High School Writing Colleagues

As students in college we are extremely fortunate. We also are extremely lucky to be going to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Because we are privileged I believe we have an obligation to give back. As Robert Kennedy stated and then Ted Kennedy echoed, “Through no virtues and accomplishments of our own, we have been [...]

High School Writing Colleagues

As students in college we are extremely fortunate. We also are extremely lucky to be going to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Because we are privileged I believe we have an obligation to give back. As Robert Kennedy stated and then Ted Kennedy echoed, “Through no virtues and accomplishments of our own, we have been [...]

Watch This Show!

Last year, the last episode of the fifth and final season of HBO’s The Wire was aired (Alston). For many viewers this was a sad day because The Wire is a truly amazing show and more importantly, meaningful show. Although The Wire was never a commercial hit like HBO’s Entourage or The Sopranos or broadcast [...]

FW: Stupid Thing

The most stupid thing I have ever done was hold an open house party my sophomore year of high school. My parents went away for the weekend and I had the house to myself. I had always wanted to hold one and it was the perfect opprotunity for me to do. Preparing for the party [...]

Bruno Movie

This July the Bruno movie will come out. For those who don’t know, Bruno is another one of Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters from Da Ali G Show. Cohen’s first movie was Ali G in Da House, which is hated by fans. I have never met someone who liked it. It failed because it was scripted [...]

Baseball Season

Yesterday was the first full day of the Baseball season. As a Yankees fan I am extremely excited this season for a number of reasons. For one, I think the team finally has enough pitching to win its 27 World Series. CC Sabathia and AJ are aces, and when you add them to a rotation [...]

FW: First Concert

The first “real” concert I ever went to was a festival when I was in sixth grade. At the concert the two best bands that played were The Strokes and The Beastie Boys. Other bands that played were The Darkness and Cypress Hill. The Strokes were my favorite band at the time and they did [...]

INF: Focusing The Research Question

Title: Thinking Outside The Box To Help The Economy I came into class with two topics: one about lowering the drinking age and one about legalizing marijuana. personally am “straight edge”–I don’t do either. I have chosen legalizing marijuana because last week President Obama was asked in his virtual town hall the country should do [...]

INF: Myth of the Boring Topic

Name of item: Liter. Lighters should be illegal because they are used to do destructive activities? Name of item: USB Drive. With high speed internet readily available, USB Drives already an old and useless technology? Cross: Should the cross and other religious paraphernalia be banned in schools? Film Cannister: Film cannisters are relics of an [...]