Tag: K-State

  • Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!

    Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!

       Photo courtesy of http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Sorry for my hiatus in blogging, dear friends.  Last week my project consumed my life and I just haven’t gotten back into the swing of blogging regularly.  However, today I’ve got great news – which you may have already heard about but if not, check it out! Temple Grandin, PhD,…

  • Possibility of Impending Doom (PID)

    Possibility of Impending Doom (PID)

    I’m all for sensational journalism (see title), in regards to getting readers’ attention.  That’s the whole point right?  Reel them in with an outrageous title and maybe a picture.  I think it’s even more interesting when that particular comment or picture doesn’t accurately describe what the piece is about.  For example – look at this picture on…

  • Tastes So Good

    Tastes So Good

    Well I’m back in the States and extremely glad that I won’t be on a plane for at least another month. Twenty hours one way is just too much. While I was quite nervous about the trip and the food I would encounter, I was pleasantly surprised at many of the meals we were served.…

  • Because I said so….

    Because I said so….

    Remember when you asked your parents why you had to go to bed so early? Or why you had to eat your vegetables? Or why you couldn’t have a drumset?  Didn’t you hate that answer ‘because I said so’?  That answer happened a lot at my house around animals too – why do I have to…

  • No Comment? – Not from an agriculturalist

    No Comment? – Not from an agriculturalist

    “Don’t let another anti-ag article go by without trying to correct it” – these were words shared with the K-State Collegiate Cattlewomen chapter at a media training session put on by the Kansas Beef Council and Kansas Livestock Association.  Kevin Thielen and Scarlett Hagins conducted the session and made several key points about being an advocate…