I am planning my final portfolio to be a sort of memento to my first semester at Xavier University of Louisiana. The first item contained will be my personal identity statement, discussing me. Who I am as a person, a freshman, and a member of the Xavier community as a whole. Next, I will incorporate some of the work and assignments I have been working on in my first semester at Xavier. I will use work two work samples. I will use my first blog for this freshman seminar class as well as my first Political Science Essay on corrupt Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson. Finally, I need to include four passages. The two passages that must be from my studies have to come from my Intro to Business and Intro to Political Science classes while for my passages from popular readings I have chose a passage from my favorite book The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein and a section of a speech by Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate. I have chosen these items to contribute to my portfolio because I think by reading them you can begin to shape my intellectual identity and character. When people read my final portfolio I want them to picture a very articulate, politically and socially conscious individual who cares about what is around him, despite his slight distaste for the New Orleans area and even Xavier. Overall, my finished portfolio will be designed to inform, entertain, and wow my audience.

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