Degrees in liberal arts are many times the butt of jokes about how easy they are, or how they do not prepare students to hold any difficult or demanding job, or any legitimate job at all. These jokes suggest that liberal arts degrees prepare kids to be nothing more than really amazing drive-thru employees, and [...]
Preface: When I first started writing this post, I got caught up quickly in political ideals, democrats vs. republicans, viewpoints of liberals, conservatives, and “others, ” but I quickly had to remind myself why I am taking the time to write in the first place. Mainly, summarizing helps me focus on what to study, and posting it [...]
The most common incidence of drug use is alcohol. 86% of men and 80% of women will drink some form of alcohol in their lives. In low does, alcohol has a stimulant effect by blocking parts of the brain that inhibit (hence, “loosing you inhibitions”). At high doses, however, it acts as a depressant by [...]
Drug users in the late 70′s made a drug called MPTP to get high. They thought it was safe because when injected into rats they saw no side-effects. Once injected into humans, however, it essentially kills all the dopamine neurons in the brain, causing Parkinson’s disease. Little did they know that rats are tolerant to this drug. Now, researchers use this [...]
Preface: I had to write about films from post-1940′s era for a film history class a few years ago, and I immediately thought of my favorite genre of film: Sci-fi! Enjoy! ——— The sci-fi genre is far-reaching and encapsulates many different types of films. Fantasy, adventure, thriller, horror, and even some romantic comedies include elements [...]
Preface: I thought I’d share with you, a little ditty I wrote for a film history class a few years back. The assignment was to write about pre-1941 films, which at first was harder than I thought it. But I found a common thread, the fantasy genre, which got the ball rollin’. Enjoy! ————— Some [...]
My second semester has been well underway for a few months now, so I thought I’d take a few moments to discuss my classes. My major classes this semester (I have a few minor ones too) are: Biological Psychology, Wealth & Poverty, and a Research & Statistics course. Let’s start with bio-psych. Biological Psychology I’ve actually taken before. [...]
The Ghetto Boot Story: Most of the time when I speak with people I know well, I prefer to get into some deep, meaningful shit. But these days, the majority of my life is spent talking real surfacey-like with students I don’t really know. Time is short in college, we have only a few minitues [...]
During my first semester at Cal I had many fun new experiences. I wrote about the “Wizard of Cal” and my daily walks. In “lectures and holy garb,” relgious clothes reminded me of dedication and humility. In “My new crush…” I go gaga for Gosling. In “Unicyclists, mumps, Jobs & beards” I wanted to pet a soft [...]
Street-people Since UC Berkeley is essentially part of the city of Berkeley, intertwined with the various buildings of the city and whatnot, parts of the campus are considered public use. Anyone can come by and eat or shop in various places on campus, or chill out on the benches and people-watch or join in with the Occupy protests. Even before [...]
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