jayati@uoregon.edu
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My Heart
I’m happy, I tell myself. I’m lucky, and I live a charmed life. I tell myself this all the time, and I believe it. I also believe a heart can be trained to believe whatever you want it to. My heart often overflows, too, with love for small things. Sometimes, it’s so easy to be […]
In Transition: The Tough Switch from Military Veteran to College Student
The decorations that represent Veterans’ service, set up in the UO’s Veterans and Family Student Association office.
Long Feature Analysis #2
The article in the New York Times, Trying to be Stars, Like the ‘Jersey Boys’ they Portrayed, features the Midtown Men, a quartet that performs the hit songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and plays the part from their vocals to their demeanors and down to tiny details of their appearance. The piece […]
Long Feature Analysis #1
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/fashion/marijuana-etiquette-sending-out-smoke-signals.html?_r=0 This piece compares the social pressures of drinking and smoking marijuana in group settings, and analyzes the changing reception to marijuana use now that it’s become legal in two states. I was surprised by the frankness of this piece: the writer gets several people to admit that they smoke, and even adds that he […]
Personal Essay Reviews
Lucky Girl: I was impressed with Potter’s ability to be blunt without being self – pitying: this piece is a public service announcement, but the tone is far from preachy, and it doesn’t bombard the reader with statistics. It’s about her, and she makes it flow into a topic of greater relevance. The descriptions of […]
Profile Analysis
“Software Millionaire John McAfee Says He Is Now Calling Portland Home” by Mary Emily O’Hara, Willamette Week http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29632-software_millionaire_john_mcafee_says_he_is_now_calling_portland_home.html This three-part piece on John McAfee, best known for his antivirus software, explores his professional life a bit but delves more into his notoriety and his questionable legal and moral history. The first thing that struck me […]
Features Blog Post #1
Article 1: National Geographic, “Restless Genes” The piece explores whether humans are genetically geared towards migration and exploration, as modern humans have covered more ground in 50,000 years than any other species has been found to in millions of years. The lead featured hard facts and dates, but skillfully hooked the reader with enough detail […]