Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Get your VOTE on. . .
So after I voted today I was really disturbed that as I was leaving I was followed to my car by a man asking me who I had voted for. Out of all the things I find okay subjects to talk about openly in a public place, politics is not one of them. So don't ask, because I won't tell :-)
Blog #6 -- Rethinking Ethics
Kayle Siler
Professor Akindes
Blog #6 – Rethinking Ethics
3 April 2012
The issue of ethics is one that really bothers me. I consider myself to be a rather modern
twenty two year old, and I, personally, find no issues in the way I act and my
beliefs, which many of my closest friends share with me. Our views on things like swearing,
relationships, sex, drinking, smoking, drugs, education, work-place antics, among
many other things, are some that have been approached by elders that we know as
“taboo” and “un-ethical.” We are a close
group and it has been questioned how we are able to justify the fact that, as a
group, we find it ok and acceptable to talk about our sex lives, and go out and
get drunk multiple times a week, and refuse to date, but find it ok to sleep
with whomever we feel like from said group and be ok with it.
I personally feel as if there is not a decline in ethics,
but, in fact, there has been a gradual shift over time which has made more
traditionally taboo things become more acceptable. I am an open minded person and I would never
question a person’s beliefs by comparing them to my own. I also see no need to change my beliefs and
ways of thinking because I am told they are unethical by a more closed and
single-minded person who feels what I say or do or believe is wrong.
I guess after that being said that my biggest issue with ethics
is a person’s view on them and their need to stuff their own opinions of right
and wrong down my throat. Ethics should
be a personal set of beliefs free of judgment from others.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Blog #3 -- Rethinking CopyRight
Kayle Siler
Professor Akindes
Blog #3 – Rethinking Copy Right
28 February 2012
I guess I don’t see the huge issue associated with copy
right. I do believe stealing is wrong
and sampling another artist work without their consent or without properly
paying them is stealing. Sampling and
remixing music is a beautiful art form that requires just as much work as
composing a new original piece. I think
it’s awesome and insightful to hear a song you like be remixed and redone by
another artist who puts a new spin on the track. Vis-a verse-a when I find out a new song is
sampled from an older song, I am that person who will go find the original song
to see where the inspiration came from.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. . .I don’t
even believe that “Youth Group” is the original artist of this song but I still
love it.
And now cue the remix by Jay-Z. I prefer the other version of the song but I
think “Young Forever” is a pretty decent modern take on the song
Dino Laurenzi
It's so crazy to know that I have trained with this guy and he is in the middle of a HUGE controversy. I love Ryan Braun and my Brewers and I believe 100 percent that he is innocent. With the extremely high high high amount to anabolic steroids found in Bruan's sample, I do believe, not necessarily by Dino, but that the specimen was tampered with.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/140745823.html
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/140745823.html
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Blog #2 -- Rethinking Love
Kayle Siler
Professor Akindes
Blog #2 – Second Skin – Rethinking Love
22 February 2012
Love, in my opinion, is an outdated concept. In current times, with taboos regarding what
is considered a traditional relationship, more and more people are comfortable
being in an uncommitted relationship or in domestic partnerships. The traditional concept of love has shifted
from being an “old maid” and feeling the need to be settled down and married
with children by the age of 25, to women being more independent and less family
oriented at a young age. As illustrated
in the link below, both men and women has been waiting longer to get married
and begin a family.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-11-09-delayed-marriage_N.htm
I also believe love has been redefined with technology. There is no longer the mystery of “where is
my significant other?” or “who are they with?”or “what are they doing?” With modern social networking and cell phone
technology, there is no mystery left in a relationship. It is entirely too easy to find out where,
when, and with who someone is doing something with. There is no need or trust in a relationship
when any information you need to find out about a person is available to you on
the internet.
The concepts show in the movie Second Skin are outrageous.
I find it unimaginable to meet a person in an alternative universe game
in which you decide to move halfway across the country for to be with. In my opinion, it’s absurd and unrealistic to
think that people would be willing to uproot their entire lives in order to be
with someone that they have never met face to face. The same thing goes for online dating. Regardless of the personality profiling, I
find it appalling that someone is willing to have a relationship with someone
they have not met in person. My friend
and I had once signed up for a dating site, just to see what our “ideal match”
would be. My first ideal match was a man
I had had a one-night stand with that was a complete asshole. The very same day my profile was created, it
was deleted. While online dating may
work for some people, the lack of personal face to face interaction makes it obsolete
to me.
My opinions for dating are bitter. I don’t believe in dating or
relationships. I am the last person in
the world who should be asked any opinion on dating and/or relationships. While I put effort into this, it is hard for
me to have an unbiased opinion on dating.
This is one subject where it is hard to keep my personal opinions aside
and have a fair view point on love in a modern society.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Family Elder Interview
Kayle Siler
Professor Akindes
Assignment #1 – Interviewing a Family Elder
1 February 2012
Name of interviewee: Theresa Pagliaroni
Age or Birth-year: 1932
Birth Place: Kenosha, WI
Relation to you: Grandmother
Date Interviewed: 30 January 2012
Place Interviewed: Grandmother’s home
Interviewed in person
Part 1: Q&A
1.
Can you describe your childhood and the popular
media that you and your family used?
We were poor growing up. Money was tight, I grew up during the
depression. My dad made $24 a week. When
the war broke out, many men went to service and women had to work in defense
plans. There was only radio when I was
growing up. We would sit and listen to stories
and we would also go to the libraries.
If you were lucky enough to be able to afford a record, some families
had phonographs. As a child we had what
was called “toy loan” stores which were a place where you could go and borrow
toys of days. If you were lucky enough
to get there early you were able to get a bike or a scooter. . .I was never
early enough to get a bike.
2.
What is your earliest memory of television?
First time I had seen television was in a
store window downtown. Everyone was in
awe because no one had seen anything like it at the time. The first television we owned was an RCA
floor model in 1944 or 1945. I know it
was black and white, I don’t remember when the color models came out.
3.
What was the telephone like when you were
growing up? What was it like to have a “party line”?
People constantly listened in on your
conversation. I always listened in on
conversations. People would call the
phone company and complain that we were listening to their conversations, then
the phone company would call our parents and they would threaten to cut off our
service. Our phone was tall with a
microphone on a mic stand and an ear piece that lifted off.
4.
Can you share an experience of going to the
movie theatre?
We used to go to the movies on Friday
nights. Me and my four brothers and
sisters would walk there and then walk back when the movie was over. My father didn’t’ have a car. It cost 12 cents to see a movie and candy
cost roughly 5 cents. Almost all movies were black and white, except Disney movies.
5.
How did you and your parents know who to support
in political elections?
We would listen to the radio or read the
newspaper. But not everyone got the
newspaper. Also politicians had what was
called a “whistle stop” where they would travel by rain and people would gather
at the stations to hear them speak.
6.
What forms of communication were present at
school when you were a student?
I went to catholic school and the nuns
rarely used phones. Most communication
was done through notes and if things weren’t resolved through the notes and
meeting would be set up.
7.
Do you remember what advertising and commercials
were like when you were growing up? What products were sold? What messages of
slogans do you remember?
There was a lot of door to door sales when
I was growing up. Most advertising was
done through radio and in store windows and newspaper. “The Fuller Brush” salesmen and women would
frequently come to our door. The sold
brooms and hairbrushes. “Walkins” sold
salves, ointments and cough medicine door to door.
8.
Things have changed dramatically since your
youth. What new forms of media have you
adopted? (internet, cell phone, hand-held devices, ect.)
I subscribe to cable, listen to a stereo,
DVD player, automatic washer and dryer, cell phone, basically all electric
appliances, comptometers (calculator).
When I was growing up nothing needed a plug. . .nothing was electric.
9.
How has media made your life easier or more
difficult?
It tells you in advance things that are
going to be coming out, lets you know what is going on worldwide and if you
miss it on the radio you are able to find it in print, pictures can be
published.
10.
How has media changed the way you communicate
with family?
Cars, telephone. There was no such thing as long distance when
I was growing up, it was far too expensive.
It much easier to communicate now.
11.
How has media informed your understanding of
politics and politicians?
You are able to compare side by side.
12.
How has media changed the way you shop or do
your banking?
It hasn’t changed my way of shopping. I guess I get more coupons in mail and newspaper
and are informed of up and coming sales.
You have to have faith in your bank and you have to trust your
bank. As long as they are insured and my
money is safe, I’m good.
13.
What forms of media do you use for
entertainment?
Television, radio, movies, newspaper, books
(if my vision were better I’d read a lot more)
Part 2: Reflection
My
grandmother’s recollection of her childhood was truly enticing. It’s crazy to think how small of a role
technology played in her upbringing, considering how dependent I know I
personally am on technology. I spend a
lot of time with my grandmother and I pretty much felt like I knew what her
answers to the questions were going to be, but to hear her talk about the
things from her upbringing that weren’t completely technologically linked was
super interesting. I know it’s not
considered “technology” per say, but to hear her tell me how uncommon it was
for things to have plugs was really odd.
It was also interesting to hear that things like milk and ice were
delivered by men on horses, and not delivered by cars, let alone that they were
delivered.
As
far as my personal day to day life, I acknowledge that I am very very dependent
on technology. I barely read books and
newspapers, but I frequently check various news apps on my phone to see
headlines. I check different social
media outlets like Facebook or Twitter, at least once an hour. I am also addicted to Brewers baseball, in
turn, addicting me to sports apps on my phone.
I need to constantly know scores, trades, stats, injury reports,
ect. As far as education and work go, I
am usually connected to my vendors and representatives through text messages,
where as I stay connected to school through campus email. Also where social media and work combine are
where I can create invitations and send out notifications of various promotions
and what not that are going on at my job.
All my banking and bill pay are also done through my phone. While I consider myself to be a very
dependent person, one thing I am extremely dependent on is technology.
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