Blogcritics

An Ode To Target (Oh Brother, Can You Spare A Five-And-Dime?)

Chris McVetta — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:23:21 EDT

Like some discarded, discounted underwear and my very soul, everything, it seems, is on sale at Target!
Truth be told, I’m not into shopping. Those more “domesticated” than myself might look at this American consumer spectacle as an Olympic right of passage into adulthood, to be sure. To me, though, it’s just another zombie freestyle event right out of a George A. Romero movie, complete with headset cell phones created by...

Take Tragedy By The Horns For St. Patrick's Day

Chris McVetta — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:40:59 EDT

An ode to St. Patrick's Day: It's just not for breakfast anymore!
Seeing as St. Patrick’s Day is almost upon us, and it’s the one day out of the year when you can actually celebrate a “religious holiday” without fear of being persecuted for your sudsy beliefs in a greater power (beer), I thought it might be a damn good time to talk about the social aspects of the drinking process. I have a...

A Scooby-Thesis For The Kiddies

Chris McVetta — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:22:32 EDT

Scooby-Doo reflected turbulent changes during an entire decade when the world was redefining itself.
Saturday morning cartoons are a part of mass media that has been continuously scoffed at by the academic world. It doesn't take a philosopher sitting up in an ivory university tower to realize cartoons are an important part of our society and our fragile social fabric. Most importantly, cartoons show how we -- as caring, nurturing human beings --...

What Is A Communications Major?

Chris McVetta — Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:48:06 EST

What color is my pop culture parachute anyway?
Attending the usual networking events while searching for a job is something I usually dread. The scene is always the same and the one question always asked of me by some "Shelley Levine in a leisure suit" is, "So, young Christopher, what did you major in while studying at that state-funded, urban concrete university of yours?"...