Are Un-Paid Internships a form a Exploitation? Who Benefits from Them?

The Sunday, April 3rd New York Times' Opinion Section includes an article titled "Unpaid Interns, Complicit Colleges" which examine the issue of un-paid internships for college students and the possibility that these internships may unfairly help the employer and university to the detriment of students. After reading and summarizing the article(see link)state your views and be ready to share these in class for extra credit points.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/opinion/03perlin.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Does Social Security Need to be Fixed?

The Miami Herald's Sunday, March 27th Opinion Section includes an article titled "Why Social Security Must be Fixed" (see link) in which its author claims that Social Security favors "middle and high earners over less well-off retirees." After reading the article, state why the author makes that claim and state your personal opinion

Would "Structural Changes" help fix our problems in Miami Dade County?

Miami Herald columnnist Myriam Marquez has a piece in the Sunday, March 20th Miami Herald's Local Section which discusses the county charter (see link). After reading the article and perhaps researching (on line, if you wish) pertinent topics with which you may not be familiar, i.e. commissioners' salaries, etc., summarize the article and write your comments.

What Does it Take to be a "Better Boss?"

The Sunday, March 13th's Business Section of The New York Times includes an article titled "The Quest to Build a Better Boss" which recounts Google's "Project Oxygen," which intended to find the characteristics of what most employees call the better boss. After reading the article (see link above and below) and summarizing it in the blog, state your opinion. Be ready to discuss the article and your thoughts in class if you want to have the chance of earning five extra credit points.




http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/business/13hire.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Is Money the Answer to Better Education? Why? Why not?

The Miami Herald's Sunday, March 6th's Other Views' section includes two pieces (see links above and below), one by MDC's president Eduardo Padron and the other by Florida's former governor Jeb Bush, that address the topic of education. Read both pieces and after summarizing them express your views in the blog. Be ready to discuss your views in class if you wish to earn five points extra credit


http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/06/2098433/padron-you-get-what-you-pay-for.html

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/06/2098423/bush-florida-leads-way-in-school.html

Should We Give into Pirates?

The New York Times' Sunday, February 27th Week in Review's Section includes an article titled "Suddenly, a Rise in Piracy's Price," which recounts some of the problems the U.S. faces with piracy, starting more than 200 years ago. After reading the article and familiarizing yourself with historical events mentioned in it, summarize the article and post your comments. Be ready to intellegently discuss the article; the historical references and your opinions in class if you wish to earn five points extra credit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/weekinreview/27pirates.html?_r=1&ref=weekinreview

Are military governments to be trusted?

The New York Times’ Sunday, February 20th Week in Review section includes an article (see link above and below) titled “When Armies Decide” which comments on the perils of transitional and especially military governments such as the one in Egypt now after the departure of Mubarak. Read the article and, after familiarizing with the names mentioned in the article, post your views on the blog. Be ready to intelligently discuss the article and your views in class for five points extra credit.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/weekinreview/20military.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=when%20armies%20decide&st=cse