Author Archives: Sunya Mouada

To Sleep or Not to Sleep: The Question All Students Must Ask Themselves How exactly does sleep deprivation affect students? Are there only short-term effects that must be dealt with, or are there long-term effects that will affect students in years … Continue reading →

“To catch a death actually happening and embalm it for all time is something only cameras can do.” Susan Sontag claims her famous book, “Regarding the Pain of Others.” (257) Since the invention of the camera, photographers are able to … Continue reading →

Since when has art become about market value and not the raw emotion that one receives from looking at it? John Berger’s Ways of Seeing presents readers with the idea of “bogus religiosity.” An original painting has the power to bring … Continue reading →

“When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or die.” The HBO series from George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones, has taken the world by storm. The medieval and mystical world that Westeros is a part of is … Continue reading →

The definition of family has definitely changed over the course of human history. Bruce Feiler, a New York Times bestselling author, made the impression in his 2011 New York Times article, “What ‘Modern Family’ Says About Modern Families,” that the … Continue reading →

Bart Simpson: class clown, trouble-maker, free spirit, “Prince of Irreverence.” Douglas Rushkoff, a published author, wrote an essay, “Bart Simpson: Prince of Irreverence,” to signify that the show The Simpsons and its satire was “nothing short of a media revolution” … Continue reading →

I just finished another season of Breaking Bad. I feel as if my IQ rose ten points! Clearly, sitting yourself in front of a television and staring into a screen will not make you any smarter. If anything, it might … Continue reading →

I realize that I’m already off to a slow start in this class by not creating my own blog immediately after class. I only hope that my writing makes up for the fact that I sometimes take quiet a while to complete … Continue reading →