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Power of Positive Rhetoric – RCL 10/24
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2012/10/22/team_proves_winning_is_not_a_top_priority_anymore.aspx I think it’s safe to say that the Penn State football team continually defies what people think of...
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After Thursday’s class, I was really excited to prepare and give my TED talk. Our presenter (George? I’m sorry I’m horrible with names) was really inspiring and I really enjoyed listening to him speak....
View ArticleMarijuana Rhetoric
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/marijuana-legalization/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews This week has been filled with so much politics. Right after the news of President Obama’s re-election, I heard...
View ArticleRCL – TED Talk Recap
What better form of rhetoric to talk about than the TED talks? I really enjoyed watching the TED talks; in fact I’m pretty upset that I didn’t get to see more of them. I just really love listening to...
View ArticleRCL – Public Controversy
http://www.irishhealth.com/discussion/message.html?dis=2&topic=7243 My group has yet to formally decide on a topic, but our strongest idea seemed to be underage drinking. Ava did her TED talk on...
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RCL – 12/5
I’m going to use this post as a rough script for our public controversy video. For the Pennsylvania State University, the past year has certainly been one of downs…. and ups. (image of Sandusky being...
View Article“Constructive Paranoia”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/science/jared-diamonds-guide-to-reducing-lifes-risks.html?ref=todayspaper Jared Diamond, a 75-year old professor of geography at the University of California, talks...
View ArticleCivic Issues #1
As I am a September baby, it is my turn to write my civic issues blog. I originally intended to write my civic issues blogs about the environment, but after reading some other blogs I had a change of...
View ArticleCivic Issues – Pope Hullabaloo
I am not Catholic, but it’s impossible to ignore all of the media attention recently surrounding the pope situation. I knew that the previous pope, Benedict XVI, recently became the first pople to...
View Article“It Can Happen Anywhere”
For my last civic issues blog, I’m going to talk about the tragedy that occurred at Monday’s Boston Marathon. It’s a truly sickening world that we live in. Why on Earth would anybody ever want to...
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