LIB100I - Spring 2009 (Rosalind Tedford Instructor) 

Attend one of the following lectures on campus this week and:

1. Find out something about the speaker (not from Wikipedia) and summarize and cite your source.

2. Summarize their lecture

3. Give one fact from the lecture and try to verify it. Describe your research process.

From Sculpture to Print
Faculty Forum
Room 102, Scales
Tuesday April 21st 5:30pm

Camouflaged Rapes
U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright
Pugh Auditorium, Benson Center
Wednesday, April 22nd 7pm

Have I Learned Anything Yet?
Student Union last lecture series
Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall
Wednesday, April 22nd 7:30pm

Energy and the Global Economy
Great Decisions 2009
Room A-102, Scales
Tuesday April 23rd 7pm

New Baptist Covenant Regional Meeting
Wait Chapel
Saturday April 25th all day
Jimmy Carter will speak at 2:30pm

Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility
Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall
Monday April 27th all day - see web site for times of specific events

In the past year, a lot of discussion has been occuring about the future of news sources.

• The Christian Science Monitor announced a shift from a print to an online strategy.
• US News and World Report also changed its publication patterns
• Time Magazine from February 2009 had a cover story on How to Save your Newspaper
• The author of that article also appeared on The Daily Show to discuss it
• And in The New York Times there was an editorial on the importance of the Newspaper
  

And there have been many other articles on the topics as well. For this assignment, please read the articles above, think about your use of newspapers, news magazines, news radio and comment about the current situation. What do you use news for? What place does it have in research in the Social Sciences? Would you miss it if it went away? Why? Why are professional journalists (as opposed to iReporters, for example) important? What are the risks of having a news industry dependent on advertising revenues rather than subscription income?

These are examples of the kind of questions for you to consider but are not the only ones that may arise. We leave it up to you to comment on the state of news in this country as you see fit. But however you respond you need to show evidence that you read these articles and have given it some serious thought.

We will be awarding between 1 and 5 extra credit points depending on the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of your response.

1. You will research who Ron Paul is and what his beliefs are in a source OTHER than Wikipedia. You will summarize what you find and give your source.

2. You will attend Ron Paul's lecture on Monday night in Wait Chapel

3. You will write a brief summary of what he talked about.

4. You will write down one fact that he states and then try to verify it. You will descibe that process and cite your sources!