Week Eight Assignment

Hopefully there is no problem with this blog assignment. This assignment is due Thursday, November 19th. We are constantly being bombarded with images of what "beauty" looks like. This article deals with women's images as portrayed by the media.
1) Read the article, Media Image of Women on pages 560-562 of your text.
2)What is the main idea of the article?
3) What types of information are used to support the main points of the article?
4)Why did researchers generate a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions?
5)Write a paragraph describing the way YOU think women should be portrayed in the media.

Week 7 Assignment

This assignment is due on Thursday November 12th. It connects to the previous week's assignment about violence on campus. One aspect of critical reading is to find relationships between ideas and concepts. This required reading is from the Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2008. It is entitled:
Virginia Tech Massacre Has Altered Campus Mental Health Systems
Remember to click on the link to read the article.

After reading the article:
1. It is stated that there are "three major types of change". Three is a signal word to alert you to important information that will follow. List the three changes that are discussed in the article.
2. In a short paragraph connect this article to the one that we read on Campus Security. What are the threads that tie these two articles together?
3. Are there any steps that we should be taking at NYIT to increase our security?