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. …
“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 …
Inquiry 4 Final Reflection (Video) by Kayla Petersen
Click on the following link to view the video that accompanies Kayla Petersen’s Inquiry 4 project. Her reflection can be found in the print version of Rhethawks. English 112 Inquiry 4
Head of the Class (Website) by Ashley Martin
Click on the following link to view the website that accompanies Ashley Martin’s Inquiry 4 project. Her reflection and worksheet can be found in the print version of Rhethawks. http://marti184.wix.com/inquiryfour
“Persuasive Art,” Jane Winsett (2014) — Inquiry 1
Writer’s Reflection In writing this piece, I was able to reflect on my high school years and to consider my thoughts on art. It was interesting because as I wrote about my experience, I found my views shifting and it was as if everything became …
Fears by Ashley Hopes
To see an interesting and thorough multimedia project for the Creative and Critical application, or Inquiry 3, plus view the following link: http://hopesae.wix.com/fears
“Positive Influences of Celebrity Culture,” Melanie Secre (2014) — Inquiry 3
Writer’s Letter I began Inquiry III by choosing the articles that I was going to use in the paper. It was very convenient to have multiple articles to choose from because I had more information and flexibility when writing. I thought that it would be …
“The Ugly Side of Beauty,” Kerri Brosier (2014) — Inquiry 3
Writer’s Reflection Letter Writing a research paper is not an easy task. Choosing a relevant, interesting topic and finding adequate information to support the claims is difficult to accomplish effectively. Picking a topic was a challenging task alone. I wanted to write this paper on …
“Suicide Series,” Tio Davis (2013) — Inquiry 3/4
Project Reflection Inquiry 3 was the most interesting Inquiry I’ve done so far in my ENG 112 course. It allowed me to do something that I normally do as a hobby to raise an issue in society. I had different choices of which medium I …