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Our NewYorkTimes post theme was Travel and Explorations. Through reading articles about our theme on the NYTimes, I found out many interesting places I would actually want to visit when I’m traveling next time and food that I want to try out.One of the place I want to visit is in Pennsylvania, one of the article I read and summarized about. They have this famous street which contains many artsy coffeehouses, boutiques, salons, bars and many interesting and sophisticated designed stores. I also found the haunted house article very interesting, for those who are into adventures like me would be fascinated about reading this article and want to definitely visit this place. Through working on this project, I learned the importance of traveling and exploring new kinds of food. Today, everyone is so stressed out about their works, schools, relationships and many other factors. People should take time off from this daily routines that cause so much stress, and travel many places and explore many different kinds of food in order to release the stress and find out things that they never knew about before. Also through this project, I found out the importance of being involved in a club because they make you feel belong to the school more and help you with your careers.

Grupo Tres did its front page on movies. Movies are a great way to enjoy a few hours and many good movies are coming soon. We decided to do this to show our block about what kinds of movies are out there to watch. However, when we began, we just wanted to put reviews about movies but then it turned out to be better than that including a article about popcorn and even one about an actor. Even though we had a movie theme, our bearcat post was nothing related to movies. We talked about something completely different. These affect us because the bearcat posts can help all of us make decisions to get more into whatever we want to do.

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The New York Times project was definitely a very interesting project to have. Our group, the high notes, could only agree on one common interest and that was music. That is also the reason why we are called the high notes. The group figured that since everyone’s life is somehow shaped by the music they listen to, we would have a lot to present and that people would be very interested in the articles that we would have for the audience. We decided to explore mostly classical music such as Yo-Yo Ma, who is world famous for his cello playing. Also, we wanted to explore the effects of classical music and achievement. After reading the article about music and achievement, we found that music opens the door for creative thinking that might not have been triggered without music.

Aside from our major theme of music, my fellow group member and I decided to write our New York Times article about the social fraternities of Baruch College, specifically Lambda Phi Epsilon. This group is based on the Asian culture and is a social fraternity where the guys in the fraternity will meet many new people. Not everyone could join though because the fraternity was very selective. Overall, going to the general events was a really great experience for me because I got some kind of feeling as to what fraternity life would be like. I got to know some of the brothers in the fraternity and how they felt about the whole idea of brotherhood. This experience of the New York Times project was a good one.

Our group, Grupo Tres, did our New York Times assignment on the topic of movies. Not that its so important to our first semester as college student, but movies are a great way to spend leisure time to relax from all the school work the professors give us. Movie theaters are very common in today’s society and can be spotted almost anywhere you go. We decided to use our time looking for articles about movies mostly because it’s simply an interesting thing to talk about. With many movies coming soon, and already out, people can enjoy a few hours resting their bodies from moving pencils or constant research.

Our bearcat article was nowhere near relevant to our topic. But it was still interesting to have a glimpse of an idea about. It just opened our eyes to the real world. Getting a few advices and experience stories can be helpful in knowing what you want to do after college. Speeches from real working businessmen are great opportunities to know more about a company as described in our bearcat article.

Mostly our movie articles were review made by movie reviewers. They describe a sneak peak to a film soon to appear, or explain in bits of detail the actual film already in many theaters. Some of these movies are “Linsanity” as well as the remake of the common film “Romeo and Juliet.” Other articles we chose explain actual facts about movie theaters. One article explains movie prices changing over a period of time. The other explains how and when popcorn became a must eat snack while watching a film.

Overall this assignment was interesting in a way since we had to search for several articles from a source that relate to one topic.

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My group decided to employ music as our topic for the front page project because music is our common interest. Music is the only topic that everyone agrees in my group. I think  music is a very fun and interesting topic because it can serve as a tool for communication between different groups of people. People have different dialects beside their common official language even though they are in the same geographical area . At this situation, music can help people  express their thoughts, and communicate with others without using spoken or written languages.

I think selections about music best express the most salient issues during my first semester at Baruch, because Baruch College is a very diverse community. Students at Baruch are from different background, different cultures and different geographical areas all over the world. Sometimes, it is difficult for students that have different languages and different cultures to unite together as a group. However, music can fill the gap between differences. Music can bring students unite together and consider themselves as members of the large community.

This was an interesting project and it was also a good experience. My group’s topic was on music because music was a common interest in our group. I thought that this was a really good way to get us to be more active in our school. The Bearcat article was written by me and another member in my group. Going to an event and just learning about something new was a nice experience, I was able to get a lot out of it. I was able to socialize with people out of my learning block. When other people presented, it was helpful to me in a sense that I learned about other activities that go on in Baruch College.

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We chose to do our NYTime Front Page on music because it was a choice that most interested us. Music is a part of the performing arts. Baruch has many ways of getting involved on the campus, one of which is performing arts. In addition, some of our classmates have music class this year. They reflect the most salient issues because music and the music industry has been widely covered by the news in present day society.

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My group’s topic was Finance.  After all, Baruch is a business school and therefore a topic on business should be appealing to majority of the students. All of my group members wants a career similar to this specific field. This way, we can get a little news associated with our intended majors while working on this project. A perfect example of killing two birds with one stone! We were so enthusiastic with our topic which gave one of my group members the impulse to go to an Baruch event for finance.  In order to do well on this project, all of us have worked as a unit. We consulted each other for opinions and advices on whether an article is related to our topic or not.

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Media is an important resource in our lives and a popular pastime that many people enjoy, therefore, my group decided on the theme of movies. Movies are versatile because they can be enjoyed in groups or individually. Luckily, Baruch is located in Manhattan which has many movie theaters within traveling distance. We wanted to incorporate the experience of a movie theater so we started at the beginning with choosing the movie. Before you purchase the tickets, a movie must be chose. Critic write movie reviews to help movie goers decide if a movie is interesting. The movie review on the remake of Romeo and Juliet showed the dramatic differences from the original play. It is up to the consumer to weigh pros and cons and decide if they are interested in the movie. An alternative to a fictional movie is a documentary. The article gives the reader a preview of the upcoming documentary based on Jeremy Lin’s successful basketball career. There are many varieties of movies and some of them come with the choice of upgrading it to 3-D. Whether or not to purchase the slightly more expensive tickets is an ambivalent issue so we turn to a study done by New York Times to see other consumers decide. After you purchase your ticket, movie theater snacks are next. Popcorn is mostly associated with movies so we decided to look in to see how it all started. It turns out that initially popcorn wasn’t sold in movie theaters. After enjoying a movie, movie goers often search for the producer and cast so that they can enjoy another movie they collaborated in. Maybe Daniel Radcliffe will come up in your search since he is both an actor and a producer. The article we chose focused on Radcliffe’s career in the film industry. We chose this article because many of us are curious about Radcliffe’s career decisions after the completion of the Harry Potter movie series.

Our Bearcat article does not relate to our theme of movies but it is important to our group because we are Baruch students. In our upcoming years here at Baruch, we will learn about many corporations because they may be our prospective employers. Other than the company’s history and values, relationships among coworkers are important as well. Many of the projects we will be assigned in the future as interns and employees will require working in groups. Building strong relationships with one another will allow us to communicate effectively with each other especially when we need help.

The popcorn and the movie ticket articles are relevant to Baruch because they relate to finance, one of the many popular majors here at Baruch. Movie theaters began selling popcorn because it was inexpensive to make which led to high profits. 3-D movie tickets contribute to revenue significantly because consumers will purchase 3-D tickets regardless of the extra dollars. The remake of the popular play Romeo and Juliet express the changes in our society. We will experience many changes in our life, especially in college. Similar to the remake, some will react positively while others will react negatively towards change. We cannot deter change, so it is best for us to adjust to it with an open mind. Many of us are familiar with Daniel Radcliffe and Jeremy Lin; they experience change too. The documentary of Jeremy Lin illustrates how he transitioned from a student attending a prestigious college, to a popular athlete playing for the New York Knicks. Before Daniel Radcliffe became Harry Potter, he was just a child. Radcliffe went from a regular child to an actor, and now he’s a producer. As many of us can imagine, he has experienced a lot of change in the past decade, but he took advantage of it and pursues with his interests in mind. The BlackRock information session showed that although they are an investment firm, relationships between coworkers are important as well. As students, we need to have healthy relationships with our classmates as practice for the corporate world.

Our theme is Traveling and Explorations, though not a noticeable theme by just looking at our blog site, it is one of the many important topics to mention anywhere. We included examples of explorations such as best water in Japan, hunting in California, great burgers in New York, Florida, and California, nice landscape in Australia, a haunted house in West Virginia, a perfect chilling place in Philadelphia. We included all these examples of explorations  in all other states in the United States and even across the country for travelers. Exploring is something that shouldn’t end, everyone should be looking to explore the world and experience new things. Even our Bearcat article is about an event called “the Block Party” that was created to provide freshman the opportunity to explore clubs, sororities, fraternities, and organizations within the Baruch College. Exploring food, beverages, activities, places, and opportunities is the most striking issue that should concern everyone.