World Series

example, Junior is a cartoonist, and one of the reason he draws is because it keeps him afloat in the despairs of life: “So [Junior] [draws] because [he] [feels] like it might be [his] only real chance to escape the reservation. [He] [thinks] the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and [his] cartoons are tiny little lifeboats… And [he] [thinks] [he is] pretty good at it too,” (Alexie, 6-7). Junior is aware of the harsh reality, through the metaphors of the ‘floods’ and ‘lifeboats’. He…

cultures around the world, the basic aspects of a hero is universally shared. A hero can contain numerous qualities, and are most commonly notable for their physical or mental attributes that influence their heroic actions. A hero can often be reduced to a few words: strong, courageous, smart, or brave. Their actions can be simplified to an individual that protects or saves the masses or another individual. In short, an individual who makes a significant change in their world. Personally, I…

same question kept popping up in my head over and over again,”why does this matter?, Why should I care what is happening on screen?”. As I continued to play, an idea struck me, what if I was seeing the characters, events, and lives of an alternate world? What if every death in a game was a real death somewhere. What if my choices mattered? As it turns out, many scientists have wondered the same events, except on the grander scale of life itself. Their findings and research are all culminated…

This world is full of challenges, some may call them just bumps in the road and some in the moment. Call it the end of the world, but no matter what you call it big or small it is up to you whether you chose to embrace and learn from what you have been thru or are going through and whether you chose to let it control you there is only one true definition and according to the google dictionary a challenge is a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a dual it is an objection or…

Childhood tends to be the happiest and most precious time of a person’s life; this time of remarkable growth is often defined by learning, exploring, and playing. Most importantly, childhood is a period in which children feel loved, safe, and happy. Raulph Sanchez, age 7, is currently living this amazing, trouble- free period in life. Raulph is a tall, handsome boy of Hispanic descent who lives in San Diego, California with his two younger sisters and parents. He loves reading. Like…

A tale of perseverance can come from unlikely places and from unlikely people. Most do not think about the struggles faced when creating a game, and most do not realize how much hard work goes into the series that they know and love. This instance comes from the Pokemon franchise and its global takeover. To understand the situation, one must first take a look at the man behind it all: Satoshi Tajiri. Born in 1965, Tajiri grew up in the Tokyo suburb of Machida. He drew his inspiration from his…

As children, any one person can remember growing up and having many questions about the new world that they have encountered. So naturally, they would flock to the smartest people in the world to get answers to these questions, at the time, parents. But, as they aged and learned, whether it be from personal experience or schooling, it was understood that parents were not as intelligent as they were previously given credit for. Thus as they age, people become more rebellious and have the urge to…

that you can’t know about a place from just a visit, and that the knowledge lays with people experience it full time. As both a SUST and IDS student, this rings true throughout my studies—there are no “one size fits all” solutions to the issues our world is facing. She also implored us to recognize where we can go above and beyond to create our own experiences beyond the classroom, something very important in a degree like SUST. The idea of a permaculture approach, one that Kim and the…

matters, then would we have given our blind support to the unscrupulous, knavish, mercenary World Governing Body? Would we have allowed the marginalization of large swathes of the population to continue for so long while empowering the elite few?…

use Facetime to connect with their families and friends. People from all over the world can stay connected with just the touch of a button. Now, imagine being able to virtually transport from one place to another to communicate with your loved ones. Imagine being able to interact with them, without having to physically be at the same location. This new technological innovation is called holoportation, which is a series of cameras installed in a room that captures and tracks a person’s movement…