Today we huddled in my office, heater on, Censorship essays out. We looked at the questions at the end of the essays which looked at the type of claim these essays were--claims of policy, and the essay content. We spent a lot of time looking at qualification statements or concessions and how that can win a skeptical audience over to your side especially with volatile subjects like parental rights and rap music.

We went off on our usual tangents which were too numerous to recall, plus it's late and I want to go home.

The discussion we had before concluding looked at potential persons for the social entrepreneur. I encourage students to look at art as social change and find someone who is a change agent in the community. I suggested students look at East Side Arts Alliance as a potential place for artists to profile, if not the founders of the organization. Another organization is The Center for Art and Public Life and Art Esteem.

We are meeting in the lab Monday, November 5. Homework is to figure out who you might want to write about--two potential sources is good. The list of sources. Read Hacker, pp. 371-400. We've already looked at pp. 401-423.