RJ Davis, a UNC graduate student, celebrated his senior night with teammates and family this past Saturday. Davis had been looking forward to this moment his entire life, but had no idea that his senior night would be the last game he would play at the Dean E. Smith Center. He was the reigning ACC Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American and holds the single-game scoring record. His jersey will hang from the ceiling one day, alongside those of past players who left a legacy at UNC in the Dean E. Smith Center. UNC was playing Duke who is Number 2 in the conference this season. This was Davis’ 170th game as a Tar Heel which eventually surpassed Armando Bacot who was the previous holder of all-time ACC records and UNC records. He enjoyed the 5 years he played at Duke and has enjoyed life’s ups and downs. Even though the season didn’t end the way Davis, or any of the UNC players had hoped, they still made every minute of the season worth it.
Carl Boettcher, the UNC carver and WWI émigré, had died back in 1950, but his legacy still lives on at UNC’s campus. The wood carver worked for both UNC and the Chapel hill region in the early 1900s. He was originally born in Wolgeft, Germany in 1886 who had a hard younger life. His mother died when he was 6 and his father when he was 10. Until age 15, he lived in an orphanage where he then became an apprentice in carving. He went on to marry his life Emily in 1910 but was soon drafted to serve in World War 1 in 1915. After serving in the war, he and his wife immigrated to Wisconsin then Michigan in the 1930s, getting a job for a wood carving company. The Great Depression was the main reason for moving to Catawba County, then ending up in Chapel Hill. There are many pieces around campus that he carved, including the University seal at South Building, the Forest Theatre sign and memorial plaque in Bowman Gray Memorial Pool. Even though he died of cancer over 70 years ago, his impact still lives on through the UNC students.
This article covers University of Vermont’s conference quarterfinal win over University of New Hampshire. In their last contest UVM was able to handle UNH by a 20-point margin. It seemed the wildcats came out with a vengeance which they displayed in the entire first half, but more specifically out of the gate as they started the game off with a 15-6 run. That bleeding was finally stopped with a three ball from Maine native graduate student Nick Fiorillo. UVM would go into halftime down 34-26. The wildcats were able to close this lead coming out of halftime. Working their way back, they were able to tie the game at 44 with 12 minutes left. Trailing by one UVM would get a huge three from Junior guard TJ Hurly. Not even a minute later Fiorillo would step into another three pretty much icing the game for UVM.
https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/womens-basketball-marches-towards-america-east-championship/
This article covers the University of Vermont’s Woman’s basketball team’s semifinal win over Bryant University. Bryant was able to defeat UVM in their last meeting, following that loss the catamounts were able to run off four wins in a row, giving them the number two seed and home court advantage for this huge game. UVM started well with a 11-4 fun and ended the first quarter up by eleven. They would continue to dominate the first half ending with a 31-19 score. The second half showed no signs the catamounts had any plans of slowing down as they started the second half with a 15-6 run. They would go on to end the third quarter with a twenty-point lead. The catamounts put up 12 more points in the fourth quarter closing the game out with a score of 62-45.
This article covers University of Vermont’s conference quarterfinal win over University of New Hampshire. In their last contest UVM was able to handle UNH by a 20-point margin. It seemed the wildcats came out with a vengeance which they displayed in the entire first half, but more specifically out of the gate as they started the game off with a 15-6 run. That bleeding was finally stopped with a three ball from Maine native graduate student Nick Fiorillo. UVM would go into halftime down 34-26. The wildcats were able to close this lead coming out of halftime. Working their way back, they were able to tie the game at 44 with 12 minutes left. Trailing by one UVM would get a huge three from Junior guard TJ Hurly. Not even a minute later Fiorillo would step into another three pretty much icing the game for UVM.
https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/womens-basketball-marches-towards-america-east-championship/
This article covers the University of Vermont’s Woman’s basketball team’s semifinal win over Bryant University. Bryant was able to defeat UVM in their last meeting, following that loss the catamounts were able to run off four wins in a row, giving them the number two seed and home court advantage for this huge game. UVM started well with a 11-4 fun and ended the first quarter up by eleven. They would continue to dominate the first half ending with a 31-19 score. The second half showed no signs the catamounts had any plans of slowing down as they started the second half with a 15-6 run. They would go on to end the third quarter with a twenty-point lead. The catamounts put up 12 more points in the fourth quarter closing the game out with a score of 62-45.
Mariana Martinez | The Longchamp tote: Is twinning winning?
Daily Pennsylvanian, March 13, 2025
This article asks the question: why do so many UPenn students try to imitate one another in how they dress? And how do questions of identity, both in terms of race and socioeconomic status, influence their choices?
The author starts by walking down Locust Street (a main drag in Philadelphia) and trying to photograph one girl wearing what might be considered typical Penn fashion of the moment: wide-leg jeans, Adidas Sambas, trench coat, and the ubiquitous Longchamp tote. But trying to photograph one girl, she accidentally caught a photograph of three, all clad in similar outfits.
This raised the question: do the author and her cohort at Penn wear these items because they “look cute” or because they help them fit into the look of Penn students or Ivy League schools, which tend to reflect higher socioeconomic circles?
There are a lot of psychological factors that go into fashion. As the author says, while they wear certain items because they are attractive, the real reasons for them are the cognitive and emotional processes tied to fashion trends.
She cites social proof as a psychological phenomenon where people mimic others’ actions to reflect correct behavior in a given situation. Then she asks if there can be “correct behavior” at Penn. Social proof is often called “herd mentality” and can be seen when people don’t know what “correct” behavior is, so they follow the lead of others, assuming they know best. The question she asks is fair: why do people need to look to others for guidance in fashion?
She talks about the fish-out-of-water feeling that comes to any new student at Penn, regardless of socioeconomic status, when they arrive at the Ivy League school, full of peers who have led lives utterly different from their own. As she says, you go from having no clue of what an elite school is like to one where you have friends who are wealthy socialites. Fashion becomes a way of coping. Students like her copy those they feel fit in better with the Ivy League ideal. She describes the iconic clothes as a “subconscious defense mechanism.”
Another aspect is race. The author writes of people being surprised that she is Latina because she is lighter-skinned, and their perception is presumably that she would be dark-skinned. She has used fashion to better blend in with other students. Dressing as she does makes her “look more American,” which makes her more accepted.
These tendencies connect back to a “similar to me effect,” a cognitive bias to surround ourselves with people who think and act as we do. This explains why a single photograph of Penn students on Locust Street shows three girls in virtually identical outfits.
He points out that Penn’s diversity is what makes it great. However, it can also be daunting to those who may be unsure if they fit into an Ivy League environment, and it can be overwhelming to some students. Fashion can provide a safe place in “a sea of cognitive biases.”
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Strong defense not enough as Penn women’s basketball falls to Columbia 60-54 in Ivy Madness semifinals
Daily Pennsylvanian March 14, 2025
The UPenn Quakers women’s basketball season came to an end Friday when they lost to Columbia in the Ivy Madness semifinals. Penn showed strong defense and cut Columbia’s lead to as few as six in the final minutes. But Columbia proved too strong and won the game 60-54.
Penn Coach Mike McLaughlin praised the defensive work of his team: “I don’t know if we could ask any more from our players. The score was right where we neeed it to be. Just couldn’t score enough.”
Columbia coach Megan Griffith praised the Penn team as well: I thought Penn played great tonight. Th is March, right? This is why you play. Credit to them for getting to this point and giving us their best.”
The Columbia Lions, wh are 23-5 on the season aand 13-1 in the Ivy League will advance to the championship game against Harvard. Columbia, Princeton, and harvard have led the league all season, and some have predicted that all three could be earn berths to the NCAA tournament.
Penn’s defensive play kepth the team competitive with Columbia, which short just 36% in the first half and suffered ten turonovers while Columbia’s All-Ivy guard trio shot just 9 of 28 on the day. But both teams struggled on offense, and Penn sophomore guard Mataya Gayle picked up three early fouls.
Columbia started the second half strong and quickly moved to a 42-25 lead. But the Penn Quakers were strong, aided by senior guard Stina Almqvist. She and Gayle finished with 17 and 12 points respectively.
Free throws from freshman guard Brooke Suttle brough Penn within six with 3:12 to play, but the Quaaker’s offense stalled and could gain no further ground. Columbia’s clutch free-throws and a series if misses by the Quakers sealed the win for Columbia.
Still, even making it this far in the tournament was a victory for a Penn team that started the year 1 and 5. From that point on, Penn won five of their next six games and put themselves on a path to the Ivy League tournament.
As the team looks to do better in coming years, McLaughlin believes the tournament experience will e invaluable for his team. “I think it takes players like Stina – that her growth allowed us to have a player who was really good. If you looked at her as a sophomore, you probably wouldn’t say the same thing.” Almqvist averaged just 11 minutes per game as a sophomore before leading the team in scoring as a junior.
The vibrant Holi celebration at ASU is a hindu celebration organized by the Indian Students Association. The event takes months of careful planning, and is a loved tradition from ASU students as its attended by thousands of students. According to Asmi Kachare, a junior computer science major and the Indian Students Association director of administration, the significance of the event goes beyond culture. Explaining that it embraces “Diversity, inclusivity, and joy”. For Kachare, who has celebrated the event for three years now, the event holds special meaning with its combination of music, colors, and food. The event takes place on the fields near the Sun Devil Fitness Complex, where participants are encouraged to wear all white to get covered in colored powders, immersing themselves in the vibrant atmosphere. The annual tradition has become a staple at ASU, bringing students from many different backgrounds together.
Misinformation behind the medicine: Opposing views on health care and policy
While America is becoming increasingly divided by political views year after year, one thing both sides worry about is misinformation. Specificaly, misinformation from our Government about healthcare. With the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Junior and the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, some worry that healthcare funding is at risk. Melinda Johnson, a Nutrition Professor at ASU believes misinformation comes from non professionals as well; “The general population is becoming more unsure of who to trust when it comes to health information, and this makes it easier for non health professionals to spread misinformation”. This health misinformation scare has been rooted back to COVID 19, and the public being unsure of its vaccine. Johnson is also displaying concern that Kennedys beliefs on vaccines will cause more disease outbreaks; “The concern from public health officials is that his statements will discourage parents from getting their children vaccinated, which will then lead to a rise in cases of things like measles,” Although COVID 19 has become largely out of Americans minds, the distrust in Government and healthcare still lingers.
13 thoughts on “WEEK 7-BLOG-PROJ”
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025/03/sports-mens-basketball-duke-side-two-march-2025
RJ Davis, a UNC graduate student, celebrated his senior night with teammates and family this past Saturday. Davis had been looking forward to this moment his entire life, but had no idea that his senior night would be the last game he would play at the Dean E. Smith Center. He was the reigning ACC Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American and holds the single-game scoring record. His jersey will hang from the ceiling one day, alongside those of past players who left a legacy at UNC in the Dean E. Smith Center. UNC was playing Duke who is Number 2 in the conference this season. This was Davis’ 170th game as a Tar Heel which eventually surpassed Armando Bacot who was the previous holder of all-time ACC records and UNC records. He enjoyed the 5 years he played at Duke and has enjoyed life’s ups and downs. Even though the season didn’t end the way Davis, or any of the UNC players had hoped, they still made every minute of the season worth it.
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025/03/lifestyle-carl-boettcher-carvings
Carl Boettcher, the UNC carver and WWI émigré, had died back in 1950, but his legacy still lives on at UNC’s campus. The wood carver worked for both UNC and the Chapel hill region in the early 1900s. He was originally born in Wolgeft, Germany in 1886 who had a hard younger life. His mother died when he was 6 and his father when he was 10. Until age 15, he lived in an orphanage where he then became an apprentice in carving. He went on to marry his life Emily in 1910 but was soon drafted to serve in World War 1 in 1915. After serving in the war, he and his wife immigrated to Wisconsin then Michigan in the 1930s, getting a job for a wood carving company. The Great Depression was the main reason for moving to Catawba County, then ending up in Chapel Hill. There are many pieces around campus that he carved, including the University seal at South Building, the Forest Theatre sign and memorial plaque in Bowman Gray Memorial Pool. Even though he died of cancer over 70 years ago, his impact still lives on through the UNC students.
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https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/mens-basketball-slips-by-unh-to-conference-semifinal/
This article covers University of Vermont’s conference quarterfinal win over University of New Hampshire. In their last contest UVM was able to handle UNH by a 20-point margin. It seemed the wildcats came out with a vengeance which they displayed in the entire first half, but more specifically out of the gate as they started the game off with a 15-6 run. That bleeding was finally stopped with a three ball from Maine native graduate student Nick Fiorillo. UVM would go into halftime down 34-26. The wildcats were able to close this lead coming out of halftime. Working their way back, they were able to tie the game at 44 with 12 minutes left. Trailing by one UVM would get a huge three from Junior guard TJ Hurly. Not even a minute later Fiorillo would step into another three pretty much icing the game for UVM.
https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/womens-basketball-marches-towards-america-east-championship/
This article covers the University of Vermont’s Woman’s basketball team’s semifinal win over Bryant University. Bryant was able to defeat UVM in their last meeting, following that loss the catamounts were able to run off four wins in a row, giving them the number two seed and home court advantage for this huge game. UVM started well with a 11-4 fun and ended the first quarter up by eleven. They would continue to dominate the first half ending with a 31-19 score. The second half showed no signs the catamounts had any plans of slowing down as they started the second half with a 15-6 run. They would go on to end the third quarter with a twenty-point lead. The catamounts put up 12 more points in the fourth quarter closing the game out with a score of 62-45.
https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/mens-basketball-slips-by-unh-to-conference-semifinal/
This article covers University of Vermont’s conference quarterfinal win over University of New Hampshire. In their last contest UVM was able to handle UNH by a 20-point margin. It seemed the wildcats came out with a vengeance which they displayed in the entire first half, but more specifically out of the gate as they started the game off with a 15-6 run. That bleeding was finally stopped with a three ball from Maine native graduate student Nick Fiorillo. UVM would go into halftime down 34-26. The wildcats were able to close this lead coming out of halftime. Working their way back, they were able to tie the game at 44 with 12 minutes left. Trailing by one UVM would get a huge three from Junior guard TJ Hurly. Not even a minute later Fiorillo would step into another three pretty much icing the game for UVM.
https://vtcynic.com/uncategorized/womens-basketball-marches-towards-america-east-championship/
This article covers the University of Vermont’s Woman’s basketball team’s semifinal win over Bryant University. Bryant was able to defeat UVM in their last meeting, following that loss the catamounts were able to run off four wins in a row, giving them the number two seed and home court advantage for this huge game. UVM started well with a 11-4 fun and ended the first quarter up by eleven. They would continue to dominate the first half ending with a 31-19 score. The second half showed no signs the catamounts had any plans of slowing down as they started the second half with a 15-6 run. They would go on to end the third quarter with a twenty-point lead. The catamounts put up 12 more points in the fourth quarter closing the game out with a score of 62-45.
Mariana Martinez | The Longchamp tote: Is twinning winning?
Daily Pennsylvanian, March 13, 2025
This article asks the question: why do so many UPenn students try to imitate one another in how they dress? And how do questions of identity, both in terms of race and socioeconomic status, influence their choices?
The author starts by walking down Locust Street (a main drag in Philadelphia) and trying to photograph one girl wearing what might be considered typical Penn fashion of the moment: wide-leg jeans, Adidas Sambas, trench coat, and the ubiquitous Longchamp tote. But trying to photograph one girl, she accidentally caught a photograph of three, all clad in similar outfits.
This raised the question: do the author and her cohort at Penn wear these items because they “look cute” or because they help them fit into the look of Penn students or Ivy League schools, which tend to reflect higher socioeconomic circles?
There are a lot of psychological factors that go into fashion. As the author says, while they wear certain items because they are attractive, the real reasons for them are the cognitive and emotional processes tied to fashion trends.
She cites social proof as a psychological phenomenon where people mimic others’ actions to reflect correct behavior in a given situation. Then she asks if there can be “correct behavior” at Penn. Social proof is often called “herd mentality” and can be seen when people don’t know what “correct” behavior is, so they follow the lead of others, assuming they know best. The question she asks is fair: why do people need to look to others for guidance in fashion?
She talks about the fish-out-of-water feeling that comes to any new student at Penn, regardless of socioeconomic status, when they arrive at the Ivy League school, full of peers who have led lives utterly different from their own. As she says, you go from having no clue of what an elite school is like to one where you have friends who are wealthy socialites. Fashion becomes a way of coping. Students like her copy those they feel fit in better with the Ivy League ideal. She describes the iconic clothes as a “subconscious defense mechanism.”
Another aspect is race. The author writes of people being surprised that she is Latina because she is lighter-skinned, and their perception is presumably that she would be dark-skinned. She has used fashion to better blend in with other students. Dressing as she does makes her “look more American,” which makes her more accepted.
These tendencies connect back to a “similar to me effect,” a cognitive bias to surround ourselves with people who think and act as we do. This explains why a single photograph of Penn students on Locust Street shows three girls in virtually identical outfits.
He points out that Penn’s diversity is what makes it great. However, it can also be daunting to those who may be unsure if they fit into an Ivy League environment, and it can be overwhelming to some students. Fashion can provide a safe place in “a sea of cognitive biases.”
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Strong defense not enough as Penn women’s basketball falls to Columbia 60-54 in Ivy Madness semifinals
Daily Pennsylvanian March 14, 2025
The UPenn Quakers women’s basketball season came to an end Friday when they lost to Columbia in the Ivy Madness semifinals. Penn showed strong defense and cut Columbia’s lead to as few as six in the final minutes. But Columbia proved too strong and won the game 60-54.
Penn Coach Mike McLaughlin praised the defensive work of his team: “I don’t know if we could ask any more from our players. The score was right where we neeed it to be. Just couldn’t score enough.”
Columbia coach Megan Griffith praised the Penn team as well: I thought Penn played great tonight. Th is March, right? This is why you play. Credit to them for getting to this point and giving us their best.”
The Columbia Lions, wh are 23-5 on the season aand 13-1 in the Ivy League will advance to the championship game against Harvard. Columbia, Princeton, and harvard have led the league all season, and some have predicted that all three could be earn berths to the NCAA tournament.
Penn’s defensive play kepth the team competitive with Columbia, which short just 36% in the first half and suffered ten turonovers while Columbia’s All-Ivy guard trio shot just 9 of 28 on the day. But both teams struggled on offense, and Penn sophomore guard Mataya Gayle picked up three early fouls.
Columbia started the second half strong and quickly moved to a 42-25 lead. But the Penn Quakers were strong, aided by senior guard Stina Almqvist. She and Gayle finished with 17 and 12 points respectively.
Free throws from freshman guard Brooke Suttle brough Penn within six with 3:12 to play, but the Quaaker’s offense stalled and could gain no further ground. Columbia’s clutch free-throws and a series if misses by the Quakers sealed the win for Columbia.
Still, even making it this far in the tournament was a victory for a Penn team that started the year 1 and 5. From that point on, Penn won five of their next six games and put themselves on a path to the Ivy League tournament.
As the team looks to do better in coming years, McLaughlin believes the tournament experience will e invaluable for his team. “I think it takes players like Stina – that her growth allowed us to have a player who was really good. If you looked at her as a sophomore, you probably wouldn’t say the same thing.” Almqvist averaged just 11 minutes per game as a sophomore before leading the team in scoring as a junior.
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BLOG PROJ 7
‘Not just a cultural event’: Celebrating and planning Holi 2025
https://www.statepress.com/article/2025/03/community-holi-tempe-asu
The vibrant Holi celebration at ASU is a hindu celebration organized by the Indian Students Association. The event takes months of careful planning, and is a loved tradition from ASU students as its attended by thousands of students. According to Asmi Kachare, a junior computer science major and the Indian Students Association director of administration, the significance of the event goes beyond culture. Explaining that it embraces “Diversity, inclusivity, and joy”. For Kachare, who has celebrated the event for three years now, the event holds special meaning with its combination of music, colors, and food. The event takes place on the fields near the Sun Devil Fitness Complex, where participants are encouraged to wear all white to get covered in colored powders, immersing themselves in the vibrant atmosphere. The annual tradition has become a staple at ASU, bringing students from many different backgrounds together.
Misinformation behind the medicine: Opposing views on health care and policy
https://www.statepress.com/article/2025/03/misinformation-health-policy
While America is becoming increasingly divided by political views year after year, one thing both sides worry about is misinformation. Specificaly, misinformation from our Government about healthcare. With the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Junior and the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, some worry that healthcare funding is at risk. Melinda Johnson, a Nutrition Professor at ASU believes misinformation comes from non professionals as well; “The general population is becoming more unsure of who to trust when it comes to health information, and this makes it easier for non health professionals to spread misinformation”. This health misinformation scare has been rooted back to COVID 19, and the public being unsure of its vaccine. Johnson is also displaying concern that Kennedys beliefs on vaccines will cause more disease outbreaks; “The concern from public health officials is that his statements will discourage parents from getting their children vaccinated, which will then lead to a rise in cases of things like measles,” Although COVID 19 has become largely out of Americans minds, the distrust in Government and healthcare still lingers.
https://akeizer.uneportfolio.org/2025/03/29/blog-proj-7/