Since learning about some of the basic properties of the real numbers, about how they form a line that is completely continuous, we've begun to talk about what those properties allow us to do with the real numbers. When we think about and talk about math, we tend to think and talk about manipulating numbers, not …
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After a relaxing weekend filled with reading, coloring, exploring the arts, and taking a stroll with nature, our class piled into the room. With our refreshed minds we prepared for our next assignment. The Essay is our last big assignment that is supposed to encompass our lives. The first day we described our golden memory, …
The first day of Creative Nonfiction Writing started by climbing 3 flights of stairs in Armstrong and into a packed classroom. Our professor, Felicia Chavez, set the tone waited till everyone got settled. There were 25 students in class room, 9 of them were wait-listed. We all wanted to be in the class. We all wanted …
One week ago, I didn't know what Real Analysis even was. I knew it must be important (it's a requirement for the major, after all), and that it was probably a theory based course (since we're "analyzing" how numbers work, rather than learning the methods that these workings allow). Going into the first day that …
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Hey all, My final blog post is all about Project Poetry! On Monday, Jane had us all over for a class dinner at her house, which was delicious and lots of fun! We talked about poetry, our papers, and what we were all going to do this summer. Then we moved inside to watch an …
Hi all, So this week we spent some time workshopping and editing our second papers, and also discussed some dramatic poems on Tuesday. The one we talked about the most was Robert Frost's "Home Burial," which is a beautiful and tragic poem about a husband and wife who have lost their child. They're both coping …
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Greetings from the Sociology Department... It's Candy Friday! Both class and campus are buzzing today, for several reasons. Firstly, the weather. It is sunny and HOT in Colorado Springs, so much so that we had class outside on the quad! Our discussion today was regarding our developing research studies; the first draft is due this …
Hi all, This week we've continued discussing more awesome poetry from some great authors. We started off the week on Monday with a Meter and Terminology Exam, just to make sure we remembered all the terms and scansion skills we practiced last week. We also talked about some poems by Native American author James Thomas …
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The following books have all been assigned over the course of the last week, and we’ve had some interesting follow-up discussions (and an essay to write!) regarding the ethics and efficacy of ethnography and participant observation as a research method. I highly encourage, if you’re interested, that you check these books out. They are written …
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First and foremost: Queer Theory is not just for Queer Bodies to participate in. As I define it, queerness can be as minute as an identity signifier outside of the normative, but it can be as expansive as deconstructing and reconceptualizing our "natural" worlds. Queerness, through subversion, transgression, and the necessity of survival, exposes the …
