Plagiarism Policy

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/undergraduate/advising/plagNote.asp

The plagarism policy at The University of Michigan is very typical. I expected most of what was explained on the website. There are many policies explaining how works should be cited in english papaers, and rules against stealing other’s work. However, I was surprised to see a rule in which a student is not allowed to submit the same paper, or portions of the same paper, twice for two different assignments. I am glad I was aware of this, because I am not sure that if the opportunity presented itself where I was able to submit the same paper for an Intro to English class as well as an Intro to College Writing class, I would not sieze it. Now that I am aware, I will definitely be sure to write every paper assigned, individually.

I have written to a student at Michigan named Ilana Black, who I know because she gave me my first tour of Michigan last year as a student tour guide in November. We have kept in contact and I e-mailed her last night with a few questions regarding classes I should take, shouldn't take, and overall advice to an incoming freshman, as a senior now leaving the University. As soon as I recieve a response, I will blog about her answers.

Course Catalog

The course guide is VERY long and takes a lot of sorting through. I’m now looking through the courses for LSA. There are courses all the way from Human Rights Activism to Ceramics to Russia/Ukraine Film. I am so excited to be a part of a school with such diverse classes. I know for sure I will be taking at least one English class and one Math class and possibly a Spanish class, but it is very exciting to know I will be able to branch out and challenge myself with different types of classes that I am not used to taking in high school. 

University of Michigan Course Catalog

I found the University of Michigan course catalog online and am very intrigued by the different courses available. I can deduce that the courses I am required to take are basic English and Math courses and a language class is recommended (I would probably take Spanish). I would also be interested in taking a photography class if possible and maybe a psych or communications class. I am also trying to get into a program based around English and Art , called the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program,which would require me take a Intro to Photography or Intro to Drawing class and also a Intro to College Writing Class my first year. I am attending orientation in June and will be able to take placement tests and choose my classes then. 

Sex and Love Poems

“Safe Sex” is by far much more in favor of having sex without love. Hall is very straightforward with his position on such an event. He uses words that directly describe love in a negative way such as “frenzy” and “humiliation.” In Sharon Old’s “Sex Without Love” the author seems much more confused as to how this is possible. She starts with questions because she is baffled by a physical relationship without love. Two very different views are portrayed in "Safe Sex" and "Sex Without Love."

Blogging Further

If I were to really blog, I would start with something like what I found yesterday online. It was on a Photographer named Shizuka Yokomizo, whose “Dear Stranger” is among the most complex andinnovative photography projects I have ever come across.  

The premise of the project was to leave several anonymous letters on the doorsteps of apartments asking strangers to stand in front of their window at a specific time of night, allowing Ms. Yokomizo to take pictures of them from across the way and still remain anonymous as the subjects could only see their own reflection in the window in the darkness. This kind of different and strange creation is what I would center my blog around. 

Blog about Blogs

I follow many different types of blogs, but one of my favorites is called thisiscolossal.com. It is an art and design blog that centers around little known artists around the world. If I were to create my own blog it would be about photography with the same kind of format at thisiscolossal.com so people could explore and find new and interesting forms of artwork and perhaps become inspired. Above are some light instillations by a photographer named Lee Eunyeol, who inserted lights into the earth to create an upside down night sky.

Second Paragraph

Meurault’s lack of emotion over the death of his mother and, eventually, his own death, may seem unimaginable; however, the reader can also perceive his actions as noble- as he does not act in a certain way solely dependent on how others might perceive him. “Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday.” (1) A seemingly trivial detail, the date that Maman died is Meursault’s chief concern. The indifferent way in which Meursault describes his mother’s death proves not only a disconnect to his family, but also to the outside world. Ultimately this peculiarity leads to his demise in court. “As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself—so like a brother, really—I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.” Meursault describes the world as being indifferent and then compares it to himself: which makes Meursault unemotional to life and death as well. The reader sees this when Meursault wishes for there to be more hateful words at his execution, a very different perspective than the scared and somber feelings one would most likely feel. Meursault’s indifference towards death may seem inconsistent with a more “normal” point of view; however, he simply does not feel remorseful and instead of putting on a façade, he speaks of his true feelings- or lack thereof.