Archive for December, 2008

week ELEVEN…

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 770 words

Unfortunately no comments to respond to here…
The book of Tobit tells a story about a man name Tobit who was a pious Israelite who was imprisoned by the Assyrians and was exiled to Nineveh. The book of Tobit which called in Hebrews Tobias is a book from the Old Testament of Apocrypha written [...]

week 10 : evalutions

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 231 words

Like I have said before since I fell behind in posting my blogs when I should have I did not get the chance to be commented on or comment others, but I will continue on blogging the rest for the week.
According to the Book for Dummies (Theology) the book of Job relates to rebuilding New [...]

week nine : progress

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 668 words

In my week six blog I gave an update on how my project was going, and things were going well. As I’m doing that project I’ve come to realize that there could be other things that I could be doing as well. With this year being one of the most historic years in our presidential [...]

Week 6

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 354 words

Although my project got off to a slow start, my family is already seeing a difference in my couisins’ grades. When my grandmother told me their grades had gotten a little better i got a little excited. I felt like i can really make a difference and even if its a small difference to me, [...]

week 8 : addressing the issues

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 990 words

Dear Dr. Norman C. Francis,
My name is Hang Nguyen and I am a Xavier student and I am currently in a theology 1120 class that has asked us to do a project that will help our society become a better place. My project deals with decreasing poverty. I am exclusively writing to you to inform [...]

Week 4

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 152 words

Genesis vs. Enuma Elish
In Genesis there is only God(monothesism). He Himself created everything just by speaking the words. God created man from dust, thus the saying “From dust we came and dust we shall return.” In the Enuma Elish, there are several different gods (polytheism which goes against “There shall be no other god before [...]

Combinations are excellent!

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1103 words

I received lots of positive feedback regarding the progression of my project. Thanks to everyone who supports my idea! The Diabetes Awareness event that was scheduled on November 30 went extremely well. I took several photos, some of which are posted above. The pictures from left to right are as follows: Dr. Stephens answering a [...]

me commenting some more

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 638 words

My comments on peoples projects.
Kirbie Guerin: Okay, just to get this out of the way, tasting urine sounds disgusting, but I can say that I know a lot of people who either suffer from diabetes or knows someone who suffers from diabetes and before you brought diabetes awareness to this class, i must admit, i [...]

LAST ONE!!!

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1022 words

Last Blog!!! Yay!! I have written so much over this semester and it feels good to be finally written my last one. It kind of sucks though because I am writing it the night before my final and I am about to fall straight asleep on top of my keyboard. These blogs have been so [...]

more comments…

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 26 words

I commented on these people’s projects
1. Kayla Yowman
2. DeAnna Walker
3. Hau Tram
4. Tracy Smith
5. Danielle Smith
6. Johnnie Roseman
7. Mai Pham
8. Holly Nguyen
9. Gabrielle Gordon
10. Laura Doby

HTram: The last blog

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1046 words

Finally, the last blog. I bet a lot of students feel very relieved after completing this last blog and couldn’t wait for this day to come. After completing so many blog entries and much of the course, with only final exam left to complete, the are many things that one can reflect on. One of [...]

ready for culture

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 169 words

Well over this semester, I tried to start a culture month here on Xavier’s campis. However this semester, my work load was insane and I had to drastically scale down my original vision of my project. I am now going to be making pamphlets about many different cultures and countries that make up our demographics [...]

so sad…

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 210 words

-There are 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion of them are in poverty.
-Almost half the world, over 3 billion people, live on less than $2.50 a day.
- Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year [...]

Week 5

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 433 words

My Logo

Comment Responses
ldoby2:
My project also got off to a very very slow start. In fact I thought I would to change it. Eventually I just settled for family until I can help someone else. The good thing about that is that I can actually follow progress beyond this class and even beyond [...]

Project Update

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 182 words

I have not really done this project to the full potential that I wanted to. I have given money to the homeless and I have made some donations to online charities but I really wanted to have a hands on approach to this project. I want to get more involved in it and do something [...]

finally i survive finish this last blog

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 461 words

Yay! Finally my last blog of the semester. And I am getting tired, trying to catch up with my blog the night of the finals and trying to study at the same time. I need to learn how to stop waiting for the last minute trying to finish everything up. Maybe my grades would have [...]

responding to comments

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 226 words

When reading the comments that people posted on my blog, I was very happy to see that people were actually keen on the idea of learning about other cultures. It made me really want to do a great job on having a culture month here at Xavier University. I have in the past traveled to [...]

what grade i think i deserve for the blog

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 502 words

Truth be told most of everyone would think that they deserve an A on their blogs. But for me..I was having trouble doing this blog trying to type out 1000 words each week I wasn’t able to make it. And to answer the question that was on the criteria. Man I’m telling it was hard [...]

to whom it may concern

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 510 words

My letter is addressed to the Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal
Dear Bobby Jindal,
I’m a student at Xavier University in Louisiana who came to Louisiana via Santa Monica, California. During my time in the state of Louisiana, I have enjoyed many different things, some good and some bad. I have been able to come to New [...]

week 11, 12 & 13

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1095 words

Thanks for all the comment I had for the implement of my project. Things are going really well with my project. Seeing recycling boxes for paper in the library and the science building was great. I wonder is it in other areas around school also. I just know that the recycling boxes are around the [...]