Kale formerly was used as a garnish in restaurants; its frilly, dark green leaves made for a nice contrast to whatever food was on the plate, as well as the plate itself. It was not an edible food on its own. Now, kale is inescapable; Google Trends reveals that kale chips, kale smoothies, and kale salads all experienced a relative boom in popularity around 2009 to 2011, and … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: Kale Smoothies in Texas
What’s Eatin’ You: Grasping for Crumbs
Hello, Scribe readers! Last year, I wrote a blog called “One Nation Under Who”, which centered around Americans’ resentment towards government on both sides of the aisle. The blog originally began as a look at numbers and trying to objectively determine what may be driving greater dissatisfaction towards government. However, the blog morphed into an opinion-driven blog, where I … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: Grasping for Crumbs
What’s On the Screen (and Beyond): From Abstraction to Realism in Game Art
Nick Farmer is a junior studying Interactive Entertainment and Theatrical Scenic Design at the University of Southern California. He is an aspiring professional insomniac and production designer who spends his free time preoccupied with his two greatest loves: cooking and Disney theme park expansion rumors. Outside of living in a holodeck, where a player acts out an … [Read more...] about What’s On the Screen (and Beyond): From Abstraction to Realism in Game Art
One Nation Under Who: The Youth Vote
Akon came to my IR 210 class this week, to hear our presentations on possible social media compaigns for the ONE Campaign. His closing statement, after hearing all of our presentation, was that our generation was the future--we were the next leaders, politicians, business leaders, and entrepeneurs of the world. And for seniors about to graduate, they will be repeatedly told … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The Youth Vote
One Nation Under Who: NSA or Google?
One of the first things that I talked about in One Nation Under Who was Edward Snowden. It has been almost a year since the Guardian began to write about what Edward Snowden had leaked. Recently, the Washington Post and the Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize of Public Service, one of journalism's highest honors. Edward Snowden saw the prize as "vindication" of sorts. He still … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: NSA or Google?