Case Study- What Would Emma Goldman Do?

This is your next journal assignment: Due October 30th

A recent event on a college campus has prompted a journal on higher education (Inside Higher Ed) to write a full-length article about some current problematics concerning mental health and the college classroom. This article has sparked a heated online debate between administrators, teachers and students a like. For a university to get profiled in a journal like this is a big deal.

Read more about "Student, Interrupted"

Imagine this happened at your university and a group of concerned students and faculty wanted to question the university’s handling of this situation while putting pressure on the institution to think more carefully and thoughtfully about how they handle cases of PTSD (especially in light of the many veterans that are coming home from the war).

Do citizens at this institution have a potential grievance to petition (i.e. concern over discriminatory policy, an unjust hearing of Manges, ect)?
Using Fraser's terminology, what needs should be redistributed and what needs must be recognized?
What would you advocate a group of concerned citizens to do?
But more pointedly, What Would Emma Goldman Do (WWED)?

Game Over?

Media reform has many VERY strange outlets, here is one that works on a completely different level. Please visit http://www.stopbigmedia.com/=whackamurdoch and leave a comment.

Saturday's Unity March (Urbana)

Whatever happened...

... to that older gentleman in our class? I believe his name was Robert.

Virginity Pledge Card

Pledge card from an abstinence-only sex education program.

What to reform?

Found a critique of media reform that poses a few very good questions and would like to share it.
Bishop, Ed. (2005). Reform the Public. St. Louis Journalism
"Several years ago, Monsanto was facing billions of dollars in lawsuits and cleanup fees for PCB pollution around several of its plants in Alabama." Monsanto then broke with their chemical division and created a company called Solutia. The company eventually went bankrupt, leaving no money for cleanup, no pension fund, and no health insurance for retirees. The CEO received 25 million when the company went bankrupt and probably saved investors even more. All this was reported locally, and it was all completely legal. This is not the exception, businesses often ask for legislation to be stalled for moves such as this one. This too is also covered. The author started with this assumption:
"Give the public good information and they'll take care of the rest" Do you agree?
It is possible that the public needs more than just information to stand against this kind of thing?

Legalization Media

I thought this video was interesting and made some great talking points. Media is a powerful tool in the hands of any social agitation, and it's great to see it used effectively by the Legalization Movement.