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Saturday, October 25th, 2008: 1095 words
Well my project has been going well. The Mock Debate is going to be on Tuesday (so everybody come out) in the UC, and Pink October (breast cancer awareness month) is also going well. We had a really good turn-out at the stroll-off, and it was fun as well as informative. We have also run [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008: 1002 words
My project has not been set into full action as of yet. I plan to speak with other students in class who are working on similar projects to see if we can team up. So far, I have just kept doing what I usually did throughout the semester, which is helping some of my underclassmen [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008: 326 words
So far, my project is coming along great. I have already met with the person that i will be working with. He is a six year old African-American, whose mother and father are incarcerated. During our first meeting, he was very quiet and didn’t to discuss much, but now after our third [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008: 1047 words
As of right now I have not made a lot of head way with my project. I really have not had the time to be able to do something right now, especially with midterms and other tests I have to study for. I really wanted to get in on Wellness Week this week at Xavier. [...]
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Friday, October 24th, 2008: 1014 words
Well coming up with this bright, glossy, non-typical pamplet is not as easy as I thought! But i will continue to work on it until I get it just right. How does this class help me with my Career choice, It doesn’t. I’m just kidding. I believe this class has helped me to learn [...]
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Monday, October 20th, 2008: 1033 words
Within the next week, my page on Facebook will be complete. Just to recap, my page on Facebook will be designed to educate users on the causes, possible solutions, and the affects of poverty. It is a global issue and sadly many American are not aware of the extent of this issue [...]
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008: 1174 words
My project is going very well, especially with Tommy. He needs more assistance with his homework than the girls do, but that is only because he cannot seem to stop talking. All three of them have absolutely no problem asking questions, about anything. Tommy wants to have a link with me, because [...]
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008: 1020 words
It is finally the weekend, which I am very grateful for. Even though we had fall break this week, it did not feel like a break at all. I had to work the whole break plus I had to study for midterms. Preparing for my Theology exam took a lot of time [...]
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008: 1046 words
So far my project is going well. We’ve had a few sites since the start of this blog. Today we went to Second Harvest to help separate the donated items. I was in charge of making sure there weren’t too many pile ups as the people on the other end of us stacked the items [...]
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008: 1059 words
So far in my project I have numbers that will indicate how the majority of our tax dollars are spent on inmates. However Angola State Penitentiary is one the highest paid prisons in the world. For those who don’t know about this prison, it is for people who have committed most of the unspeakable crimes [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008: 1076 words
Well my project is coming along pretty well. My mother is a site coordinator for an after school torturing program to help students pass the LEAP test coming up at the middle school she teaches at. I have been asking her about the things that have been going on at the program. She told me [...]
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Friday, October 17th, 2008: 1040 words
Okay well let me first start off and say what has been going on with my project. I have been think ing about what poverty really is and how it is related to everything. Poverty can be seen everywhere and it is encountered everyday. I plan on doing immense research to understand what poverty really [...]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008: 1036 words
Well another week down and more knowledge gained, I am anticipating the midterm and what it will with hold but only time tell. It was great that Dr. Homan pushed the midterm back, because I fee like if I would have taken the midterm now it wouldn’t have been so good, and I defiantly want [...]
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008: 1041 words
Well, let’s see what has been going on in my project. I talked to Dr. Homan about trying to have the freshman in freshman seminar try and get together and do these different exercises to bond with each other. However, although Dr. Homan did like my idea, he said that I may not be able [...]
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Monday, October 6th, 2008: 1032 words
I am currently working on poster and sign and getting them approved t be posted. I am aiming to get some participation from some of my colleagues. Okay…update, update! Alright, now that midterms are about over I can focus on other things, although I am still REPEAT STILL VERY STRES! MAN XAVIER REALLY [...]
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007: 1023 words
Unfortunately, unlike so many others my project is not an easy one. It cannot just happen over night or with some volunteering. My project is way more complex than that. I have to get political leaders to realize and recognize that we, as a country, have a true issue on our hands. Speaking with several [...]
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007: 443 words
Well my church is having a week of prayer soon, and the parents are going to need someone to watch their children while there in service. So I figured maybe one are two nights out of the week I’ll volunteer. I’ve just been thinking of things I can do with the kids. Maybe things like [...]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007: 119 words
There were many events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus. The beginning of the end started when Jesus went to the city of Jerusalem. There he enter the temple are threw over an altar table with gold coins. He accused the priest of turning the temple into a place of thieves. A few days later [...]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007: 544 words
So far my project is doing very well. I talked from some of the representatives from Interfaith Communications, and they are letting me participate with them in educating people on different religions. There will be a special day dedicated to educating people on religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, and it will answer any questions [...]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007: 849 words
The grade on my midterm was the expected grade based upon my work I put forth. I have very little interest in this class so this makes it extra hard for me to pa attention in this class. There were no specific notes that I could take or anything that I could really [...]
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