Week 1 Semester 2

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2104040,00.html


The Year That Winter Forgot: Is It Climate Change?
Walsh wrote this and was commenting on the way that weather has been changing over time. The first section of his column talked about how he was experiencing something new when the first colds of the new year started very recently. He talked about how people were growing so accustomed to the warmer weather that once the cold hit they were not as angry because it was a change from what they were used to. Walsh also talks about the effects that the cold is having on tourism. He talks about how the dramatic change in weather is making it harder for ski bussiness to stay becasue there isnt enough snow and people are resorting to warmer destinations. Walsh also talks about how because the cold has been coming on slowly it was hard for us to notice but now looking back on the climate we can see how the steady changes have been pointing to a future of warmer weather for a long time. These points that Walsh was making are connected to my life because he mentions how people are being affected socially and how they are to expect changed weather and my future is that future of much warmer weather comparitively.

Columnist Ahoy #3

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cepeda/9201100-452/being-a-charter-doesnt-make-school-good-or-bad.html

Being a charter doesn’t make school good or bad

Cepeda writes about the ongoing debate about the troubles with charter schools in Chicago in comparison to the public schools in CPS. She describes how it is hard to make a valid decision as to if the charter schools are actually failing students becasue it is not possible, at this time, to compare success rates completely because of a numerous amount of factors. These factors include, neighborhoods that feed into the school and are not in the schools control. Cepeda wants to show to her readers that charter schools arent going anywhere and that there needs to be in a reform in thinking about these "failing" schools before there can be a reform in the actual schools.

Columnist Ahoy #2

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cepeda/9012011-452/my-five-holiday-wishes-and-ok-world-peace.html

My five holiday wishes (and, OK, world peace)

Cepeda's purpose in writing this column is to show the problems going on in Chicago that need to be addressed. She sees this as an opportunity to show the most important issues to her in Chicago at this time. She writes it as a holiday wish list to make it more appropriate for the upcoming holiday season and adds a comedic affect to her column. She accomplishes this goal of incorporating a holiday spirit in her column by having a cheery and playful tone even while discussing the problems in Chicago. She uses words like, "craziness" to have a lighter feeling toward a serious idea. 

Columnists Ahoy! #1

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cepeda/8922887-452/public-schools-are-failing-the-most-gifted-students.html

Public schools are failing the most gifted students

Throuout this column, Cepeda wrote about the hardships that gifted students were going through in public schools because of the lack of attention they were recieving. She wrote about how students who were above average intelligence were scoring worse on tests because they werent challenged and were not motivated to do well in school because their needs for more intense education werent being met. Cepeda also discusses how some districts are viewing gifted student programs and "enrollment pressure" and that they are making the schoool less desirable and that working toward helping gifted students isnt something that is worth the extra funding. She also discusses how since the programs at different public schools are being shut down, the hope for having motivated, above average students is decreasing before it even had a chance to begin. 

Censorship Image #3

file://localhost/Users/sheldonperl/Desktop/Internet%20censorship.gif

This image shows the artists view on internet censorship. Through the lack of color, only using black and white, the artist is showing that its a serious matter and that there isnt anything happy or colorful about the sensorship. In the image there is a pop up of an alert that says that there was a "1st ammendment error". This shows that the artist doesnt think that censorship is in line with what the 1st ammendment allows in the United States. The artists shows through this image that censorship is wrong and that if there is censorship, then there is no way for all of our rights that we have been promised can be upheld.

Censorship #2

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2011/Oct-10/150903-senseless-censor.ashx#axzz1au84ngaE
Senseless censor


In this article the author is making an argument against the censorship that is occuring in Iranian media. The author is making the case that censorship is ineffective. He argues that censorship doesnt make an impact because we are living in the 21st century where we have access to everything on the internet and trying to get rid of something would be nearly impossible because of how quickly everything moves and how fast everything is seen. He also argues that censorship is self distructive in nature. He argues that when people see that something is being censored they become more interested in learning about whatever is being censored when otherwise they would have never even seen it. He also suggests that the people who are looking to censor more need to start by censoring themselves and not the media.

Censorship #1

http://www.dailycampus.com/commentary/editorial-censorship-has-no-place-on-a-college-campus-1.2646065#.TpowVBwylsQ

Editorial: Censorship has no place on a college campus

In this editorial the author is showing how censorship at the University of Wisconsin -Stout is getting out of hand. The author explains how because people are being incredibly sensitive to not necessarily politically correct statements that people's right to free speech will become less and less important and soon there will be no sense of that right. He knows that there is a time and a place for excessively innappropriate remarks but he thinks that there is really a sense of over-sensitivity and that is what's causing all of the personal and general censoring at the university and in America as a whole. He finally believes that the United States was created off of the base of having the freedom to express what they deemed was appropriate to express and that if freedom of speech is gotten rid of then that would be causing the country to be dishonored.