Monday, December 23, 2013
Imitated Obsession
A film project for my Media and Society class this past semester at Temple University. Was created by Danielle Pearl, Jacqueline Fay, and myself.
News
HI! I have supplied a widget to the topic Humanitarian articles from Google News on the "News" tab. I plan on putting links to other articles on this page from other different news sources. The majority of the articles will be humanitarian related articles, but not all. Some may just be fun articles or serious and interesting articles that fall under different genres! I will also try to find articles on the same topics that have different agendas. This way you can read differing viewpoints to help determine your own viewpoint!
Media
Hello Everyone! In the "Media" tab, I will be posting YouTube videos, photographs, and other things that I create! I will also put links to media created by others that I think are creative and/or interesting here. I hope you enjoy!
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Hello. My name is Mary Kate and this is my blog: Twelve Months of the World! Nice to meet you!
Hello Everyone. Let me introduce myself. My name is Mary
Kate Smyser. I am a nineteen-year-old college student from Pennsylvania. I
attend Temple University in North Philadelphia. I am a Media Studies and
Production major with minors in Political Science and Computer Science. Music,
foreign cultures, and social justice are my passions. I love messing around
with recording my own music and producing little videos. I plan on developing
my YouTube channel as I develop this blog.
You’ll easily find out what else I love as I post things on
this blog. I am going to try to stick to a schedule where I talk about the
music, food, and culture of a featured country each month. I will be addressing
political agendas and humanitarian works in the country too. I will write
summaries and descriptions of each country, post photographs of their food,
supply links to YouTube videos of their musicians, and supply links to related
humanitarian organizations. I will begin these weekly posts in January of 2014
and will be releasing theses posts on Sundays. I have supplied a Google
calendar in my blog so that you can see what is coming!
Bear with me the first few months as I get in the swing of
things as I am starting a new semester and I am not sure exactly what my workload
will be. I also may not be able to actually make all the food I discuss about each
country because I do not have a kitchen at school this year. If I happen to be
home, I will make the food and post photos. If not I will do my best to find a
restaurant where I can try the food.
In addition to posting every Sunday, I will write my responses
to the world’s occurrences as various news stories come about. I will use this
blog to voice my opinions, but I will try my best to not offend anyone. I will
try to be as politically correct as possible, but for anyone who knows me, I
can be very opinionated and blunt. I want this to be a forum where people can
discuss and respond to my posts and feel open to share their opinions. All I
ask is you to be as respectful of others’ opinions as I am and please do not
start fights. One issue that is extremely important to me is verbal abuse and
violence and I will not tolerate that at all.
Since I am a student and may miss important news from time
to time, especially during midterms and finals, so please feel free to comment
about stories that you would like others and me to look into! I probably will
not be able to write about all of them because my time will be limited, but I
should have time to skim an article or two!
Well, I guess that I’ve rambled on enough now. If you’ve
read this far, THANKS!! This is the only way that I can think of to combine all
of my interests into one forum. I know this post was pretty boring, but I hope
you come back and stick with me! Together we will explore the countries of the
world, focusing on their current events, culture, and more. Let me know if you have
any suggestions at all!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
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