Avante Garde Oklahoma – Grant Swalwell
Last weekend’s OCCC arts festival was a lot like the previous arts festivals, and I suspect next year it will be a lot like this year, because in the postmodern
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Computer misc – Grant Swalwell
Before electricity, people had to use other people for computers. These human-based computers still exist. They are called bureaucracies. Experts agree that while a bureaucracy is usually more effective than
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I am not an Adult – Grant Swalwell
This morning my assumption that timing my sleep cycles along with four alarms would be enough to wake me up for class was proven wrong. All I wanted was to
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In the Defense of the Potboiler Novel
In case you’re not familiar with the definition of a potboiler novel, let me help you out: the name originates from a literal “boiling of the pot,” or from writers
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Making the Simple Difficult – Grant Swalwell
The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system always increases. Nothing in nature has yet to break the rule, including OCCC. Too few rules increases
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NASA – Grant Swalwell
As an officer of the engineering club here at OCCC, my mind and body is dedicated to the enrichment and proliferation of students and their goals. Another officer actually accomplished
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Bringing Horses to Water – Grant Swalwell
Most of the complaints I hear from students with drive is about the students who don’t seem to care at all. Nothing makes me happier than people getting an education
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Prepare for Humility – Grant Swalwell
There are many reasons why people drop out of college and many as to why they don’t even finish their first semester. At the moment I’m concerned with the one
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OCCC Labor Camp – Grant Swalwell
You can bring a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. However you can force the detained to work tirelessly. Maybe the hand of reward has been too
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Life Under the Dome – Grant Swalwell
Ten/Pen neighborhood south of The Plaza (my neighborhood) has questionable characters milling about at odd hours, usually keeping to themselves on stoops and curbs, under streetlights. They generally just want
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