LIL 120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. Page 225, para 2: “what mattered was not adherence but mobility…”: In this excerpt, Greenblatt focuses on the significance of mobility in the context of intellectual and cultural transmission. He contrasts adherences, which implies conformity or inaction, with mobility, a concept central to the rebirth and spreading of ideas–emphasizing how ancient works like On the Nature of Things, were rediscovered and reintroduced into society. In this sense, I see mobility as not just physical but intellectual, as Greenblatt discusses the circulation of ideas,…

 LIL 120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. Page 205, Paragraph 2: I found humor in Pedro de Luna’s claim to be Pope Benedict XIII, especially while barricading himself on an isolated rock. This paragraph details the time of the Western Schism, where three men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, each supported by different factions within Europe. Greenblatt explains that by this point, most people, including Poggio, had accepted that Pedro de Luna’s claim was not legitimate. I thought at first he was barricading himself because he was lying…

In this episode of Comm Talks with Cally, I’ll dive into the Communication Degree at UNE, giving a breakdown of what the program entails and why it matters in today’s rapidly evolving world. I’ll share insights on core courses and how UNE’s Communication and Media Arts program prepares students for diverse careers like media production, journalism, and public relations. I also looked into the ethics side of communication, especially as AI technology becomes more integral. One highlight is my conversation with Emily Hedegard, a senior, who has strong opinions on why communication ethics should be prioritized in the curriculum. I’ll explore the concept of “building your basket,” a unique way…

LIL120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. “They are like letters in an alphabet, a discrete set capable of being combined in an infinite number of sentences…” (p. 187, para 1). This idea introduces the basic concept of Chemistry: molecules as fundamental units that can combine in countless ways to form different objects, species, and shapes—all forms of matter. From here, the focus shifts to the function of these molecules, which can be assembled and disassembled just as easily. This implies that nothing is truly created or destroyed, challenging traditional religious…

 LIL 120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. This chapter of the book talks a lot about the condemnation of the Church over the Pope’s impious nature behind closed doors. The Pope in the spotlight throughout this chapter is Baldassare Cossa, or John XXII, and I think that was because of his unusual way of ruling. I mean popes before Cossa also ruled impiously, but they were more sneaky about it, whereas Cossa seemed to not care, and rather did not hide his impious nature at all. “Cossa’s gifts were not…

 LIL 120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. “Hence, at the start of Lapo’s imaginary conversation, a character called Angelo…what can be more alien to religion than the curia?” (pg. 139, para. 2, sentence 6&7). When Greenblatt describes the character Angelo asking this rhetorical question, he is emphasizing the idea that the Church’s bureaucracy and political power had become disconnected from the spiritual ideals and values of religion. In other words, the curia—representing the Church’s leadership and its often corrupt and self-serving nature—was seen as hypocritical and fundamentally at odds with…

Beyond Class Activity: Academic On October 10th I was part of an all female crew that interviewed 2-time Oscar nominee Rick Goldsmith. Rick was at UNE for a screening of his new film Stripped For Parts: American Journalism On the Brink. I was Assistant Director, there were two girls from communications class were the camera women, Emily Hedgard was the interviewer, and there was a girl running audio. The interview went really well, but halfway through the monitor for camera A died on us and we had to take extra time between the interview breaks to change it. Other than that everything ran pretty successfully and everyone had fun. Though…

Beyond Class Activity: Extracurricular On September 21st, I traveled with my Tennis Club to Brandeis University for a match. This was my first collegiate level match, and I played mixed doubles-girl and boy team vs girl and boy team-for the first time, with Scott, the President of our club. It was really cool experience, although I didn’t particularly enjoy the ball being served to me by a guy twice my size and 3 years older than me. His serves felt like they were coming at me at 45 mph, and so I just stuck my racket out and hoped the ball hit it half of the time. Everyone but Maddie,…

Beyond Class Activity: Other On September 15th, I went with my sister and some friends to McDougal Orchards in Springvale, ME, as a way to take a break from our responsibilities of life and to continue our tradition of apple picking in the fall season. It was this cozy little farm in the countryside of Springvale, with a corn maze, pumpkin patches, multitudinous apple trees and kinds, and a cafe-housing their infamous apple cider donuts. We picked a three kinds of apples-honey crisp, cortland, mackintosh-filling up an entire bag. (I still have 3 of them left in my fridge). It was a nice, relaxing day away from campus and schoolwork.

 LIL 120 A – Fall 2024 Professor Cripps 2 – Offer 2 Specific Details from the chapter. For each ID/quote add 3-8 sentences of your own explanation. “But the way Poggio fashioned letters showed more than just unusual skill in graphic design; it signaled a creative response to powerful cultural currents stirring in Florence and throughout Italy.” (pg. 116, para. 2, sentence 2). Throughout this chapter we see that Florence seems to be ahead of its time in resurfacing classical ideas and more epicurious ways, while still living a devoted Christian lifestyle. Then Poggio emerges with handwriting that allows readers to fully be able to decipher texts, which allows further…