I’m sure many (if not all) of you have seen the recent news regarding Facebook’s new push to fact check the articles that are posted on its social media pages. Zuckerburg feels that Facebook is responsible for the dissemination for … Continue reading
Last week I got really sick and somehow ended up in the emergency department of Lewis-Gale, waiting to be told if what I had was simply a really bad virus, or something worse. I have not made many trips to … Continue reading
Over the past few months I have been getting to know the State of Louisiana. Not only have I had an ongoing Master’s project related to the drinking water in St. Bernard Parish, but multiple events have recently come up that … Continue reading
For my book report this semester I have been reading the book, Tom’s River by Dan Fagin. It is a well-written, thoroughly researched book regarding the poisoning of the city of Tom’s River, NJ by a chemical company from the 1950s … Continue reading
So this last minute blog post is something that I think everyone can relate to in some capacity: today’s football game! I wanted to say something about it because every time I have been at a university, particularly for a … Continue reading
Last week, while working on the background/history for my final project, I had a moment. It was in that moment that I found myself transitioning from merely trying to fulfill a class requirement to diving in to a truly tragic … Continue reading
This semester I have been taking a couple of classes on sustainability, and it has been far more insightful than I would have imagined. I have always had this dry, annoyed view on sustainability, but one of my classes in … Continue reading
Today I was reading an article about an area of southern Alabama that is still living like it is 1900. The article points out that about 15% of Lowndes County, AL has no septic tank while about 35% have failing … Continue reading
As a second year Master’s student I am facing an internal dilemma that I am struggling to come to terms with: I am trying to figure out what I will be doing with my life one year from now. Of … Continue reading
For this week’s blog I am going to break into three topics that I have been mulling over for the past week+. 1.) Dishonesty documentary: I wanted to spend a bit of space talking about the documentary that we had the opportunity … Continue reading