News from Around America 04.30.14

• USA - FLOTUS to young girls: "I believe that girl power is about being the very best version of who you are." (Huffington Post)
• CALIFORNIA - LA Clippers owner banned for life, fined 2.5 million, for racist remarks (CNN)
• FLORIDA -  College Hunks mover becomes a human chair to help an elderly woman stuck in an elevator (Huffington Post)
• USA - Americans okay with small surcharges to ensure workers get insurance (FOX Business)
• NEW YORK - Meet the NYC coeds who strip at night to pay for college (New York Post)
• MICHIGAN - Davenport University graduate face plants after failed backflip (CBS Detroit)

Week 14: Mo 28/We 30

Seattle, Washington

Week 14: Mo 28/We 30
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PAGE 8; BRING TWO
COPIES)

Upcoming:

Week 15: Mo 05/We 07
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT)

Week 16: Mo 12
Class: End-of-class review
Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS

News from Around America 04.25.14

• CALIFORNIA - Up-inspired Victorian upsets neighbors (NBC Bay Area)
• HAWAII - University sued for blocking students from distributing copies of the Constitution (Huffington Post)
• ILLINOIS - Man wins lotto three times in three weeks (Huffington Post)
• NEVADA - Conservative hero Cliven Bundy wonders if the "Negro" was better off under slavery (Washington Post)
• NEW YORK: Is it Pitbull or Amy Poehler? (Entertainment Weekly)
• CALIFORNIA - Clippers owner makes his own shocking racist remarks (Sports Illustrated)

Week 13: Mo 21/We 23

Portland, Oregon

Week 13: Mo 21/We 23
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PAGE 4; BRING TWO
COPIES)

Upcoming:

Week 14: Mo 28/We 30
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PAGE 8; BRING TWO
COPIES)

Week 15: Mo 05/We 07
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT)

Week 16: Mo 12
Class: End-of-class review
Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS

News from Around America 04.16.14

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• USA - Americans and the Problem of Exotic Pets (Huffington Post)
• COLORADO - $98 million: The amount of taxes Colorado expects to bring in from Marijuana sales this year (Reuters)
• USA - Inside today's KKK (Business Insider)
• CALIFORNIA - Witness a college student's epic fail on Wheel of Fortune (Salon)
• NEBRASKA - When prom comes crashing down (CNN)
• TENNESSEE - Student wearing Confederate flag dress denied entrance into her prom (CNN)

Week 12: Mo 14/We 16

Park City, Utah

Week 12: Mo 14/We 16
Read: SHOUTIN’—“Getting Even with Life”
Class: Reading discussion; Multimedia presentations
Due: REFLECTION 06-A/06-B

Upcoming:

Week 13: Mo 21/We 23
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PAGE 4; BRING TWO
COPIES)

Week 14: Mo 28/We 30
Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PAGE 8; BRING TWO
COPIES)

Week 15: Mo 05/We 07
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT)

Week 16: Mo 12
Class: End-of-class review
Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS

Reflection 06-B: Isn't It Bromantic?—The Rise of Bromances

Note: For your final reflection, you will write about two different topics: America's Breast Obsession (06:A) and The Rise of Bromances (06:B). Each reflection should be only one page long.

One interesting phenomenon over the past decade has been the rise of so-called "bromances," intimate, but non-sexual, relationships between American men. Affectionate male bonding has a centuries-long tradition around the world, yet American society has generally drawn rigid lines between two males who are friends—or at least we are lead to believe. Bromances are said to break down many of traditional barriers, allowing a man to be more expressive of both his own feelings and his feelings toward his friend. Just why American male friendships are seemingly more open these days is up to debate. Some argue these bonds have been shaped by everything from feminist mothers raising more emotionally-open sons to the gay rights movement to younger generations of men simply breaking from old societal taboos. If you are a man, have you experienced a bromance? Does it feel any different than any other male friendship? And if you are a female, what do theses relationships look like from the outside looking in? Has a bromance ever made you feel excluded?

Include at least two of the following pieces in your discussion:

• "Are You in a Bromance? (Or Is It Just a Man Crush?)" (Details)
• "Why I Love Guys Who Hug Other Guys" (New York Magazine)
• "Bromances Aren't Uncommon as Guys Delay Marriage" (Seattle Times)
• "The Joys of Bromance" (Huffington Post)
• "I Love You, Man (as a Friend)" (New York Times)
• "Male-ennials…and the Rise of the Wolf Pack" (MTV News)

Requirements:

• Must be in MLA Style
• Must be one full page in length
• Must include a works cited page

Due: We 04.16