Creating a Wikipedia Page on Homeless Veterans
When I searched for homeless veterans on Wikipedia, no specific page existed. I created a page on homeless veterans, using websites I trusted from my research and my position paper. I initially created the page on 11/26, and when…
Veterans and Cognitive Surplus
While browsing Indiegogo, I found many “Veterans Helping Veterans” initiatives. It was a lot harder to find campaigns geared specifically towards helping homeless veterans. There were many that were geared towards the homeless population in general, so that is encouraging….
The World’s Population Through Infographics
I believe that infographics are a great way to make vast numbers and incomprehensible data understandable. I chose “The World As 100 People” by Jack Hagley for precisely this reason. Learning about this data in terms of billions of people would…
Depression: Bereavement vs. Veterans
My public issue, homeless veterans, often deals with depression and how it affects those who are suffering. I chose to read Gary Gutting’s Depression and the Limits of Psychiatry, and compare its style and content to Stopping the Surge of Military…
A Wounded Spirit
I came across this story on StoryCorps and I was moved by the photo attached to it. The two people had a great deal of pain written on their faces. In the story, the parents of Marine Corporal Jeff Lucey open…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter – Homeless Vets
While searching for tweets about my issue that had the greatest rhetorical velocity, quite a few good examples came to mind. There are many more Twitter accounts addressing the issue of homeless veterans than I had initially thought. One great…
Spare Parts: A Drinking and Driving Ad by BMW
The exigence for this example is clear: drinking and driving takes many lives every year. In this visual argument, BMW makes a powerful appeal to pathos, showing someone who became an amputee due to a car accident. Part of the power…
Homeless Veteran Update
I first had the idea to research homeless veterans over dinner with my mom, where we discussed what she was up to at work. She works for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development in Pittsburgh, and she told me about…
Less Cancer: A Focus on Prevention
Bill Couzens, a family friend who I have known all my life, has many personal connections with cancer. After losing his father, brother, and aunt to cancer, Couzens wanted to make a change in the way we think about and…
The Homeless Veteran
Walking through the streets of any major city, we pass by homeless men and women asking for change. Some people ignore them, while others give them money. But regardless of whether or not you believe that a homeless person needs…
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