On May 17th, 2019, a group of anthropology students from Foothill College went to Big Basin to practice and hone their archaeological skills. Before heading off to the site, students got to learn archaelogical skills such as learning how to use tools. Before going in-depth as to what we learned at Big Basin, we have to talk about the archaelogical tools we used:

The Digital GPS: The Digital GPS allows you to take highly accurate GPS points on the map. This is useful when anthropologists want to take accurate pinpoints of where each item is on the map.

Scale: Before touching an item in archaeological, we use a type of scale to measure. If you don’t a scale on you right now, you can use a pen to accurately measure how long something is. …

On May 17th, 2019, students got the opportunity to explore Big Basin, located in the Redwoods State Park. Students got a glimpse of the history of Big Basin. Not only did they get a glimpse, but they also got the opportunity to survey at Big Basin.

Big Basin was home to Native Americans, specifically, the Ohlone Indians for thousands of years. In 1769, disease, violence, and colonization by the Spaniards drove out the Ohlone Tribe.

Then come the settlers. Irish immigrants Tom and Alice Maddock settled at Big Basin in Opal Creek in 1876. …

To do a poster session or talk, that is the question.

Whether you’re giving a talk or just doing a poster session, it can be hard to tell which format to present your work.

Symposiums are a great experience to showcase your work and what you have researched. But, are you unsure whether to do a poster session or a talk? Here are a few tips to help you decide.

Before getting to the tips, let’s look at the pros, cons, and differences between a poster session and a talk.

Poster

Pros:

• Allows for up-close interactions with your audience.
• Allows networking opportunities because of close interactions. …

Social Entrepreneurship is the use of business skills to solve social, economic, and environmental problems around the world.

But, is the definition of social entrepreneurship really that simple?

Social entrepreneurship is a new trend that is on-going. Social entrepreneurship started in the 1980s. However, the term didn’t take off until the 1990s.

Not much research has been done on social entrepreneurship and so, not many people know the pros and cons of social entrepreneurship.

However, social entrepreneurship has started to spread on college campuses with many campuses practicing and teaching students on social entrepreneurship.

According to the Stanford School of Business, “entrepreneurs are rarely motivated by the prospect of financial gain, because the odds of making lots of money are clearly stacked against them.” …

Have you ever read a book from another country and told yourself how great this is?

But, have you ever wondered how the book is translated? While translation has helped reach new audiences, do you wonder how accurate the translation is?

Well, so do I. Usually, I’m a strong believer in reading a book in its original language. However, even I know, that’s not always possible and there are times when I am so curious about a book that I just have to read it regardless of what translated language it’s in.

For example, reading Albert Camus, a French philosopher, in English is a completely different experience than reading it in French.

Not only that, but there are books that don’t translate well culturally. For example, Korean culture is completely different from American or European culture. …

Disclaimer: This article is based on academic studies/theories and popular practitioner-based information. I also would like to say thank you to Professors Laurence Lew and Jose Nava for giving this talk at Foothill College and sharing their knowledge with us here.

Have you ever been asked what do you want to be when you grow up? What is your major? Have you ever felt anxiety just thinking about all of this?

This question has brought people so much anxiety that NPR even wrote an article titled Will Your Job Be Done By A Machine?. …

On April 15th, 2019, a fire broke out on the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral. The spire, most of the roof, the upper walls, and windows and vaulted ceilings were destroyed in the fire. At the time that the fire occurred, France was doing renovations at the Notre-Dame Cathedral, so luckily most of the works of art and some statues at the Cathedral were evacuated and were not inside the Cathedral at the time of the fire. However, there were many works of art that were damaged.

An investigation is currently on-going to determine the cause of fire. However, many say that the fire may have been caused due to renovations or short-circuit. …

I come from a multicultural family. I was born in Paris, France to Tunisian parents. Often when I meet new people and I talk to them about my origins, a common question I get asked is “where are your parents from?” I respond “from Tunisia”. I then get asked “where is Tunisia?”, to which I point that it is in North Africa. I then get the following question: “Then, if you’re from North Africa, how come you don’t look like an African American?”

Even though those questions make me feel happy that people are curious about my origins, I’ve always been curious why do people in America, in general, don’t know that not all Africans are black, and know little about the world’s geography in general? However, I don’t get upset because I know Tunisia is a very small country, with a population of only 11 million people, so I kindly explain to the guests that despite that Tunisia is in North Africa, Tunisia and the majority of the North African countries are different than the other parts of Africa, aka sub-Saharan Africa. …