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  • (I walked in late because I'm a mess so I didn't get everyone)
  • Sydney Sawyer 
  • People who go vegetarian 
  • Made memes, a poster, twitter 
  • Memes subvert genre 
  • Garrett Podolan 
  • Corporate tax cuts 
  • Did an online survey about what people know or don't know about corporate tax cuts 
  • Posted links in random forms to advertise website; multiple questions on survey shows more people who voted don't think corporate tax cuts are important 
  • Not everyone understands that corporate tax cuts can benefit the economy in theory 
  • Very academic 
  • Convinces through  
  • Photoshop of politicians in "Turtle Lake Treasure" subverts, says they aren't taking jobs seriously enough 
  • Hailey Maksymiak 
  • Did a drawing 
  • Made a Facebook Page for her topic (Education of Physician Assistants) 
  • Facebook page contains info, memes 
  • Satire poem 
  • Leah Putnal 
  • Focused on fad diets' health and cultural implications 
  • Diets can hurt you in the long run (lack nutrients), focuses on cultural aspect of why people prefer image over health 
  • Poem about fad diets  
  • Shape of poem reflects how people with these diets will lose weight, but it all comes back because they don't really work since people have cut corners instead of developing healthy eating habits 
  • Alexis Aguila 
  • Cuban Embargo 
  • Poem "Dream Synopsis" 
  • Very emotional poem, full of imagery and poetic language 
  • Takes influence from Plath and Whitman's extended metaphors 
  • Speaker is meant to be a Cuban guy deserted by Lady Liberty, wakes up and realizes it isn't a dream 
  • Performed a song on guitar 
  • Also has a twitter/short story for the topic 
  • Gaby Boudani 
  • Animal therapy, PTSD 
  • Stats about number of veterans diagnosed with PTSD More veterans have committed suicide than died in combat 
  • Includes resources for getting loved ones help or getting free dogs for veterans (based on private funds, not government-funded) 
  • Therapy dog assists veterans (checks rooms for them, provides emotional support, etc.) 
  • Wrote poem about veteran with a therapy dog w alternate rhyme scheme since there's no real pattern to PTSD 
  • Hannah Lipman 
  • Euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients who suffer through slow deaths 
  • Also created a facebook page 
  • Cartoon YouTube video, subversion since it's a salesman selling a product (euthanasia), satirizes ads on TV for 

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