The summery of my latest paper

                The article is basicly about how the military can’t win the war on suicide. The there is more deaths of soldiers that committed suicide then there is of soldiers who los their lifes in Afghanistan. According to the Secretary of Defence this issue is the most hardest thing he has had to deal with. The Pentegon’s Help line is one way to help but with waiting up to an hour that gives enough time to think of the option of suicide. It is sad seeing our troops coming back and killing them selfs, so this article is put on the table to show that this topic has importance.

War on Sucide

            In their scholarly article “The War on Suicide” (2012) by Mark Thompson and Nancy Gibbs state that the veterans from 2001 through 2012 that have committed suicide has trespassed the number of deaths of soldiers from the war in Afghanistan. The first give an example of two soldiers who committed suicide and proceed to what important people have to say about this issue. Next the authors talk the stress the soldiers have also with the social stigma and the help of getting mental assistance. If you are or have a family member that is in the military then this is an article worth reading.    

The prison Video

The TED video was actually pretty good. The guy is talking about prisons and about the dead row. He also was trying to get us to get the whole concept that words have energy or power. To me I feel that he is cool since he knew Rosa Parks and was a lawyer for Doctor King that is always nice to know. I agree with what Mr. Brain is fighting for, the equality of prison and dead row. It is not fair that a Black or Hispanic has a larger possibility to go jail or prison for life than a white person. Take the guy that shot and killed 12 people at the Aurora Theater; he is in a mental instituted when clearly he was smart because he was top of class in his university. If it would have been a Black or Hispanic guess what dead sentence no options and no bail bond. This is horrible and yes America needs to fix this. I also agree with Mr. Brain that a kid should not be trailed as an adult.   

Column summery

This column is about the U.S. News magazine and the rankings of colleges. It is stating that schools that spend more money and increase tuition are in the number one spots in the magazine’s ranking as the best schools. If you go to a school such as Texas A&M that has a better graduation percentage and is way cheaper, just because of the money being spent is not a good school but you could be getting the same education. The author thinks this is absurd and that is why he created this column to open people’s eyes.     

ethos-logos-pathos chart for column

Ethos:

                Joe Nocera NY Times columnist, U.S. News & World, U.S. News magazine not only rankes Universities but law schools, Graduate schools, and even high schools.

Pathos:

                “Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia are at top of list for best Universities in the states, but are they;” “ Exercise is a little silly” “and they imbue these rankings with an authority that is largely unjustified” “Better ranking, they need to spend money like mad — even though they will have to increase tuition that is already backbreaking.” “If you figure out how to do the same service for less money, your U.S. News ranking will go down,” “Those who don’t land a prestigious admission feel like failures.” “I have no doubt that you can obtain a very good education at Texas A&M. As you surely can at many other institutions that don’t crack the top of the U.S. News rankings.”

Logos:

                This list is made by magazines editors. This list probably keeps the enterprise alive charging $34.95 to see the web site and they imbue these rankings with an authority that is largely unjustified. “U.S. News cares a lot about how much money a school raises and how much it spends: on faculty; on small classes; on facilities; and so on. It cares about how selective the admissions process is.” “High school students — pushed by parents, guidance counselors and society itself — is to get into a “good” school.” bang for the buck.” “Its top-ranked national universities this year are the University of California-San Diego and Texas A&M. Neither is ranked in the top 30 by U.S. News. All they do is graduate a higher percentage of students than you would expect given their populations — at a reasonable price.”

Link of columnist For paper

My link on the assignment I will be working on for paper two. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/opinion/nocera-the-silly-list-everyone-cares-about.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Obama's: Christina Saralegui's add

The first thing that grabbed my attention is that it is a well-known Hispanic TV conductor in the video. She looks very serious when talking and she gives the confidence that she knows what she is talking about. What is important in this video is that she implies that we need to move forward and not backwards and that with Obama we will move forward. She has a good style to provoke us to vote for Obama very emotional tone of voice. Like I said she looks very serious and confident so I it makes everything of Obama feel right. The argument in this video is that when Obama went in as president the economy was horrible and he helping to bring it back. If we vote for Rodney we will go back and we need to go forward.