Groups for Proposal Argument

1. Mendy, Jessica, Mike = Ron Burgandy

2. Neeraj, Kevin, Mika = Bad Asses

3. Maradona, John, Rahul = Gas guzzlers

4. Karen, Eric, Michael = Thunderbirds

5. Charles, Kofi, Michelle = Overcrowding at UT (bubblegummers)

6. Charise, Colin, Rubina = Transformers

7. Van, Baldemar, James = AA

Information on the Web

Please look at the following sites and decide if you would use them as sources for evidence in a scholarly essay or not. Be prepared to your reasoning.

http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/golfla.html

http://www.esquilax.com/flag/history.html

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagburning.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/flag-burning-amendment

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/flag.htm

UT Libraries: Research

Below is a list of some online resources that will be useful in your research for the Trends & Culture essay. This is not an exhaustive list, but it offers a few starting points. All of the resources can be reached through the UT Libraries website at http://www.lib.utexas.edu, where you can also search the library catalog for print materials that the libraries own.

Reference Sources

• CQ Researcher - weekly background articles on current issues. (subscription database)
• UT Library Statistics and Demographics Guide - a portal for statistical resources. You can find it by going to the library site, selecting 'Reference Sites' from the Research Tools menu, then selecting 'Statistics and Demographics' from the sidebar.

Databases

• Academic Search Premier - journal and magazine articles from many disciplines.
• Expanded Academic ASAP - journal and magazine articles from many disciplines.
• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - recent articles from newspapers.

Choose an article

Please review the articles below and choose one to analyze for the first assignment. Use the comments feature of this entry to let everyone know which article you want to work on. You have until MONDAY, Feb. 7th, to make up your mind. The available choices are:

Greenleigh, Ian. "Textbooks Need Facts, not Dogma." The Daily Texan. 28 January 2005.
Rainey, Clint. "Post-Election Musings on the National News Media" The Daily Texan. 8 November 2004.
James, Michael. "Critics: Local News, Culture May Fade Away." ABC News. 2 June 2003.
Malone, Michael. "Silicon Insider: The Revenge Effect." ABC News. 23 January 2005.
Carlson, Emily. "Media Giants Don't Always Lead to Less Diverse Content." News@UW. 9 August 2004.

I will assign the groups based on your preferences.

Site Details

Welcome to the RHE 306 course website!

The menu section offers information about policies, assignments and other types of details. Please check the coursework page frequently to keep current with homework, so you can come to class prepared to participate.

The categories section includes all the entries you and I will generate in the course of the semester, since part of the website is a blog that we will use for discussions and group work. You will be contributing entries which will show up both on the front page and within the category you select for each of them. You will also be able to create new categories which will automatically become part of the list.

The quick links sections offers handy links to a few useful UT resources that I expect you will be needing often. The links open in a new window, so you don't loose your place in our course site.

The archives section includes all blog entries in reverse chronological order, indexed by month. You can also browse the complete list of entries. I expect this section to become most useful towards the end of the semester.

Finally, the participate section of the navigation includes one link to the administrative screen for the blog, which opens in a new window. This is the link you need to follow to contribute new blog entries or edit the ones you have already written. Everyone will be given usernames and passwords on the first class day to start participating.

Please look around and get comfortable with the course website,
M. Hristova