1) Read "The Coolhunt" by Malcolm Gladwell. In your journal, respond: Do the details of the coolhunt make you think that the media culture is too pervasive an influence in young people's live? Or is it appropriate?
2) Read the Henrik Hertzberg Talk of the Town piece from the New Yorker about the State of the Union address. Post your response as a comment on this message -- what elements of argumentation do you see in his short essay?
3) Send me an electronic copy of your freshman profile.
2) Read the Henrik Hertzberg Talk of the Town piece from the New Yorker about the State of the Union address. Post your response as a comment on this message -- what elements of argumentation do you see in his short essay?
3) Send me an electronic copy of your freshman profile.
