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Monday, April 13th, 2009: 1092 words
Week 9:
My project to reduce and fight the problem of hunger in our society is evolving wonderfully. We have put out the boxes and flyers around Xavier’s campus so that Xavier’s students and faculty can contribute to our fight to reduce hunger in the world. The boxes that were put out are located in [...]
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009: 1148 words
The implementation of my project is coming along very well as of to this date. I’m actually having more fun in the lower ninth ward and children’s hospital that I anticipated. This project gave me a more positive outlook on life and what it really means to make a difference in the world. It has [...]
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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 [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008: 1026 words
The implementation of my project is coming along rather well so far. Surprisingly I have started to actually enjoy doing this project. At first when I was told that we would really have to a do project I was ready to drop the class and take a different teacher next semester but now [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008: 1032 words
Unfortunaly, my project has still yet to be started because I still haven’t heard back from the Big Brother Big Sister place on Canal. After I submittted my application i checked my e-mail and I had one fro them that said a representative would be in contact with me soon. I have yet to recieve [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008: 1055 words
My project has been progressing fairly well. I have actually adopted another little sister, and her name is Tam (it is pronounced “thumb”). She is a fifth-grader at the local charter school near my house. I help her with her homework and drive her to her aunt’s house after we finish. [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008: 1035 words
Being that I have done half of my project I wanted to add on what I have done already. I already held a little forum at my house which was informal so I wanted to do another one. This time when I do this project I want to make it formal and more people to [...]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008: 1014 words
The implementations of my project have been going very well. I go into the school three days a week, and tutor those that need in both their reading and writing. I have talked to the principal of the school about my plans for the city wide to start a city wide reading and writing clinic. [...]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008: 1023 words
I have spent enough time talking it is now time to do some work. I have a solid draft of my pamphlet and I want some opinions about it. Most people that I showed the pamphlet were pleased. Seems I did a pretty good job in not making it look to traditional. People did [...]
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008: 1144 words
The implementation of my project has been off to a gradual, yet interesting start. I have received some flyers from Ms. Hope Guidry-Groves, the recruitment specialist that I’ll be in collaboration with for the eventual bone marrow drive that will take place sometimes next semester. So lately I have just been informing students and faculty [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008: 1019 words
Gas prices have finally fallen, thank God. I think I may be the happiest person in the world because of the prices I was paying. Yesterday I filled my car up for thirty-five dollars. Most people who drive a Civic, Accord, or Camry may say that is still high. I feel [...]
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008: 840 words
My project is coming along slowly but surely. I posted a video on Facebook asking people about the issue of racism I’ve also been analyzing various things on TV that I see in regards to racism it is very much relevant in today’s society. I’ve also been reading various articles on racism in other countries [...]
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008: 1034 words
As of right now I have not had very much progress with my project. Unfortunately, I have not had the time to go out to other schools like I had wanted to. I have also been giving opportunities to work with different companies, but alas t was not to be done. The school semester has [...]
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008: 1172 words
My project progress has been the same for the past few weeks. Mostly, I’ve just helped my peers with courses like Organic Chemistry or General Biology. With this semester’s hectic schedule, it’s pretty hard to put aside enough time to work diligently on this project while at the same time tyring to keep my grade [...]
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008: 1042 words
David, David, David how could a man that was so highly up lifted in gods eyes could willingly give it all away. David was a good king majority of his rule till he let the tenth commandment cause his ultimate demise. “You shall not covert”, who could a king a man that has practically every [...]
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008: 1106 words
My project is proceeding at a decent pace, and since the end of the semester has come into play, my project has come to stand still because I need to focus on these grades because I’m attempting to graduate from Xavier with honors, as well as try to make a reappearance on the Dean’s List [...]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008: 662 words
my project is in fact going much better than i thought it would i have gained a list of students and friends who will be still in the city of new orleans during this up and coming summer and with that time we will all go around spreading the word on how the city’s education [...]
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008: 1044 words
My project is progressing well so far. I had the opportunity to meet with the Director of the Department of Health for New Orleans: Dr. Kevin Stephens. I briefly interviewed him to collect information concerning diabetes in the African-American community. Dr. Stephens stated that diabetes was originally discovered upon accident in a hospital. A physician [...]
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Monday, November 24th, 2008: 1019 words
Implementation of my process is going well, we had a site at the New Orleans Mission pretty recently, we got divided up, some of us cleaned up the tables and rolled up the plastic ware, others of us were in the kitchen helping to put the finishing touches on the food and to serve the [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008: 1090 words
As my project goes on, everything right now seem to run smooth. So for there are a recyclin bin around campus for papers. i am currently working on having recyle bin for cans, bottles, and plastic around campus. Everyday students at Xavier drinks sodas and water. but instead of recycle it, they just throw it [...]
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