Category Archives: Student Blog Project 2013

Summer Blogging!

Posted on May 26, 2014 by frankvitaleiv

Hello All!  For this summer, I will be blogging under a different site, so follow me there for all the updates on my internship in Washington, D.C.! Continue reading →

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Spring, finally.

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ema Williamson

Bless our hearts to hear  Continue reading →

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Modern Folk Lore and Cultural Revelations

Posted on March 31, 2014 by frankvitaleiv

Of the many older books on my dorm room bookshelf (including some older texts and local histories), one always seems to catch the eye of my visitors.  Bound in a hard blue cover, Tom Burnam’s 1975 book The Dictionary of Misinformation debunks many of the myths and legends surrounding famous proverbs and sayings.  From the meaning of “assault and… Continue reading →

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Selfies and The Craze of Self-Photography

Posted on March 24, 2014 by frankvitaleiv

A few weeks ago, General Colin L. Powell created an overnight Internet sensation by posting an image of himself, taken in the 1950s.  The image, capturing the young and dapper Powell in black-and-white, was a direct response to the “selfie” taken by Ellen DeGeneres at the 2014 Oscars.  General Powell boldly proclaimed that he “was… Continue reading →

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A Letter to People Who Think They Can’t Cook

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ema Williamson

Dear People Who Say They Cannot Cook, I kindly ask that you reconsider your
position. Why? Because cooking is not magic. Continue reading →

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Know Thine Farmer

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Ema Williamson

When We Source From Elsewhere It Will Be From People With Whom We Strike Up
Conversations And Form Relationships. They Are People Who Care For Their
Own Piece Of The Earth. Continue reading →

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My Garden Was A Bed of Weeds

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Timothy Hegberg

So here we are halfway into February and it’s about time to begin planting
a garden.

Ok, that sounds fantastic. Right? Hours of sweaty work in July, dirt that
refuses to be removed from underneath fingernails and the worst part…
weeding. But you know what? I don’t care. I love gardening. But perhaps you
think gardening isn’t for you. Or perhaps that you don’t have time in your
incredibly busy life. Perhaps you think you kill everything. Or perhaps you
just don’t like vegetables.

Whatever your reason, let’s just accept that fresh produce is delicious and
completely worth the time and effort it takes to grow it. So how exactly
does one grow things? Gardening seems like a crazy impossible thing to get
started with. I mean, there are farmers who have been doing it for years
and they’re still learning new things! How am I supposed to plant things
and keep them alive if there are 75 year old dudes who have been doing it
their entire lives and they don’t even totally get it?

To this I say, “Don’t worry. It’s really quite easy and we’ll start a
garden for you in 5 easy steps.” Continue reading →

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Facebook as a Multimodal Diary for Future Biographers

Posted on February 17, 2014 by frankvitaleiv

Recently, Facebook celebrated 10 years online by creating the “A Look Back” feature.  This specialized web page pulls images, posts, status updates, relationship changes, and a number of other data types from your public profile, and compiles them into a cute video, all with a catchy tune and cued transitions.  Anyone can access and their… Continue reading →

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ArchivesMouse Participates in Crowdsourcing Discussion

Posted on February 3, 2014 by frankvitaleiv

A little while back, I posted about the potential value social media has for repositories as a crowdsourcing tool, which could help them locate more information and clarify existing theories.  A few days ago, I participated in one such example of social media crowdsourcing. Accessible Archives, a company that creates and maintains primary source databases,… Continue reading →

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What I Wore…and Ate

Posted on February 1, 2014 by melaniesinger

As I was home for my winter break, the majority of my time was spent eating and catching up with friends. What better way to catch up with high school friends that you haven’t seen since November, or even August … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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