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Voting for Disabled Citizens
With all the hubbub over the next debate topic (whether election day should be a national holiday) and this November’s presidential election, did you ever wonder how New Yorkers with limited dexterity or other disabilities can exercise their right to vote?
This website shows how the Image Cast ballot-marking device (BMD) helps disabled citizens to vote.
Debaters, Start Your Engines!
This morning is the start of Round 2. Here is the opening slide:
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Seasoning
This cartoon appeared in Monday’s Wall Street Journal newspaper. Who do you think the “they” refers to?
Hoax Photos
Can you tell which photographs are real and which are fake? Some pictures are realistic-looking, but are still false. Maybe a graphic artist used the program Adobe Photoshop to make changes to a photograph on the computer? Download this file, from Authentication Beyond the Classroom, for examples.
Jackalope picture from http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-wyoming/Jackalopepc.jpg
Talk About Close!
This chart from a Round 2 debate shows the teams receiving equal scores in three categories: Presentation, Teamwork, and Persuasiveness. That has never before happened in a debate.
Sports Illustrated’s Pay for Play
Sports Illustrated magazine wrote a piece in 2011 on paying college athletes. It considers what different sports programs cost a college, and how to even things up.
March Madness Based on Smarts?
The United States Department of Education has an interesting blog post on incentives in college sports, specifically, the NCAA Basketball Championships (also known as “March Madness” or “The Big Dance.”) The article is entitled “If academic performance determined who won at the Big Dance.” It focuses on how coaches’ salaries impact student academic scholarship.
Round 2 Topic Announced
The new topic was announced on Friday. It is: College athletes should be paid.
Round Two begins on Jan 27. Check the schedule tab in the next few days for match-ups.
Ready…. Set… Debate!
Armed Teachers Against Terrorists
Speaking of armed police, what do you think about arming teachers in places that need to protect themselves against terrorists attacks in schools? In Afghanistan, teachers are being trained to carry and use guns. This comes after 150 school children were murdered by Taliban terrorists. Read more about it in the New York times article here and let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Armed in Europe
This Associated Press article explains a bit about how European police are getting guns — or more powerful guns — to protect citizens against terrorism.