Assignment for Friday, 5/8

Next week, we'll host Courtney Gross, the City Government Editor of the Gotham Gazette. To prep for her visit, read "Bloomberg and the Incredible Shrinking Mayor’s Race," from a March NY Times blog entry (available here). Feel free to summarize; in fact, this is your last opportunity, so most of you SHOULD take advantage.

Courtney will only be with us for the first half of the class; the second half will be spent on a course and exam review. Remember that our final exam is the following week (May 15).

Finally, please note that your final papers should be uploaded into turnitin.com by the start of class time on May 8. (Don't forget to include a works cited/bibliography - this is NOT the same thing as your already submitted annotated bibliography, by the way.) You should also hand to me a signed CAA form - proof of your visit to the Center for Academic Achievement. Let me know ASAP if you have any questions about the paper assignment.

Assignment for Friday, 5/1

Here's the announcement you've all been waiting for: there will be NO class on Friday, April 24. I'm planning on having a baby instead.

This means that your next summary is not due until Friday, May 1. I'm adding an additional article option as well. So for next time, read the following THREE articles from the UP Reader:

• "Urban Sacrifice," by Buzz Bissinger
• "Regionalisms Old and New," by Dreier, Mollenkopf, and Swanstrom
• "The American City in the Age of Terror," by Eisenger

You can summarize ONE of these (and many of you really should). However, please note that because of this interruption in our schedule, I am going to REDUCE the number of required summaries by one - to a total of FIVE. (Any of you who have ALREADY submitted six will get some extra credit for it, but only if I already have the 6th in my possession; otherwise 5 is the limit.)

If all goes well, I should be on campus next week, so you can come by with questions, or drop me a note through e-mail. Otherwise, see you May 1.

Assignment for Friday, 4/17

Since next week is Spring Break, the next time we meet will be April 17. We will have a featured guest speaker, Mr. Wiley Norvell, the Communications Director of the non-profit group, Transportation Alternatives.

To prepare for Wiley's visit, read the transportation section of the NYC government's 2008 Progress Report on the PlaNYC (the city's current environmental plan for 2008-2030). Feel free to write a summary (and remember that we are going to run out of summary opportunities sooner than you think).

Also, please remember that your ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES are due on the 17th as well - they should be uploaded into turnitin.com by class time.