...ALuis Enrique Valle Heiden Current Views of Fraternities Fraternities were created to unite a group of men for a common purpose. Through the use of secret rituals, long lasting ideologies, and brotherhood, fraternities have lasted through the ages. Lately, though, being in a fraternity has come to mean something different than may have been originally intended. Some crucial aspects, such as recruitment, social expansion, and how the world views members of fraternities have changed drastically. Greek Life uses recruitment as a method of measuring success. The bigger the pledge class, which is a group of individuals who go through new member education at once, the more respect the fraternity has. It makes sense, if more people join a fraternity, the fraternity becomes a bigger and more financially sound organization. Pledge class size is always the subject of gossip every year. Some fraternities want to be recognized so much, they will invite large numbers of individuals to join in hopes of having the largest pledge class. Some of the individuals who accept the invitation may not have much to offer the fraternity; in fact they will probably never be initiated into the brotherhood. Some of the individuals may be initiated, but won’t fit in with the ideals of the fraternity. In colleges around the United States, the idea of biggest pledge class as an achievement is very well accepted. Quantity in recruitment can sometimes become more important than quality. This idea is severely...
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...Imagine waking up one morning to a band of diggers and archaeologists scouring your backyard for ancient artifacts. What are the first feelings that would come to mind? For most it’s easy to assume: an invasion of privacy, a sense of security being taken away, and the thoughts “How can someone be allowed to do this?” Luckily for you, there are laws in place that keep people from doing this exact thing, they’re called archaeological ethics and are put in place to protect culture, people, and the history itself from being hurt or destroyed. But where is the line drawn in some cases? Does the need to “preserve” history sometimes outweigh the standing morals that archaeologists and historians alike should stand by? So first things first, why, and what led to ethical standards and laws being created in the first place? According to Joe Watson of the Department of Anthropology in The University of New Mexico, Archaeology has always been linked to colonialist attitudes and scientific imperialism. What he means in laymen’s terms is that long ago, a bunch of old rich white men set out to “conquer” other countries, and along the way, took what they thought was pretty and claimed it as their own. A great example is the controversy of the Elgin Marbles of Athens. The marbles were purchased in 1816 by Britain from the Ottoman Empire, who didn’t really have the rights to sell them in the first place, and cut away the marbles and placed them in a British museum. It’s been debated for years...
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...Humans have a wide variety of reasons to express themselves through created artifacts. A great answer as to why this is, can be found in this old saying “ A picture says a thousand words “. Artifacts allow humans to express themselves in ways that would just be to long by word, but sometimes too in ways that words could not do alone. The larger human need to express that I learned from my artifact I would say is not very pronounced,at the least different from the usual. As the main motive behind the Rosary was to express gratitude to God, they did this by reciting the book of psalms or by saying prayers if they could not read. This could be seen by many people in there counting of prayers and they wanted to count how many times they did this The concept that has informed by my explanation was the origin of the rosary. It’s known that its used to count prayers and what prayers. So it can be easy to forget that at one point there was not a uniformed was to keep track of how much one has done. So when looking back and seeing it was used as a uniformed way to...
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...A General Theory of the Evolution of Artifacts discusses how evolution decides the properties of a system - the structure and function. In return, the system’s existence is then a factor in ruling the course of evolution. Generally, the change in size of a system requires a change in the components of the system’s structure or form. A system cannot adequately support its size without a change in its shape. A change in form can be brought upon by a change in scale of artifacts. Changing the artifacts, thus the form, then necessitates a change in the material being used in its structure. A change in material characteristics is needed especially for larger machines which require higher strength to weight ratios in comparison to smaller machines. A change in the size, artifacts, or materials of a system results in a complication of the overall structure, resulting in higher complexity. All of these processes will eventually lead to functional inconsistencies, thus creating limits to growth. Although these processes are what make evolution possible, they also cause the destruction of future evolution. In relation to technology, as the scale is constantly being changed, a point is reached where the rising costs of manufacturing and operating limit further advancements in capability. Development is eventually limited because the production costs begin to outweigh concerns about product characteristics. A General Theory of the Evolution of Artifacts also discusses how sociohistorical systems...
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...language you have chosen and preview the points you will be making in the paper. The Artifact I Have Chosen That Best Represents the Culture I Live In Today Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. A Description and Analysis of How (your chosen artifact) Relates to the Values and Beliefs of My Culture Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. The Cultural Roots of (your chosen artifact) Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text citations at the end of every paragraph in which you refer to information from any source, i.e., (Burnette, 2013). Please refer to the APA Guide found under Instructor Guide > Course Overview, Course Materials > APA Guidelines for correct formatting of in-text citation. The Historical Roots That Allowed (your chosen artifact) To Come Into Being Write your response to this element here. Remember to include in-text...
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...homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/im User acceptance of hedonic digital artifacts: A theory of consumption values perspective Ofir Turel a,*, Alexander Serenko b,1, Nick Bontis c,2 a College of Business and Economics, California State University Fullerton, P.O. Box 6848, Fullerton, CA 92834-6848, USA Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada c DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4, Canada b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 24 June 2008 Received in revised form 11 September 2009 Accepted 2 October 2009 Available online 14 October 2009 Hedonic digital artifacts have become prevalent in today’s society. Their users typically pay for them, and in exchange are generally provided with benefits involving enjoyment. Today’s research on technology adoption and use, though, has focused mostly on organizational or personal aids that provide efficiency and effectiveness and are free of charge for users. To bridge this gap, we identified several value drivers of hedonic digital artifacts and measured them in the context of mobile phone ringtones using the theory of consumption values. Hypothesis testing was performed using PLS on data collected from 422 ringtone users. Results confirmed that the overall value of hedonic digital artifacts is a third-order composite assessment, which successfully predicted behavioral...
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... 9/25/13 Dev. Writing II Ms. Harper Kevin Jennings’ American Dreams In Kevin Jennings' American Dream, he talks about some of the major cultural artifacts in his life that made his own social identity. While growing up in rural community in Lewisville, North Carolina, Kevin Jennings and his mother wanted what most people wanted in the 60s, the American Dream. One of the first cultural artifacts that affect Kevin Jennings was his father and his father’s ministry. He was brought up as a Southern Baptist and right from the beginning he was taught in his father’s sermons that, “gay people were twisted perverts destined for a lifetime of eternal damnation.” He knew from a very young age of six or seven that he was gay and that because of his upbringings and his father that he needed to hide his difference and pretend to be wheat he thought was “normal”. This trend of Kevin Jennings pretending to be “normal” followed him in to high school. He graduated from Radford High in 1981, which is another cultural artifact that shaped his social identity. While in high school he again tried to do what he thought was normal. He tried to date every girl he could get his hands on. Jennings said, that these actions were “earning a well-deserved reputation as a jerk who tried to see how far he could get on the first date.” He also would...
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...The physical manifestations of an organization are called Artifacts. They include factors such are dressing codes, awards, myths, rituals, decorations, flags and stories. The United States of America is said to be “The land of the free” and “The home of the brave”. America is also described as a place that is highly decorated with purple mountains and majesties. These two images are just a few of the many images that are celebrated within the United States. Recruiting and migration are two ways that culture is born. American culture has also evolved in many ways. Today American culture is still evolving. Religion, ethnicity, and politics are just a few ways culture has also evolved. Traditionally, the United States was considered a Western Culture that consists of an Anglo majority which prevails politically and economically. The United Stated is chiefly based of British culture. Its influences derive from Europe, the indigenous peoples, African Americans, and Asian Americans. Because of the enormity of United States culture, there are many integrated and exclusive subcultures that exist. There are two prominent artifacts that dominate American culture, the symbols are, the Bald Eagle and the red, white and blue flag. Associated with American culture are espoused values. Espoused values is the diversity that people share such as; strategies, goals and philosophies. America is the “land of opportunity” and for this reason, many have migrated...
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...The case study provided many specific examples of observable artifacts, espoused values, and basic assumptions that shadowed the Chrysler Group during this transition. Sergio Marchionne went head-to-head with an organizational culture that was not ready for change. The observable artifacts that were dominant during this study was Sergio Marchionnes’ approach to change of company behavior. Mr. Marchionne began to implement weekly and daily meetings to ensure his staff, as well as, himself were all on the same page and moving forward. In addition, Mr. Marchionne took an office amongst the staff instead of the separating himself from his employees. These actions show a great deal of Mr. Marchionnes’ care of the company and his staff. Employee...
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...A unique artifact that I own would be my artworks, particularly a gray-scale drawing of a human fist that I drew for my Art 1 class last year in sophomore year because I am especially proud of creating this work. With many other artworks, I hang them up along the walls throughout my room, making my room unique and personal (instead of just plain white), which makes my room different from the other rooms in the house (but my sister did use a similar approach in decorating her room, but it’s her artwork with her unique style). The objects I place in my room, like my art and my awards, are used as central markers—objects that make a territory distinctive—make my room stand out a lot more, as it used to be plain and lacking of clear presence. This...
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... 1. What project did you do for you second project? Since we had just finished our second project, I thought that it would be interesting to learn what projects that everyone did and to see how it went. The Fasting project was done by one group member and two other group members did Sabbath project and I did the Service project. We talked about thing that we liked about the project and things that we did not like about the projects. The two members that did the Sabbath project both said that they enjoyed their projects, although they did find it a tiny bit frustrating that during the times that they were trying to commit to their time of Sabbath that was the times that they we most motivated to do homework. The group member that participated in the fasting project said that it was a hard project to stay committed to simply because as a college student you eat when you get a chance or it convenient to eat. I did not find the Service project hard at all simply because I have many opportunities to serve certain people in my life. 2. Did you learn anything about yourself from your project? I, also thought it would be interesting to talk about what we leaned about ourselves as we did our projects. The two group members that participated in the Sabbath projects said that they both learned that we live very busy lives but that some of the busyness that was in their lives was not necessary. They found that it was possible to get all of the things that the y really need to do done...
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...February 20, 2015 Cultural Artifact Assignment Artifact: antique quilt from rural Appalachian village in West Virginia from 1890, currently on display in the Heritage Farm Museum of cultural artifacts in Huntington, West Virginia. Appalachian Quilts For this assignment I have decided to focus on quilts and their cultural and historic importance. One in particular caught my eye, which is a multi-colored antique quilt that I discovered while researching the Appalachian people of rural West Virginia. While there are many different cultural artifacts that are a part of the history of the Appalachian people, this is one that has deep roots in that often times quilts get passed down from generation to generation. It is a patchwork quilt that was first started by the grandmother of a coal miner, Leanne Thomas in 1890 who left the quilt unfinished in order for her children to add patches to it and then continue the tradition. The colors featured are cream and red. The prints used also feature yellow, blue, orange, purple, green, black, tan, and brown. It is hand-sewn with triangle pieces that are attached together with pieces of yarn. The quilt has an abstract geometric pattern that is made by altering the direction and placement of both blocks and rows. Each particular patch was said to signify an important event such as a birth or death that occurred, as well as to represent a member of the family. This specific quilt is unique because it was said to be one of the original...
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...In the third project, we were required to prepare a remix (either an audio and a video) about the cultural artifact we chose in the previous project. My artifact was an e-reader called the Amazon Kindle. At the beginning, I was perplexed, and did not know about what my remix should be. I had two options in mind. Firstly, I make a mini documentary video about literacy and reading habits in my culture and compare it to the American culture that I have linked my artifact with. Secondly, I make a small introductory video about the Kindle and how it is useful for reading purposes, in addition to including an interview with a person who uses the Kindle. Both of the aforementioned choices required making a video, because audio-remix will not help in delivering the message I want to convey, and that’s due to the fact that not everybody knows what the Kindle is. After considering the short period of time I have, consulting my professor and some classmates, I decided that my remix will be the second the choice (Interview and...
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...A hundred years from now the world will look at what was left behind from 2011 and wonder what life was like. In scientific studies a cultural artifact is an item produced by humans that furnishes cultural clues about the people who used it. Over time the artifact may change in how it is seen and used. The cell phone as a cultural artifact has come to improve and change various established types of contact in today’s culture (Nielson, 2010). Today the world uses technology in almost everything that it does. Many different types of scholars have advocated the study of technologies as artifacts (Sterne, 2006). The cell phone will be a cultural artifact in its own right. No modern cultural artifact personifies the intellect and the disquieting overindulgence of capitalism as noticeably as the cell phone (Rauch, 2005). It is an item that people work on and the cell phone also works for them. It is used to socialize, idolize, and has many advanced technologies that are used and preformed on them. Consider it a result of social and technical processes. In many urbanized societies like the United States and the rest of the Americas, Europe, and Asia, the cell phone has developed into a scientific experiment or a haven for taxing the confines of technological union. It almost seems a shame to call it a telephone today because it is so much more than that. It can be used as a computer, a gaming tool, still cameras, video cameras, email systems, text messengers, carrier of business data...
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...Our group decided to choose the 2015 version of Cinderella as our cultural artifact. It took a lot of discussion but we ended up coming to an agreement. We decided to connect it with Sonnet 55. Each of these will be discussed in more details as well as how this poem connects to today’s world. We liked this movie because the story of Cinderella is such an old story has been retold countless times. It has survived for hundreds of years and is very popular still today. We liked the new take that this version added. We were originally going to talk about morality and how this movie taught it, but we decided to change it because we liked the idea of immorality better. We thought that this would better connect to the audience and the sonnet. We chose Sonnet 55 mainly because we felt it connected really well with immorality. We thought that the line “Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn. The living record of your memory.” fit well because just like this sonnet lives on, so does the story of Cinderella. Nothing can destroy this sonnet just like nothing can destroy the story of Cinderella....
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