By Alicia Ekman
5/5/2013
 Form
of vandalism that involves spray
painting illegally on public or private
property.
 Broken
Window
Theory
 Increases Crime in
the area
 Expensive
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San Francisco spend
$20 million each
year on clean-up.
(LAPD)
 Consequences
include:
 Fines-about $250 (Graffiti
Laws)
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Community service
Sometimes jail time.
 Graffiti
can be an art form
 A way to get a thrill without hurting anyone
 A way to beat the system
 An honest truth
 Gain respect and fame on the streets
 Gang
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graffiti
Destructive
Warning to rival gangs and police
Fairly uncommon in modern day
Most common form
 Writing one’s name to gain fame and respect
 Pieces are more elaborate
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Often have multiple colors and more time spent on the
work.
Often commissioned
 Uplifting and thoughtful
 About the work, not the writer
 Creative
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 Encourage
street art
 Focus on different problems
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“Saying you’re going up against graffiti takes
people's attention off of how much money they
have in their pocket, and how little the
government cares about the kid that wakes up
starving every morning” (Their Own Words)
 Free
walls?
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2013.
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Overall Comments: Another winner, Alicia! Clearly you’re past whatever struggles you had
mid-term, & you’ve learned how to go through material a 2nd time & reformat it
effectively. That is, you’ve mastered the recursive nature of college research, & how it’s
best put across. I agree w/ the response team, below, especially concerning your varied &
interesting visuals, a big help, & the liveliness you got into your vocal work. Also, the
mediation was well-paced, not rushed, like a number of others. A
Response Team:
Presenter: Ekman
Response Team: Wisgerhof, Curry, Kearbey
4/19/2013
Alicia’s presentation was very well organized and prepared. The topic was
interesting, and she seemed genuinely interested in it, which makes the presentation much
more engaging. The visuals were put together well; “the color theme fit well with the topic”
(Kearbey) and “the simple organization adds a kind of elegance” (Wisgerhof). The slides
themselves were informative, being “clear and precise” (Curry). Clarity is enormously
important for understanding, so this helped make her mediation easy to follow. The delivery
was well thought out, she “explained things clearly and spoke at a good volume” (Kearbey)
and “she avoided the dangerous monotone pace that some get locked into” (Wisgerhof). The
whole thing exudes the feeling of being well thought out and prepared. The mediation is
thoughtful and workable, giving viable solutions. If anything, the downside may have been
that it would have been able to effectively use a few more statistics relating poverty and
graffiti, or maybe about the effectiveness of free walls. As the topic is a little unusual it may
be hard to find some of these things; studies may not have been conducted yet. The
presentation still contained “good amounts of information” (Curry), and it still comes across
as easy to understand and well prepared. As such we are prepared to call the presentation a
success.
Thorough & perspicacious: PLUSSES.