Week 03: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track and Field

Joyner-Kersee has won 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze Olympic medals

Mo 2.6
Read: FRIDAY—“Friday Night Politics” – “Heads or Tails”
Class: DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY
Due: REFLECTION 1

We 2.8
Read: FRIDAY—“Friday Night Addiction” – “Field of Dreams”
Class: Reading discussion

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Week 04: Babe Ruth, Baseball
Mo 2.13
Read: eR—“Which Football and Basketball Programs Produce the Largest Profits?” (The Business of College Sports), “Why the Biggest Problem with the NCAA Isn't Paying Players” (Bleacher Report), “Should Student-Athletes Get Paid?” (The Sports Digest)
Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“MLA Style 101”

We 2.15
Read: eR—“Opinion: Why College Athletes Should Not be Paid” (USA Today), “The Shame of College Sports” (The Atlantic), “Why Student-Athletes are Not Paid to Play” (NCAA)
Class: Reading discussion; Preview—Persuasive essay; Lecture—“The Fundamentals of Rhetoric”
Due: EXPOSITORY ESSAY; REFLECTION 2