Why I Chose Wright State.



            Ever since the beginning of my college search, something about Wright State has stood out. Whether it was the programs or the location, I will never really know what drew me here. Being only 35 or so miles away from home, I figured I could make the daily commute if I really wanted to save money. Plus, unlike many other colleges in the area, Wright allowed freshmen to drive their own cars to and on campus. This was the real deciding factor for me when I had to choose a school. WSU had the major I intended to shot for, Computer Engineering. With the university’s policy of open admissions, I was able to know I was accepted by October of my senior year.

It wasn’t until I spent some time on campus that I really began to enjoy Wright State. The building were organized very well, the tunnels proved themselves very convenient from time to time, and the quality of food on campus was exactly what I would expect. The wonderful weather we have been having lately has only made me enjoy my time here on campus even more. There is so much room on campus to sit and relax; the opportunities to read and catch up with homework are endless. As these past three weeks have unfolded, I have been more than happy with my classes and my instructors, and can only hope my time here will lead to great opportunities in my future. Now if I can just keep up with all my exams...

"Just ’cause you’re hungry doesn’t mean that you’re lean"

Audio Track via YouTube I would reccomend watching this first

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Official Music Video via YouTube Same song, but just with crazy stuff hapening in the video.

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For my "Music Blog" this week, I have chosen “Drunk Girls” by LCD Soundsystem. Contrary to what you may deduce from the title, this song is pretty clean and is just a fun, quick jam. It seems like bands like LCD Soundsystem are popping up everywhere these days; between the popularity of MGMT and the slowly raising fame of Passion Pit, electronic pop/rock music is finding its place on the BillBoard 100.

The main reason I enjoy this song so much is it is just plain fun. The tempo is fast, and at a pace to dance to. The lyrics are entertaining and have a great cynical ring to them; the chorus is catchy and simple, and even shouting “Drunk Girls!” every few seconds is entertaining. I’ve listened to LCD Soundsystem a lot lately, mostly driving to and from school these past weeks, so I guess I associate the song with the kind of free and headstrong attitude tied to college and becoming an adult. Not that I party often, I just like to have a good time, no matter how boring life is at the given moment.

Now, in regards to the “rhetorical situations” we’ve learned about lately in class, I will break down the song into the five elements we have been studying. First is the songs’ purpose. I feel that the main purpose of the song is to entertain and just fun. The audience of “Drunk Girls” is probably anyone who has ever been drunk themselves, or been around someone who is drunk and how hilarious the situation can be.  On the same not as the target audience, it seems the stance of the song is just to show how absurd each gender is when they are inebriated. The song has a sense of despair when the vocalist states that drunk girls “need a lover that is smarter than me,” and shows some laments about love when he compares love to astronauts, stating love “comes back, but its never the same.

The song is written as a quick electric romp with very simple lyrical structure, probably placing its genre somewhere close to the “3-minute single” used in modern pop music. Finally, the medium of “Drunk Girls” is obviously a song. But as mentioned, this track stands out from other songs by the artist; it is fast paced has a striking chorus. Most of the other tracks by LCD Soundsystem still retain the snarky lyrics like in “Drunk Girls” but are languid and take a very long time to reach any sort of crescendo.

Overall, “Drunk Girls” is a quick loud rank about what traits unite us and the personality quirks that make us different. I know that every time it is spit out by shuffle on my Zune, I instinctively crank the volume up. I can only hope you enjoy the track as much as I do.

My Thoughts On The Florida "Koran Burning"

Having watched the news and paid some attention to the many number of internet headlines dedicated to the topic, I know a little bit about the fiasco concerning a small Florida church’s plan for September 11 and how it has garnered worldwide attention. The Dove World Outreach Center originally made the news when it planned to hold a “Koran Burning” this Saturday.

But once the media picked up that such an extreme event was taking place, it seemed that all the worldwide news organizations picked up the story and spread it like wildfire. Soon after all this attention, Pastor Terry Jones held a press conference stating that he would cancel his churches’ event if the “Ground Zero Mosque” that has been proposed recently was moved to a different location.

Currently, it is not known if the Islamic leaders in New York have heeded Pastor Jones’s message, but he has since cancelled his Koran Burning event and is eagerly awaiting word from New York about a proposed meeting with the Islamic leaders there about moving the mosque.

A majority of the media has focused on the sort of damage the churches’ actions could have caused to America’s reputation in the Islamic world, but what I’m more concerned about is why there is such a big deal made about the suggestion of such an event taking place in America.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe Pastor Jones’s plan is immoral and I don’t support it in any way, but isn’t this action protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution? What Pastor Jones wanted to do is not illegal, just morally wrong in the eyes of the public. The same goes for burning the flag, which has been the main issue in many Supreme Court cases, and in that situation this act of symbolic speech has been found protected under the First Amendment.

Maybe all this attention is what the Pastor Jones wanted. But I still just don’t understand where the big issue is on this story. The action is protected by the constitution, so why do we have to treat it like such a scandalous occurrence?