Monthly Archives: September 2013

Phil, Ally, Megan, and Max (otherwise known as PAMM) are back this week for our Café Discussion Group. The topic was social media, more specifically Twitter. We thought it would be interesting and informative. Thus, we set out to explore … Continue reading →

Chloe  (Scribe), Kate As Kate and I sat down on a Sunday evening in the library, we agreed that the Frankfurt School offers an interesting connection between technology and culture, especially during a time where our society often defines our … Continue reading →

Our discussion group (Nicole, Tommy, Asana, Gillian, and Kat) reflected on several topics, some of which were related to class, and others were a bit astray, though they certainly proved relevant to certain theorists. We began by talking about Benjamin’s … Continue reading →

Let’s be real here – one likes to reflect on his or her charming hometown as an engine of Marxist theory. But yesterday, in their café discussion group (always pushing the envelope) Max, Phil, Megan, and Ally did. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

During our discussion group we talked about what St. Lawrence represents and the main type of person you think of when you think SLU. Slu Culture as a whole: Work Hard, Play Hard – Boarding School, Outdoorsy, Active, Community oriented, … Continue reading →

Cafe discussion on Thursday, Sep. 12 Gillian Hunt (Scribe), Tommy Matt, Kat Lukens, Asana Hamidu & Nicole Eigbrett   As we sat outside the Sullivan student center we looked around us at a campus we all know well and discussed … Continue reading →

Our group found similarities in Appadurai and Patterson in that they both use globalization to explain the spread of culture and ideas through technology and transportation. The fast-paced interchanges between countries circulate different ideas to various cultures that before they … Continue reading →