Friday, September 27, 2013

Should social media be used for classes or within the university?

I may be in the minority, but I do not think social media such as Facebook and Twitter should be used for classes or within university. I think that your private life and academics or work should be separate or at least optional for you to integrate. It should not be a required for classes especially with so many university resources already available such as university email, group discussions, and chats or blogs available through blackboard and other similar websites at universities across the nation. Also, though there may be few, some people do not have or use Facebook or twitter. I, for instance, do not want nor have a Twitter account.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Musuem

The most recent museum that I attended was the Carnegie Museum of Art about four weeks ago. I had been to the Natural History exhibit many times when I was younger but I don't recall ever having been in the art section of the museum. I went there because as a Pitt student I get in for free and had to time to kill while waiting for the bus. It was very fascinating and there were a couple things that caught my eye, most notable the Victorian era paintings. I wasn't expecting the whole art exhibit to be so big and contain so many different eras of art, though looking back now I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised.
What I was looking forward to and expecting were the Andy Warhol works as well as other modern day displays which showed almost chaotic, crazy and colorful art. As I mentioned before, the Victorian Era paintings really caught my eye for their unique and very well drawn religious focused portraits which really portrayed society of Victorian England.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Least Favorite website and why

Since I never go to any website that I do not like, I will talk about a website I use to visit but do not anymore. Gamespot.com is a website that reviews video games. I use to enjoy this site but now I never go to it anymore because both the content and the layout are not what they once were. The site is overloaded with ads and the layout is now ugly and cluttered. Also, the reviews for the video games are more like long advertisement videos now. Also, they have far too many people doing the game reviews on the site. It should be left to a few experts, although on other gaming websites that I like there is room for you to comment on the game.