Pictures that Lie

I chose this picture of Oprah Winfrey’s head photo-shopped onto the body of Ann-Margret, which was originally found on the cover of TV Guide in August 1989, because it addresses some of the same issues that are associated with a couple of the other pictures on this web-site, such as the those of Katie Couric and Martha Stewart. In all of these photos, a woman’s body has been manipulated in order to make her appear more attractive. In this particular picture, Oprah is associated with great wealth. This goes back to the idea that the “rich and famous” all have perfect bodies although with vast sums of money. This photo was obviously manipulated in order to portray Oprah as “having it all together.” I believe that this type of manipulation is extremely harmful. It is not only harmful to the people whose photos are being altered but also to our in entire society. In this particular case, neither Oprah Winfrey nor Ann-Margret was aware of the manipulation. Also, this proves destructive to our society. Young children, teens, and adults are constantly swarmed by media. Whenever they observe magazines, TV programs, etc. they believe that you must be thin and have a perfect body in order to be considered successful or socially accepted. As we all know, this is not true. No one is perfect, and computer technology should definitely not be used in order to portray people in a way causes us to believe any differently.

Copyright Presentation

I found Mr. Hardin’s lecture concerning copyright and Creative Commons extremely informative. I did not know much about copyright before this presentation. For example, I wasn't aware of the fact that a work is considered copyrighted the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium. Also, I had heard of terms such as Fair Use before, but I was not really sure of their exact meaning. The program known as Creative Commons also proved interesting to me. I guess that I probably assumed that I could create certain licenses upon my individual works; however, I did not know that the process to do so could be so simple.
One particular issue that was discussed in Mr. Hardin’s lecture was whether or not a person is guilty of infringement if he/she claims to be ignorant of his/her illegal action. Mr. Hardin explained that this excuse does not normally pass because almost anyone can declare that he/she was not fully informed about the laws that he/she was violating. Some people may argue that if the laws and regulations concerning copyright infringement are not widely known then they should not be held responsible for breaking them. Nevertheless, everyone is responsible for becoming aware of the laws concerning copyright. Although copyright issues can be scary subjects, I strongly agree with the previous statement. We should all strive to better educate ourselves about the issues and laws concerning copyright so that the individual creators of works receive the credit they are due and have an incentive to produce more unique works.

Trinity's LAN Network Diagram

Mr. Hatch's Lecture

The information that I found most useful from Mr. Hatch's lecture was his information concerning how to access my y-drive on my mac. He explained that you must use smb: and forward slashes. For example you would use smb://tucc-tiger/groups/ in order to access your groups folder.

Hi my name is Anne!

My full name is Elizabeth Anne Waidelich, but I go by my middle name. This is my first year at Trinity University and I am from the small town of Floyd, Texas, which is about an hour northeast of Dallas. I attended Bland High School where I was involved in many club activities and where I ran cross-country and track and played basketball. I will also be playing basketball here at Trinity in the fall. I am very close to my family and love them very much. My father is a farmer and my mother is a nurse. I also have an older brother who attends Texas A&M University and a younger sister who is in the eighth grade. When I'm not involved in sports, I like to spend time with my family and friends. I also like to cook. Over the years I have been actively involved in my church, First Baptist Farmersville. During my time at Trinity, I hope to join some of the Christian groups here on campus. I also plan to receive my Masters Degree in Education. I am interested in teaching at the elementary level and also coaching.

I am definitely not a computer pro and will therefore be willing to learn any new information. Throughout high school, I took two years of computer. During one of my classes, we used the Adobe Photoshop program excessively in order to create advertisements, sports programs, bulletins, menus, logos, etc. I found this kind of work especially enjoyable.

*One thing you might not know about me is that I used to show lambs at my county fair.

My Trinity e-mail is elizabeth.waidelich@trinity.edu.