Archive: 2011
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It Came from Generation Y
We are the generation that hops on a dirty metro at 11 p.m. to stand outside the club in the cold with our multi-ethnic group of friends. We are the generation that spends more time posting Facebook
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Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices: Oh, Diversity!
For this entry, I was greatly educated and inspired by the book "Multiculturalism & Intergroup Relations: Psychological implications for democracy in a global context" by Fathali M. Moghaddam. Americ
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Cracking the code: The advertising cliché of the smartphone age
Marketeers are notorious for adopting the next eye-catching branding trend, and the digital age has only increased the options for luring potential customers. From cereal boxes to billboards, quick re
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A Bad Apple in the Tech Industry
As Amazon announces yet another in a seemingly endless stream of tablets-that-are-not-iPads, I find myself, rather than being excited at a new product half the price of an iPad, wondering why they ev
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Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices: Let Down Your Hair!
Since I was in junior high school I’ve had a superficial attachment to my hair. It was long. It was gold and red. It was rare. And it defined me. I recently underwent chemotherapy and lost all
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Media Mash-up: When Old and New Worlds Collide
I’ve got this idea in my head. Maybe you’ll bear with me as I try putting it into words. The line separating traditional ‘old’ media from social ‘new’ media is blurring. Once distinct, the two forms
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Making Connections and Strengthening Ties
As I begin to wind down my time here at CCT, I often think about how I can reconcile my academic interests, ethical beliefs, and desired career plan. Often, these areas of interest seem disconnected
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Exploring Intercultural Identity: Four Voices
The term ‘identity’ finds itself in a perpetual dialectic: it is caught up in a tug of war of appropriation between the collective and the individual. Our understanding of the self, too, is mediated
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Democracy, Divides and (not so) Deep Pockets
Recently, as I was pillaging my husband’s stack of political magazines, I started flipping through a copy of Roll Call, a publication that has covered the happenings on Capitol Hill since the 1950’s.
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Political Trust
In light of our Constitution Week (September 17-23), I would like to pull back some of the layers surrounding how we trust, and thereby choose, our leaders. It is in the political rhetoric today that
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog