From scowl to smile
You would never believe the transformation I saw in this little child’s life from one year to the next. The first year I saw him, he was continually grumpy and wouldn’t let you tickle or play with...
View ArticleSupport for Marriage Equality in State College
Same-sex marriage is a huge topic up for discussion currently in the United States. There are 8 million identified adult homosexuals in America and out of the 8 million, 650,000 are same sex...
View Article“What the Fox?!”
Photos provided by http://www.fox.com/shows/ “LAS VEGAS, April 8 (Reuters) – Broadcast TV network Fox could become a subscription service that customers would have to pay for if the courts are not able...
View ArticlePaco
Mental illnesses in third world countries are often neglected and ignored. When everyone in a family is required to pull their own weight and contribute, a family is at a disadvantage if they have a...
View ArticleIts Time to Talk
April 1st, 2013 our team held a focus group at Penn State University in order to gain the opinions of local college students in State College. There were about fifteen students that attended as...
View ArticleArtist #12: Stephanie Kilgast
Would you have believed me if I told you a minute ago that this picture above isn’t really of a croissant or if it isn’t the size you would think? Everything from the beautiful buttery, crispy look to...
View ArticleArtist #1: Christine Hinz Lenzen
“My mother’s house is full of ghosts. These ghosts are not malevolent. They do not slam doors or flicker lights. Instead they live in photographs, letters, and trinkets – collecting dust on the living...
View ArticleDavid
This adorable little kid is named David and I have seen him grow and learn now for five years. When I first met him, he was barely able to walk and had the cutest chubby little legs that waddled when...
View ArticleEven boys can be self conscious…
I wouldn’t have guessed that at the tender age of 9 or 10, a young boy with so few material possessions could be self conscious about the way he looked, but he was. It took me a little to recognize …...
View ArticleBipartisan Blog Entries
[box]Another important part of the deliberative unit was a blog section that featured research-based articles about important civic issues that we face today. I picked the topic of bipartisanship, and...
View ArticleBLOG POST #1
As you can see from my background and my website title, I have chosen to base my blogs around Theatre! With this blog, I hope to inform my audience of the nature of theatre, the benefits of theatre,...
View Article50th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination – new theory
Friday (November 22nd, 2013) marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas. In honour of this important day, I want to raise awareness of a theory that my...
View ArticleAntibiotic Resistance: An Introduction to the Greatest Threat You Don’t Know...
When antibiotics were introduced in the 1940s, they were seen as the key to controlling many infectious diseases. However, the global overuse and abuse of antibiotics has led to increasing antibiotic...
View ArticleMessage from the 2014 Symposium Program Chair
By Angela Dick, 2014 Symposium Program Chair As the 2014 TLT Symposium Program Chair, I’m excited to share the many great components of this year’s event. We will continue the the tradition of last...
View ArticleAntibiotic Resistance: The Contributing Factors
In my last post I introduced the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that every year at least 23,000 Americans die and 2 million...
View ArticleFactors of Antibiotic Resistance: Antibacterial Products
My past posts have explained what antibiotic resistance is, and introduced the major factors contributing to the faster-than-normal spread of antibiotic resistance. Those factors are: Spread of...
View ArticleThanksgiving in College
Thanksgiving is traditionally a holiday in the USA that is celebrated with family. Unfortunately for American students coming from abroad, the requirement to be with family is often difficult to...
View ArticleFactors of Antibiotic Resistance: Abuse/overuse of Antibiotics by Humans
Previously, I have introduced antibiotic resistance and have written about the major factors contributing to this serious global threat. In this post, I will talk about the factor that everyday people...
View ArticleWords to Live By
We all have our stressful times, our happy times, our loving times, our ambitious times, our sad times, our wishful times, and our times to dream. Right now, I’d say we’re in a stressful time. I was...
View Article2013: A Year in Review
I was prompted earlier this week to start reflecting in depth on my year. I have decided to write this short post to get my thoughts down on paper and to preserve a list of the major life events for …...
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