From today's NY Times: Troll Control

Julie Zhuo, a product design manager at Facebook, explores how Facebook and other sites seek to combat trolling.

meetings for final portfolio

Your Final Portfolio (Due Friday, Dec. 10) Should Include:

1. A Table of Contents
2. An Introduction (250 to 500 words) in which you explain which writer you encountered in this course (e.g. Nye, Brand, or ______) offers the best model for expository writing, and why.
3. A Revised Version of Paper Three (or Paper Two, if you like) in which you highlight the connection of your subject matter to New England.

Please bring your portfolio materials to me for our conference before the last day of class. Those materials should include a rough draft of your introductory essay.


Friday December 3

Gabrielle Chin
Collin McNamara
Jonah Lou
Alex Kithes
Greer Gavin
James Leong
Alyssa Azizi-Yarand


Monday December 6

Amy Ekart
Phil Sussingham
Alexandra Erb
John Yang
Arlind Hoxha
Alvin Chin
Ben Bernays


Wednesday December 8

Dennis Nakkeeran
Ryan Mulhern
Pamela Lim
Michael Ruan

new infrastucture project for U.S.

Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan

Presentations

Please consider which of the following dates you would like to give your
presentation:

W 11-17 Student Presentations & Discussion

Alex Kithes

Monica Akhtar

Collin McNamara

Amy Ekart


Fr 11-19 Student Presentations & Discussion

Dennis Nakkeeran

Michael Ruan

Arlind Hoxha

Greer Gavin

Gabrielle Chin

M 11/22

Ben Bernays


M 11-29 Student Presentations & Discussion; Final version of Paper 3 due

Jonah Lou
John Yang



W 12-01 Student Presentations & Discussion

Phil Sussingham
Alexandra Erb
James Leong
Alyssa Azizi-Yarand




Fr 12-03 Student Presentations & Discussion; Draft of Final Portfolio due

Ryan Mulhern
Pamela Lim
Alvin Chen

Monbiot / Brand emails

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what the greens got wrong

This piece from the Atlantic concerns a new British doc on the green movement.

useful article on GM foods in Africa

This article explains why GM foods have been rejected by some African governments, even during times of famine.