For all bonus opportunities copy and paste the bonus op with point value, etc. at the top of your bonus paper. Be sure to include documentary proof such as movie ticket stub, copy of the meeting program, meeting agenda, movie rental receipt, etc.)  Items below are not available as bonus ops if they are chosen as Task assignments.
The Collin College chapter of STAND is hosting a lecture entitled:  The Modern Day Holocaust:  Comparing and Contrasting the Holocaust to Darfur. (15 points, write three pages, due by DL)
     The speakers for this event are Collin President, Cary Israel and SMU History Professor, Dr. Bryan Rigg.  The author of several books, Dr. Rigg's work has been featured in the New York Times and on programs such as NBC's Dateline. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, December 1^st @ 11:30 AM in Conference Center Room AB at Spring Creek Campus.

 We have a new student organization called STAND at Collin College.  STAND is the student-led arm of the Genocide Intervention Network.  As STAND members tried to recruit new members this semester, the most common question they were asked by our students was, "What is genocide?" -- We find that totally unacceptable and hope you do as well.

 
Sarah Palin Appearance & Book Signing at Legacy Books 12/4, 11a.m. - 2 p.m. (10 points, write two pages, due at your Final) See ticket/book purchase requirements.

OUT Public Lecture: Homosexual Rights/Marriage & Human Rights Law (15 points, write three pages, due within one week)

Talk offered by Dr. Dale Walker of the Humanities Department.

Date: Thursday, November 19 6:30-8:30 pm in BB219 SCC

TOPIC:  “Are laws against homosexuals and homosexual marriage for the advancement of religion or do these laws serve a legitimate secular (public safety) purpose?”

MY AIM: In this lecture I examine certain laws and policies both in the U.S. and abroad to determine if they violate the basic human rights of gays. That is, if gay rights should fall under the Global Protection of Human Rights.

ABOUT ME: Dale Walker holds a Ph.D. in Moral & Political Philosophy from the University of Wales and a Law Degree (L.L.M) in Human Rights Law from the University of Leicester in the U.K.

Sponsored by OUT at Collin College

 

A One-Term President?: The Choice By Garry Wills  Volume 56, Number 19 · December 3, 2009, The New York Review of Books ( 5 points, write one page, due by DL)

View a Mark Fiore political cartoon at www.markfiore.com. (5 points, write one page, due by DL)

Television documentary film: A Death in Tehran (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing.

Frontline A Death in Tehran Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9 - 10:00 pm At the height of the protests following Iran's controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Soltani was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death -- filmed on a cameraphone, then uploaded to the Web -- quickly became an international outrage, and Soltani became the face of a powerful movement that threatened the hardline government's hold on power. (CC, Stereo, HD) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/deathintehran/

College event:  LULAC: The Dream Act Awareness Event (10 points, write two pages, due by within one week of event) See the invitation below:

Dear Colleagues,

Please announce to your classes and stop by the SCC Conference Center section AB tomorrow November 11, 2009 from 7:15-8:15pm for a DREAM ACT awareness event sponsored by LULAC. This event is free and open to the public.

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, is a piece of proposed federal legislation that was introduced in the US Senate, and the US House of Representatives on March 26, 2009. If passed, the bill would provide undocumented students who graduate from high school, the opportunity to pursue higher education, fully contribute to the nation, and a pathway to obtain legal status. Please come join the conversation and listen to what our panelists have to say on the much debated topic.

Thank you,

Lupita

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Lupita Murillo Tinnen
Chair, Photography & Applied Graphic Design Technology Department
League of United Latin American Citizens Advisor

Collin College
2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy.
Plano, TX  75074
972.578.5527









  Mr. Smith Goes to Sesame Street (10 points, write two pages, due by DL)



 

(5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2)

(5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2) Thomas Friedman, "The best allies money can buy," New York Times, November 4, 2009.


"Driving without English," New York Times editorial, November 3, 2009 (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2)  

Public Meeting: League of Women Voters - Plano/Collin County, Texas: How does Collin County Government affect Healthcare in Collin County? (15 points, write three pages, due by Exam 2)  

Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00 pm at Harrington Library, Plano , 1501 E. 18th St.

If you are a resident of Collin County, you need to know what your county government offers in supporting citizen healthcare.

At our November 3 meeting learn: Collin County is responsible for Healthcare services for low income residents; it provides a number of other health services. Come and find out what is available and who qualifies for these services. We welcome Collin County Commissioner, Kathy Ward, as our special guest. Other guests include: Candy Blair, and Michelle Patrick,    on County health services, H1N1 update.                                

Questions? Call Margaret Langteau (margelangteau@verizon.net)

 

Collin College Distinguished Speaker Series (15 points, write three pages, due by Exam 2)

Second Distinguished Speaker to present on innovation
 

Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust was a Neuroscientist, will be the second presenter in Collin College’s 2009-2010 Distinguished Speaker Series devoted to "Innovation."

 

Free and open to the public, Lehrer will present “Innovation in Learning: How We Decide” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. A question and answer session will follow.

 

Lehrer will also participate in roundtable discussion from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Preston Ridge Campus Event Center, 9700 Wade Blvd. in Frisco.

 

Lehrer, a Columbia University graduate and former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, is a contributing editor at Wired, Scientific American Mind and National Public Radio’s Radio Labs. He has also written for The New Yorker, Nature, Seed, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.

 

For more information, call 972.881.5927, e-mail csce@ccccd.edu or visit www.ccccd.edu/academics/csce/distinguishedspeakerseries.html .

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  (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2) States Pressed Into New Role on Medical Marijuana By KIRK JOHNSON OCT. 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/us/26marijuana.html

 

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  Television & Online program: The National Parks: America's Best Idea: A Film by Ken Burns (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of viewing) Choose one of the programs below for credit:

 

The National Parks: America's Best Idea: The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) On-Air & Online | Sunday, September 27, 2009, 8 - 10:00 pm Filmmaker Ken Burns explores the history and splendor of, and the public passion for, America's national parks. In the first segment, the astonishing beauty of Yosemite Valley and the geyser wonderland of Yellowstone give birth to the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone; John Muir becomes their eloquent defender.(CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ The National Parks: America's Best Idea: The Last Refuge (1890-1915) On-Air & Online | Monday, September 28, 2009, 8 - 10:30 pm A young president, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes one of the national parks' greatest champions; in Yellowstone, a magnificent species is rescued from extinction; and in Yosemite, John Muir fights the battle of his life to save a beautiful valley. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ The National Parks: America's Best Idea: The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) On-Air & Online | Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 8 - 10:00 pm In John Muir's absence, a new leader steps forward on behalf of America's remaining pristine places; a new federal agency is created to protect the parks; and in Arizona, a fight breaks out over the fate of the grandest canyon on earth. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ The National Parks: America's Best Idea: "Going Home" (1920-1933) On-Air & Online | Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 8 - 10:00 pm As America embraces the automobile, a Nebraska housewife searches for peace and inspiration in park after park, while a honeymoon couple seeks fame and adventure in the Grand Canyon, and the future of the Great Smoky Mountains becomes caught in a race with the lumbermen's saws. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ The National Parks: America's Best Idea: "Great Nature" (1933-1945) On-Air & Online | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8 - 9:00pm In the midst of an economic catastrophe and then a world war, the national parks provide a source of much-needed jobs and then much-needed peace; the park idea changes to include new places and new ways of thinking; and in Wyoming, battle lines are drawn along the front of the Teton Range. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ The National Parks: America's Best Idea: "The Morning of Creation" (1946-1980) On-Air & Online | Friday, October 2, 2009, 8 - 10:00pm A stubborn iconoclast fights a lonely battle on behalf of a species nearly everyone hates; America's "Last Frontier" becomes a testing ground for the future of the park idea; and in unprecedented numbers, American families create unforgettable memories, passing on a love of the parks to the next generation. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/

 

 Online NewsHour EXTRA: New FCC Rules Aim to Keep Internet Free and Open  (5 points, write one page, due by exam 2)
Online

The government agency in charge of communication, the Federal Communications Commission, will push for "net neutrality" rules banning service discrimination from cable and Internet companies in an attempt to "be a smart cop on the beat preserving a free and open Internet."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/arts/july-dec09/internet_09-22.html

   Free Public Forum: Centralized Voting in Collin County (15 points, write 3 pages, due within one week of event)
Please join us for an informative Free Public Forum:

The change in voting sites for the Nov. 3, 2009, Texas Constitutional Amendment Election

 with Sharon Rowe Collin County Elections Administrator

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 7:00 p.m. Plano Senior Center Lone Star C 401 W. 16^th, Plano 75075

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 2:00 p.m. McKinney Senior Recreation Center 1400 S. College St. McKinney, TX 75069

   Free Public Event: Governor Rick Perry (15 points, write 3 pages, due within one week)

 Gov. Rick Perry will be at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center on Thursday, October 15th from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

 This event is sponsored by an off-campus group.  It is free and open to the public.

 Gov. Perry will be speaking for about 20 minutes, then answer questions via Twitter.

 All Collin College political science faculty and their classes, as well as faculty (and their classes) who are engaged in service-learning are especially invited to this event. 

 If time permits, faculty and their classes may have a photo opportunity with the Governor.

 

 

  (15 pts., write 3 pages, due within one week of event)  LWV of Richardson offers an opportunity to hear Texas House District Representatives Angie Chen Button (112), Jerry Madden (67), and Carol Kent (102) speak on the 11 proposed amendments on Tues., Oct. 20, 7 p.m., at the RISD Administration Building, 400 S. Greenville, Ave., Richardson 75081. For more information, visit http://www.lwvrichardson.org/programs.html.

 

  (15 pts., write 3 pages, due within one week of event)  AARP of Plano will hear a presentation by Dr. Loren Miller, Professor of Political Science at Collin College, on Wed., Oct. 28, 1 p.m., at the Plano Senior Center, 401 W. 16^th Street, Plano. LWVTX Voters Guides will be available  at this meeting.

 

  Texting While Driving Game (5 points, write one page, due by last due date) Published: July 19, 2009 New York Times

  (15 points, write three pages, due by Exam 1)

People, Get Ready!
Emergency Preparedness for Home, Office and School

Thursday, September 24, 2009
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Spring Creek Campus Conference Center


Are you prepared?  Could you survive an emergency?

Do you know what to do before an emergency?
Do you know what to do during an emergency?
Do you know what to do after an emergency?

The public is invited to join Collin College students, faculty and staff at an informational training workshop presented by the City of Plano Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and the Collin County Department of Homeland Security.

The workshop will present the hazards that trigger emergency situations including:  weather, industrial chemicals, biological weapons and agents, nuclear/radiological dangers, hazardous materials, epidemics/pandemics, terrorism, and holiday emergencies. 

The facilitators will also share strategies for preparedness, including a personal safety plan and caring for those with special needs.  Sheltering-in-place and evacuation options will be explored.  In addition, facilitators will share important resources and websites on preparedness. 

Opportunities for volunteerism in emergency preparedness and response will be also presented. 

Bring your sack lunch and join us for an interesting and intriguing look at “getting ready”.

The event is free and open to the public.
 

(5 points, write one page, due by Exam 1)

 Big-Name Showdown in Texas Has Already Started (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Kay Bailey Hutchison would do better to stay in the Senate instead of challenging him in the 2010 election. Hutchison's spokesman says the state needs someone who is not "playing politics like Rick Perry."

Photo Credit: AP Related Article: Big-Name Showdown in Texas Has Already Started

OPINION   | September 18, 2009                (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 1)
 

FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER: I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American. I live in the south and I've seen the south come a long way and I've seen the rest of the country that shared the south's attitude toward minority

groups, at that time particularly African-Americans, that that racism [unintelligible word] still exists. And I think it's bubbled up to the surface because of belief among many white people, not just in the south, but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country. It's an abominable circumstance and grieves me and concerns me very deeply. -- NBC Nightly News September 15, 2009
 

Op-Ed Columnist:  No, It's Not About Race OPINION   | September 18, 2009
By DAVID BROOKS
The backlash against President Obama is the latest iteration of a populist tendency against money being siphoned off by condescending elites and going to those who do not work.

What is the notion of "Tier 1 universities" in current Texas politics?  What proposed Texas constitutional  amendment is related thereto? ( 5points, write one page, due by Exam 1)

UT toughening admissions standard (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 1)

Books:  One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care  By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. (10 points, write two pages, due by Exam 1)

Film: The Age of Stupid (15 points, write three pages, due by Exam 1)

Peggy Noonan, "The Children of 9/11 Grow Up,"  Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2009. (5 points, write one page of comment, due by Exam 1)
Articles from the Wall Street Journal  September 11, 2009 (5 points per article, write one page of comment, due by Exam 1):

1. WSJ.com - Opinion: Why Are Jews Liberals?   2. WSJ.com - Opinion: Read the Union Health-Care Label   3. WSJ.com - Opinion: Medicare for Dummies   4. WSJ.com - Opinion: The President's Tort Two-Step   5. WSJ.com - Opinion: 9/11 and the 'Good War'   6. WSJ.com - Opinion: It's Still the Economy, Stupid   7.     8.     9. WSJ.com - Opinion: Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care

 EPA to reject 3 Texas air-permitting programs (5 pts., write one page, due by Exam 1)

07:12 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 9, 2009

By RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News
rloftis@dallasnews.com

Bill of Rights Game  (10 pts., write one page and print game results page, due by Exam 1)

  Republican Primary 2010 Candidate Debate  (15 pts., write three pages, due by Exam 1)
The  Conner Harrington Republican Women of Plano will be hosting  a Republican Primary 2010 Candidate Debate in the SCC conference center AA 135, section C, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. The debate will include State, County, and Local candidates, as well as some Judges. 

  (5 pts., write one page, due by Exam 1)

 CONSTITUTION DAY 2009 AT COLLIN (15 pts., write three pages, due within one week of event)

Public Meeting Saturday May 9^th, 10 AM, Collin College Spring Creek Campus: "North Texas Healthcare," Dr. Ron Anderson, CEO, Parkland Hospital (20 points, write three pages, due at your final exam)

Budget Game: (15 points, write three pages, due by DL)


Energy Issues Quiz (10 points, write results, due by DL)


Television program: (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of broadcast)

 Earth Day 2009 Saving Earth (10 points, write two pages, due within one week)

Bonus Op:  "Children of the Taliban"


April 14th at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
( 10 pts, write two pages, due within one week of airing)
 

Few voter ID fraud cases found in Texas (10 points, write two pages, due by Exam 2) Story: Few voter ID fraud cases found in Texas 10:39 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News tstutz@dallasnews.com

Television, online, podcast: Texas Monthly Talks (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)

 Diavlog: House of Cards (10 bonus points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing). See below:

 Television program/Streaming Video: PBS Frontline: "Ten Trillion & Counting," 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 Ch. 13 KERA. (10 bonus points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing). See below:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=frol02s214aq477

FRONTLINE  http://www.pbs.org/frontline/  

- This Week: "Ten Trillion and Counting" (60 minutes),  March 24th at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings) -

Among the unpleasant truths Americans are facing are trillion dollar plus current budget deficits and a total national debt which serves as the title for Tuesday's FRONTLINE, "Ten Trillion and Counting."

Beyond these stunning numbers, there's more: huge unfunded promises the nation has made to current and future retirees. Combined, these stupendous amounts of money stagger the imagination. But don't let your eyes glaze over. Our report offers you a primer on just how we got ourselves into such a mess and the huge gamble the new administration is taking to try and get us out of it.

The journey begins as correspondent Forrest Sawyer takes us to a secret location - the Treasury's debt auction room where every day the U.S. sells T-bills and bonds which, along with interest, are guaranteed by the "full faith and credit of the U.S." So far, we've been able to rely on foreigners to buy these obligations, and that's how year after year we close the deficit gaps in our national budget. It isn't free money - huge interest payments must be made and foreign governments are beginning to lecture us about getting our financial house in order.

Warns Wall Street Journal reporter David Wessel, "The status quo is not gonna work. Anybody who thinks about that realizes that the U.S. government cannot go on every year borrowing more money than it did the year before."

Yet more borrowing is exactly what the Obama administration plans to do: hundreds of billions to bail out the banks and other financial institutions; tens of billions more for the auto industry; new billions for beleaguered homeowners; and a giant $800 billion stimulus package to jump start an economy spiraling downward. Just like the Bush administration before it, Obama and his team are going to borrow big and make promises about cutting the yearly deficit later on.

Years ago, there was a famous cartoon caption which read: "We have met the enemy and he is us." FRONTLINE asked policy expert Maya MacGuiness, who heads up the Committee for a Responsible Budget, about our own role as voters in piling up the deficits. She said: "...we want it all. We want our tax cuts and want them to be big. We want new spending programs, we want every person cared for, we want government investment - but we don't want to pay for it."

We hope you'll join us Tuesday night (check local listings). And afterward, explore our Web site where you can watch the full program again online, explore the interviews and join the discussion.

Louis Wiley, Jr. Executive Editor

The Women's Museum:  Stories from the Top  (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

League of Women Voters Forum: Meet the Candidates of Plano City Council and ISD   (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

Meet the Candidates of Plano City Council and ISD at a public forum sponsored by LWV-P/CC, on Saturday, April 18, 2:30 p.m., at Schimelpfenig Library, 5024 Custer Road in Plano.  Depending on the number of participating candidates, we may divide the forum into two sessions, one for Plano City Council and one for Plano ISD.  Each candidate will have the opportunity to present opening remarks of three minutes each and closing remarks of two minutes each.  We will also invite written questions from the audience.

 

League of Women Voters Forum: Meet the Candidates of McKinney City Council and ISD   (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

Meet the Candidates of McKinney City Council and ISD, at another public forum sponsored by LWV-P/CC, will be Thursday, April 16, 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the McKinney Senior Center, 1400 S. College Street in McKinney.  Each candidate will have the opportunity to present opening remarks of three minutes each and closing remarks of two minutes each.  We will also invite written questions from the audience.

 

League of Women Voters Forum: Meet the Candidates of Parker City Council (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

LWV-P/CC will also moderate the Parker City Council Candidates Night, Thursday, April 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m., The Victory Church, 6301 East Parker Road, Parker, Texas, sponsored by the Parker Women’s Club.

 

PHA Forum: Candidates for Plano City Council and ISD   (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

Another public forum of interest is the Plano Homeowers Association Candidates Forum, Thursday, April 9, 2009, at “Reflections on Spring Creek”, 1901 W. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano.  Candidates for Plano City Council and ISD are invited to participate.  For more information, see www.phcplanotx.com.

 

  The Constitution Tree Bonus (10 points, due by last class meeting before final exam)
    
-Dallas Morning News

 
 -- photo courtesy of Sheila Chinn, former Govt. student

The Constitution Tree Bonus Opportunity is available throughout the semester. 

     You probably have to have a romantic soul to even contemplate this opportunity. There is a 200+ year old tree, a huge towering oak, in Plano's Bob Woodruff Park which I call the Constitution Tree. At the base of the tree is an arbor society plaque certifying that the tree was alive and well when the U.S. Constitution was written in 1787.   Recently it has suffered the ravages of time: Jake Batsell, "Loss of Branch May Be a Gain," Dallas Morning News, August 1, 2006.
     Find the tree. Sit under it, think about America, and read Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address or Robert Frost's The Black Cottage while there. Write your thoughts and ruminations from this experience in two pages. Document the tree with a photo or a rubbing of the plaque. 
     Hint as to the tree's location: It is in a clearing where people may walk and sit and picnic. In other words, it is not in a totally wooded location. One further hint... the tree likes water, a southern sun, and is close to a park structure. Bob Woodruff Park is between E. Parker Road and E. Park Blvd. bordered on the west by Shiloh Rd. and on the east by San Gabriel Blvd. In fact the park is divided by Park Blvd. Thus part of the park lies south of Park Blvd. See also the Bicentennial Burr Oak Tree.

Public Town Hall Meeting: Texas State Senator Florence Shapiro  (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) See below:

Television/Streaming Video program: FRONTLINE  http://www.pbs.org/frontline/  - This Week: "Inside the Meltdown" (60 minutes), (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing.

Feb.17th at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings)

- Live Discussion: Chat with producer Michael Kirk, Feb. 18th, 11am ET

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Watch this week's FRONTLINE episode and you might come away asking some unsettling questions:

How close did the American economy really come to total collapse this past fall? Why were some big banks and financial institutions bailed out, but not others? And what could policymakers have done differently during a historic weekend last September that may have helped slow the speed of the crash?

In "Inside the Meltdown," airing this Tuesday night (check local listings), veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk goes behind closed doors in Washington and on Wall Street to investigate how the economy went so bad so fast, and why emergency actions--taken by then Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and others--failed to prevent the worst economic crisis in some 70 years.

"I'm sure that Paulson is sitting there....everybody was sitting there saying, 'My god, we may be presiding over the second Great Depression,'" Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tells FRONTLINE. "This is the utter nightmare of an economic policy maker. You're sitting there and you may have just made the decision that destroyed the world."

"The politics of the situation on September 15th is, 'Let [the big financial institutions] fail,'" says former federal regulator Michael Greenberger of the critical policy shift made by the Bush economic team this past fall. "Within 24 hours, they had to throw their principles out the door and save the economy."

You can watch excerpts from "Inside the Meltdown" right now at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meltdown/ , and also take a behind-the-scenes look at the film with producer Michael Kirk at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/story/2009/02/the-making-of.html

We hope you'll join us on air this Tuesday night. Afterward, visit our Web site, where you can watch the program again online, read extended interviews with Wall Street and Washington insiders, and explore a timeline of the end of Wall Street as we know it.

Ken Dornstein

Senior Editor

Collin College Town Meetings (January 29 - March 12) (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event). Attend a Collin College Town Meeting this spring. (Not available to Honors section)

Public Forum: League of Women Voters Forum: How Does the Current Financial Crisis Affect  YOUR City and County Budgets?  (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) 

How Does the Current Financial Crisis Affect  YOUR City and County Budgets? 

By Donna Bening,

Our members and the public are invited to a free forum:

Learn about the sources of income for local governments including schools, cities and the county.

What cuts in services are being considered to cope with reduced revenue, credit?

Will approved bonds delay construction or voter consideration be postponed?

 Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, 10:30 a.m

Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road, Plano, TX

Speakers:

-Kenneth Maun,   Collin County Tax Assessor/Collector

-Richard Matkin, Associate Supt.,Business Services, Plano ISD

-Karen Rhodes, Budget Director, City of Plano

-Mindy Manson, Wylie City Manager

-Monika Arris, Collin County, Budget & Finance Dir.

Sponsored by:

League of Women Voters of Plano/Collin County

 

Television Video: Obama And The Presidency, CBS News (10 points, write two pages, due by DL)

New Film: MILK   (15 points, write three pages, due by DL)
      Academy Award nominee and Indie hero Gus Van Sant (PARANOID PARK, ELEPHANT)
directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn in MILK, the first non-documentary account of gay rights activist and San Francisco mayor Harvey Milk. The first openly gay man elected to public office, the film also stars Josh Brolin and Emile Hirsch, and is a captivating exploration of Milk’s public and private life and the events leading up to his untimely assassination. -- Angelika Film Center - Plano


Newspaper story: Professors’ Liberalism Contagious? Maybe Not (5 points, write one page, due by DL)



Public Forum: League of Women Voters Forum: Services for Seniors in Collin County (15 points, write three pages, due within one week of the event) 

Please join us for an informative

Free Public Forum 

Services for Seniors in Collin County

 A forum on transportation, health and other services for senior citizens

 Featuring speakers from

North Central Texas Council of Governments

 Collin County Committee on Aging

Geriatric Wellness Center of Collin County

 City of Plano 

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

6:00-8:00 p.m.

Plano Senior Center

401 W. 16^th, Plano 75075

Lone Star A

 

 

 

Funded in part by the League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund

 through donations from Collin County citizens.

 Television program: Soldiers of Conscience  (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)
 * Soldiers of Conscience Premieres on Thursday at 9 PM *
 
"What is war about? War is about soldiers killing other soldiers, and
very often, killing civilians as well. So we decided to look at that very basic
question: What does it take to kill another human being in war, and what is
it like to live with that experience?"
—  Catherine Ryan, filmmaker
 
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S.
soldiers, some who have killed and some who said no, reveal their inner
moral dilemmas in Soldiers of Conscience. Made with official permission
of the U.S. Army, the film transcends politics to explore the tension between
spiritual values and military orders. Soldiers follows the stories of both
conscientious objectors and those who criticize them. Through this clash of
views, the film discovers a surprising common ground: All soldiers are
"soldiers of conscience," torn between the demands of duty and the call
of conscience.

"The documentary has an eloquence and passion that will open hearts
as well as eyes and it is a lump-in-throat, harrowing plea for not just peace,
but to embrace one's self for the betterment of the many over a blind ideal
dictated by the few who may have never seen the result of collateral damage. "
— William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer


The Soldiers of Conscience website offers a video trailer of the film,
an interview with filmmakers Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan, a list
of related websites, organizations and books, a downloadable discussion
guide, a classroom activity and the following special features:
 
Chat with the Filmmakers on PBS Engage: Friday October 17 at 1 PM ET
Soldiers of Conscience filmmakers Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan will
participate in an online chat hosted by PBS Engage. Visit the site in advance
to ask a question now and log in at 1 PM ET/ 10 AM PT to participate live.
http://www.pbs.org/engage/live-chats/10-17-2008/gary-weimberg-and-catherine-ryan

Do You Have a Question for Aidan, Joshua, or Lt. Col. Pete Kilner?
Three men who were featured in Soldiers of Conscience — Lt. Col. Pete
Kilner and conscientious objectors Aidan Delgado, Joshua Casteel — are
available to answer questions from viewers on the P.O.V. Blog.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/

Background: Conscientious Objection in the U.S. and the Impact of War
Learn more about the history of conscientious objection in the U.S. armed
forces and the impact of the war on soldiers.

Points of View: Watching Soldiers of Conscience
Soldiers of Conscience takes a powerful look at a central drama of our time —
how a soldier decides to kill or not, and the life-changing consequences that
come with either choice. We asked military chaplains, human rights activists and
veterans groups to comment on the film.

Question and Answer: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Shira Maguen, Ph.D., a staff psychologist at the San Francisco VA Medical
Center, answers some of our questions about veterans and post-traumatic
stress disorder.
 
Interviews: A Soldier's Story and an Officer Speaks
In November 2007, conscientious objector Aidan Delgado spoke with Seattle
radio host Dave Ross about his experience as a young soldier in Iraq. A few days
later, Ross interviewed Lt. Col Peter Kilner about the broader question of the
morality of killing in war. Read excerpts from their interviews and listen to the audio.

See the full film online through October 23 starting Friday
Soldiers of Conscience will be streamed on the P.O.V. website in its
entirety from October 17 – 23, 2008.
  
Interact with all these features and more. Check your local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/pov/soldiersofconscience

TIP: Days and times for P.O.V. broadcasts vary, so please be sure to
check local listings for dates and airtimes on your PBS station on
our website.

 

 Television program: The Choice  (20 points, write three pages, due 11/4/08) NOT AVAILABLE IF A TASK CHOICE.

FRONTLINE

http://www.pbs.org/frontline/

- This Week: "The Choice 2008" (120 minutes),

October 14th at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings)

- Live Discussion: Chat with producer Michael Kirk Oct. 15, 11am ET

Just a few weeks before the presidential election, with the economy in historic freefall, Americans are taking a last hard look at the men who would be president, and they are asking some tough questions: Who can be trusted to lead the country through the current gloom? Which candidate--the "Maverick" or the man who insists, "Yes we can" --might actually deliver on the promise of real change in Washington?

For months, veteran FRONTLINE producer/director Michael Kirk has talked to the people closest to Barack Obama and John McCain, and gone deep inside their extended primary campaigns for the nomination. And he has come back with some provocative answers to the questions that we will all soon need to answer. The result is this season's premier, The Choice 2008, which airs Tuesday night.

"This primary, more than any in recent memory, severely tested the candidates," says Kirk. "Watching how Obama and McCain won reveals much about the men, their ideas, the kind of organizations they have built, and the way they face adversity."

How exactly did Barack Obama and John McCain arrive at this moment on the national stage -- merely promising change or delivering it? Defying party orthodoxy or pandering to it? And what does that say about how they will lead the country through continued tough times at home and abroad? We hope you'll watch a preview online ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/ ), then tune in Tuesday for the full program.

Also online: Check out a preview of HEAT, our upcoming global investigation into the response of business and government to climate change. And from our Flashback files, watch video from an old FRONTLINE report that is painfully familiar today: Ten years ago the DOW dramatically plunged as a financial panic roared through the global economy and a massive bailout followed. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/story/2008/10/flashback.html

Senior Editor

Ken Dornstein

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New movie now playing in theatres: Oliver Stone's W.  (15 points, write three pages, include a professional film review, attach ticket stub, due within one week of viewing) Elbert Ventura, "Bush on Film," Slate, October 16, 2008.
 

New movie now playing in theatres: The American Carol  (10 points, write two pages,  include a professional film review, attach ticket stub, due within one week of viewing)

Book in Common program: Court Ordered Desegregation  (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)

Television program:The Health Care Crisis:  (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)
* This Week: Health Specials on P.O.V.: Critical Condition and In the Family *

P.O.V. features two films about health this week. Roger Weisberg’s Critical
Condition will have its broadcast premiere on September 30 at 9 pm,
followed by a special edition of NewsHour.

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/criticalcondition
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* Critical Condition Premieres Tuesday at 9 PM *

What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America
without health insurance? Critical Condition puts a human face on the
nation's growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles
of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can
cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, and even their lives.

"As health care costs soar and insurance coverage moves out of reach
for more and more Americans, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker
Roger Weisberg presents moving tales about a diverse group of people
trying to negotiate a health care system that’s unsympathetic and
unresponsive to their needs."
– San Jose Mercury News

The Critical Condition website offers a video trailer of the film,
an interview with filmmaker Robert Weisberg, a list of related websites,
organizations and books, a downloadable discussion guide, a classroom
activity and the following special features:

Background: Basic Facts About the Uninsured
Get the facts about the uninsured in the U.S., health care spending and
the consequences of lack of coverage. Read about governmental and
national health care plans, the presidential candidates' viewpoints on
health care and today's current legislation.

Panel Discussion: The 2008 Presidential Campaigns on Health Care
How would John McCain and Barack Obama reform America's health
care system? KCBS reporter Doug Sovern moderated a recent debate
held at California's Commonwealth Club to learn how each candidate
would approach this looming issue. Listen to the audio or read the transcript.

Additional Video: Two Families Struggle Without Insurance
Forty-seven million Americans live without health insurance, with many
of them losing their insurance exactly when they need it most: when they
fall ill and can no longer work. Watch two additional stories from filmmaker
Roger Weisberg about ordinary Americans families who are struggling
without insurance.

If you miss Tuesday's broadcast, Critical Condition will also be streamed
in its entirety starting on Wednesday, Oct. 1 through November 12.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/criticalcondition


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* NewsHour Special Highlights Candidates' Positions on Health Care *

"Rx for Change" is a discussion of the top health insurance concerns facing
Americans. Moderated by Editor of the journal Health Affairs and former
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer, members of
the discussion panel examine issues of health care coverage and costs in this
30-minute special program airing directly after Critical Condition on most
local PBS stations.
 
The program features two nonpartisan health care experts, Uwe Reinhardt
from Princeton University and Stuart Butler from the Heritage Foundation.
Two members of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns will
also participate in the discussion. For Senator Barack Obama's campaign,
Neera Tanden, domestic policy director for the campaign. Ms. Tanden was
formerly policy director for Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Ms. Tanden  is joined by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior policy advisor to
Senator John McCain. Prior to the campaign, Dr. Holtz-Eakin was with the
Council on Foreign Relations and was the former director of the Congressional
Budget Office.  


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League of Women Voters Candidate Forums (10 points per session, write two pages per session, due within one week of the event)
 

League of Women Voters Candidate Forums -- McKinney (10 points per session, write two pages per session, due within one week of the event)

Texas Sex Education (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2) Mark Agee,  "Texas teens most likely to learn abstinence in schools, become young mothers," Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, September 22, 2008

Let's Get Political Quiz (5 points, write one page, due by Exam 2)
 

Constitution Day at Collin (15 points, write three pages, sign in, due within one week of event) Constitution Day interactive live videoconference: Broadcast from University of Virginia, Dr. Larry Sabato presents, "A More Perfect Constitution"; broadcast at PRC, SCC, CPC Sept. 17 beginning at 6:30 pm, to include moderated Q&A

Newspaper Editorial:    "A true Texan for a new Texas" (5 points, write one pages, due within one week)


Current Movie now playing in theatres:
   

I.O.U.S.A. (2008)

Tackling Our Unsexy National Debt

(10 points per party, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)


Television program: The Political Party National Convention:  (10 points per party, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)
Watch one hour of the Democratic (August 25-28)and/or Republican (September 1-4) Party National Conventions.

What's Your News IQ?  (5 points, write one page, due asap)
 

Sept. 26: Debate Watch at PRC Events Center; First Presidential Debate; doors open at 7:15 pm with 90 minute televised national debate beginning at 8:00 pm; followed by moderated Q&A (15 points, write three pages, sign in, due within one week of event)

Oct. 7: Debate Watch at CPC, Pike Hall; Second Presidential Debate; doors open at 7:15 pm with 90 minute televised national debate beginning at 8:00 pm; followed by moderated Q&A(15 points, write three pages, sign in, due within one week of event)

Oct. 15: Debate Watch at SCC, Conference Center; Third Presidential Debate; doors open at 7:15 pm with 90 minute televised national debate beginning at 8:00 pm; followed by moderated Q&A(15 points, write three pages, sign in, due within one week of event)

What is a Bond Election? PISD Bond Election (5 points, write one page, due by deadline)
 

Ed Housewright: Collin County arts center has its critics - in Plano, at least (5 points, write one page, due by DL) Sunday, April 13, 2008 Ed Housewright writes about Collin County issues. His column appears every other Sunday.

Television program: PBS KERA Channel 13 Frontline: Rules of Engagement (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of the event)

Frontline: Rules of Engagement On-Air & Online | Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 9 - 10:00 pm Grade Range: "Frontline" cuts through the fog of war to reveal the untold story of what happened in Haditha, Iraq -- where 24 of the town's residents were killed by U.S. forces in what many in the media branded "Iraq's My Lai." With accusations swirling that the Marines massacred Iraqi civilians "in cold blood," the Haditha incident has led to one of the largest criminal cases against U.S. troops in the Iraq war. But real questions have emerged about what really happened that day and who is responsible. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haditha/

 

Gay rights advocates push Collin County commissioners to adopt hiring policy that bans discrimination (5 points, write one page, due by DL) Gay rights advocates urged Collin County Commissioners on Tuesday to adopt a hiring policy that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.
 

  Visit the Newseum, (5 points, write one page, due by DL)

Ed Housewright: Collin County arts center has its critics - in Plano, at least (5 points, write one page, due by DL)

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 13, 2008 Ed Housewright writes about Collin County issues. His column appears every other Sunday.

  Take the Constitution Test (10 points, write two pages about your results, due by the first exam)
      Take the Constitution Test. 

    Television program/Streaming Video/Podcast: Washington Week in Review (5 points, write one page, due within one week)
        Watch one program of Washington Week in Review. Broadcast  8 p.m. Fridays on KERA Channel 13 or view the program online.
 

   Television program: FOX News Channel: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Report, Saturday/Sunday (5 points, write one page, due within one week of airing)

THE JOURNAL EDITORIAL REPORT The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time and again Sunday at 6 a.m. Here's a complete list of airtimes for the contiguous U.S.: EST: 11 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday CST: 10 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday MST: 9 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday PST: 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday

  Television program: The Daily Show (5 points, write one page, due within one week)

  Television program: Hardball nightly (10 points, write two pages, due within one week)

   Television program: CBS 60 Minutes: Earth Liberation Front & Kinky for TX Guv, Sunday, June 18, 2006 (10 points,  write two pages, due by exam 2)

 

  Documentary Film: An Inconvenient Truth (15 points, write two pages, attach ticket stub, due within one week of viewing.)
 

  Documentary Film: The U. S. vs. John Lennon (10 points, write two pages, attach ticket stub, due by Govt 2302 Exam 1; for Govt 2301 due within one week of viewing)
Greetings from the Angelika, the centerpiece of foreign, independent and art film exhibition in Plano. Advance tickets at www.moviefone.com or 972-444-FILM Express Code #012 Please visit us at www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com  THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON - Opens 9/29  "Loaded…revelatory and fascinating." - Karen Durbin, Elle This provocative documentary features interviews with and archival footage of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Richard Nixon, Mario Cuomo and Walter Cronkite among others, as filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld offer a compelling look at the efforts of the United States government to silence one of rock & roll's most outspoken war critics in this film detailing the Vietnam-era struggle between the

  Television News: The PBS News Hour (10 points, write two pages, due within one week)
                               Watch any daily broadcast.

 Television program or Streaming Video: Meet the Press (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of viewing)
NBC Meet The Press

  Parkland Hospital (5 points, write one page, due by last deadline)
                        Visit Parkland hospital online.
      Indigent Health Care & Parkland Hospital (5 points, due by last class day before the final)
     Read Sherry Jacobsen, "County Study Expected to Delay Parkland Expansion," Dallas Morning News (dallasnews.com), December 22, 2003 and write one page.
 Robin Hood & the Senator from Plano (5 points, write one page, due by the last due date) 
     Read Brian D. Sweeney, "Politics: Robin Hood's Worst Nightmare," D Magazine, December 28, 2004.

    TI Property Tax Abatements in Collin County (5 points, write one page, due by last class day before the final)
     Read Kim Breen, "$3 Billion Project Hinges on Tax Deal," Dallas Morning News, December 22, 2003.

  Television News/Streaming Video: The Supreme Court Texas Redistricting Case (10 points, write two pages, due at deadline)
 

 Opinion Survey: “Where Do You Fit” (10 points, write one page and include your quiz results, due by exam 2)
Take the Where Do You Fit quiz at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Print out your ‘Fit” result page. (Note the ten categories of voters for in-class and test use.)  

 Sin Taxes in Texas (5 points, due by last class day)
Molly Ivins, "Sin Taxes and Political Sins," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 2, 2004. Do you agree or disagree with this writer? Write one page.

 An Income Tax for Texas? (5 points, due by last class day)
Check out the web site Texas Tax Relief.com and compare the property taxes you pay now to the state education income tax and write one page.
  Newspaper article: Terrence Stutz, "Texas 34th in School Spending," Dallas Morning News, November 30, 2004. (5 bonus points. Read, write one page, due by last due date.)

    Wall Street Journal commentary: Texas-Sized Tax Revolt How to ease the property tax rebellion. Apr 04 2006  (5 points, write one page, due asap)
 

  Newspapers on the Death of Lloyd Bentsen of Texas (10 points, write two pages, due by deadline)
                               Click on the links regarding Senator Bentsen on Dr. Garrison's home page.
 

  A Collin County Commissioner about Parkland Hospital ( 5 points, due by the last class before the final)
     Read Jerry Hoagland, "Letter: We Shouldn't Have to Pay for Everyone,"  Dallas Morning News, July 1, 2004 and write one page. Is Hoagland your Collin County Commissioner?


  Texas Public Health & a Local State Representative (5 points, due by the last class before the final)
     Read Jodie Laubenberg, "Public Health & a Healthy Budget," Dallas Morning News, July 1, 2004 and write one page. Is Laubenberg your Texas State Representative?


  Texas Has Fewer High School Grads than All ( 5 points, due by the last class before the final exam)
     Read Associated Press, "Texas Stays at Bottom of Diploma Rankings," Dallas Morning News, July 1, 2004 and write one page.

 

  Wall Street Journal commentary: Texas-Sized Tax Revolt How to ease the property tax rebellion. Apr 04 2006  (5 points, write one page, due asap)

  Newspaper story: Texas Guns ( 5 points, write one page, due by DL)

Guns may be allowed at Texas colleges

Lawmakers could set their sights on several proposals next year in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that determined that Americans have a right to own guns for hunting and self-defense.

In Celebration of the 4th of July:  (10 points, write two pages, due by deadline)
              William Kristol, "The choice they made," New York Times, June 30, 2008.

Attendance at Political campaign events (10 points, write two pages, due within one week of event)

Candidate web site visit (5 points, write one page, due within one week of visit)

Media Survey Research: Most Americans See a Black Nominee as Important for Country (5 points, write one page, due by exam 2)
Partisan and Racial Divisions Over Significance of Obama's Win
11 Jun 08A solid majority say the nomination of an African American for president is important to the country, but racial and partisan divisions exist on the significance of Obama’s historical achievement.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

  Television program & Streaming Video: FRONTLINE http://pbs.org/front This Week: "Sick Around the World" (10 points, write two pages, due by deadline)
 (60 minutes), Tuesday, Apr. 15 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)  http://www.pbs.org/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

Live Discussion: Chat with correspondent T.R. Reid April 16, 11am ET

If you look at the World Health Organization's rankings of national health care systems, you'll find the United States sandwiched, uncomfortably, between Costa Rica and Slovenia -- 37th overall.

In this Tuesday night's FRONTLINE broadcast, "Sick Around the World," veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid asks: What can we learn from some of the thirty-six countries listed above us? With health care reform at the top of the agenda this election year, the answers couldn't be more timely.

In Japan, for example, Reid finds that people go to the doctor three times as often as Americans, have more than twice as many MRIs, use more prescription drugs, and spend more days in the hospital, yet Japan spends about half as much per capita as the United States thanks to strict price controls -- a ten-dollar a night hospital stay, a ninety-eight dollar MRI.

In Taiwan, every citizen is issued a "smart card" containing a person's entire medical history and a code to get bills paid automatically, cutting administrative costs to less than 2% -- a fraction of the 12-30% of American health care dollars that are estimated to be eaten up by all of the paperwork burdening doctors and hospitals.

To be sure, many of the countries Reid visits still have their problems: doctors protesting low pay in Germany, hospitals struggling to stay in business in Japan and Taiwan, patients complaining about long lines and limited choices in the United Kingdom. But, in these countries, Reid also finds a few bottom-line rules of successfully providing universal health care that none of the U.S. presidential candidates has yet dared to suggest: Doctors and hospitals have to accept a set of fixed prices for all services, and private insurance companies can't make a profit when delivering basic care. Not a dime.

Is this our way out of our health care mess? Could an American politician ever propose such reforms or pass them? We hope you'll tune in Tuesday night and after, visit our Web site to watch the program again online, find out more about the five capitalist democracies examined in this report, or read a q&a with correspondent T.R. Reid. And we invite you to join in the discussion, at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

Media Survey Research: The Spouse and the President Get Their Media Close-ups (5 points, write one page, due by exam 2)

Wall Street Journal news story: "Arming Obama" (5 points, write one page, due by exam 2)

  America's Next VP* ( 5 points for each vp choice, write two pages, due by Exam 2) Choose a Vice presidential running mate for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

  Newspaper article: US   | June 12, 2008 American Exception:  Unlike Others, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend in Speech
By ADAM LIPTAK (10 points, write two pages, due by exam 1)
As more countries move to ban or restrict hate speech, some legal scholars say the U.S. should reconsider the broad scope of First Amendment protection.
 

  Newspaper article: Excerpt from New York Times Article:
Where Whites Draw the Line (5 points, write one page, due by second exam)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/weekinreview/08mabry.html
How black is too black?

 

  Newspaper article:

Looking to the Future, Feminism Has to Focus
(5 points, write one page, due by second exam)

By Linda Hirshman

In April 2004, around 1 million women went to Washington to rally for women's rights. One of the main speakers at the event was the junior senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton, even then the object of future presidential speculation. Her surprise appearance elicited an ecstatic response...

  Quiz:  Women Making History: Test Your Knowledge (5 points, print result page and comment, due by DL)

  Going Positive (10 points, write two pages, due by DL)

by Dorothy Wickenden in the New Yorker

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