Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

blog 4

ever since the wars raging in the middle east, great influences have been made on our pop culture. for instance, i have listened to the band linkin park and 30 seconds to mars. recently they have put out tracks that are greatly influcenced by political problems. the tracks deal with issues like global warming, the war in iraq, terrorism, ect. i do not mind listening to these songs, but i do prefer that they stick to their usual stuff. i think that the issue going on over seas are indeed important but should not mix with our music. many people are getting turned away from their most listened bands because of this influence. another influence i have seen, and i can atest to myself, is the influence of military uniforms/colors on our day to day outfits. many large and popular retail manufactuars have started to produce many military influenced cloths. this in turn is displayed in music vedios, tv, and in the street.

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