Morality Vigilantes

Tell me what you think of this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4198768.stm

mobile phone cancer non-link?

Check out this story from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4196762.stm

What do you think about the safety of cell phones? Does all radiation pose a risk?

Miracle cure?

I'd like the class to read the following story and tell me what you think.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/29/cancer.paste.ap/index.html

The blogs so far.

So far, so good. I've posted comments on each of the blogs (except one where the option was turned off). I highly recommend that the student read the various blogs and post construcive comments. If you think someone is wrong, say so, but be nice and have good reasons to back up your idea.

Another ground rule: no memorized arguments. If you express an idea, make sure you understand the ideas behind that idea and are not just quoting "ammunition".

Make sure you read the CNN article about President Bush and Creationism. In fact, if you get a chance read the BBC version of the story

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4136690.stm

Class Blogs so far

Here are the blogs sites that have been submitted so far.

• Mark Walker


• Danielle Meijer


• Lacy Hatfield


• Nichole Thompson


• Samantha Kriste


• Allison Pules


• Melisa Martin


• Alex O'Connor


• Callie Robinson


• Kyle Medeiros


• Stephanie Shreve


• Abby Buckalew


• Richard Rios


• Amber Patterson


• Jessica Weldy


• Elyse Solomen


• Norman Davis

Please check out each other's blogs and (while being nice) discuss what various people have said.

Class Reading

Between now and this Monday (29 August 2005) I'd like students to read in addition to the handout I printed in class, the following article:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/02/bush.education.ap/index.html

and comment in their blog about what they think.

Class blog

I decided that I would start a class blog, something to relate messages to the class, talk about upcoming assignments, or whatever.

Today I found out that there is going to be a Nova special called Origins. This looks very relevant to the class and it may become assigned viewing, but I haven't decided yet. I do highly recommend to the class that they check it out.

The Origins website is located at:

Origins

There has been a bit of trouble with the require texts for the class. This is being sorted out and in the interim I have an alternate set of reading for the class which will be announced Friday, 26 August.

So far, the blogs that have been submitted are range from "not bad" to "pretty good" to excellent. I strongly encourage all the students in my class to check out what the other students have writen so far and comment where you feel appropriate.

I don't think I have to say this, but I do expect a certain level of civility when it comes to posting comments on peoples' blogs. I only mention this because I know some people go a little crazy when they do new things on the net.