Science Is Forcing Sports to Re-examine Their Core Principles
Length: 3-4 pages Format: Standard MLA, 12-point Times New Roman, Double Spaced, one-sided, stapled.
For your first paper, you are to analyze one of the following arguments and provide your critique:
Alice Dreger, “Science Is Forcing Sports to Re-examine Their Core Principles”, New York Times, September 12, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/sports/13dreger.html
Chelsea Follett, “Student Activists Hurt the Workers They Try to Protect”, CATO Institute, June 21, 2017
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/student-activists-hurt-workers-they-try-help
Thomas Sowell, “The ‘Diversity’ Fraud”, Jewish World Review, December 20, 2016
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell122016.php3
Michael S. Roth, “Young Minds in Critical Condition”, New York Times, May 10, 2014
Bonnie Tsui, “Why is Asian Salad Still on the Menu?”, New York Times, April 27, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/sunday/why-is-asian-salad-still-on-the-menu.html
Slovoj Zizek, “First as Tragedy, Then as Farce” transcript, Royal Society of the Arts, November 24, 2009 (There is an animated video up on YouTube. This is a more challenging argument)
https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/blogs/rsa-lecture-slovoj-zizek-transcript.pdfIn this paper, you are required to include:-A thesis that incorporates your assessment of the argument being analyzed.-The major conclusion reached by the argument being analyzed.-The argument (i.e. the premises) that supports the conclusion provided by the author.- What points do you think are strong about the argument.-At least two criticisms or fallacies that you find in the argument, and whether or not this criticism undermines the overall argument.Note: In the context of this paper, “critique” means that you provide a detailed analysis and assessment of the argument, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses. It does not mean that you are to tear it apart, which is sometimes how critique is used in popular media.Rubric for an ‘A’ analysis (100 points total)
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Manufacturing companies in developing nations subject their employees to unfair labor practices including deplorable work condition, meager wages that do not commensurate with hours worked among others. This prompts the civil societies and student activists to protest the consumption of commodities produced by these factories to show their solidarity with employees in pushing for improved work conditions………………………………….
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