SO MUCH TO DO!

I have...

POL 101:
1 Major paper
1 Final exam

SOC 200:
1 Presentation
1 Book to read
1 Final exam
various other things

LIBS 120:
3 (approximately) movie summaries to write
1 Major paper

And plenty more to do in this class...
And 3 weeks to do it all.
phew...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know I'm a little late but I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. This has been the best week I've had in a very long time =)

If anyone reads this before tmrw...

... I couldn't stick around to finish Patton in Prof. Lunn's class last week, and I'm not sure if we are just writing a paragraph like with the previous films or if it's different this time like it says on the syllabus, so if you stuck around till after the movie and could let me know if it's different or not that'd be great.
thnx.
Ross

Parkour/Free Running Club

I've gotten a lot of interest from my sociology class about parkour and I really want to start a club here. I don't know the procedure and what not for starting one but I'm looking into it. It won't take off until the spring when it starts warming up anyway, so I'm going to use the off season to plan and prepare. Anyone who's interested just let me know. I'd like to exchange phone #'s and other information before the end of the semester.

Thanks

Ross

My brother shot a unicorn

November 10th was opening day for rifle season. My little brother just got a .243 caliber Remington 700 rifle and on opening morning shot what he though was a spike. After the kill he discovered that the deer was missing an antler on the left side. So he killed a unicorn.

Ch.4 Strategies from Writing Analytically

I wrote this a while back after I ordered the correct Writing Analytically book, but I can't find that I ever posted it. Better late than never.

Uncovering assumptions and binary reading.

Stealing food for the children of Molching. On the surface Liesel, Rudy, and the other young thieves steal food to eat because they are hungry. But it is obvious these children enjoy the excitement of stealing as well. They form a social bond with eachother and Liesel and Rudy can't resist accompanying the other thieves on new assignments. For Liesel and Rudy stealing also works as a form of rebellion and even vigilante justice. After everything they have lost, they can steal some things back. But overall stealing is not just for the food, but for the children, and their friends, as they share their bounty even when they have no obligation too.

FDR - The Four Freedoms

FDR's Four Freedoms Speech addresses the basic rights that people are obligated to have. Freedom of speecg and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. His overall thesis in my opinion is that everyone deserves these freedoms. He is simply the messenger in a sense, as he says "...we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms." Calling them "essential" gives these freedoms the description of being not only necessary, but basic. These aren't radical ideas, just the "essential" rights human beings deserve. FDR uses past events and opinions to prject his predictions for the future, which I think really helps him develop his thesis. Coming at the topic through not only emotion. but logic, gains him an arguement which is hard to oppose.

About the youtube account

I've never uploaded to youtube before and I think I did it right, but I'm not positive. So if there are any problems let me know and I'll redo it.
thnx

Quick Write - The White Rose

I find it very hard to imagine myself in the place of the members of the The White Rose Resistance. To openly oppose the Nazi regime in Germany during the time was suicide. I find the methods that The White Rose Resistance used extremely honorable. Using non-violent resistance, and accepting their fate after capture is something I could not have done. Similar to the Jews in hiding during the time, I would have rather fought back in combat than be driven crazy in a small, dark attic for months straight. To lose control of my own freedom is something I would be unable to do. I would rather fight and die a free man, than hide and be imprisoned. As Hans cried out before his execution "Long live freedom!" I simply do not have the patience for non-violent resistance. To sit and wait hoping for others to hear my message and accept it. To hide in an attic and wait for liberation to come, knowing that I could be found at any minute. Many answered the call for resistance in a different way, The Partisans for example, I find extremely interesting. At the moment, I believe I will choose The Partisans for my research paper. I am a hunter, and a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. If I was forced to give up the right to bear arms I would feel defenseless. I would feel like a prisoner to the government. People have not only the right, but an obligation to oppose a corrupt government. As The Partisans did, people need to fight their country. Because it is their country, just as much as Nazi Germany was Hitler's, Germany belonged to each and every Jew who lived there. And those who chose to conform or hide are cowards. They let the Holocaust happen, they let The White Rose Resistance be executed, they accepted Nazi Germany, when they should have fought back.

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel's "Unniversal Lessons of the Holocaust" and chapter 2 of "Night" share some very familiar lines about Wiesel's experiences in a camp. I just read Jon's post about this topic and I really like his mention of how we are losing survivors who lived in these circumstances. Work like Wiesel's needs to be kept and maintained as we will soon run out of sources of this information. We must preserve what information we can for future generations to learn from the mistake made in the World War II era. I have just recently discovered that I have a relative who is a survivor of a concentration camp, and others who were victims of the camp. He never talks about it and I do not wish to disrespect him by talking about it, but finding this out has added a whole new emotional aspect to this topic. I'm finding it easier to relate to those who were affected by the Holocaust, and seeing Elie Wiesel's strength to talk so much about the issue when others are simply unable to, is an astounding feat. This lesson needs to be passed on so nothing like this ever happens again.