Assignment: Week Two

For this week, you will have 2 individual assignments. You will have until Sunday September 7th to complete them both.
1. Scout the internet for news stories of interest. As you read through them, choose 2 of the stories and write comments in response to them. You will find the option at the end of the article, and some of the sites may require you to create a user account. That should be no problem. All you need to give them is an active e-mail address that you need to check and confirm the registration. Before you post the comment, send me a copy of the comment plus the URL for where I might find the article.
2. We are participating in a program called Letters to the Next President. With your google account, you will be able to access google docs account and learn about the presidential campaign and other political issues. We will be following the Republican Convention and the media that surround it. We will also keep an eye on Barak Obama's campaign. Eventually, you will write a persuasive letter to the next President of the United States about issues that you argue should be prioritized and why.
3. Business as usual. Write and publish another article about a current event. Gather information from multiple sources. If you are using the print or web-based media, notice that published stories are recycled and come from a handful of sources. Again, site your sources and show the URL of anything you refer to. As you write more, try to find stories outside of the popular and mainstream media

Hurricane Gustav Hits Cuba



Within these few weeks hurricanes are slowly coming back to New Orleans, Cuba and states that are within it's path. I find it SAD and somewhat intimidating that these natural weathers can simply take a family out of their home within a blink on an eye. The victims of the natural attacks are now left homeless. Some still have their houses but, the damage that the storm/hurricane did was to overwhelming. Above you'll see a small clip of Hurricane Gustav. One of the many hurricanes that had devastated people from their homes. The news tend to cover Gustav more because they said that it could be the next Katrina.

COMMENTS:

"These poor people. First they were hit with Katrina, and now they have to go through it again? They barely had time to rebuild their homes. Seeing the faces on your pictures really saddens me. We need to help people within our country first before anywhere else."-Minh Tran
-The New York Times.

"This saddens me to see children without a home."
-SFgate