In 2004, British songwriter James Blunt released his debut album Back to Bedlam. The third single from the album was the autobiographical song “You’re Beautiful,” which described a chance encounter Blunt had when he saw his ex girlfriend Dixie Chassay, whom he was still in …
“Breaking the Rhetorical Barrier ,” David Ternik (2014) — Inquiry 2
All hail the king. What image does this expression put in your head? A crown made of gold and diamond? Maybe you see a beautiful throne or a man draped in a majestic red cape? Perhaps you even see a warrior standing regally before his …
“Milk: Holy Water for Hormonal Women or Nectar From The Sexist Gods?,” Halie Muter (2014) — Inquiry 2
When The California Milk Processor Board sat down to discuss advertising strategies for their new campaign to make milk the talk of the town, it must have been a strange day of events. First of all, all of the women on the board must have …
“Examining Eco-feminism: An In-Depth Look at Silent Spring and Ecology of a Cracker Childhood,” Carolyn Kryczka (2014) — Inquiry 2
Since the beginning of the modern environmental movement in the 1960’s, a deep relationship between environmentalism and feminism was established, creating what is now known as ecofeminism. While these ideas were emerging, there were many efforts to persuade the general public to understand the importance …
“Mommy – If Everyone’s Equal, Where is the Equality?,” Lindsey W. Sewall (2014) — Inquiry 2
Writer’s Reflection Through the process of composing a rhetorical analysis of Jennifer Harvey’s post “For Whites (Like Me): On White Kids,” I gained a better understanding of not only how to identify, analyze, and critique the rhetorical situations and appeals of other writers, but …
Hearing the Battle Cry of “We Are the World 25 for Haiti” by Amy Pritchard
Writer’s Reflection I found writing this inquiry entertaining. I was excited to watch a YouTube video every time I had writer’s block. Picking to write about “We Are the World 25 for Haiti” was an easy decision. Out of the possible topics that I considered …
Urgent Pathos by Erik Seroogy
In Vicki Arroyo’s TED Talk, titled “Let’s Prepare for Our New Climate”, Arroyo explains the future threats of climate change, such as drought and flooding. She illustrates how climate change will bring about widespread chaos if no preparation is made to brace for this inevitability. …
Fashion Victims by Jane Winsett
Writer’s Reflection All in all, I am pleased with the outcome of this inquiry. From the start, I was truly interested in my selected text and in the concept behind Yolanda Domínguez’s art installation. Performance art is great because it brings art to the general …
“Traditional Learning is Not Obsolete,” Jingshan Liu (2014) — Inquiry 3
Modern technology is a magic miracle that brings unprecedented and revolutionary changes into our society everyday. Recently, with the rapid development of internet, it has helped people an easy access to acquire all kinds of information. Since internet has penetrated into almost every corner of …
“Deeper Friendship, Better Diversity,” Yibo Xu (2014) — Inquiry 3
Respected ISSS leaders: The primary purpose of writing this letter is to promote a proposal which addresses the racism issue on the MU campus. It has been motivated by the fact that, based on the result of my on-campus social justice survey, racism still exists …
Impact of a TED Talk by Shisheng Liang
Writer’s Reflection I chose to analyze this TED talk because it is short and influential. Even though everything he talks in this TED talk is brief, it has a lot of information inside. In addition, watching videos becomes more popular nowadays, so my readers might …
The Equal Pay Battle by Yu Pan
Nowadays, society develops quickly. Although there were social justice movements, people did not pay as much attention in the past, but more and more the present age people begin to stress feminine equality and justice. However, it is very difficult to achieve the real meaning …
“Why I Turned to Writing,” Tali Hunt (2014) — Inquiry 1
Writing for school is something most students dread—not me. I have never dreaded writing assignments because I enjoyed getting to tell stories or share points of views. Even though I enjoyed writing, I never did much of it for myself–at least, not until I learned …
“Was Homer a Rapper?,” Paul Wilson (2014) — Inquiry 1
Writer’s Reflection I looked at this paper as an opportunity to show my teacher who she was teaching, and more importantly whose essays she was reading. Writing is an expression of self and because of this, it’s nearly impossible (especially when it’s the first paper …
“When Words Can’t Speak,” Lauren Salem (2014) — Inquiry 1
Writer’s Reflection I would say the writing style of my essay is pretty informal, but inquisitive. I like to ask and answer questions within my writing. I would also say it’s very examinatory. And mildly intellectual/amusing. I chose to write it this way because that’s …