autiful wife, two adorable kids, he has the life. And all he really has to do to maintain it is hit a few golf balls and win a couple trophies each year. Some guys would consider that a vacation. I am obviously completely appalled by Tigers recent alleged affairs, and by his harem that is growing by the day. I could rant and rave about this topic but I have a more relevant reason for writing this post. I read an article on the NBC sports website about Tiger Woods and his weakening relationship with the black community. Interestingly enough, Tiger is a mix of races and has chosen the term "Cablinasian" (Caucasian, black, Indian and Asian) to describe the racial mixture but he was claimed by the black community as one of their own and was especially idolized by them. Since the recent reports of this infidelity, there has been a backlash from the black community. Not because they were insulted or embarrassed by his behavior, but because they felt betrayed because Tiger's wife, and almost all of his mistresses, were white. As one blogger, Robert Paul Reyes, wrote: "If Tiger Woods had cheated on his gorgeous white wife with black women, the golfing great's accident would have been barely a blip in the blogosphere." On one hand, this reflects the black communities resistance to interracial romance. On the other, it is a discomfort with the idea of a man who has smashed the white stereotype in professional golf and who is now one of the greatest athletes in the world, but who has yet to define himself as black. It is a fascinating situation. I'm sure Tiger will continue to be a sports idol and eventually this PR nightmare will go away. But I thought it was quite interesting and relevant to this class. Any thoughts?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Oh Tiger...
Tiger Woods... what an idiot. Maybe not the most eloquent way to start out this blog post but it is my honest feeling. Here is a guy who has everything. He a professional athlete, arguably the best of the best within his sport. He is a BILLIONAIRE, with endorsement contracts lined up for the next 10 years. He is idolized by millions of people, kids and adults, all over the world. And on top of that he has a beautiful wife, two adorable kids, he has the life. And all he really has to do to maintain it is hit a few golf balls and win a couple trophies each year. Some guys would consider that a vacation. I am obviously completely appalled by Tigers recent alleged affairs, and by his harem that is growing by the day. I could rant and rave about this topic but I have a more relevant reason for writing this post. I read an article on the NBC sports website about Tiger Woods and his weakening relationship with the black community. Interestingly enough, Tiger is a mix of races and has chosen the term "Cablinasian" (Caucasian, black, Indian and Asian) to describe the racial mixture but he was claimed by the black community as one of their own and was especially idolized by them. Since the recent reports of this infidelity, there has been a backlash from the black community. Not because they were insulted or embarrassed by his behavior, but because they felt betrayed because Tiger's wife, and almost all of his mistresses, were white. As one blogger, Robert Paul Reyes, wrote: "If Tiger Woods had cheated on his gorgeous white wife with black women, the golfing great's accident would have been barely a blip in the blogosphere." On one hand, this reflects the black communities resistance to interracial romance. On the other, it is a discomfort with the idea of a man who has smashed the white stereotype in professional golf and who is now one of the greatest athletes in the world, but who has yet to define himself as black. It is a fascinating situation. I'm sure Tiger will continue to be a sports idol and eventually this PR nightmare will go away. But I thought it was quite interesting and relevant to this class. Any thoughts?
autiful wife, two adorable kids, he has the life. And all he really has to do to maintain it is hit a few golf balls and win a couple trophies each year. Some guys would consider that a vacation. I am obviously completely appalled by Tigers recent alleged affairs, and by his harem that is growing by the day. I could rant and rave about this topic but I have a more relevant reason for writing this post. I read an article on the NBC sports website about Tiger Woods and his weakening relationship with the black community. Interestingly enough, Tiger is a mix of races and has chosen the term "Cablinasian" (Caucasian, black, Indian and Asian) to describe the racial mixture but he was claimed by the black community as one of their own and was especially idolized by them. Since the recent reports of this infidelity, there has been a backlash from the black community. Not because they were insulted or embarrassed by his behavior, but because they felt betrayed because Tiger's wife, and almost all of his mistresses, were white. As one blogger, Robert Paul Reyes, wrote: "If Tiger Woods had cheated on his gorgeous white wife with black women, the golfing great's accident would have been barely a blip in the blogosphere." On one hand, this reflects the black communities resistance to interracial romance. On the other, it is a discomfort with the idea of a man who has smashed the white stereotype in professional golf and who is now one of the greatest athletes in the world, but who has yet to define himself as black. It is a fascinating situation. I'm sure Tiger will continue to be a sports idol and eventually this PR nightmare will go away. But I thought it was quite interesting and relevant to this class. Any thoughts?
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
almost my worst nightmare
I just wanted to let you all know that I am in IT hell right now. I am in the library, trying to be a good student and get all my final papers and projects done by Monday, when everything is due. I was having trouble connecting to the internet, so I bring it to the IT people for help. They shut it down, start it back up, uh-oh. It wont turn on, they run a diagnostic on it and then the guy says to me "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your hard drive is about to fail" Oh AWESOME. no big deal, the week before finals I'l just re-write and research all of my papers, its fine.... oh wait... that would be my personal version of hell. I drive home, get my 80GB ipod and start the process of transferring all of my pictures (about 3000 of them) and my documents to it. Thank god IT gave me a heads up but still this couldn't be more aggravating. I have had my computer for a little less then 3 years... for what I paid for it, I expected it to last a LOT longer. SO, while I could have been here all night getting my work done, I have been dealing with this.. and honestly I feel a little better now that I just vented to all of you. Thank you for listening, even if no one ever reads this. I hope you are all being much more productive then I am right now. Goodnight.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
twitter anyone?
So this isnt really on the topic of this class, but im gonna do some shameless self promotion/ surveying. I was just wondering how many of you have/use twitter? I'm a marketing coordinator in the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership and I recently planned and executed a twitter scavenger hunt, called iHunt. It was basically a trial run for a much bigger twitter scavenger hunt that I am planning for springfest. It was actually alot more successful then we expected. We had about 25 participants, probably more like 15 that were really active throughout the week. But those active players were fierce! We tweeted clues, BSC trivia and challenges throughout the day for 4 days. Most of the players were having the tweets sent directly to their phones so they were responding almost instantaneously. It was crazy and really competitive. You can check it out at www.twitter.com/inbsc. or better yet become a fan :) Any thoughts on this idea? and would you be willing to participate in the spring? why or why not? any feedback is welcome!
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