A "there's 4.5 weeks of classes left" Tip

Take the plunge!

You know how it feels when you are poised on the edge of a pool trying to convince yourself to jump in (we’re talking pencil jump here, nothing fancy like a dive or daring like a cannon ball), but you know the water’s freezing? You keep saying “oooone, twooooo, threeeEE,” and still can’t convince yourself to go in. The longer you wait, the less you feel like going in at all. In a way, this is how we all feel when we procrastinate. The more we put it off, the more daunting an assignment feels. So, our advice? Get it over with! Jump in! Enough with the counting!

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IHS Trivia Question 2

Which vitamin can only be obtained from sunlight and supplements?

a. E
b. K
c. A
d. D

The answer is D, D!

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Calcitriol is the active form of vitamin D found in the body. Calcitriol plays an important role in the maintenance of several organ systems. However, its major role is to increase the flow of calcium into the bloodstream, by promoting absorption of calcium and phosphorus from food in the intestines, and reabsorption of calcium in the kidneys; enabling normal mineralization of bone and preventing hypocalcemic tetany. It is also necessary for bone growth and bone remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts. So get some sun! (but don't forget the sunscreen...)

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IHS Trivia Question 1

Some benefits of a vegetarian diet that includes dairy products are ...

a. A lower intake of saturated fats
b. A reduced risk for chronic disease such as heart disease
c. A higher chance of maintaining a healthy weight
d. All of the above

The answer is D, all of the above!

The American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada have stated: "Vegetarian diets offer a number of nutritional benefits, including lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein as well as higher levels of carbohydrates, fibre, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and phytochemicals." Vegetarians tend to have lower body mass index, lower levels of cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and less incidence of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, osteoporosis, dementias such as Alzheimer’s Disease and other disorders. They have found a properly planned vegetarian diet to satisfy the nutritional needs for all stages of life, and large-scale studies have shown that "Mortality from ischemic heart disease was 24% lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians." Necessary nutrients, proteins, and amino acids for the body's sustenance can be found in vegetables, grains, nuts, soymilk, eggs and dairy.

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Philosphy Trivia Question 5

Ricky is watching television when he sees an commercial for foot cream. The commercial announcer says, "This is the best foot cream on the market because no other foot cream makers have been able to prove otherwise!" What fallacy has the announcer committed?

a. Hasty generalization
b. Equivocation
c. Appeal to ignorance
d. Straw man

The answer is C, Appeal to ignorance!

Appeal to ignorance assumes that a conclusion is true simply because it cannot be disproved. Though there may be no research to show that there are better foot creams, it by no means proves that that particular brand is any good.

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Philosphy Trivia Question 4

Louise is running for class president. In her campaign speech she says, "My opponent does not deserve to win. She is a smoker and she cheated on her boyfriend last year." What fallacy has Louise committed?

a. Red herring
b. Slippery slope
c. Post hoc ergo propter hoc
d. Ad hominem

The answer is D, Ad hominem!

Ad hominem means "To the man" in Latin. People who use this fallacy attack a person directly rather than actually refuting the person's arguments. Louise's opponent's infidelity and smoking habit have no bearing on her ability to be class president.

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Philosphy Trivia Question 3

Who wrote "Critique of Pure Reason"?

a. David Hume
b. René Descartes
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Søren Kierkegaard

The answer is C, Immanuel Kant!

"Critique of Pure Reason" is a massively influential work by Kant, first published in 1781; its title in German is "Kritik der reinen Vernunft". It was followed by his his "Critique of Practical Reason" and "Critique of Judgement". Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is the first theoretically complete system of thought ever created by man.

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Philosphy Trivia Question 2

Which ancient philosopher brought us a dialogue called "The Republic"?

a. Socrates
b. Plotinus
c. Plato
d. Aristotle

The answer is C, Plato!

The Republic (c. 380 BCE) is a Socratic dialogue about the order and character of the City-State. The dialogues, among Socrates and various Athenians and foreigners, discuss the meaning of justice, and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man, by proposing a society ruled by philosopher-kings and the guardians; hence the The Republic's original Ancient Greek title: Πολιτεία | Politeía (City-State Governance). Plato’s best-known work, The Republic proved to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory.

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Yet Another Mid-Semester Tip

Spread the word.

What word? The good word, which is your very wonderful plan of getting work done! Tell everyone—roommates, friends, suitemates, parents, children, goldfish, stuffed animals, whatever—your plans for getting work done. Be specific: for instance, “I am going to learn all of the irregular Spanish verbs by Friday.” Hopefully this way you can help build more accountability for yourself with the people that care about you the most.

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Philosphy Trivia Question 1

Ancient philosophers like Plato believed in the existence of intuition as a viable source of knowledge. In fact, intuition was classified as the highest-order of knowledge. Where did Plato believe intuitive understanding originated from?

a. Genius
b. Imagination
c. Mystical deities, gods, and goddesses
d. Innate recognition of the truth

The answer is D, Innate recognition of the truth!

In "Meno", Plato expounds upon the belief that while the human body is transient, the human soul is immortal. Thus, the human soul has existed for centuries, and has been born "again and again". It is a person's very soul, then, that provides them with a dormant knowledge unrelated to any experience or factual reasoning. Plato believed that intuitive comprehension was the highest-order of knowledge, since it could not be seen, touched, taught, or even imagined.(Day, "Plato's 'Meno' in Focus", 1994)

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Sociology & Anthropology Trivia Question 5

Which founding sociologist identified the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes?

a. Herbert Spencer
b. Karl Marx
c. Emile Durkheim
d. Max Weber

The answer is B, Karl Marx!

Marx argued for a systemic understanding of socio-economic change. He argued that the structural contradictions within capitalism necessitate its end, giving way to socialism:"The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable"(The Communist Manifesto). Max Weber disagreed with of Marx's ideas. While Marx believed that economics was the major force in social change, Weber said that religion was the cause of social change. Emile Durkheim is best known for his work with suicide. Spencer promoted the theory of "social Darwinism".

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Sociology & Anthropology Trivia Question 4

What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

a. The idea that society has several different groups.
b. The idea that gestures supplement our words.
c. The idea that language creates ways of thinking and perceiving.
d. The idea that there are specified times when it is acceptable to break norms.

The answer is C, The idea that language creates ways of thinking and perceiving!

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf. They developed this hypothesis in the 1930's after examining the Hopi Indians. Also know as the linguistic relativity principle, it is the idea that the varying cultural concepts and categories inherent in different languages affect how people cognitively classify experiences in such a way that speakers of different languages think and behave differently because of it.

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Sociology & Anthropology Trivia Question 3

In what country to scientists believe that H. Sapiens evolved and then spread across the globe?

a. Russia
b. Norway
c. Ethiopia
d. Finland

The answer is C, Ethiopia!

Ethiopia is widely considered one of the oldest human inhabited areas, if not the oldest according to some scientific findings: Ethnographic migration studies, Anthropological artifactual discoveries, Anthropological skeletal remains and Genetic variegation radiation analyses all lend evidence to this school of thought. As the Washington Post's David Brown put it, "the new research further shows that genetic diversity declines steadily the farther one's ancestors traveled from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". Discovered in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar region, Lucy is considered the world’s second oldest, but most complete, and best preserved adult Australopithecine fossil. Lucy's species is named Australopithecus afarensis, which means 'southern ape of Afar', after the Ethiopian region where the discovery was made. Lucy is estimated to have lived in Ethiopia 3.2 million years ago. There have been many other notable fossil findings in the country including the recently found potential early hominin Ardipithicus ramidus, Ardi.

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Sociology & Anthropology Trivia Question 2

Which norm is the strongest one in a society?

a. folkway
b. mores
c. taboo
d. sanction

The answer is C, Taboo!

A taboo is a strong social prohibition relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and forbidden based on moral judgement and sometimes even religious beliefs. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. Taboos can include dietary restrictions (halal and kosher diets, religious vegetarianism, and the prohibition of cannibalism), restrictions on sexual activities and relationships, restrictions of bodily functions, restrictions on the use of psychoactive drugs, exposure of body parts (ankles in the Victorian British Empire, women's hair in parts of the Middle East, nudity in the US), and restrictions on the use of offensive language. No taboo is known to be universal, but some--such as the cannibalism, exposing of intimate parts, intentional homicide, and incest taboos--occur in the majority of societies.

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Sociology & Anthropology Trivia Question 1

In what year was the first video game created?

a. 1958
b. 1961
c. 1972
d.1980

The answer is A, 1958!

Tennis for Two, created by William Higinbotham in 1958, was an interactive game that used an oscilloscope to display a side view of a tennis court. Before this, there were some early computer games, like Nim (1951), a two-player mathematical game of strategy in which players take turns removing objects from distinct heaps, and OXO (1952), a tic-tac-toe computer game; neither of these had the interactive quality of Tennis for Two. In 1971, Computer Space, created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was the first commercially-sold, coin-operated video game. It used a black-and-white television for its display, and the computer system was made of 74 series TTL chips.

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ARC Presents: "Good Will Studying"

ARC Presents:
"Good Will Studying"
Developing Solid Academic Practices for Success

We'll be talking about learning styles and memory, and more importantly, how to make both work to your best studying advantage

Tuesday, March 16th
Library, room 25L
4:00-5:00pm

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Russian Studies Trivia Question 5

Which singer, who had a long time ambition to have a concert in Moscow, managed to fulfill his dream in 2003 to the not-so-pleased Communist élite?

a. Bowie
b. McCartney
c. Sting
d. Bono

The answer is B, McCartney!

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) gained his fame as a member of The Beatles (you may have heard of them, or perhaps you're more familiar with Wings). He played on Moscow's Red Square in 2003, a feat as the former Communist U.S.S.R. had previously banned music from the Beatles as a "corrupting influence". The following year Mccartney played his 3,000th concert in St. Petersburg, Russia. For this second Russian concert, McCartney flew into the country on his 62nd birthday; after the concert he received a phone call from a fan, then-President Vladimir Putin, who telephoned him to wish him a happy birthday.

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Russian Studies Trivia Question 4

1922 was the year when the Soviet Union was officially founded. At that time, how many republics did it comprise?

a. 4
b. 6
c. 15
d. 11

The answer is A, 4!

Initially established as a union of four Soviet Socialist Republics, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) began with the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Transcaucasian Soviet republics. It grew to contain 15 constituent or "union republics" by 1956: Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Estonian SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Latvian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Ukrainian SSR and Uzbek SSR. From annexation of the Estonian SSR on August 6, 1940 up to the reorganization of the Karelo-Finnish SSR into the Karelian ASSR on July 16, 1956, the count of union republics numbered 16.

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Russian Studies Trivia Question 3

What is the meaning of 'Bolsheviks'?

a. Minoritarians
b. Great Ones
c. Winners
d. Majoritarians

The answer is D, Majoritarians!

Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists (Russian: большевики, большевик) is derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority", which comes from bol'she, "more", the comparative form of bol'shoi, "big". The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote, hence their name. Founded by Vladimir Lenin, they were an organization of professional revolutionaries under a democratic internal hierarchy governed by the principle of democratic centralism, who considered themselves as the vanguard of the revolutionary working class of Russia. Their beliefs and practices were often referred to as Bolshevism.

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Russian Studies Trivia Question 2

The last Tsar of Russia was?

a. Alexander II
b. Nicholas II
c. Peter the Great
d. Alexander III

The answer is B, Nicholas II!

Nicholas II (Russian: Николай II, Николай Александрович Романов, tr. Nikolay II, Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov) (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last Czar of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Nicholas II abdicated following the February Revolution of 1917 during which he and his family were imprisoned first in the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, then later in the Governor's Mansion in Tobolsk, and finally at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. Nicholas II, his wife, his son, his four daughters, the family's medical doctor, the Tsar's valet, the Empress' lady-in-waiting and the family's cook were all killed in the same room by the Bolsheviks on the night of 16/17 July 1918.

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Russian Studies Trivia Question 1

The building featured here is the:

a. Kazan Cathedral
b. Hermitage
c. Resurrection of Christ Church
d. Gostiny Dvor

The answer is C, Resurrection of Christ Church!

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Russian: (Собор Воскресения Христова), also called The Saviour on the Spilled Blood and other contractions on the theme of On the Blood is a church in St. Petersburg, Russia, that was built by Emperor Alexander III as a memorial to his assassinated father, Emperor Alexander II. The church is privately owned and is part of the St. Issac’s Cathedral and Museum organization.

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Post-Spring Break Tip

JUST SAY NO to more ORGS!!!

No not orcs, though they’re scary too. Just say no to that other organization that has just asked you to join. One common epidemic on Stetson’s campus is a propensity to collect organizations like Boy Scout badges. There are some fantastic organizations on this campus, and yes there are some that you should definitely be in. BUT, you cannot be in all of them. You cannot even be in half of them. They’re just aren’t enough of you. So take time and evaluate how you are spending your time. Why are you in each of the orgs that you are in? Do they fit in with your goals for your time here at Stetson? Do they make sense with the career you’ve chosen? Do you enjoy it? Are you truly helping them in their vision? If the answer to any of those questions is no, you might want to consider bowing out. You only have 24 hours a day and they must be used for the things that are the most important to you, such as CLASS and those few orgs that mean the world to you, and vice versa.

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And the winner of Jan/Feb trivia is...(drum roll)

Stephan Fillare!

Woo Hoo! Congratulations!

So come to the ARC tomorrow (Tuesday) with your ID to pick up your prize! Thanks to everyone who played; if you didn't win, remember, we started our new month of trivia TODAY! F.Y.I. We will have DIFFERENT prize every month, but rest assured, they are all awesome!

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Family Business Trivia Question 5

Six companies on Family Business Magazine's list of the world’s largest family businesses are automakers, and each is based in a different country. Which country below is NOT one of those six countries?

a. Japan
b. United Kingdom
c. Italy
d. France

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is #2; the U.S.'s Ford Motor Co. is #3; France's PSA Peugeot Citroën S.A. is #8; Italy's Fiat S.p.A is #11; Germany's BMW is #13; and South Korea's Hyundai Motor is #14. These six companies are only a fraction of the companies on the list, check out the rest here: http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/WorldsLargestFBs.html

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