• Beyond Class Activities,  LIL 120

    Fall Foliage Boat Ride

    For my third beyond class activity I had gone on a boat trip down the Saco to look at the fall foliage. We were able to look at all the changing colored leaves. I was even able to drive the boat and learn more about the naviagtion system they used. A intertesting thing I liked was if you get a certain amount of hours driving one of the UNE boats you can take them out on your own which I thought was really cool.

  • Beyond Class Activities,  LIL 120

    Community News fellowship for Sanford Springvale

    For my second beyond class activity, I am currently writing articles for the Sanford Springvale news. I was so excited to be able to take this oppurtunity. Being able to write for an acual newspaper is a new experience, escpecially for someone who does not have that much experience. I have published 1 article regarding the Sanford Council meeting and loved doing research to make my article.

  • Beyond Class Activities,  LIL 120

    Joining “The bolt”

    For one of my beyond class activities I joined our school newspaper. I have always wanted to be a journlist so joining the newspaper was a big move for me to have this experience. I have written a couple articles about football, and ther hockey games and found myself loving sports wrtiting.

  • Blog,  LIL 120

    “The Swerve” Chapter 10 2-1-Q

    Chapter 10 2-1-Q In chapter 10 of “The Swerve” a detail from the chapter is the exploration of how ideas spread among thinkers in the Renaissance. Greenblatt talks about the poem’s view of the universe. How it focuses on the pursuit of pleasure, and its challenge of the fear of death resonated with and influenced many important people of that time. Another detail is how Poggio found a copy of “On the Nature of Things” in a German monastery. This finding was brought back into circulation work that had been lost for centuries. It also talks about how the idea began to challenge how people viewed the medieval world.  A…

  • Blog,  LIL 120

    About the English major Podcast

    During my explorations of making my podcast, I found out certain things about my major that I did not know about. In my podcast episode, I focus mainly on the writing track of English as that is the track I am on, as I am interested in Journalism. I talked a little bit about what I learned about the popular jobs that are among the English major. Learning about what most jobs English majors get into and learning about the decline in editors was something interesting I had learned. My Interview with the chief editor of the UNE student newspaper “The Bolt” gives insight into whether you want to double…

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