Summary for ADV1100 (Monday’s class 11/3/14)
In Monday’s class Professor Spevack talked about the last parts of Project #3 and what else we needed to do for it. Â One or two students had their final projects already on their 14×17 Bristol board so professor used those as an example to demonstrate what our final of Project #3 should look like. The […]
Summary: “What If You Could Choose Between the Fastest Route and the Most Beautiful?”
“What If You Could Choose Between the Fastest Route and the Most Beautiful” is an article by Lex Berko. It discusses people’s preferences using research and experiments to figure out which route they’d rather take. They used two places in London as an example of juxtapositions to ask people which is the quietest or happiest […]
A Literary Visitor Strolls In From The Airport (Summary)
“A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport” is an article by Charles McGrath explaining the story of Will Self’s novel. This article describes the autobiography a man who overcame his challenges uniquely – by “walking it out.” Will Self  walked 26 miles to a hotel from JFK airport. He said “Alcohol and drugs tend […]
Colson Whitehead “City Limits” : Summary
Colson Whitehead’s City Limits is a non-fictional piece where he exposes and re-creates New York City. As a long time New York City resident, Whitehead describes how this city he lived in back in the old days has changed drastically and isn’t “his city” anymore. He tells what it was like to live there when […]
