’t really enjoy the sculpture. I just didn’t understand it and it didn’t appeal to me. I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. I understand that this piece is a strong architectural character and it may be one of those pieces that is meant to be experienced over time, but it still doesn’t strike me like other art or even his other sculptures do. I disliked the piece at first, came to understand it a little better. Though I still don’t care for the sculpture but I did learned something. Sometimes the first impression of something or someone may not be the best example. If I had the background and knowledge on Anthony Caro’s and his other sculptures I probably would have came with a different mindset when I countered the sculpture. Then I probably would have tried to like it seeing as I enjoyed his other sculptures, but in the end still probably wouldn’t like it.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My accomplishment on my goal is going rather well. There have been some weeks where I didn’t stay right on the schedule. When I do my reading on my family member I need to make sure I have some type of documentation to bring to class with me the day of my presentation either it be a video, photos or the notes from the reading. The thing that I need to start focusing on a little more is the research aspect of the assignment. I have definitely procrastinated the research. I still have yet to find a scholarly journal to add the the list of my resources. I have several books, only couple of website and a good amount of youtube videos. :)

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

Learning how to read tarot cards

 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site: "The TarotL." The Hermitage:. Ed. Tom T. Little. 2001. Web. 05 Dec. 2009. .
 * 2) Book: Huson, Paul. The Devil's Picturebook: The Compleat Guide to Tarot Cards Their Origins and Their Usage. New York: Authors Choice, 2003. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):Ballantrae, John. “Yes – No Spread; 3 Card Answer”. 25 January 2009. Online Video Clip. Youtube. Access on 20 October 2009.

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 * Your accomplishment (20%)

I think I accomplished my goal. Even though I still have a lot to learn because then was a topic more in depth that I thought it would be I learned the basic and I created a nice foundation to start of with and future my knowledge on this topic.

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well: I was really enthused about the topic I didn't lose interest through out the weeks.  I also can a good number of resources to turn to when I need help.
 * 2)What went poorly: I do admit that I did procrastinate that made me fall a little behind on the scheduled. Also not really knowing how in depth this topic was I didn't really develop a schedule that worked and allowed me to learn and gain the knowledge that I needed.
 * 3)Future strategies: I would definitely not procrastinate and develop a more tight and detailed schedule. Also I would have liked to have some more book on the subject so I would have learned different styles and thoughts on how do things once I learned the basics.

Self-Assessment
Overall I think the course went really well. I surprised myself when it came to my “Always Wanted to Do” project. I had some moments that I wish I could have done differently but I’m definitely going to take those and learn from them. I think my best assignment would have the Taste & Aesthetics. I really enjoyed this assignment and I understood it from the very beginning when it was brought up in class. In high school I had a problem with procrastinating and even though in the end I still procrastinated a little when it came to the research aspect I still feel like I proved greatly in that aspect. The class helped me understand more of my study habits and the way I learn. This class has also given me a better outlook on my upcoming general education courses that I need to take.

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User:RobinRahmati

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

I always wanted a puppy
 * Research Component

The history of the breed, how to care for the puppy, talk to breeders, save money, and talk to parents. Religion does not allow dogs and I also live with parents so I have a lot of persuading to do.
 * week 1

Look into the breed I want and research the history. I know I do not want a big dog; something small.
 * week 2

Increase hours for work so I can save money. I have a bad shopping habit so this is going to be very hard to do, but I do want a puppy so I have to work for it.
 * week 3

Research breeders and their background history. I do not want to be scammed!!! Contacting them and setting up an appointment.
 * week 4

Continue working and saving money. I have to avoid temptations such as shoes and jeans, and everything else.
 * week 5

Meet with breeder and look at puppies. Maybe even put one on "hold."
 * week 6

Interview dog owners on how to take care of a dog and go with them to buy supplies. Also, research religion on dogs.
 * week 7

Buy supplies and talk to parents.
 * week 8

Buy puppy!!! Hopefully I would have enough money by then!! :)

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
I have been to the Olympic Sculpture Park three times in my life and every time I go, I look at the Father and Son fountain in a disgusted manner. The artist is Louise Bourgeois and she was born in Paris in 1911, and she is still alive! Before I started researching her, I thought she was a male artist judging on the art and name. I do not like how there are two naked bodies, one is an adult male and the other is a child. It reminds me of a pedaphile and that is just wrong. It is weird how the first thing you see from the park are two naked bodies reaching out to each other. It alternates by one hiding in the water as the other appears. It can be scary to see this art work at night because all you would see are two tall dark figures. Louise's dominant theme of work is her childhood, and the relationship with parents and the role sexuality played in her early family life. Female and male bodies are always used in her works because of her fascination with it. After researching her other works, I still do not like it because it is just too weird for me. But I do like her big spider sculpture named Maman. That is interesting because I am terrified of spiders.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

<< I always wanted a dog >>

 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site:Washington Yorkie Breeders. Purebred Breeders, LLC, 2009. Web. 01 Nov. 2009. .
 * 2) Book: Swarup, Ram. Understanding the Hadith. Smithtown: Prometheus Books, 2002. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):Librande, Rosie. "Dog Care." Personal interview. 26 Oct. 2009.

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

<< I got very close in reaching my goal because I saved enough money to buy supplies and the dog. Basically, I have everything except for the dog itself because my boyfriend is going to buy it for me. I was very proud of myself that I was able to save money because I have a hard time doing that. I needed to find a very good reason to stop shopping. >>

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)The whole planning process went very well. I was very motivated in working hard to buy a Yorkshire puppy and to be able to save my money for it. It stopped me from buying clothes and shoes all the time.
 * 2)Not having the puppy on time for presentation. I wanted to bring her in and show her to the class. Sometimes the motivation would go away because a pair of expensive shoes would catch my attention. Also, increasing my hours at work was a change because I was so used to working part time. I learned how to manage school and work more. I just had to balance everything out.
 * 3)Future strategies: always have money saved so that would not be a stress factor. Resist temptation!!!

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=Group members= sign in here with ":" (a colon and three tildes).

 * Margarita Sanchez
 * TinaZ
 * Crystalhays
 * Torigrace89
 * Rhodoraj
 * Erinbrown

=Overview=
 * 1.summary

Overall our group felt like this project was a success. It was tough at first to figure out how to divide everything up between all of us, but we made it work. Each of us was responsible for one section of the outline and we edited everyone elses. After it was all complete a couple of us went through and changed some things so that it would have a better flow.

 * 2.reflective assessment

 * 1.successes

We did very well as individuals with getting our personal parts done on time. We also got along well as a group during class time and when discussing the paper in person.

 * 2.failures

Our main failure as a group was that we didn't utilize the wikki enough. None of us used the discussion board enough and it resulted in people feeling stressed out that they didn't know what was going on. Also, not all of us were present in class every week which lead to some more confusion with the status of the paper.

 * 3.future strategies

Our advice to groups in the future is to really use all of the time given for this assignment and to not think of it as something that can be thrown together last minute. With a group project it takes a huge amount of communication and dedication to acheive a good end result. Our main advice would be to have everyone agree to check the wikki every other day and to also post something on the discussion board, even if its just to say that you logged on.

=Introduction: A Narrative= Once upon a time there was a man named Bill. People called him “Garbage Bill”. They called him this because although he had a home, he was notorious for making everything out of other peoples trash. He would make weekly trips to the local dump and find anything that was still usable. He found parts for his car, decorations for his yard, even his appliances were second hand.

One day, the local elementary school was having field trip to the dump to learn what happened to their trash after they threw it away and the importance of recycling. Among the kids was a third grader named Max. Max’s father was the city mayor and he lived a fairly lavish lifestyle. He had countless toys and clothes and never knew what it was like to wear something “second hand”.

During the field trip, Max couldn’t help but notice “Garbage Bill” rummaging through all of the junk and trash. He wandered over to him and realized that close up he looked like a normal guy. He wasn’t dirty or smelly like he had thought. “Excuse me sir, but why are you digging in the trash?” he asked. “Some of this is trash, but the rest of it is perfectly fine.” Bill responded, “Too many people throw things away for no reason in this country and I’m trying to do my part by reusing all of that stuff.”

This made Max think of the new space age looking washer and dryer his parents bought at sears last week and how they threw away the old ones even though they were perfectly fine. In fact, for all he knew they could be at Bill’s house!

When he went home that afternoon, Max told his parents all about the field trip and his talk with “Garbage Bill”. His dad was very touched by the story and could see that max was too. He told his son that he would try to make the city more aware of what they are throwing away and where to take it. He told Max that he couldn’t help the fact that Americans buy tins if stuff but he could try to provide more options for recycling.

Now, Max’s city is the #1 city for recycling in the country and it all began with one child, who was inspired by one man who found treasure in the rest of the city’s trash.

THE END

Trash has been a problem ever since people first started to colonize. “10,000 BC: Trash became a problem when people first began to establish permanent settlements.” From early settlers collecting people’s trash in wagons that went up and down the streets, to present day landfill complications, we can’t seem to escape the difficulties brought on by our country’s waste. As humans we are naturally prone to be destructive to our environments, there is no escaping that, and as the world becomes more populated there is more waste. The issue we want to discuss is what we should do to deal with this issue. The three R's that have been preached to everyone since grade school are REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. The question is, which of these options makes the most sense? "The 2000 Census counted a U.S.A. population of 281,421,906. Six years later the U.S. population had grown to 300 million." This rising population makes it much more difficult to reduce waste.

Americans love the convenience of plastic items, which is why most people prefer to pay a dollar for a plastic bottle of water than, god forbid, fill up their own bottle from the tap. "Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion" and "If the water we use at home cost what even cheap bottled water costs, our monthly water bills would run $9,000." Plastic isn't going away anytime soon, so recycling the plastic that is already produced is important. Recycling is not a new concept to Americans. “In 1776 the first example of recycling occurred when patriots in New York City melted down a statue of King George the third and made it into bullets.” We also learned to recycle our waste to our advantage when we discovered that it could create power. “In 1905 New York City began using a garbage incinerator to generate electricity to light the Williamsburg Bridge.” People are also making an effort to reuse things such as buying cloth diapers rather than disposable, or reusable shopping bags. Reducing plastic use altogether seems to be the more difficult option. How do you stop using something that is everywhere you look? It seems that on a scale of least to most effective, the saying should really go: "Recycle, Reuse, Reduce." -Tori Jones

Trash Island
“The very thing that makes plastic items useful to consumers, their 	durability and stability, also makes them a problem in marine 	environments. Around 100 million tonnes of plastic are produced each 		year of which about 10 percent ends up in the sea. About 20 percent of 	this is from ships and platforms, the rest from land.” (greenpeace.org)

Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Eastern Garbage Patch. Garbage Island. Trash Vortex. These are the names attributed to the vast floating field of debris located in the ocean off the coast between California and Hawaii and its expanse reaches far across the northern Pacific. The North Pacific Gyre is a system of slowly moving clockwise currents created by high-pressure air currents. These currents pull in floating waste and a toxic ‘soup’ is accumulated. This floating island of trash is comprised of waste materials from all over the world. The ‘island’ is estimated to be about twice the size of Texas. 100 million tons of trash are floating in the Gyre. Approximately 90 percent of it is believed to be plastic. The amount of plastic amassed in the gyre is six times that of the marine life located there. Plastic bags, nets, tires, and everyday household items are just some of the garbage that litters the ocean. Much of the waste has sunk below (about 70 percent), affecting the ocean floor, while some of it ends up washing up on shore. This garbage island is ever-expanding and accumulating exponentially since the 1950s.

The plastic accumulated in the gyre, while aesthetically displeasing, is also very harmful to the marine and wild life. Plastic is not biodegradable. Plastic waste can last for centuries. As plastic photodegrades (breaking down into increasingly smaller pieces), it is often confused as a food source, affecting many animals who consume it. The plastic creates blockages and is also extremely toxic. According to the UN Environment Programme, plastic debris causes the deaths of more than a million seabirds every year, as well as more than 100,000 marine mammals. Syringes, cigarette lighters and toothbrushes have been found inside the stomachs of dead seabirds, which mistake them for food (Marks, par. 13).

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the consequence caused by the growing consumption and inadequate disposal of plastic products. How can we effectively address this problem? -Tina Z.

Garbage Facts
Trash and Plastics are consistently being piled up by not only Americans, but by other countries worldwide. The realizations truly hits home, when recent polls state that Americans on average waste 4.6 pounds per day which adds up to 230 tons each year; ¼ of it is being recycled, as the remained ¾ are placed into landfills. Nearly 70% of these landfill wastes (papers, glasses, and metals) can be reused into future resources. Slowly the environment is paying the price for our carelessness in how we ‘throw out our trash’, but there are ways we can stop and help our planet. ( www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/related.html)

Can we Burn It? - Yes and No. - Incineration does generate mass amounts of energy but releases toxins and ashes that get into our air systems.

Can We Bury It? - Many landfills are being closed due to large amounts and becoming overflowed and contaminating our ground-waters. What Are Other Countries Doing/Global Effects -Many cities are starting ‘sustainability’ projects strategies of reducing waste and using it towards materials in housing developments, nourishing crops as well as making energy. (www. Learner.org) -Copenhagen, Denmark has developed an urban waste system program has made major efforts in their environment. Their program includes: 58% is the cities household, commercial and industrial waste is recycled, 24% is incinerated and 18% is deposited in landfills. With these statistics, Copenhagen has had immense results: Reduced their landfill numbers from 30 to 3 50% of commercial, industrial and demolition waste it recycled, 50,000 tons of waste (previously in landfills) are now incinerated into plants that are now converted into energy

The mountains, the grasses and the oceans are our home and are our job to keep it clean and protected. Countries such as Denmark, are making their mark on the world, and slowing stopping their environmental issues. Trash and plastics won’t just go away, and are formally placed in their locations by people, and propose major damages.

Our country is producing so much, and therefore consuming so much, that we can’t keep up with places to put all of our trash. Americans today are being brought up in a society where waste is a normal occurrence. Things are constantly thrown away and replaced long before it is actually necessary. We are taught that in order to be considered successful and of high status that we need to own all sorts of material possessions. But not only that, we need to keep up with the latest and greatest, therefore, creating the unnecessarily wasted products and not all of this waste is being reused and recycled.

"We're reminded a hundred times a day to buy things, but we're not reminded to take care of them, repair them, reuse them or give them away." - Michael Jacobson, Center for the Study of Commercialism

Erin Brown

=Solutions=

Recycle
We all seen the blue recycle bins at some point or everyday, but how many remember to actually toss your empty bottles in there? Today, 80 percent of Americans have access to a plastics recycling program and still theres a large amount of people who dont both or forget to recycle. But if you need help to recycle theres community programs to sign up for and to keep in mind, the energy saved by recycling 1 bottle will power a computer for 25 minutes.

More than 2.4 billion pounds of plastic bottles were recycled in 2008. Although the amount of plastic bottles recycled in the U.S. has grown every year since 1990, the actual recycling rate remains steady at around 27 percent. Now in recent years, the number of U.S. plastics recycling business has nearly tripled and more than 1,600 businesses are involved in recycling post-consumer plastics. Also we cant forget plastic bags and product wraps, known as "plastic film", which is now commonly recycled at the many collection programs offered through major grocery stores.

In 2008, ArrowHead recycled more than 8.5 million plastic bottles during their sponsored sporting events arcoss the country, which is enough material to make over 85,000 fleece jackets. By recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space. And during 2008's Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, volunteers recovered and recycled 189,000,000 PET plastic bottles that littered highways, waterways and parks. By helping out in your community, school, job, and at your home, you can do so much by just picking up or dividing your trash and taking little time to decide what items to through away in the right bins you can help to reduce landfills and the trash island by reusing your plastic.Margarita Sanchez

Reuse
There are many ways to reuse plastics, some are creative and some are basic, but all are a great way to reduce landfills, which in this case plastics can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill.Some people think that plastic bottles are for one single use and some reuse their bottle thinking they are recycle by reusing that same bottle but, for your health and concern its better to know this; By cleaning your water bottle, both single-use and reusable water bottles should be thoroughly cleaned and dried between uses and sanitizing your water bottle, if you have visible bacterial slime or mold in your water bottle, you should sanitize your water bottle with a dilute bleach solution of 1 teaspoon bleach and 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 quart of water.At home, office, or anywhere, there are ways that you can reuse your plastic, by making wall art pieces, making garments,accessories, household objects, in the garden as pots, coin bags, simple pen c ontainers, or even building a house to a boat or car out of plastic bottles.

Margarita Sanchez

Reduce
We are all familiar with the process of recycling plastic, but what if recycling is not the answer to this growing plastic problem? For starters plastic is simply not good for the environment let alone human beings. It is not biodegradable and is also made from oil that comes from a limited natural resource. According to the World Health Organization, some plastics contain toxins that are known to be human carcinogens. Many people are already aware of these facts and still according to MSLK Watershed, and eco- arts program raising awareness through art, Americans use 1500 plastic bottles per second. Many people may not realize that there are alternatives to plastic and I believe that if people are educated about these alternatives and they are made readily available then the switch from plastic should be easy. There are many alternatives to plastic and the simplest one is using cloth shopping bags or even just asking for paper at the register. Another growing alternative is to use aluminum water bottles. These are the obvious ones, some of the less obvious ones include using newspaper or cardboard egg cartons instead of bubble wrap, buy wood furniture instead of plastic, and some food producing companies are beginning to use containers that are made of corn products and are biodegradable. Companies that sell these products online are onlygreen.com and ecoproducts.com. They sell everyday products such as biodegradable waste bags, steel and aluminum food containers, biodegradable cutlery and containers for businesses, beauty and health products, pet care, and basically everything that you need every day for personal use as well as business use. I believe that it is very important to get larger companies involved and educated because they have so much impact on the plastic products being sold in stores. Just think of the impact it would make if large companies started using plastic alternatives for products and their packaging. It is important to educate people and large businesses about these alternatives and make them widely known, because once you know about the alternatives it is as simple as buying these products online.

Crystalhays

conclusion
To recycle or not to recycle that is the question. Believe it or not but people ask themselves this question everyday. I know that I face this question every time I go to work, go out to eat, or even while I make my purchases.

In kindergarten, like many others I was taught the three R's, reduce reuse and recycle. But recycling back then, to me, was something people with money had. My mother had told me that it was too expensive. Not only do you have to pay for the bin, you have to pay monthly for its removal. Therefore, we didn't own a recycling receptacle until I was 18, when it was purchased by my sister and I. For 18 plus years I was not able to recycle from home.

Research has shown that money isn’t the only reason people don’t recycle. . Only 12 percent of those who don’t recycle say it cost too much and takes too much effort There are many who don’t because of their own free will. About 11 percent don’t recycle because they feel it doesn’t make a difference. While 6 percent say they are too busy and 5 percent say it’s too difficult. Only three- quarters of American adults recycle. In August 2007, studies showed that 23 percent of American adults simply did not think they need to recycle because they thought that it didn’t matter. You would think that young people would be inspired to recycle, every child wants to save the future right? but only three in ten “Echo Boomers”, (between ages 18-30), recycle compared to 19 percent of “Matures”( aged 62 and older).

Age isn’t the only thing that keeps people from recycling. According to the Harris Poll, people in the East and West are more likely to recycle. 88 percent in the East and 86 percent in the West.Where as 32 percent in the South and 30 percent in the Midwest recycle. Southerners may be more inclined to recycling if it were cheaper and actually available. One in five of those in the South do not recycle because it isn’t available in their area and 14 percent argue that it cost more where they live. For those in the East who do not recycle it may be because of their own laziness. One-quarter of Easterners say they do not recycle because it takes too much effort.

Of course as a child, I wanted to recycle but I was not aware of the dangers my toys and new clothes every Christmas actually brought to the world, until recently. Growing up we think about how we can recycle our garbage but we often forget that first step. Recycling is important but what is even more important is the first step, to reduce.

A large amount of toys are produced in China. China is becoming a large resource for businesses. Cheap labor and mass production has made it easy for companies to invest in overseas employment. The largest toy distributor in the United States is Wal-mart. The director of the activist group,. Bama Atheya, International Labor Rights Forum, claimed that Wal-mart will sell $7 billion  worth of toys this year. Just imagine how much plastic was made to make $7 billion worth of toys for one company in one year. Plus the trend of Vinyl toy collecting has only caused the relationship with plastic and toys increase immensely.

Humans have this amazing power that separates us from other mammals. We have the power to choose. Everything we do can be improved by the choices we make. It takes time but once people become more aware how and what to recycle we can also become more aware of what we consume. Consumption is a big issue with the garbage we produce in America. Most of that garbage is plastic and the problem with plastic is also its strengths. It’s durable and stable. Garbage can be reduced and it can decompose but there are many products out there that do not and most of those are made of plastics or resins.

Although plastic has become such an issue in our waste it has made many things affordable and has replaced the need to make things out of metals or  trees. Which has also reduced metal mining and forest farming.They are also used in a very important science, health. Plastics are used in all hospitals in numerous ways, without plastics we could not do many of the things that save lives everyday. Unfortunately like any plastic there is also a negative issue with these plastics The problem with these plastics is that they cannot be recycled. After one use in the hospital a plastic cannot be reused. Plastic syringes and caps, vinyl gloves and plastic aprons, wristbands, IV bags, and blood bags are all non reusable plastics. Although these plastics help people everyday that waste is overwhelming. The reduction of plastics in hospitals has been brought to many people’s attention and because of the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s the  levels of dioxins in our environment has decreased by 70 percent. Although many of the non-reusable plastic products in medical  waste were made to prevent infection and spread of disease, they are also incinerated for the same reason. These plastics contain a great amount of polyvinyl chloride and therefore is the major source of dioxins in the environment.

That’s not the only thing plastic brings to us. It can also poison us if handled incorrectly or by the process of it getting made through factories. Factories release toxins in the air while producing plastics and resins and also when recycling these materials as well. Purchasing products with certain plastics can be harmful as well. In 2008, nalgene bottles were pulled off the shelf for having bisphenol A (BPA), which have been proven to cause cancer and can increase risks of other severe health problems. There has also been studies of plastic in the microwave as being cancerous. Dr Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital, manager of the wellness program at the hospital explained that dioxins in our plastic containers are released when microwaved and when food containing any fat is heated high in plastic it absorbs the dioxins and ultimately finds it’s way into the body. A simple solution to plastic in your microwave is glass.

Although plastic brings us pain it also saves lives. The dilemma is plastic itself. Plastic has definite positives to it’s uses and what it has allowed us to do. it has also effected the earth in an equal if not greater amount of turmoil. I believe that we can possibly find a balance with plastic. We can find ways to recycle what is already made and reduce the need to make more by consuming cautiously and not as often.

Many people enjoy shopping and there is not much we can do to change that. But we can change our awareness of plastics and products. I myself enjoy to shop, so as a consumer I observe where the product is made, what the store encourages (whether they use recyclable items or reusable products),and what the product is made of.In the grocery store you can purchase food in glass rather than plastic. You can store cleaners and soaps in the glass from the foods purchased prior. There is also Bamboo which is made into cooking utensils, towels, plates and eating utensils. These are fairly inexpensive, reusable, and decomposable. These plants can grow fast and replenish easily. Cloth bags are also becoming more popular in stores as an alternative to plastic or paper.

There are many companies now that are aiming to be eco-friendly and hopefully this trend will spread worldwide. I’ve noticed that packaging has been a big issue with companies and the amount of plastic used is tremendous. Stores like Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie have recycled papers and paper tape as their main means of shipping and packaging. Plastic bags are also banned from their stores. Utrecht is also using refillable plastic bags as their means of shipping, although they are still working on getting plastic out of the first resort position, they are still leaning towards a cleaner alternative. There is also many restaurants that are trying to cut back on waste. Bahaus recycles their to go cups and uses corn plastic cups that are biodegradable. It is also becoming a trend for local stores and some large chain stores to use vintage clothing for new fashions. Not only can reduce our use of plastic we can reduce our waste and our consumption by doing so.

I’ve noticed that being earth friendly is not cheap and it makes it seem more appealing to buy the plastic bottled water then the glass, or buy the new clothes made in china rather then the recycled Patagonia clothes or the thrift store clothes. All these choices reduce the chain effect in purchasing things that potentially add to our demise. The answer to our problem is not only to recycling or reuse but to most importantly reduce. Because plastic has bled into all of our lives and through many countless professions and we can’t get rid of it but we can prevent the production of more. People can contribute by reducing in a matter that is comfortable to them, we just need to be pushed in the right direction.

Rhodoraj

=References= INTRO

Fishman, Charles. "Message in a Bottle." 19 Dec. 2007. Print

http://www.earthforce.org/content/article/detail/1568

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Melos, Martin V. Garbage in the cities: refuse, reform, and the environment. http://books.google.com/books?id=mUU219lOBIQC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=1905+ny+garbage+incinerator&source=bl&ots=CelTDOYsG3&sig=SNZzWp0hvRTtWaPOJantST1PGfA&hl=en&ei=6v0fS5HbK5K_lAennvWHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false

"Bottled Drinking Water." World Health Organization. 2009. World Health Organization, Web. 11 Nov 2009.

Marks, Kathy, and Daniel Howden. "The world's rubbish dump: a tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan - Environment - The Independent." The Independent | News | UK and Worldwide News | Newspaper. 5 Feb. 2008. Web. 17 Nov. 2009. . -Trash Island

Newport, Ivy. "Alternatives to Using Plastic/Science and Technology." Best Syndication. 10/16/2009. Best Syndication, Web. 11 Nov 2009. .

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"Watershed,a new MSLK eco-installation." Reactions. 04/19/09. MSLK, Web. 11 Nov 2009. .

Margarita Sanchezhttp://ecoble.com/2009/04/27/extraordinary-reuse-projects-10-amazing-ways-to-recycle-plastic-bottles/

http://walking.about.com/od/fluids/f/reusingbottles.htm

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Recycling+plastic+Facts&page=1&qsrc=2417&dm=all&ab=1&title=Recycling+Plastic%3A+Facts&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chm.bris.ac.uk%2Fwebprojects2004%2Fwhitehead%2Ffacts.htm&sg=6oQe%2BuqNyv4uQq0HzaaKQJIUrLLGCv4zFGahPqoLi24%3D&tsp=1258573935638

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Recycling+plastic+Facts&page=1&qsrc=2417&dm=all&ab=0&title=Plastic+Recycling+Facts+-+Earth911.com&u=http%3A%2F%2Fearth911.com%2Fplastic%2Fplastic-bottle-recycling-facts%2F&sg=uPBpnRtOZg3tI2POaeMyG3RAlytG2T4kR3qFa%2BGbGUI%3D&tsp=1258573935638 Margarita Sanchez


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I will be Researching the tuning, chords, theory behind the Ukulele.
 * week 1

Research, and buy a "Good Uke."
 * week 2

Research the History behind the Concert Ukulele i bought. Also Learn all Major Chords.
 * week 3

Research How Uke's became. Also work on rhythm and Chords.
 * week 4

Continue to learn new techniques on the Uke and practice.
 * week 5

Start to construct a song on the Uke. intro, and verses
 * week 6

Construct chorus and bridge and outro.
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Finish song, Record song and prep for presentation.
 * week 8

Present.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
When I was walking to the park the first thing that really stuck out to me was this huge wheel, my first thought was “Why in the world is this wheel like here it’s dumb, and there’s no point to it." So I was like I don’t want to be lazy and just see that and turn back so I keep walking and none of them bugged me except that one, cause most had some representation of art behind it. Not just a wheel. So I Came back and researched the “weird wheel.” Soon after researching I found out it wasn’t even a wheel, it is a typewriter eraser. From then I was like okay that makes more sense and some type of art, cause unless you knew what it was most people would think it was a stupid wheel, so it has two characteristics to what it could be taken as. Finding this out it made me have respect for it, because I’ve always had an interest in the art that has two different pictures in one. So I thought of this as the same.

This artist that did the sculpture was actually two, there names are Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, they are very abstract ways of art. They always seem to try and put a illusion from the art, to make it look like its doing something it isn’t. Most of there sculptures are larger than life sculptures. One of there works that really stood out to me was the one of a big saw, that looks like its sticking out or the ground like it was stuck there.

So with this project I actually was able to change my own mind, after learning facts bout the art work, from disliking it to having respect for it. Im not saying I am truly am in love with it, but I respect it.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
Since I wasn't able to present my fallacies in class cause of my absence, during the week i was watching Tv, and it was a commerical of olive garden, it was type of fallacy that makes fun of commericals but ends up being just a commercial. It was like a video of the food, and like adversting it but then in the end the girl was like "it so good sometimes we forget to talk." Then they start laughing and it ends.

My other fallacy i found was my friend asked me if its true that if you eat before you got to bed you get nightmares. i was like no I've never heard that. So he was like oh well never mind then cause whenever i eat before i got to bed i get nightmares.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My progress is doing good. I wrote my song, at the moment im just debating on recording it, making a music video, or playing live.Got a few books, about the history haven't been able to find a scholarly journal but i'm still working on that. Besides that learning the ukulele was pretty straight forward, and ended up also learning guitar on the side. Surprisingly both came to really easy, it helped having alot of friends that play guitar to help me alot.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

To learn the Concert Ukulele.

 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site: Ukulele Tabs : tabs and chords for ukulele, learn to play uke songs. Web. 03 Dec. 2009. .
 * 2) Book: The ukulele: a visual history. San Fransico: Backbeat Books, 2003. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal: couldn't find one.
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc): YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. © 2009 YouTube, LLC. Web. .

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

http://www.youtube.com/v/StpW5ajvb2U&hl

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)Everything went well was really straight forward the use of Youtube, friends, and internet sites helped a ton along with just messing around with it.
 * 2)Strings too easy to break, and my accident on the way to get my Uke.
 * 3)You different strings, and find a way to incorporate uke and guitar into on thing.

Self-Assessment
This class, at first I had no idea what it was about. But then just learning to achieve something that you have always wanted to do, was just awesome. Like I've always been the person that doesn't achieve something because I'm lazy, but something changed letting me want to learn. I think the difference on why i liked this class so much, was you let us choose what we wanted to learn, not gave us something. It was a very different aspect that i really liked and would hundred percent want to do this again and again. I think i learned things that never have brought up in classes in high school and other class, like just open debates, and the science on the ads to make people think or feel a certain way. Also the feel of teaching was alot different and helped me learn in a less stressful environment, like you said earlier you really are "King Chill" at the Art institute.

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=Analytical Writing=

Personal Essay
I have had a lot of experience being around people who abused perscription drugs. Recently I had a friend of mine explain the pain he went through when he found himself addicted to pain killers. At an average of $80 a day, he would use everyday. He gave me an extimate of about $10,000 for the whole time he was using. His mom had also been addicted to "Oxys" but has now been clean for 6 years. My friend elaborated how every morning he would wake up and pop his pills, just like a person with a real need for them. After years of wasted money and losing friends he fianlly got the courage to send himself to rehab where he stayed for 23 days. He cried, screamed and was sick for most of the time but he knew that if he didnt force himself to stay he would ruin any chance he had of a future. After the nightmare was over he realized what he had lost and made a promise to himself never to use again, and to this day he has kept that promise.

I didnt know this friend when he was abusing but the way he is now I could never imagine that he would ever do things like that. Most of the time I can tell who has and has not used before but with him, I feel like it changed his life so much that his personality pushes out the thought of how he was when he was using. I have also had some personal experience with perscription drug use, none that I want to explain much. But something that i have learned from it is the feeling that you need something or that a object that is not living can control you which is a very bad feeling. Its strange to give your life away to a pill, your bigger then it, smarter then it, but it has full control over your life, financially and personally.

Today teenagers are not using as much cocaine, crack, LSD, and ecstasy as the teenagers of the 1960’s. Kids have found other ways and means to get high; painkillers and other prescription drugs are being abused at record levels. This up coming generation of teens has been given the name “Generation Rx.”Teens are often getting caught raiding their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinets in order to get high. For the first time, national studies show that today’s teens are more likely to have abused a prescription painkiller than any illicit drug.(http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/drugs/prescription_drug_abuse.html)

Most if not all of the people I know that have used or still use have also experimented with other drugs. Only recently have I noticed that perscription drugs are starting to be a persons first and maybe only drug of choice. Either way I can tell the difference in some of my friends with how they are now compared to how they used to be. Rapid talking and movement and the most common. Hense the term tweeker or twack, I know a couple people who have earned those nicknames permanently. Conversations that should be normal have become a struggle for me and also for them. Especially when we come to the subject of why they are such tweekers. All the people know why they are like that but the control that the pills have over them is too much for them to escape from.

Long-term use of opioids or central nervous system depressants can lead to physical dependence and addiction. Opioids can produce drowsiness, constipation and, depending on amount taken, can depress breathing. Central nervous system depressants slow down brain function; if combined with other medications that cause drowsiness or with alcohol, heart rate and respiration can slow down dangerously. Taken repeatedly or in high doses, stimulants can cause anxiety, paranoia, dangerously high body temperatures, irregular heartbeat, or seizures.

Self Assessment
This class was fun sometimes but most of the time i feel like ive done it all before. I like the work we had to do because i feel like it was considerate of the other classes we have so it wasnt that much work.

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User talk:Stevenarntson/group spaces/2009fallanalytical/group 5

Workshop

 * Organize in reverse hierarchical order: 1. Recycle 2. Reuse 3. Reduce
 * A few specific product stories
 * 1) Water bottles
 * 2) Disposable Diapers
 * 3) Toys
 * Statistics
 * Repeated statistics
 * Incineration: Upside and downside
 * Citations works cited list
 * Good intro describing the limitations of the investigation

General Discussion
Hey Tori, remember to include your fictional narrative. It is supposed to be posted in the beginning. TinaZ

The new intro is posted. let me know what you think of it. -tori

I just proofread the education group's essay. (but you can over it again if you want):) TinaZ

I just wanted to let you all know that I am in the process of redoing the introduction. I will have it posted by the end of this week and you can feel free to comment on it! -Tori

I think we can discuss all of our improvements at 1:00 on Wed. i will bring all of the class critique sheets. See you guys then...in the library! -Tori

I was wondering what I needed to work on on the essay (improvements, added info, etc.)...what do I need to change or is that what we're meeting up at 1:00 at ...the library? for -Tina

Hey guys when I looked at our sign up sheet for what we were each doing I noticed that noone was signed up for the "Inro to Plastic" section and I think thats pretty important so we can figure that out in class today! see ya soon! Crystalhays

Hey, I haven't posted mine yet either. Will be up by tomorrow night at latest. I think we can make copies of everything before class on Wednesday. Probably 25 or so copies (more if everyone in our group needs a copy). -Tina

Hi everyone. I'm sorry my rough draft isn't posted yet. I had family in town all weekend but i will have it posted tomorrow night so whoever wants to can review it. Also, how many copies of our sections should we make?? -Tori

here is Erins rough draft... Trash and Plastics are consistently being piled up by not only Americans, but by other countries worldwide. The realizations truly hits home, when recent polls state that Americans on average waste 4.6 pounds per day which adds up to 230 tons each year; ¼ of it is being recycled, as the remained ¾ are placed into landfills. Nearly 70% of these landfill wastes (papers, glasses, and metals) can be reused into future resources. Slowly the environment is paying the price for our carelessness in how we ‘throw out our trash’, but there are ways we can stop and help our planet. ( www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/related.html)

Can we Burn It? - Yes and No. - Incarceration does generate mass amounts of energy but releases toxins and ashes that get into our air systems.

Can We Bury It? - Many landfills are being closed due to large amounts and becoming overflowed and contaminating our ground-waters.

What Are Other Countries Doing/Global Effects -Many cities are starting ‘sustainability’ projects strategies of reducing waste and using it towards materials in housing developments, nourishing crops as well as making energy. (www. Learner.org) -Copenhagen, Denmark has developed an urban waste system program has made major efforts in their environment. Their program includes: 58% is the cities household, commercial and industrial waste is recycled. 24% is incinerated 18% is deposited in landfills -With these statistics, Copenhagen has had immense results: Reduced their landfill numbers from 30 to 3 50% of commercial, industrial and demolition waste it recycled 50,000 tons of waste (previously in landfills) are now incinerated into plants that are now converted into energy

The mountains, the grasses and the oceans are our home and are our job to keep it clean and protected. Countries such as Denmark, are making their mark on the world, and slowing stopping their environmental issues. Trash and plastics won’t just go away, and are formally placed in their locations by people, and propose major damages.

Useful Research Links
ABOUT PLASTIC

-Steve
 * Manufactured Landscapes (movie) eWaste
 * Pacific Gyre Trash Island
 * This article in Fast Company about bottle water.
 * Grab this book. This gentleman just gave a talk at SPL, available here.

Businesses and Recycling This has some good info. -Tori Interesting.... -Tori some statistics -Tori plastic bag info -Tori more stats -Tori

Here is a good article on ocean trash I just ran across. Best, Stevenarntson

Thought these could be useful -Tina bioplastic -this is about biodegradable plastic U.S. plastic history a history about plastic


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User:Joshherber

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

I'm going to design my own building.
 * Research Component

I will research famous architects, trends around the world for building designs, Eco friendly architecture, and popular materials to use for the building.
 * week 1

Start researching famous architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright.
 * week 2

Research International trends in building architecture. Start small idea sketches.
 * week 3

Look into Eco-friendly architecture. Solar power and "Green" materials etc.
 * week 4

Research popular and common materials used in architecture.
 * week 5

Think of rough design ideas for the building while taking into affect International trends.
 * week 6

Start rough sketches.
 * week 7

Sketch (continued).
 * week 8

Sketch (continued).

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The piece that I chose for this project was Schubert Sonata by Mark di Suvero. When I first saw this piece in the Olympic Sculpture Park, I didn’t really like it all that much. After researching the artist I found out that he used to work construction and was injured in a freight elevator accident. While in rehabilitation he learned how to use an arc welder and started to make sculptures out of huge pieces of leftover metal. After learning this and looking at some of his other sculptures I actually started to like Schubert Sonata more than I did before. It doesn’t really feel different to do this process. There’s almost nothing that I don’t like as a whole, I always find something in everything that I like and then it turns into researching that particular object to find out why it is the way it is. At first I didn’t really like the rusted texture of the piece but when I learned more about the artists background I came to appreciate it more because the whole piece, in a way, describes who the artist is and where he came from.

In the end, for myself at least, I can appreciate almost anything visually, in any art form. To want to learn more about things comes natural to me, and also in finding out why an artist made something the way that they did. It doesn’t necessarily feel any different to know that I can manipulate my mind because I’ve always done that, but to actually think about how that makes me feel is a hard question to answer. I guess it feels pretty good that I can be that open minded about things. I’ve learned to not make any harsh decisions too quick because I might end up liking whatever it is that I’m critiquing.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My progress on the “I’ve always wanted to” project is going very well. I’ve learned a lot about different architects and what’s coming next in the architecture world. There are a lot of good environmental friendly materials that are possible to use now in up and coming architecture. I will also try to learn new and different ways to use solar energy that haven’t been used very much before. I have thought of some rather good ideas on how the building could look, now all I have to do is try to get them on the paper the way that they are in my mind.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

< > Attempt to design my own building.

 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site: "Frank Lloyd Wright; biography." CMG Worldwide. Web. 25 Oct. 2009. .

Architecture Design for Architects | Architectural Record. Web. 25 Oct. 2009. .
 * 2) Book: Ghirardo, Diane Yvonne. Architecture after modernism. New York, N.Y: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Smith, Elizabeth A. T. Techno Architecture (4x4 series). London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal: Ng, Ho-Yin. "10 Hills Place: Amanda Levete Architects." Architects' Journal 230.8 (2009): 34-35. Print.
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc): An interview by CNN with architect Ken Yeang on his inspiration for buildings and where the future is going with architecture(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1P1kkcEzWM&feature=related.)

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

<> I managed to reach my goal, but not in the way that I would have liked. I kind of wanted to come up with a more in depth design that had to do with the interior as well as the exterior. I found out that it wasn't as relaxing as I thought it would be. With other designs that I've done, usually the whole idea just comes to me. For me with designing a building there was too much to think about in regards to material, texture and safety. I couldn't make a clear choice on what I wanted to do with my design. I have a lot more fun coming up with ideas for light fixtures or furniture than I did with trying to design a building. I feel a lot more confident when I know everything about my idea, when I can create the whole thing and not need to get outside help on it, like I would with designing a building

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well - I really thought that all the research went really well and I learned a lot from other architects and their inspiration for all of their ideas. Mostly the whole project went ok, I did manage to design a building, which was my goal in the first place.
 * 2)What went poorly - The whole outcome of the final design of the building, I thought, went poorly. When I come up with an idea for a lighting fixture or piece of furniture, I know exactly what material I want to use and how I'm going to make it along with everyother detail you could think of. A building is just another story, because to feel absolutely sure about it I would have to know everything that has to go in the building like plumbing, heating and cooling etc. I would have to simultaneously think about everything that has to fit together, and how everything would attach to each other. It's not an impossible task, just something that I would have to work at and learn how to just let some things go and let someone else worry about it.
 * 3)Future strategies - I might try next time to not have as high of expectations of myself. If I want to try to design another building, I'll try to just focus on the overall shape of the exterior of the building and try not to figure out every little thing that has to be accounted for(plumbing etc.) I might also want to define my goal better, so I know exactly what I should and shouldn't worry about so I don't waste time with something that might not matter in the end.

Self-Assessment
To be perfectly honest I didn't really learn anything in this class that I didn't already know before. I bet that the class was very beneficial to other people in the class because the things that were covered are things that I use in my everyday life. I'm not pretending that I know everything, so I know that I have a lot left to learn just about everything in general. I think that I did alright on all the assignments, but I could have probably done a whole lot better on the "I've always wanted to" project and presentation. I felt that there was a large room for improvement on that whole project on my part. I feel confidently prepared to further my studies just through knowing that I was already aware of how to think in such a way that would benefit my everyday life that was taught in this class. I really don't think that I contributed all that much to the experiences of other students in the class because I'm really shy and I don't really think that most people would want to hear what I have to say, which I have learned through past experiences in my life.

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User:JenniferBrannon

=Analytical Writing=

Group Name
Rising Education Cost

Critique
Critique #1: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Cherrykyle ((I'm not exactly sure where to post this so I'll put it in your critique section. Makes sense right?))

First off, I think this is an excellent topic and it obviously has a lot of personal relevance to you as a person. I think you might be able to make it a bit less like a rant though. And I wasn't sure what to make of the indented sections, they didn't really fit with the rest of the essay. Otherwise good job. JenniferBrannon

Critique #2: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User_talk:Saramcmillen This is really informative and a great essay. It did end a little more aloof than it started. If you could continue to tie in the small town throughout the paper I think that would really help it flow more smoothly, I had all but forgotten it was a personal essay by the end.

It really came off as more a public service announcement that was recruiting help for the programs that support the homeless at the end. Other than that it was great. JenniferBrannon

Personal Essay
Rising education cost deter many young adults just starting out on their own. A young couple trying to attend college faces many obstacles to making headway in starting their own life. A young couple who receives $1925 per month from family and financial aid all together faces several very challenging obstacles in particular; such as a $1000 rent, around $200 in groceries every two weeks, almost $200 for all their utilities, and over $25 a week for transportation. On top of juggling all these expenses and doing their best to save a little for hard times, the couple has to worry about school work, whether or not they should get a job, can they afford to get a job and the added stress of keeping their relationship together. All this probably sounds like a rant but it's just basic facts. You might do the math and find that they still have around $450 dollars left but if you try to live on $450 dollars between two people for a month you'll find it isn't easy.

The biggest problem with this system is that almost no one can afford to pay for their college education without some help from loans, whether they apply for federal loans or get a personal loan from their bank, the only difference it makes is the interest rate and how long you have to pay it back. For something that's become so necessary to survival in this country, you would think that it would be a little more affordable. If the government would simply put a roof on how high the education cost can go and what companies can charge for their supplies when the school buys from them, things could be kept at a manageable level for families to send their kids to school.

Supplies. There's another things that a student is required to pay for 'out-of-pocket.' This isn't necessarily a bad thing but when it cost 6 dollars for a 6"x4" plastic stencil that only has circles and squares on it for one assignment that needs all three basic shapes... well I'm sure I don't need to say that that's a tad extreme. And that's only one example from one school of one branch in the US. I won't bore you with long lists of overpriced school supplies that could range from CDs, to drawing paper, to pencils, to text books and a host of other things.

My point is, almost all students have a limited cash flow. Usually half or more of that cash goes to paying bills, buying food and getting where you need to go. What's left is precious but it seems as though it' become the goals of most business (ye, that includes schools) to rain every last penny from the students pocket. That's a bad thing for everyone because the fewer students that can afford college, the higher the cost will go thus fewer students to attend, thus higher cost until there is very few educated workers in the upcoming generations. This means business will have to take lower education in their workforce, and once that cycles through, then the government starts to be affected. Higher education cost may seem like it's only a problem for those people going to school today but if left unchecked this problem could grow into a threat to our nation as a whole. JenniferBrannon

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User:Kstekoll

=Analytical Writing=

Personal Essay
At first I didn’t want to write on my own group topic of homelessness, but then I realized that I had a lot to say. I realized in the last three to four years how much my prospective of homelessness has changed.

When I was in high school I studied the topic of homelessness in Juneau, Alaska. Then maybe because I was young, I believed that as a city we should do as much as possible to fix the situtation. In Alaska, many of the people had come to live there and in time lost their housing. So instead they lived outside in the cold, wet rain and snow.

When asked if they had a change to leave Juneau, would they, most answered yes. The problem with Juneau is that it’s land lock and the only way you can levee it by plane or boat. Most didn’t have enough money to leave Juneau; by the time they became homeless.

Now living in the Seattle area for two yeas my ideas have changed. Now when I walk downtown I don’t want to give someone money, I believe that person ended up there, because of their own actions. There is no such thing as bad luck. After researching and finding how many programs and services there are to help homeless in the area, I feel sorry that they can’t help themselves. I don’t stop to listen to a person’s story anymore, I just keep on walking.

After this class and having a quarter to think about it. I’m not sure where I stand anymore. I didn’t choose the topic for the group; the group chooses the topic for us. If anything I think my group’s topic made me less shallow in the end. Having to talk about where these people are coming from and what difficulties that those who have become homeless have gone to, open my eyes.

Seeing the basic rights are taken away from them, liking sitting on a sidewalk or having police tear down their dwelling. I wouldn’t like it to happen to me, and I wouldn’t want to be in their place. Knowing that many of the people that I see sleeping in the doorsteps of stores in the morning have an alcohol or drug addiction has made me a little less judgmental then I was even four, five months ago.

All in all I think that lessons can be learned. That the saying “never judges a book by its cover is true.” There is a story behind everything and to understand that story, you must listen and learn.

Self Assessment
"What did I learn in this class, and what do I have left to learn?" I think that I have a lot left to learn in writing. I’ve never tried to write a paper in a group before and I found it difficult. I found it hard, because no one has the same writing style and the layout of our group paper at first was everywhere.

"What did I do well in this class, and what could I have done better?" I could have been a better group member. I don’t feel like I put enough into the paper. I was there for all the group meetings, and did what parts I was assigned. Other group members added to other parts that they weren’t assigned and I didn’t do that.

"How do I feel prepared, or unprepared, to continue my studies at this point?" I feel prepared in the sense that I can work in a group better now, especially with people who are not in my major. I think that my writing improved a little, but I wish we would of done more writing.

"How did I contribute to the experiences of other students in this class?" I think I bought a new perspective to my group by not agreeing with the fact homelessness is bad and that we should try to fix it.

You are also encouraged to consider any other questions relevant to your experiences. I wish that you had made us do more writing assignments. I feel that you are a teacher who could really hope people improve their writing skills.

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User:Michaelpicone

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

how to do sewing i would like to sew a sweatshirt
 * Research Component

ill be researching how they made the sewing machine, and how sewing all got started
 * week 1

research
 * week 2

research
 * week 3

get the material i need to make this
 * week 4

practice
 * week 5

doing the project
 * week 6

trying to finish up the project
 * week 7

seeing what else i need to do for the project
 * week 8

presenting the finished project

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
All I can really say is wow. I can really under stand still about the peace that Claes Oldenburg did about Typewriter, Eraser, scale X. but it is really interesting it really doesn’t look like a typewriter or a scale or anything he I think is really a freak but really a cool freak at the same time because he takes everyday things and turns them into a object of art. He went to many schools but the most popular one was Yale and received a B.A. degree in 1950. He had many experiences with different art like drawings, painting, film, soft sculpture, and steel sculpture. But his most famous art was his sculpturing in the mid-1960’s was the beginning of the giant monuments. There’s a giant teddy bear in central park among this there a controversial lipstick on caterpillar tracks. Also there are many others like a giant ice bag at Yale University and a 38-foot steel monument of a flashlight on the campus of the university of Nevada, Las Vegas. Most of his art is creative and nothing like tony smith who creates art in his own way at the park. Most of Mr. Smith’s art is shapes and not really creative but who knows there’s a lot of people who like every kind of art so I cant judge. Claes Oldenburg has a different tastes in art just like the ones in the sculpture park there all crazy and down right confusing but each one has a story behind them like “why they did it” and “what was in there minds” at the time. Mr. Oldenburg has a lot of art talent even though some of it is really weird like the dropped ice cream cone or the soft bathtub. When I went back and look at the sculpture in the park I was trying to understand “what was he thinking at the time” and “why did he do this.” But what i'm mostly going to think about is “what a freak this guy was.”

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

how to do sewing i would like to sew a sweatshirt

 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site:http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/sewing_machine.htm
 * 2) Book:
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc):

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

<> i think i reached my goal but there is a lot of work i still need to do like put ears and spikes on the sweatshirt because i was trying to make a sweatshirt that looks like sonic the hedgehog and i get close but it still needs a little bit more work though but the sewing was really enjoyable and i spent a lot of time on this and i think i did a good job to but theres not a lot alot i can talk about though
 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well
 * 2)What went poorly
 * 3)Future strategies

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User:JenniferBerry

=Freshman Seminar=

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

I would like to FINALLY see up to 3 Broadway shows in New York
 * Research Component

The History of Broadway and the three shows I'd like to see.
 * week 1

Pick which three shows would make the greatest impact.
 * week 2

research the history of broadway
 * week 3

ask daddy about shows
 * week 4

schedule time for attendance
 * week 5

research pictures and quotes
 * week 6

Make powerpoint and outlines
 * week 7

final touch ups
 * week 8

catch up

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
The Typewriter Eraser by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/images/1-fs.jpg

This is the sculpture that I've chosen from the sculpture garden. sadly I used to like this piece of art until I just recently learned what it actually was. When I first witnessed it in the Washington, DC national gallery of art I thought it was a broken toy wheel and I believed it to be saying that childhood couldn’t last forever, that you have to break away. That dream is now crushed because now I know, that it's actually a broken piece to a typewriter. created in 1999 by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

I decided to look deeper into this, why would someone want to make a broken piece of a typewriter when clearly by 1999 typewriters were long out of fashion and no longer useable. It turns out that Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen have some sort of tag team thing going on and they like to make BIG things. I was looking through their artwork and I found this: http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/spoonbridge.htm it’s called Spoonbridge and Cherry and it’s in Minneapolis. I love this sculpture because the first time I saw it, it reminded me of ice cream and the part I never eat, the cherry. So now a little about the actual sculptors.

Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1929 and then later moved to New York with his family in 1936. Oldenburg graduated from Yale in 1950 with a degree in B.A.. In 1962 Oldenburg's work was included in the "New Realists" Exhibition, which defined the Pop Art Movement. He is a realist who believed that art should define who we are in everyday life and he took things that should have been hard and dark and made them soft and light. Apparently by blowing normal objects up to unnatural proportions Oldenburg figured that he was forcing people to look deep into their minds and reassess their daily lives and values. He has collaborated with Dutch/American pop sculptor Coosje van Bruggen since 1976. They were married in 1977.

Sadly Coosje van Bruggen died this year after a long battle with breast cancer. But she made all of the giant sculptures with Oldenburg.

In the end, I still don't like THIS particular sculpture. but the others that they've done are actually really nice. like the Lipstick Tube and the Dropped Ice Cream. It was a lot cooler when i thought it was a broken toy wheel

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLrSFgvvgZc  <<nick jonas psa (?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPWEnmEYxqs << casio (?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y-fetA6CP0 << bayer contour commercial (?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ2Qj4VrqIw << battleship (?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlPX6zHfH2I << hairspray (?)

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
Ok, I'm almost practically done with my powerpoint. I want to type up an outline. everything is going perfectly actually. when i go to Virginia for Christmas break i'll also be dipping into New York where i'll be able to see at least one of the three plays that i hoped to accomplish. My plane ticket is already being bought, I should know more about that by tomorrow (nov. 12th). I wont get to buy the broadway ticket until I'm actually there, because my grandma is the one supplying it. If everything goes well, i'll be able to see one of the 3 that i want, if not then i'll have to make due.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

Attend at least 3 Broadway shows. (originally, see three shows AND attend Jonas Brother soundcheck)

 * Research (20%)

 * 1) Internet site: "1920s." Answers.com. Web. .
 * 2) Book: drama 1 class book
 * 3) Scholarly Journal:
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc): Mr. Lowe (drama 1, stagecraft, Director), Mrs. Simmons (APUSH, USH), Sean Drohan, Kate Wiessman

 * Your accomplishment (20%)

i beleive i'll be able to see 1 play over christmas break. im going to virginia on the 19th, so hopefully in that time i'll be able to go to new york my family has already promised me a trip up there.

 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)What went well

The researsh was really easy. seeing as I already know a whole bunch about theatre. My teachers were a big help, and so were my smarty pants friends. Picking the topic was easy, theatre has been my life all of 11th and 12th grade in high school. Getting to accomplish the goal was also relativley easy. It wasnt a money issue, I'm able to pass it off as one of my christmas presnets and its a way for my grandma and cousins to spend time with me before i return back to school.
 * 2)What went poorly

the overall project was good for me. there were no rough spots. except for the possibility of NOT seeing a show. but I know that i'll have the ability to do it when the time comes. possibly the week after christmas when the city wont be so busy.
 * 3)Future strategies

Pick less popular shows. see something older or off-broadway. Pay for everything myself. I believe that if I had my own money, things would have gone faster. I would have been able to accomplish my goal over Thanksgiving Break instead of waiting until christmas.

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