Fall Schedule Update

Hi All,

I can't get on WebAdvisor to send you an email. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, we'll do a case study in class, and I'll give you the page numbers to read in On Liberty. See you then!

Questions for Laramie Project

UPDATE 2: Your grades are available here; you'll need your student ID to find your grade. I'll keep this thread open for one more week so that those of you who haven't completed your responses can do so.

UPDATE: Great job of discussing question 1, everyone. I think we've articulated most of the arguments, at this point, so if you're posting your response now , please respond to question 2.

Please post your response to one of the questions below by Saturday, November 7, at 8 a.m. Then respond to 2 of your colleagues by Tuesday, November 10 at 8 a.m. Your comments should be substantive and thoughtful. Try to elaborate on your ideas, and explain why you think about things the way you do.

1. Many people were particularly upset that Matthew Sheperd was murdered because he was gay. Do you think there's something particularly bad about crime when it's aimed at someone because of their inherent characteristics (like their race, ethnicity, gender) rather than, say, because you got in a fight over something with them? Why or why not?
2. One of the characters mentions that he thinks the men who committed the crime should be our teachers - that we should learn from them why they reacted the way they did and had the ideas they had. What ideas and assumptions do you think they had, that made them react the way they did to Matthew?

If you missed watching the movie in class, you can get it from the library: The Laramie Project
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