The Anthropocene is a proposed name to define our current geologic epoch – a new era where humans exert influence over the Earth’s natural systems. There is plentiful evidence that this name change is long overdue; however, rather than debating amongst the many researchers and scientists for a point of origin, environmental ethics scholar Christopher J. Preston in “Framing an Ethics of Climate Management for the Anthropocene” considers the complexity of climate change, and through the use of logos
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WRT 205 C.C. Hendricks, Instructor Keeping Portfolios for Students Principles of Portfolio Keeping: 1. Choice: "Writers make many choices, selections, or decisions at every stage of the writing process, but they are not always conscious of those choices; the portfolio method makes them more aware of their decision process" (Reynolds 6). -In this course, you get a choice as to which papers you will revise, out of the three completed this semester, to revise for a FINAL grade in the portfolio
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During the Speech Forum, there were two speakers who gave the reasons along with facts and explanations on the policy of why or why not law enforcement should wear body cameras. In the Pro's speech, she believe that law enforcement should wear the body camera because it would help in aiding in eyewitness testimony and because it eliminate police brutality while in the Con's speech he believe that law enforcement should not wear the body camera because they are counter productive and an invasion of
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With social conflicts in America stealing the spotlight in most major news outlets, the people are beginning to question what qualifies as patriotic. A pure example of this can be seen in the National Football League where some players are refusing to stand for the country’s national anthem. This has caused uproars and debates among Americans across the land of freedom. Kenneth Jost, a reporter for The CQ Researcher, observes that many Americans fear patriotism is declining in the nation (Jost, 545)
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I am writing in response to Laura Colarusso’s published online article, “The Five most outrageous Obama Care analogies” published on November 9th, 2013. Laura Colarusso believed that the topic of healthcare reform has inspired some decidedly heated rhetoric. This is why she has listed 5 examples of the most outrageous analogies. The focus of this article is to compare and contrast the negatives of Obama Care to negative events in world history such as slavery, and World War II. In my opinion, the
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Nathan refuses not only assimilate, but to give up on his mission, “Even after the family gets discouraged about their mission, realizing Nathan’s failures, he continues to preach Christianity” (Becker 10). He is so sure of what he is doing that it blinds him from seeing the detriment that his actions are causing. His tenacity obscures any possible deterrents as he continues his mission against all odds. The political cartoon (Pinterest) represents this within not only America, but western powers
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Richard Meyer is arguing that censorship generates the publicity and reproduction of the works it seeks to suppress. The Jesse Helms Theory of Art teaches us that art recirculation typically fuels efforts to contain art. Meyer points specifically to how Helms drew more attention to the art that he wished so passionately didn't exist. Two different sources that Meyer uses to support his argument are that of "The Force of Fantasy: Feminism, Mapplethorpe, and Discursive Excess," written by Judith Butler
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The things people desire are sometimes the things that harm people the most. Robert Kubey, a professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor of psychology and management at Claremont University, demonstrate in their article, “Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor,” how television addiction can likely be associated with “drugs like alcohol and cigarettes” (Kubey and Csikszentmihalyi 259). Many Psychologists define substance dependence as
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The texts, “How the Teen Brain Transforms Relationships” by Daniel Siegel and, "Teens' Penchant for Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster" by Erin Ross argue that adolescence is a hard time in life. The authors argue that during the stage of adolescence, teens can feel many emotions. Adolescence can be scary, difficult, and stressful. I believe that while being an adolescent, teens may seek attachment to peers, feel more intense emotions, and learn from risks. The authors prove these statements
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In my own group, we wrote and performed about a wide range of topics concerning sexism, ignorance, and the disadvantage of marginalized groups, specifically women. Accordingly, we expressed these issues through both a very serious speech and a very satirical (and not so serious) performance, and the satire laced skit used a wide range of satirical devices to get our point across, using humor rather than solemnity. Exaggeration or farce was the most heavily used device in my own opinion, and can be
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