Social Standings On Campus

According to David Berreby’s It Takes a Tribe, when college students branch off into different social groups, they pin themselves against each other. At Bridgewater State University, I have not noticed any one social group pinned against another. I also haven’t really noticed any social groups that try and stand out more than any other group. Even the fraternities and sororities on campus blend in with all of the other people, and apart from holding events throughout the year to fund their groups, they go to classes with everyone else and participate in other groups’ events like normal students.

Community

Communities vary greatly from one another, and choosing the right one for our project on community should be fairly simple for most people. I was thinking of doing the Pride Center on campus, where they pretty much follow the three assumptions presented to us in our text. Also the "Couch People" as referred to by Professor Williams could be an interesting group to observe and do a project about. However, once getting together with a group, we can settle an idea and begin the work on our project.

Tattoos

Tattoos are often seen by society as signs of a troublemaker and it can affect the view of the person by employers, friends, family, and, in reality, everyone. Whether the view from these people is good or bad, can not change the fact that the tattoo is there, and will be for life until the person is willing to spend $1,500 per square inch, and excruciating pain to get rid, in most cases it works fully, however not always, Tattoo removal is not always 100% successful of said tattoo. As it is shown in our passage September 11 Tattoos, tattoos are used to commemorate events, remember lives lost, and to show support of a cause. The tattoos shown in these pictures are to remember the lives lost on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. I feel tattoos are a great form of self expression, however when getting a tattoo, you should consider places that can be exposed, but also be easily hidden in case you choose a profession that does not allow for tattoos.