ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Madison Debate Society Public Debate

Wednesday, April 8th, 5pm, Taylor 402

This open forum debate will be focused on the question "What should JMU students do to make the Harrisonburg community safer?". This is in reaction to the recent break-ins, stabbings, and shootings that have occured in areas, highly populated with JMU students. Lou Nagy, an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney downtown will be speaking at the beginning of the meeting on the Harrisonburg communities response as a whole, such as what police, prosecutors, and community members see as the root issue, how they're reacting, and what they think will make the overall harrisonburg community safer.

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - SURVIVOR PANEL

Thursday 4/9: SURVIVOR PANEL at 6pm in HHS 1301. Come and hear cancer survivors share their stories, and even share your own experience with cancer.

Paper Guidelines

Argumentation and Advocacy Paper Guidelines

Paper Topics

1. Choose any issue related to your public controversy. This controversy should be one with a significant discussion either in the media, academic press or on the internet.

2. Choose a particular argument or set of arguments within that controversy. Outline the arguments for a particular proposition. Some of these arguments will require a explanation of the opposing point of view.

3. Use one of the theories from the first half of the course (argument structures, public sphere, debate, argumentative fallacies, etc.) to critique the argument you have outlined. You should make sure you answer the following during this critique:

a. Is the argument a good one?

b. Why or why not?

Paper Guidelines

1. The paper should by 5-10 pages long.
2. Use a normal font with 12 point font. People love to use weird fonts. I don’t love it when you do.
3. Don’t mess with the margins. I will not be impressed by a ten page paper with 3 inch margins.
4. I don’t care what type of citations you use. Just make sure it is a recognized method and that you use the same method throughout the paper.
5. Please use page numbers
6. You do not have to include a title page. You may if you prefer, but you do not have to.
7. Papers are due May 2^nd by 2:00pm. Papers turned in after that time are considered late.

ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Conflict Transformation Conference

Conflict Transformation Conference
The First Annual International Undergraduate
Conflict Transformation Conference

April 15 and 16, 2009
Taylor Hall
April 15 at 12.00 pm: Please pre-register for Keynote lunch

Keynote Lunch followed by
Keynote Address:
1.00 – 2.15pm Wednesday April 15
World Expert in Mediation and Dispute Resolution
Professor Joseph P. Folger, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
The Disciplinary Roots of Conflict Intervention: How Should Theory Shape Our Practice?

Please join us as we bring together students, professors and mentors from around the world, who are interested in examining and advancing the concept of conflict transformation, to engage in dialogue about the concept and to present their work.

Please pre-register for Keynote buffet lunch on Wednesday at Noon
Conference Webpage:www.jmu.edu/commstudies/conflictanalysis/Conference.shtml

Sponsored by James Madison University College of Arts & Letters, School of Communication Studies, Office of International Programs, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Intervention and The Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation at Hofstra University School.

Control Room Articles

Readings for Tuesday:

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/wire/2004/06/07/al_jazeera/index.html

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/7/141220.shtml

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0402-10.htm

http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/06/is_aljazeera_less_biased_than.html

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040611/REVIEWS/406110303/1023

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/3926071.stm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_17_121/ai_n8702403

http://www.trentarthur.info/archives/000031.html

http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2004/06/04/control_room/

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2006/11/education_of_lt_rushing.html

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Madison Cup

If you went to the Madison Cup here is your place to post.

ARGUMENT AND ADVOCACY EVENT - Spotlight on Scholarship

Spotlight on Scholarship

Spotlight on Scholarship event is presented by the JMU’s Faculty Women’s Caucus. The Spotlight on Scholarship is an event is designed to recognize exceptional scholarly work by women and stimulate cross disciplinary research in the JMU community. Oral presentations will take place at the beginning of the event and will last 15 minutes each including time for questions and answers. Poster presentations will be displayed around the room and will be presented during the reception following the oral presentations.

Date: April 2, 2009

Time: 4:00PM-6:00 PM

Location: Festival Highlands Room

Speakers: Mieka Polanaco, Beth Chandler, Olga Pierrakos, Debra Warner Poster Displays: Lou Ann Lovin, Vicki Curry, Maria Papadakis, Amanda Biesecker, Amy Goodall, Jessica Irons