Tonilynn Holtz

Introduction This week's class is a continuation of our previous diversity discussions. Our main focus this week was over a movie titled "Motorcycle Diaries". The film follows two men who ride a motorcycle over South America.  "Motorcycle Diaries" "Motorcycle Diaries" follows two young men, Ernesto and Alberto, on a trip across South America. Alberto was a biochemist and Ernesto was in school to be a doctor. Ernesto kept a journal of their trip, hence the name. Along the trip, they met a plethora of people who live impoverished lives and/or are extremely sick. They meet this one couple who is traveling to find work since they were forced off their land. Then they go to an island full of doctors and nurses who take care of a community of sick people. These interactions changed Ernesto's entire outlook on life. His beliefs and his purpose in life took a 360. After watching the film, we found out that Ernesto is also known as "Che", a ...

Introduction This week we discussed the credibility of sources/fake news as well as how to go about researching for a paper. We talked about clues to look for when it comes to picking out fake news. We also discussed how to decide which sources to use in our research papers.  Monday On Monday, we primarily focused on fake news. We talked about how to know whether or not you should trust a source. Doctora made a very fun powerpoint for us that included many different articles that showed how the media with twist facts or pictures to make a false, yet more interesting news story. The powerpoint also included a series of articles that we had to skim over and decide if they were true or fake. This was very interesting because a lot of the ones that seemed real ended up being false. At the end of class, we were assigned a little bit of homework. We were required to pick a topic, brainstorm a deep question, and pick two articles to print off and pick to class. One of the articles h...

Introduction This week we discussed registration and the power of a meaningful question. With registration for honors happening on Monday, we discussed everything we need to prepare and what to do on the day of. Doctora sent us a link to an article about the art of a meaningful question which we have to read before class on Wednesday.  Monday On Monday, our honors advisor, Erin Martin came in to give us a run down on preparing for registration. The first thing she said we had to do was see our academic advisor. Our academic advisors are there to ensure we stay on the right track to get our degree, help us pick the best classes for us to take each semester, and give us our CRN number which is needed to register. After seeing our advisor, we should go onto wings and see if there are any holds on our account. If there are holds, we must get them fixed before Monday or else we won't be able to register. Once we are sure there are no holds on our account, we must go to the cou...