Corporate Kutztown

The essay made me think about ways in which Kutztown has allowed corporations to supply its demands and needs.  Pepsi provides soda for all of the eating establishments and Adidas makes t-shirts.  However, there are two local soda companies in the area, Kutztown Soda and Jones Soda, which most people enjoy just as much as [...]

Readings for 10/28

I think it is very interesting and completely factual that universities (especially really high-named schools) depend on self image enormously to promote themselves. This is very similar to Nike’s dependency on self image in that Nike banks on name recognition and image recognition to obtain the most customers.  It is a little disturbing that universities often [...]

Reading for 10/28

It’s amazing what schools will do for a little bit of money.  Last year I watched my highschool’s gymnasium turn into the “Discovery Federal Credit Union Gymnasium”.  My Highschool and even within Kutztown have strategically placed Purell dispensers.  When we buy food, we’re only given the option of Pepsi products.  Even the Dixon Cremery has [...]

Coca Cola ownage

The most enjoyable of these readings was with out a doubt the Nike response letter by Martin Espada. Not only did he denounce their offer on general principals, which in his case would have been enough, he went on to point out their company’s faults, as well as rant on the restrictions of the media [...]

10/23 reading

In my opinion, while all three pieces accurately depicted a darker edge to the products and idealogies we in the west consume, it is a description of what is but the tip of a foul and complicated metaphorical iceberg. While we begin to see certain companies that can be proven in implications of having abused laborers, [...]