Deadly Imagery in Edgar Allan Poe’s Mask of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Read Death” describes a country devasted by a horrendous contagion called the Red Death. After leaving his people and his country to be killed by the plague, Prince Prospero takes a … Read more
COVID-19 Reflection
What are you doing to cope with the pandemic? Living in social isolation has been a huge adjustment for most everyone adhering to it, myself included. I went from living on campus and seeing people every day to seeing … Read more
Protected: Vegans, Are You Welcome Here? An Ethnographic Study of the Inclusion of Alternative Diets
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Week 11: “Extended Spring Break”
When I was first assigned to write a blog post for this week, I was pretty relieved not to have the challenge of writing about English 105 class over spring break. Thanks to COVID-19, I now have to get a … Read more
Can Weight-Loss Surgery Change Your Body and Your Brain?
Research has found that obesity leads to the degeneration of white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) in the brain; this has implications for body movement and sensation, as well as a person’s impulse control (Papageorgiou et al. 2006). In … Read more