Monthly Archives: November 2015

Reading & Writing In The Digital Environments

Digital literacy strikes many chords with both readers and writers alike. Scholars of technology and media culture have meaningful points to make regarding the use of digital environments. Richard Lanham defines digital literacy as “the ability to understand information, however … Continue reading

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IT IS, ACTUALLY.

After having slept well, I get out of the bed to charge my phone that is completely dead. The adapter for my charger must be in my backpack. No, it isn’t. What about my luggage? No, the adapter to charge my phone is not here. Did I bring the adapter? NO, I didn’t. Marie gives… Continue reading IT IS, ACTUALLY. Continue reading

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Modern Myths

You’ve probably heard a lot of people say how our modern works of fiction are heavily influenced by ancient Greek myths, but has anyone ever actually sat you down and shown  you the parallels? Unless you’ve studied the topic, you… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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If Your Mom is Yellow and Your Dad is Blue, to the World You are Green

Color To some who participate in the discussion of race and how to draw its boundaries, color is shrugged off as only surface tension. By surface tension I don’t mean relation to density, but more literally that color is a concept whose tension only permeates through an outer “surface” layer of racial issues. In my… Continue reading

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Scrambling To Scrabble

This week is going to be a bit of a spin-off from the theme of small game groups, as I take a look at a large Dickinson community game event. On Sunday I played a few games of Scrabble in… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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Grandparents Read the Blog

So my brother decided to blackmail me in the most malicious way imaginable. Some may call it funny, I call it evil. We are heavily involved in a fantasy football league and he threatened to read my blog posts to our grandparents if I did not complete a trade. I love my grandparents, but I… More Grandparents Read the Blog Continue reading

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Capitol Critique

Capitol Critique is a time for teams to, for lack of a better word, be critiqued. The only two things necessary to be there is having a synchronized skating team and a complete program. The point of this is to hear from judges first hand,… Continue Reading → Continue reading

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Off to Greece: Part 2 Santorini Edition

When my best friend, Kailey, and I started planning our trip to Greece, we decided to fly in and out of Athens and travel to Santorini and Mykonos. Santorini is known for its amazing views and Mykonos for its night life, so we thought by going to both we would get the best of both […] Continue reading

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if you don’t have any ice…

I was going to write a post about first-years and their terrible etiquette at parties, but then I rolled my ankle this morning. I’m not the most coordinated person on the planet. I’ve broken my leg twice, my toes an endless number, my wrist, I’ve had four stress fractures at one time, I once slipped […] Continue reading

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Let me tell you about myself

Hi my name is Ashley! I am a college student at small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. I was born in New York City, but then moved to Virginia when I was in the third grade. I part of a big and loving family. I have an older sister, Evy, and two adorable dogs named … Continue reading Let me tell you about myself Continue reading

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