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ASPCA
Most everyone is familiar with the ASCPA’s commercial with Sarah McLachlan where they show way too many images of sad looking animals. Without a doubt, this ad is chock-full-o-pathos. The intent of...
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Disney movie pathos
Without a doubt, Disney has perfected the art of using pathos to popularize their many hit movies. Essentially, Disney plays on the feelings of their audience to create emotional connections between...
View Article“Progress, march on!”
Maclemore and Ryan Lewis come together to perform Same Love. The intent of this song is to advocate same sex relationships from a new angle (through rap). I wish I would have done this for my analysis…...
View Article*Truth
Truth is a group that was founded with the purpose to expose the tobacco industry for “manipulating their products, research and advertising to secure replacements for the 1,200 customers they “lose”...
View ArticleSustainability in art
Last weekend I had the chance to go to New York on a Distinguished Honors Faculty Trip with 9 other students and Dr. Conrad Tucker. The trip was centered around Kim Holleman, an artist who uses ideas...
View ArticleMore Macklemore
Once again, Macklemore takes rap to the next level. In Wings, he starts by sharing his view of Jordans when he was only 7 years old. He says he purposefully stuck out the tounge so that everyone could...
View ArticleCivic duty?
It is our civic duty to vote. That much has been determined. Now, is it not also our civic duty to have respect for who someone else votes for? Some of the tweets and Facebook statuses about the turn...
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What if…
I don’t want to be a contributing citizen every day of my life? At one point, I want to move away. I want to move out of the “world” that has been created for me the past 19 years. The one that my...
View ArticleThe dinner table
To start, let’s be completely honest. The idea that we can openly discuss things like religion and politics is a little too utopian. While we can all wish Jensen’s visions of simply asking more...
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Connecting with rhetoric
EM SC 100S: The Sustainability of Power That’s my seminar class. It’s a real doozy at times, but I have grown to appreciate it for its worth. Three class periods ago, we started debating the topic of...
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