WRD 110 Sec 67, 70 in Fall 2017

[kentuckywrd110-blog]

The Future is Female- Women’s Forum Annual Conference has opened their register. This event will only be opened to the first 150 to sign up and the register will close October 8th. The event will be held from 8:30 am- 3:00 pm and will begin with breakfast and and with a giveaway. The only problem that could come from this event is the limited amount of spots. Many women would be left out from this empowering event because they weren’t able to obtain a spot in time. I wonder why there is a limited number of spots for this event?

[mzhandywrd110]

I just looked this up, and it seems like registration is already closed! “Registration is now closed for the conference due to an overwhelming response! Thank you to all who have shown interest in attending.”  https://www.uky.edu/womensforum/annual_conference.html 

[ukwrdblog]

Yay! It’s Ice Hockey season! I love hockey, watching hockey, seeing and hearing the blades against the ice is a New Englanders dream! So when I got this on my door on Friday I was so excited! But the problem is that I made plans to go home this weekend so I couldn’t go! But I did notice that on the flier it says “Puck Drops at Midnight”, does this mean that the game starts at midnight? I think it does, and if so, why midnight? Doesn’t that seem kind of late and a bad time to have a hockey game? The major games I’ve been to have typically been at 2:00PM not midnight! I also wonder if that effects the kind of crowd of fans they’re getting at their games. Despite the late event, I know I will be attending at least a few hockey games this season out of my love for the sport. 

[mzhandywrd110]

I made a passing mention in class about hockey without realizing that there was already a post about it! Midnight does seem exceptionally late. I wonder if students get together before the game and attend in groups. I expect that the crowd is influenced by the late time. 

I’m also curious about how the team feels. How does the UK Hockey team handle their schoolwork when they have to practice and play such late games?

[yuyusokenlee-blog]

Uk hosts events other than sports. They held a slam poetry workshop. A talented poet from Philly preformed some of his work and gave us some tips on how to express our poetry. Afterwards it was open mic for people who came prepared to read. How do you find out about campus events? Best bet is to look up from your phone and you’ll see a bunch of things posted around campus. 

[mzhandywrd110]

Another post about slam poetry on campus. This slam workshop looks engaging. Have there been other workshops on previous years? If so, how many of those students went on to begin or develop their slam poetry skills? I’d love to know what the impact of this workshop is--will there be further workshops? A group reading? An end-of-the-year slam poetry fest?

[briannaigabe-blog]

I found this poster on the wall of the elevator in my dorm. What is slam poetry? How do you learn to do slam poetry? How often does UK have these events for students on campus?

[mzhandywrd110]

Great find! Slam poetry is one of the more interesting and unique college experiences, either as a performer or an audience member. It’s great that this is a workshop open to the public. How many students that attend this event are creative writing majors or minors, and how many are from other disciplines? How students benefit from having creative, extracurricular outlets?

[mzhandywrd110]

takebackcheapside

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I saw a pamphlet lying around a coffee shop that mentioned this group, Take Back Cheapside. Then I saw a poster at Starbucks. I thought I might as well look up the website to figure out what it’s about. Looks like this has to do with Confederate monuments in a place downtown named Cheapside. This reminds me of the recent events in Charlottesville. I read about Charlottesville in the news and talked about it with my friends and family. If something similar is going on here in Lexington, I want to find out! Maybe I should look into the website a little more--or even go downtown to see what Cheapside is.

[mzhandywrd110]

Look at all of this litter! I find trash, especially cups and bottles, lying around campus everywhere all the time. Seeing litter around campus makes it easy to feel like fellow students don’t value the campus grounds. Surely there are some recycling initiatives or waste programs or sustainability groups here on campus. I should look into that.

[mzhandywrd110]

I walked past this sign on the way to class today. It’s in front of the Margaret L. King Library, which is right next to Maxwell House. The sign advertises an exhibit, “Kentucky in Bloom,” at the library. I’d love to learn about wildlife and culture in Kentucky. I’m also curious about this library--what kind of books does it have? Can it be useful to me for my studies? Who is Margaret King? It’s occurred to me that most buildings are named after men, so Margaret must  be pretty special.

[mzhandywrd110]

This is a screenshot from my phone’s Instagram feed showing a post by North Lime Coffee and Donuts. You can also find this announcement on their Facebook page, though it looks like they haven’t yet announced it on their Twitter. (North Lime does not post events to their website, which makes it necessary to follow their social media if you want updates.) Not to sound like an ad, but North Lime’s donuts are notoriously delicious. Plus, they’re a staple local business here in Lexington. A celebration centered around their longevity as a business and significance in the Lexington community seems like a great time. I’m curious to know if they’ll have any sales, freebies, or other events in the shop during this event. (Also, how is that little shop going to fit everyone?)

[mzhandywrd110]

Sample Introduction Post

I’m Emily Handy, who you’ll be calling Mz. Handy this semester. I’m an instructor with the WRD department here at UK and a student in the English PhD program. Please don’t call me professor! I won’t be a professor until I earn my PhD and get a proper professorial job.

I know you might not think of reading Reddit threads or keeping up with YouTube channels as research, but it is! Most of my internet-based research topics have to do with my studies and my job (boring, I know), but I’m also very interested in drag and the hit show RuPaul’s Drag Race. I also have interests in art and illustration, photography, and current events that I keep up through podcasts and social media feeds. I’ve kept blogs before and use various social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook; I can’t seem to get a hang of Twitter). I’ve also seen plenty of students run interesting and successful blogs for this class before, so I have full faith that I can help any of you who have concerns.

(Word Count: 176)

[mzhandywrd110]

Hello, everyone!

This is the introductory text for my “sample blog” for our class. I can’t promise that I’ll keep this blog up as strictly as each of you, but I will post some sample posts in hopes that it will help you write your own. Each week, you need to post at least 5 posts by Saturday at 5 PM. These posts can be photos or short videos you shoot yourself; articles that you find online about UK or Lexington communities; audio recordings; original pieces of writing, or something else entirely. I’ll make specific prompts each week that your posts should follow (look on Canvas for these prompts).  The first week, I ask that you start with an introductory post. What are your hobbies? Interests? What do you normally research online or in the world around you? Have you kept blogs before? Do you write regularly? Are you excited to start this semester? Just introduce yourself. I look forward to an insightful, exciting, and interesting semester of blogging!