Monday, May 18, 2009

Zombies

2. Find one other source you can access from the library database(s)
3. Write a couple paragraphs, using a direct quote from each article and paraphrasing a quote/idea from each article
4. For the direct quotations: Use one introductory clause/phrase (pg. 191) and one incorporated structure (pg. 192)

Many people believe that zombies exist and live among us. Harvard Botanist Wade Davis, insists "Zombbiism exists and is a societal phenomenon that can be explained logically" (Diedrich 1). In a Discover interview Davis also says that his forte was more as a storyteller. (Discover 2)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

My topic idea is going to be about the possible switch of college football from the current Bowl College Series (BCS) to what many are arguing for a playoff system and how the government should be less involved. Government leaders such as Barack Obama and Joe Barton have expressed their interest in changing the landscape of college football. In this research paper I will explain how government leaders such as these two should not be worried about a sport but more worried about our current economic problems.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/05/enough-debate-adopt-a-playoff-system-for-college-football.html

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/01/football.bcs/index.html