Activist’s/Artist’s Statement             I wrote a chapter of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but instead of focusing on Harry, I wanted to focus on Neville Longbottom. Neville is a perfect example of an introvert who is misunderstood by others, and by himself as well. Throughout the books, Neville is never really validated for having an introverted personality. Especially as a Gryffindor,  Neville is expected to have more extroverted personality traits. I always loved Neville’s character and identified with him (and Luna Lovegood, who I also featured in the chapter) because I shared more characteristics with him...

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I listened to an episode from the podcast On the Media called The Case for Boredom. Before diving into its content, though, I'd just like to say how much I love podcasts. We might consider podcasts to be a form of "new media," though I think of them as a new take on old media: radio shows. Podcasts are the same thing, but recorded with new technology and presented on a different platform. I think it's so cool that radio is still holding up after decades and decades of evolving technology. Podcasts leave quite a bit up to the...

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                      When one of your friends says, “Hey let’s watch a full length documentary about a font,” you might be initially less than interested. It’s a font. What could possibly be interesting about a the letters on a page that we are forced to slave over during our the entire duration of our college experience? I had a similar thought process when I first heard about the film “Helvetica” (2007). However, I am interested in graphic design, so I decided to give this documentary a try.    ...

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