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Article 9
I actually saw TWO REAL LIVE MUSICALs in between my last post and this one. A nice change from being forced to find highly illegal-ish Youtube clips in order to experience the shows I enjoy. I guess...
View ArticleSide by Side by Sondheim
I’ve actually only seen three Sondheim musicals, which is highly embarrassing for a musical-geek. Many people consider him to be the master of musical theatre, with eight Tony’s, eight Grammy’s, an...
View ArticlePersuasive Essay
For my persuasive essay, I think I’d like to talk about wither women’s health issues in the government or pop culture representations of women in the media. Both are topics that I don’t think are...
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Words Matter
Earlier this week, I was talking with some other people about this English class and the topic of persuasive essays came up and the following exchange occurred: Her: Well, what’s your civic issues blog...
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That Super Depressing Moment When a Ten-Year-Old Is Way Way Talented
There are a LOT of musicals on Broadway right now featuring crazy impressive children, and there have been many more in the recent past. And some of these not only feature children, but put the whole...
View ArticleAdvocacy Project
So….advocacy….that’s a thing. How about this weather we’re having? In all seriousness, the advocacy project is paralyzing me a little bit. I don’t want to do the wrong thing??? But what I’m thinking...
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To Revive
One of the most tragic things about musicals on the professional stage is their transience–a show might have a run of a few months, or a year, or even five years* , but it eventually ends and is...
View ArticleAdvocacy
Advocacy is about commitment. It’s about taking control of the problems you find in the world today and then taking ownership of trying to find a solution. Advocacy is not about complaining no one is...
View ArticleGoodbye
(It’s funny because the song is called Goodbye) Musical theatre, and maybe just theatre in general, has a much smaller audience than most other forms of artistic expression–movies, TV, music, and...
View Articlefin.
So, this is it. I’ve written (extensively) about the gendered oppression that still occurs in the United States because I think it’s an incredibly important and criminally overlooked/ignored part of...
View ArticleHow to Break the Ice
I wrote a thank you letter last night–a letter that tried to wrap into a neat package all of the crazy, wonderful, unexpected ways in which my first year of college affected me. How could I communicate...
View ArticleThe Patient and the Person
On Tuesday, I ventured far off-campus to the offices of Martin & Suhey Orthopedics. I’m on a path toward medical school, so one of the most important things I can do right now is see what that...
View ArticleThe Social Contract
There was a lot of discussion of contracts in class today, but perhaps not enough about the most important one: the social contract. By agreeing to live in this country under the laws of the United...
View ArticleComments for Emily and Kara
Emily–http://sites.psu.edu/plawaschenko/2013/09/11/one-hearts-future/ It’s so difficult to be part of something that it feels like people are caring less about, but you are clearly dedicated and...
View ArticleThe Internet is a Big, Big Place
This is not my only blog. Well, maybe I should say that this is not my only blog anymore. I’ll be a guest every week on rachelsimmons.com for at least the next academic year (watch for a post sometime...
View ArticleHow to Make Friends and Influence the Government
This week we were joined in class by Zack Moore, one of the key players in a Penn State Department I must have vaguely known existed but that I never really thought about before–the Office of...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Speakers
Our trip to Philadelphia was absolutely amazing–from the food to the tours to the presentations. I loved being able to see pieces of the city of Philadelphia that I’ve never been able to explore on my...
View ArticleComments for Mitch and Kara
Mitch: http://sites.psu.edu/mitchrobs/2013/10/11/on-affirmative-action/ I like your points about looking more carefully at socioeconomic status and background as a component of Affirmative Action. I...
View ArticleAnd All That Jazz
Tonight I went to see the opening of Chicago, the fall musical for Thespians this year. First, I’d just like to say that it was incredible and everyone was super talented and you should all see it if...
View ArticleThe Business of Education
Higher education in American is in a category of its own. Public schools don’t cost money, while private schools are in constant competition with their free counterparts. Businesses focus on growing...
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