Tag Archives: Because I can

Travels to China – Part 4: Graduation Day

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Wednesday was our big day and the ultimate purpose for the trip: Graduation Day! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m here in Guangzhou, China for a conference on 1+2+1 college programs where students from China spend 1 year at a Chinese … Continue reading →

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Travels to China – Part 3: Going Shopping

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

When I was in my doctoral program at Arizona State, I took a course in the Sociology of Everyday Life, a class my wife has always lovingly referred to as the “Riding the Bus.” class. The central subject of the class … Continue reading →

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Travels to China – Part 2: Exploring Guangzhou on Foot

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Got my first breakfast in China yesterday morning, though it was a bit of an adventure. I went down to the hotel front desk, but no one there spoke English, which I really can’t complain about given that I know … Continue reading →

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Travels to China – Part I: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

For the next week I’m visiting China as part of an exchange program between my university (University of Nebraska at Kearney) and Chinese universities.  I’ll be posting photos and my notes on my travels here.  Some of these posts will … Continue reading →

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Fred Rogers reminds us to “look for the helpers”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

There is an old quote from children’s television host Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) that started spreading virally following the Newtown massacre in December.  It goes like this: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the … Continue reading →

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When news catches up with my long-term pop culture diet

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been planning for several days to write a blog entry today about three movies from 1968 that I’ve watched over the last couple of weeks  – 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ice Station Zebra, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. Why … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Revisiting Re-imagined Disney Princesses

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Several years ago, illustrator Jeffrey Thomas posted several incredibly twisted re-imagined Disney princesses/heroines that immediately went viral on the Interwebs.  I’ve loved his images, especially the zombie Little Mermaid and the evil-eyes Snow White. Now Thomas has released a series … Continue reading →

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25 Years of Opinion

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Twenty-five years ago this week I started teaching college at Northern Arizona University.  Among the classes I taught that semester was Opinion Writing. Today, I’ll be starting in on a fresh section of that class, only now it’s called Commentary … Continue reading →

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Sept. 12 Anniversary – We Choose to go to the Moon

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

No, not the anniversary of the day after Sept. 11, but the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University. “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to … Continue reading →

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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading →

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