CUNY Academic Commons | Nikolai Levasov | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/nikolai/activity/ Activity feed for Nikolai Levasov. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 0e4b6b58275529a9fe2e5cf02de3abde Nikolai Levasov started the topic How we should deal with Ukraine/Russia and other border conflicts? in the forum Talk Activism https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/talk-activism/forum/topic/how-we-should-deal-with-ukrainerussia-and-other-border-conflicts/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:49:56 -0400 How would you feel if your home was destroyed in a cross-fire? If your children were playing under the bombs with the toys that used to belong your neighbor who recently was killed by stray bullet? What if you had to continue living in a conflict zone because you have nowhere else to go? This is what the general population in border areas between…[Read more]

]]> 3cd34d50562c5dcf8cd55e612dd3f1d1 Nikolai Levasov joined the group Talk Activism https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/460432/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:55:17 -0400 61116cb9a480479d49a1f46c5670faf0 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=798 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:33:50 -0400  

In Shaila Dewan’s article in the New York Times “Gentrification Changing Face of New Atlanta” the author defines gentrification as demographic change of Atlanta’s upward shift in its white population. As a r […]

]]> 0a8bd24d8548309c64bde4002efee7e6 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=712 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:41:54 -0500 All human beings are motivated to satisfy their natural instincts in order to feel secure and comfortable.  Most pursue well-established goals, such as relationships, successful careers, having children in order […]

]]> 3335181dea05e10745b8bc6136878360 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=612 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:40:32 -0500 Both articles made by New York Times and PBS agree that the opioid addiction recently became a number one threat to our citizens.  According to Editorial Board (2017) “Public health officials have called the cu […]

]]> a71506bb56bdadadd6bb069fc6e2fbe0 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=418 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:44:20 -0500 In Johann Hari’s book chapter “Batman’s Bad Call,” the author argues that the true nature of addiction to drugs is based on absence of social bonds that people lack nowadays. He describes an experiment where o […]

]]> ce411b44583bb91fe91928a1e3dec602 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=356 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:31:48 -0500 The link above will connect you to newspaper article “How do cartels get drugs into the US?” Drug overdose in the U.S. is a big problem.  Annually it kills more people than car or gun accidents. Many of these […]

]]> f135b82c55d49d66116f7bf9ab2fd573 Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=196 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:41:45 -0500 In George Orwell’s essay “Why I write”, the author explains the nature of writing by identifying four main motivational forces and then arrives at conclusion that seeking the truth , which he calls, political […]

]]> f5103ada7db0051cba126df3275d941e Nikolai Levasov wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=95 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:38:29 -0500 How writing and empathy similar?

As we discussed earlier during our class the definition of empathy can be narrowed to a special tool that people use to find a solution to any problem. Another words, empathy is […]

]]> f47a38e342992f2e6e054c86ce7d6a4d Nikolai Levasov became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/452781/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:47:38 -0500