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Process Journal #4
The zines were planted! Under the cover of darkness, I entered the engineering building, and distributed my zines!
On a more personal note, I was kind of nervous. What if someone saw me putting up the zines and I was forced to leave, or worse got some kind of penalty. I'm sure on the rules for students putting papers up.
In the end, I stapled the zines to the walls of the comp sci wing (there weren't "announcement boards", some of their walls are made of cork). I wish I had printed out more zines. There weren't enough to get all the classrooms, so I only got 4 of them. I could always print out more and go back.
After I give my presentation for the project, I'll go back and see if any of them are still there. They've most likely been taken down, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised!

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Process Journal #3
Here's a link to the Zine I made on Heyzine
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Process Journal #2
This journal probably should have been the first one. The soul of this project is to be an attempt at refusal. Not letting my attention be swallowed by the sea of content on the internet. One thing I hadn't considered in regards to refusal was: how can I afford it?
I had originally planned to bake different kinds of bread. Starting simple and moving up to more complicated kinds. Possessing the knowledge of what was I was eating.
But money got tighter than I thought it would. I couldn't justify spending over 20 dollars on ingredients, tools, and the other supplies that I would need for it if I can't even remember the last time I had a full tank of gas in my car.
So that idea hung over my head for a long time while I spiraled down an anxiety-dug hole. Some of it's my fault. I wasn't prepared for this year like I should have been.
Then I got the idea to make a zine address to the S.T.E.M. students at Rowan about A.I.. In class, the talks about A.I. and how it's effecting writing are the discussions I've been engaged with the most. I also have an engineering friend/roommate and he always argues in favor of letting A.I. go crazy, so I think about it at home too.
The baking bread idea came from the memories of me baking bread with my mom, but I'm not in that part of my life anymore. The zine idea came from something I'm passionate about right now.
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Progress Journal #1
To start my project, I ventured into the engineering building. The scene of the crime! I began my investigation looking for personality and character. What sets Rowan's engineering building apart from other universities'?
I realized that the elevator in the building with bagel shop didn't go up to the 4th floor as I got into it. I thought that was because the elevator was broken, but upon further reflection it probably leads to the roof.
I notice some circles by the doors to one of the stair ways. I believe that, unlike the elevator, the doors broke, and someone put buckets there to keep the doors open not too long ago.
Also noticed a lot of trophies and awards. I picked a favorite trophy cabinet to capture. Based purely on the little doodads inside. I don't know what any of it does, but it look nice too me.
Then I went outside to the large metal art piece on the buildings' lawn. As it says in the picture I took, it was made by Beth Nybeck, with some collaboration from Rowan's engineering students. Nybeck created the visage of a human head. Open and willing to accept new knowledge. The idea of openness displayed by the piece gave me confidence in my project.
Other smaller things I noticed:
-Classrooms are very dark. Not sure if there's a scientific reason for this, but they should fix that. Dark spaces aren't good for a person mental health
-On a similar note, not a lot of color. The buildings are mostly grey and white. My suggestion: give the different majors their own specific colors and paint the place.
-The sky bridge was a tad underwhelming. Cool looking on the outside, but it's just the dean's office on the inside. Move the deans office and put the bagel shop there!





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