ISB:202 Spring 2005--Extra Credit Project IIInstructor: Dr. Mark E WhalonT.A.: Chris WilsonClass Town Meeting: Addressing Cutting Edge Issues in a Public SettingRequirement for Extra Credit: You must turn in an outline reflecting your response to all of the following questions before you leave the P&SS 101 Lecture Hall—no exceptions and no delays. If you don’t turn in an outline in the proper format you will notbe given credit for your work. Your outline must be printed on white paper in 12 pt TimesNew Roman font, single spaced and consist of at least 5 pages of outlined text, citations and footnotes if you want the first Extra Credit. Include your name, student PID and email address at the top of your outline. Bring a picture ID to class. You may or may not be chosen to come down front and respond to a question. Your instructor will use a random number generator to select individuals to participate. Remember, there are two extra credit projects this semester each worth 0.25 of a GPA pass or fail--levied after yourgrade is calculated at the end of the semester.Instructions: Read through the entire extra credit assignment before you begin formulating your responses. For each question below, develop a logically defensible response. Be careful to construct a logically defensible argument! You might even do a little research on what “propositional logic” is and how it applies to these questions. Notethat references, citations, authorities or authors can help your argument. Please properly cite these references as you proceed using standard footnote and bibliography procedures.Group efforts are allowed in the development of your arguments, but you must each turn in your own unique outline.In Class Materials and References: Do not use the references in the lectures to meet your reference materials quota.Questions: 1. Malaria kills more people annually worldwide than HIV/AIDS. The western world has not launched new initiatives around the world to counter malaria’s devastating effects. Why?a. Make sure that you understand what malaria is and how it is spread. Also, make sure that you research not only the disease, but valid reasons why the US for instance has not launched a new initiative to help those suffering in the Americas, Asia, Africa, etc.2. What causes hunger and what can the we (US) do about them?a. What will you do personally about hunger and why?3. How is a country’s economy like an ecosystem?a. As a portion of your response, make sure you address how the US economy could properly signal the “Value/Price” relationship necessary toreduce environmental and ecological degradation across the state? 4. How are pristine food webs impacted by human activities? a. What is ecotourism and will it impact the last reserves in biological diversity in the world? Why or Why not?15. What are some of the challenges Michiganders will face in order to maintain aesthetic open lands and rural communities that resist sprawl and mount vital economies?a. Utilize environmental, ecological, sociological and economic elements in your
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