Sunday, February 27, 2011

Week 9 Blog: Student Activism

Dear Class,

Week 9 group chose to present you
http://studentactivism.net/ This blog website (like one or two of the past ones) is very plain and simple. When you first get to the website, the screen that you are on is where all of the posts are located. There are not different pages for different topics, but there are tabs on the top to find out more about the author. The author, Angus Johnston, is trying to inform the readers and educate instead of persuade or advertise. Angus is a credible source because he is "a historian and advocate of American student organizing."

We picked this blog because we felt that Angus Johnston had a lot of good things to say. His audience is focused more towards college students like us and he frequently speaks on campuses. He also talks at "conferences on the history of student activism and student government and on the state of the American student movement today." He seems very interested in getting young adults involved in student leaderships positions and engagement on campus. We hope you find something informative and maybe you could compare this blog to "campus progress" because they have some similarities in common.

Group 9

Chao Wang, Tyler White, Colleen Zhu, and Rosie Zimmer

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Week 8 Blog: Campus Progress

Dear Class,

Week 8 group presents to you Campus Progress. Unlike the blogs from previous weeks, this blog covers a wide variety of issues such as activism, religion, women’s issues and many others. Their slogan “young people working for progressive change” conveys that they’re calling to action young adults and encourages them to get involved by either donating, hosting an event, looking in to campus and local activism, as well as many other ways.

This blog caught our attention because it has something to offer for everyone. It has an abundance of information on multiple topics that are relevant to people our age today. Furthermore, Campus Progress offers a variety of ways to get involved. We hope that you’ll find something that interests you and are looking forward to hearing your responses!

Enjoy!

Group 8

Sarah Tirrell, Susan Pollack, Aaron Cunningham, Sean Tennant

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Week 7 Blog:The Activist Blog

Week 7 bloggers provide you http://theactivist.org/blog/. These are blogs mostly about the current events across the world. This site is ranked quite high, and it is clear why. The blog is very well designed and easy to follow. Also, the blogs are very well written as well. It is sponsored by the Young Democratic Socialists.

The main reason why I like this blog is because the articles cycle around activism, and that's what this class is all about. It is also directed towards the younger generations. I hope you guys enjoy this. I am excited to hear what you guys think about this blog.

Heather Gorslin, Kevin Kim, Codie Owens, Michael Petrarca

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Week 6 Blog: The Environmental Blog

Dear class:

Here Week 6 Group presents to you the Environmental Blog. Similar with treehugger.com, it discusses environmental issues. However, it focuses more on specific hot topics such as sustainability, energy, global warming, etc., instead of general and broad topics. It defines itself as an "environmental justice, human rights, green tech, green living, and sustainable online news magazine". You can also interact with the blog by sending over your own article and hopefully it will be posted on the blog someday!

Please browse through this blog and we do hope you can find something interesting. You are also more than welcomed to compare this blog with treehugger.com and tell us which you prefer and why. I think this will greatly benefit us when we write our own blogs. We do hope you enjoy this blog!

Week 6 Group

Kelsey Gerber, Michael Daugirdas, Alley Fisk, Meng Dong