Please post three OpEd ideas below, including your claims, reasons, and assumptions for each idea, by midnight on Wednesday. Then, make sure you comment on three other students' posts BEFORE class on
Friday. Happy Writing!
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Visiting hours in dorms
ReplyDeleteClaim: Hours available to visit in dorms are too rigid
Reasons: Hard to schedule home teaching with limited hours (makes it less personal if held in commons or other grounds on campus). Only allowed four hours a week in the opposite sexes dorm. With these short visiting hours it allows for hardly anytime to socialize or to study in groups.
assumption: With longer visiting hours, socializing, studying, and church callings can be made more efficient and successful.
Standardized Testing for College
Claim: It is an effective way to evaluate how intelligent someone is.
Reasons: Every school/teacher has different criteria
Every school grades differently. Allows the teacher to evaluate their teaching. Evaluates the understanding of the subject being taught.
Assumption: Standardized Testing creates a more equal way to measure a students knowledge
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Honor Code
Claim: Honor Code isn’t as enforced as they say it will be
Reasons: Many girls and boys do not wear shorts, skirts, and dresses that reach the knee length requirement. Girls still have hair extremes in styles and in color.
Assumption: Brigham Young University staff should enforce their consequences that are addressed in the honor code.
Idea 1:
ReplyDeleteAssumption- Americans feel antagonistic towards the Middle-East
Claim- America is becoming more racist towards Muslims
Reasons- Many incidents have taken place in the last week, including the burning of the Quran, the Islamist mosque, and the stabbing of a Muslim cab driver.
Idea 2:
Assumption- Drug use is a prevalent problem among young adults
Claim- Drug testing should be required among athletes
Reasons- Drugs can be an advantage in sports, lead to unhealthy addictions, and are against the honor code.
Idea 3:
Assumption- America's economic policy is ineffective
Claim- America needs to tell the international community China is not abiding by the laws of free market trade.
Reasons- China has superior economic power to that of the U.S., can use this power as dangerous leverage against the States, and increases America's national debt annually.
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ReplyDeleteClaim-BYU needs more dance classes
Reasons-The current dance classes are over crowded and extremely difficult to get in. Some have limited hours that are being taught.
Assumption-We need more dance classes to be able to suffice the amount of student who want to get into the classes.
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Claim- Freshmen Mentoring program does not help/alleviate stress on new students for registration.
Reasons- The "bundles" filled just as quickly as would regular registration for classes. If you are not satisfied with the bundle and wanted to change times it could not happen, the bundle would be deleted.
Assumption-By eliminating the freshmen-mentoring requirement, it would provide more flexibility in classes.
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Claim- British Petroleum is to be blamed for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Reasons-They did not drain the mud fluid that would have diminished the chances of the well from exploding.
Assumption-America is pointing their fingers toward Obama and his cabinet but they should be focusing on BP
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ReplyDeleteclaim-People do not fully understand the Arizona immigration law or situation
reasons-many people have not read it fully and only listen to what others say, people not from Arizona don't see the effects of illegal immigration as much
Assumption-Illegal immigration is bad
2.
claim-The freshman mentoring program should not be forced on students
reasons-the bundle limits students choices, the bundles make it harder to get class times that you want
assumption-the reader wants more options for classes
3.
claim- BYU should bring back the wrestling team
reasons- many students who wrestle would love to have a team and it would allow more students to get scholorships
assumption-wrestling is a good sport to have in college
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ReplyDeleteClaim- Visiting hours need to be longer and more often
Reason- It's to short of a time to do activities like study or watch a movie
They are afraid that people will do inappropriate things with the opposite sex in dorm rooms but if they were afraid of this happening, they would take away visiting hours all together because it doesn't take 2 hours to do that stuff.
Assumption- Visiting hours should be more frequent and longer
2.
Claim- The "christians" who burned the Quran to prostest the Muslim center aren't really Christians.
Reason- Christians by definition are followers of Christ, Christ example is one of love not of hate.
3 Nephi 11:29 "For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another."
Assumptions- There is a more rational and Chirst like way to prostest the Muslim center being built.
3.
Claim- Title 9 is unfair to guys.
Reasons- there is no women sport equivalent to football.
It hurts non big names sports for example, men's track and swimming.
Assumption- If you take football out of the mix and make schools have equal number of men and women scholarships this would cause greater equality in college sports than the current title 9 rule.
idea 1.
ReplyDeleteclaim: BYU should sponsor the rugby teams
reasons: both men and womens team go to nationals every year...bring in a lot of revenue; growing sport....more people are attending games
assumption: rugby would help bring money in for the school....but would be better if sponsored
idea 2.
claim: scooter and skateboards should be allowed on campus.
reason: faster transportation for students to and from class; easier to store and carry than bike
assumption: if students get to class faster they will do better in school
idea 3.
claim: the canon center hours should be longer on sundays
reason: some ward get out super late and have hardly any time to get food on sundays due to early closing hours; student who dont eat healthily and regularly dont do well in school
assumption: students with bad eating habits dont do well in school
Idea 1
ReplyDeleteClaim - There should be more than just two meal plan choices for Helaman Halls.
Reason - More choice of where you can go to eat.
Assumption - That people want to go other places to eat.
Idea 2
Claim - Politicians should be required to disclose all campaign funds.
Reason - So that voters can see who is backing the politicians.
Assumption - Seeing who backs the politicians makes it easier to see hidden motives.
Idea 3
Claim - Chickens should be required to be vaccinated for salmonella.
Reason - Salmonella is a serious illness and vaccination could prevent it.
Assumption - People don’t want to get sick.
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