This past Sunday I went on a bus tour with Golden Globe Tours that took us to Stonehenge, Bath and Windsor Castle. While travelling to these places we had a tour guide that was telling us little fun facts along the way. He mentioned at one point why Great Britain and France drive on different …
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D.O.G. No. 3
I ventured to the Wimbledon tennis arena today and noticed something that confused me; the street markings are quite odd. They are nothing like in the United States. Here is an example: The double yellow stripes on the side of the road do not make sense to me. How do drivers know when a street …
Reflection Post No. 1
I am finishing up my first week in Britain, and I can say that I’ve experienced and learned a vast amount. In class last week, we had the opportunity to listen to two speakers who specialize in the fields where most of the students in class will go on to work in. Steven Verna was …
D.O.G. No. 2
It’s day three in London and it keeps getting better. The latest shocking and unusual observation I’ve seen is at the tube by the museums’ station. There was a harpist playing music from Titanic, the movie. I’ve been in the New York City and Washington D.C. subways and have not seen anything like that. The …
D.O.G. No. 1: Daily observational gee whiz
So far, I’ve been in London for two days. It has been quite the culture shock in many ways. Especially in regards to the body weight of people in London. I have yet to see an obese person in this city. I have seen slightly to moderately overweight people here, but not anything close to …
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Going to London!
It’s finally here; I’m going to London. I have been waiting for this moment since last October. Ever since I heard about this study tour, I knew that I had to participate. I have been enrolled in this course since last year, therefore I anticipated not receiving an internship this summer considering the time frame that …
What I learned in Persuasive Writing
This past semester I have taken a course essential to my major called Persuasive Writing with Matt Elliott. Throughout the semester I have reviewed the 20 most common AP style errors, how to properly write a strategic message planner and feature story, what goes into a media kit and much more. In Persuasive Writing I learned how to write a strategic message …
Final
Prior posts of this blog include in-class exercises for my Electronic Communications course at Oklahoma State University. Every week we practiced conversational-style, online writing focused on assigned articles. We picked one of the articles as our topic and wrote about our perspective on the issue(s) of the article. Our course also had three major projects …
Crescent Intensity
The winterguard team Crescent Intensity preparing for and talking about State Championships. Located in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 6, 2013.
“Cheers, R.”
Photo Courtesy of rexb/Flickr Roger Ebert was a magnificent man. He wrote tremendous movie reviews for years and became a well respected man in his profession. Basically, if Roger Ebert said a certain movie was excellent, it was and you should definitely take time out of your day to see it. He died at the …
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