Pathways Seminar Proposal Background In lieu of recent changes to the attendance policy, tardy policy and homework policy, Pathways faces the need to re-examine our policies to best shift student norms. Our attendance committee and academic accountability committee have both met to discuss potential solutions to account for these changes. The attendance committee is currently […]
Weekly Observations 3.7.16-3.13-16
I love my morning ride to work because I have time and space to observe the city. I worry that if I ever leave this city, these little details will fade. So I want to record these observations, however big or small. Chicago bungalows with multiple satellite dishes “Beware of Dog” signs in Avondale […]
It’s a Small World, It’s a Big World, I’m Not the Only One in the World
Big fish in a little pond. Little fish in the big sea. I may be butchering these phrases, but context is what challenges me. I want to feel omnipresent-accounting for the macro and micro worlds all at once. Until I manage to process different dimensions at once, I don’t think this is possible, unfortunately. Just […]
Restless February
I unabashedly bash February. At work, with friends, with family, with myself. The topic is like stale gossip-it felt good to vent and spew when I started but now feels old and empty. My distaste for February emerged out of the very real dreariness of the month and hearing my mom lament about the never-ending […]
Strategic Communications Campaign (2013)
The following link brings you to a campaign strategy book completed for Journalism 345 (Fall of 2013). The final product simulates a strategic campaign book produced by advertising firms for clients. In this scenario, I worked with a team of five individuals to use market research and data visualization to draft, write and create […]
Dingle – A Breath of Fresh Air
[Originally published March 22, 2013] It has been some time since I last connected with my fellow Badgers and I have to admit it was not because I was off on endless adventures in the South of France or trying delicious cuisine in Rome, but because I was suffering from the February blues in Galway. Every year, I find […]
Pubs vs. Clubs
[Originally published February 2, 2013] Whenever I tell friends and relatives that I’m studying abroad in Ireland, the first question to follow is, “Have you tried the Guinness?” Yes, I have. To be in Ireland and not have a Guinness is like going to Madison and saying you never tried cheese or attended a Badger […]
I Feel Like I’m in High School Again
[Originally published January 2013] Although many aspects of University life transcend countries, such as lectures and professors and papers and grades, it is interesting to pick up on the subtle lifestyle differences of Irish students here, as well as the changes international students such as myself must make. To begin, NUI-Galway has a much smaller […]
Is Breá an Turas–Love the Journey
[Originally published November 15, 2012] My childhood was filled with the sounds and stories of Ireland. Though I barely ventured far from my Midwestern home in the suburbs of Chicago, I always had a keen sense of my Irish heritage. My grandpa, in particular, helped me develop an appreciation for our Irish forefathers. From a […]
Arbitration
We are brought up to understand justice through simple and clean frames. Good guys lead happy lives and bad guys pay the price. Religion, parents, even pop culture tell us this is the order of society. But, what about when life’s disasters prove more complex and the offender does not fit the stereotypical “guilty” […]
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