Issues Across the Curriculum : Reading, Writing, Research

PART I. READINGS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM /

1. Issues in Science

Science in Perspective / Interview: Oliver Sacks, Red: The Mystery of Color / Carl Zimmer, Emerging Secrets: Clues to Pre-Human Evolution / Review: Lynn Margulis, Microorganisms: Invisible Empire / Shannon Brownlee, Cancer’s Bad Seeds / Review: Lisbet Koerner, Marie Curie: A Life by Susan Quinn / Sidney Perkovitz, Quantum Technology and Common Sense / Stephen Hawking, Einstein’s Dream / Forum: Scientists and Science Ethics / Rachael Carson, Our War against Nature / Deborah Blum, The Monkey Wars / Elissa Ely, Dreaming of Disconnecting a Respirator /

2. Issues in Social Science

Social Science in Perspective / Interview: Studs Turkel, Joe Gutierrez, On the Job / Lisa Skow and Larry A. Samovar, Cultural Patterns of the Maasai / William J. Doherty, Private Lives, Public Values / Orlando Patterson, The Paradox of Integration / Arturo Madrid, Diversity and Its Discontents / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Was America a Mistake? / Jonathan Kozol, Distancing the Homeless / Ynestra King, The Other Body: Difference, Disability, and Identity Politics / Forum: How Smart Are Intelligence Tests? / Review: Leon J. Kamin, Behind the Curve / Nancy Gibbs, The E. Q. Factor /

3. Issues in Business

Business in Perspective / Paul Samuelson, Supply and Demand / William Ouchi, The Competitive Edge: Japanese and Americans / Lester C. Thurow, The New Economics of High Tech / Amy Cortese and Kathy Rebello, The Marketing of Windows 95 / Deborah Cramer, Troubled Waters: Regulating the Fisheries / Nina Munk, Canada’s Culture Cops / Paula Dwyer and William Glascall, The Lesson from Barings’ Straits / Forum: Business and the Consumer / Leah Garchik, Astroturf Lobbyists Sprout All Over / Mark Kramer, The Ruination of the Tomato / Jonahan Alter, The Cave on Tobacco Road /

4. Issues in the Humanities

The Humanities in Perspective / Poem: Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things / Poem: Marge Piercy, Simple Song / Poem: Walt Whitman, A Glimpse / Poem: May Swenson, Question / Poem: Lorna Dee Cervantes, Refugee Ship / Short Story: Mary Robinson, You / Autobiography: Nathan McCall, Time / Toni Morrison, Cinderella’s Stepsisters / Amoja Three Rivers, Cultural Etiquette: A Guide / Joyce Carol Oates, Rape and the Boxing Ring / Forum: Government and the Arts / Robert Hughes, Why America Shouldn’t Kill Cultural Funding / Robert Brustein, The Smashing of the Bell /

5. Issues in Communication

Communication in Perspective / News Report: Myron Stokes and David Zeman, The Shame of the City / News Analysis: Richard Lacayo, Anatomy of a Disaster / Fox Butterfield, Video of “Racist” Event Challenged / Carl Bernstein, The Idiot Culture / Stanley Crouch, Michael Jackson: Moby Dick of Pop / Jessica Hagedorn, Asian Women in Film: No Joy, No Luck / Jean Albronda Heaton and Nona Leigh Wilson, Talk TV: Tuning in to Trouble / Forum: Voyaging in Cyberspace / Philip Elmer-Dewitt, Bards of the Internet / Edward Baig, A Cyberfest for Culture Lovers / Gary Chapman, Flamers /

6. Issues in Career Education

Career Education in Perspective / Joanne Jacobs, Job One: Education / Roger E. Swardson, Downsizing Hits Home / Hedrick Smith, Preparing for Life in the Real World / Leon Lederman, Blackboard Bungle / Ellen Papazian, Are Nurses Being Phased Out? / Interview: Lani Guinier and Karen Burstein, Affirmative Action: What’s Fair? / Evan Thomas and Bob Cohn, Rethinking the Dream / Forum: Gender in the Workplace / Interview: Katie Monagle, Work: Mabel Dole Haden and Marley Shebala / Barbara Ehrenreich, The Next Wave / Perri Klass, Are Women Doctors Different? /

7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Interdisciplinary Approaches in Perspective / Plato, Educating the Guardians / Eric Hoffer, God and the Machine Age / Howard E. Gruber, Darwin’s Imagery: The “Tree of Nature” / Marcia Angell, Science and the Law: Are Breast Implants Actually OK? / Charlene Spretnak, Wholly Writ: Women’s Spirituality / Randall E. Majors, America’s Emerging Gay Culture / Research Paper: Bryan Sun, Chaos and Complexity: An Approaching Reality / Forum: Rethinking Nuclear War / Alan Cranston: Dropping the A-Bomb: The Non-Event / Paul Gray, Doomsdays / Howard Chua-Eoan, The Clash of Cultures /

PART II. READING, WRITING, RESEARCH

8. Reading Strategies

Close Reading / Responding to Clues / Taking Notes / Drawing on a Text: Quotation and Paraphrase / Synthesis: Correlating Texts / Reading On-Line / Robert Kuttner, Needed: A Two-Way Social Contract in the Workplace /

9. Writing As Process

Discovering Your Purpose / Writing for an Audience / Working Up Material / Shaping a First Draft / Revising and Rethinking / Editing and Proofreading / Computer Writing, Collaborative Writing, Interactive Writing /

10. Writing Strategies

Tracing the Process / Generalizing: Charting the Trend / Classification: Sorting Out / Structuring a Comparison / Cause and Effect: Problem to Solution / Weighing Pro and Con / Defining a Key Term / Argument: Making Your Case / Persuading Your Audience /

11. Practical Prose Forms

Abstract, Condensation, Summary, Review / Interviews / Proposal Writing / Report Writing / Surveys and Questionnaires /

12. Research Strategies

Focusing on a Topic / Initiating Your Search / Gathering: Taking Notes / Shaping: Organizing and Drafting / Revising / Documentation Styles: MLA, APA, and Other / Avoiding Plagiarism / Parenthetical Documentation: MLA / Works Cited Directory: MLA / Sample Research Paper: MLA / Documentation Style: APA / References Directory: APA / Sample Research Paper Pages: APA /

Acknowledgements

Index of Authors and Titles

Index of Terms

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