The eight person Friday morning group has met consistently for a number of weeks, working towards getting this issue of HTSXploration up and running. We come from many different departments here at Wesleyan University and have tried to incorporate as much of each individual into the final product as possible. The following space has been reserved for each member of the group to do with as he or she pleases. We hope that you find it useful to learn something about each of the authors and feel free to contact us with any comments or questions!
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My name is Venice Bayrd. I worked as a General Submissions Editor for this magazine, correcting grammatical errors, etc. Aside from that, and my article submission of course, I didn't bring much to our magazine except for the joys in knowing the true meaning of the plunger.
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My name is Tami Espinosa and I am from the small town of Gilroy. I am a senior sociology major at Wesleyan University. When I graduate I would like to work for the advancement of public services such as education and health care. The recent growth in the internet has led me to question how this will affect public services. While there are many resources on the internet, not everyone has access to that information. I have used this chance to write in a web magazine to raise awareness for the general public and school administrators on accessing this technology in education. Besides writing my article, I have helped design and create this staff page. This has been a very exciting process, dealing with the most recent computer technology. |
Amir Alexander Sharrett-Hasson
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Amir was born in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago where he attended
the Francis Parker School. Since high school he has been fascinated by
philosophy, in all of its different forms: aesthetics, ontology, epistemology,
philology, philosophy of science. He has also explored non-Western forms
of thought and sought to integrate seemingly different philosophical discourses
into an all-encompassing picture. He has been fortunate enough to travel
extensively throughout the world and has worked and played in several different
environments, from acting on a national kids TV show, to working at the
Chicago Board of Trade, to sipping red wine in Florence, to climbing the
pyramids in Egypt.
Amir currently is a junior at Wesleyan
University where he does all sorts of fun and exciting things from
DJing jungle music to writing papers about Quantum Physics and Eastern
Mysticism, the former of which you can hear if you contact me at my email
address, the latter of which you can read in this magazine. |
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My name is Michelle Levy. I am presently a junior at Wesleyan University.
I am a double major in Studio Art and English. I served as one of the graphics
editors of the magazine. The graphic editors determine the overall layout
of the magazine, plus any graphics that are part of the general layout
(font, lettering, pictures, etc.) I found working on this magazine to be
very interesting. I have had very little experience working with computers
previously, and I feel like I have learned so much in the matter of a few
months. Working together in a group to create the magazine, researching
and writing my own article, and learning how to program html have all been
very valuable experiences for me and I hope that I can use what I have
learned in this class in the future. |
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My experience working on the Webzine was fairly mellow, save for the
inevitable deadline crunches. My largest complaint was the sheer volume
of junk/commercial info on the topic of therapeutic touch, which made web
searches a process of high effort for very low returns. I found that Infoseek
guide and Yahoo! were the most useful search engines, Infoseek for high
numbers of hits and Yahoo! for focussed searches. I highly recommend the
excellent CuteFTP program for anyone who wants a self explanatory FTP system.
Point and click simplicity with a thirty day free trial period.
I guess the best tip I can give for running a net search is to find
the name of someone associated with the topic you are searching for and
run that instead of the general topic name. This was quite useful for me
in eliminating a few thousand pages of links to follow, and focussing in
on some valuable information. |
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This on-line magazine project has been very exciting for me. As part
of the web-design staff, I have learned tons of new stuff about how to
construct and design web-pages. The whole process is not as difficult as
it seems. Many people are intimidated by the vastness of the internet,
but it only takes a bit of patience and determination.
I played around with Claris homepage which made making the frames and
adding fotos much easier. There are tons of resources on the internet where
one can download graphics or find info on designing web-pages. I would
like to apply some of this newly acquired knowledge to my career at sometime.
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What's up, everybody who was interested enough in our magazine to find
out more about our dedicated and dilligent work staff. My name is Shailesh,
but you can call me Shy. I helped to proofread and edit the articles that
make up HTSX. This project was quite a challenge, but it turned
out to be a lot easier than I expected. Learning how to program HTML was
a breeze, and once you get started you find out about all this cool stuff
that is right at your fingertips. The internet seems a whole lot friendlier
and useful now, than it did at the start of this production. I have become
familiar and even comfortable working with internet software, and I use
it for everything from researching papers, to finding summer housing, to
ordering CD's. The "NET" is definitely becoming a more influential
part of our society, and this experience allowed me to learn just how helpful
and interesting cyberspace can be. I guess what I am trying to say is that
the internet is a medium that people should not overlook. It is a great
way to find things out and get things done. Here are some web sites that
I found out about while helping to create HTSX. Surf around, have
fun, and explore this other universe. |
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As far as the magazine is concerned, I have assumed the role of General
Editor which involves organization more than anything else. My article
subject stems from an interest in the developing field of brain pharmacology,
as I am a Neuroscience & Behavior major at Wesleyan. My principal motivation
for taking this course was to gain a more thorough understanding of the
computer world and specifically the World Wide Web. However, I also wanted
to explore the connection between the world of science and that of literature
and writing.
I guess I should explain a little bit about how I got here. I am originally from a nearly nonexistent but relatively quaint town in northern Massachusetts. I attended Phillips Academy in Andover, MA as a boarding student for my high school years. While there, I had the amazing opportunity to spend my junior year studying abroad in Rennes, France as a part of theSchool Year Abroad program (I highly recommend it!). And now I find myself at Wesleyan University where I am desperately trying to delay my inevitable entry into the frightful uncertainty of the real world! I hope that this issue will be of interest to somebody out there and I would love to hear any reactions! Feel free to email me at rslotnick@wesleyan.edu |
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Our entire staff would like to thank Joy for her time and guidance throughout the semester. Joy McConnell is the Coordinator of the Science Writing Program at Wesleyan University. She has been our mentor through the making of this magazine. She kept us focused and constantly informed with endless e-mails! Her support has been invaluable. |
