The Callie Connection

                                           Hello and welcome back to the weekly post on Callie's Connections. Knapp's Relational Model describes how relationships grow and die, using 10 different stages categorized under two stages called "Knapp's relationship escalation model" and "Knapp's relationship termination model". This model can be used to analyze romantic and platonic relationships. Today I would like to analyze the relationship between me and my boyfriend.  My boyfriend and I met during our Freshman year of college at Oregon State. We were introduced through mutual friends and initiated our relationship by talking casually about classes and how we chose Oregon State for college. The initiation stage lasted for a few weeks or so, while we were hanging out in larger friend groups and talking about surface level things.  We finally entered the stage of experim...

 Hello!  I'm back with my second weekly post where I would like to talk about social media and some of the influences it has had on our society's ability to communicate efficiently. This is especially important for my generation because our life has and will always include social media/online resources as a mainstream source of information and communication.  Here's a link to a helpful article by University of Canada West to help understand how social media can be beneficial for our ways of communication:  https://www.ucanwest.ca/blog/media-communication/how-has-social-media-emerged-as-a-powerful-communication-medium/ I think that different types of social media sites offer completely different drawbacks and benefits depending on how they are utilized. These drawbacks/benefits are entirely influenced by the site's specific purpose, targeted audience and the features they choose to have. Let's list some positives for a couple of the most popular social media sites l...

Hello!  My name is Callie and welcome to my blog! I was born in Yuba City, CA where I lived until I was seven years old. Before my eighth birthday my family bought a home in Rocklin, CA which is where I stayed until I chose to attend Oregon State for school. I love living in Corvallis, the scenery is stunning and anywhere I go there will always be a beautiful view                                  I am in my Sophomore year at Oregon State and I am currently majoring in Animal science with specifics in Animal behavior. I hope to use my degree to analyze animal behavior and make new discoveries about how animals function and make decisions. I have always had ambitions to play a role in research done with larger ape species because I think they are extremely fascinating. I have a great amount of passion and love for all animals and the natural world!             ...