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.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Where is the rain??

One of the most significant absences that i noticed on Memorial Day is the rain. My father told me during the weekend that it has rained on 19 of the past 23 Memorial Days, which i thought was pretty nuts! My father told me that he thinks its kind of fitting that it rains so much on Memorial Day because of all the fallen soldiers and how it is very depressing. Rain is rather depressing weather and on Memorial Day it makes us think more about the men and woman who put their life on the line and died. Without nice weather, we do not feel as much happiness as we would if it was sunny and nice outside. So on this Memorial Day, which was absolutely beautiful, it felt a little different. I still tried to take a few moments out of my day to ponder about the people who served for our lovely country. I am very thankful for the life I live, and I have to partly thank the veterans.

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