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I don’t really have a topic picked out yet, but I was kind of thinking about doing something on raising the minimum wage.  That seems like something people get pretty worked up over, though it might be too big of a topic for this, right?  Some reasearch questions that would have to be answered could be:  who would be most affected by the change?  what would be the overall economic impact?  how many people would lose thier jobs?     I was also thinking about doing it on student loans and banruptcy.

I think I understand the Rogerian Model pretty well.  I do have a few questions about it.  It says the goal of the Rogerian Model is to find an “agreed upon truth.”  Does that mean at the end of our papers we HAVE TO find an “agreed upon truth?”  It seems to me that some issues could have a right and wrong answer, whether or not the opposition agrees with it.  Also, some issues might not have a solution that falls in the middle, right?  Aren’t there some issues that just don’t have any room for gray area?  Also, it says that you present the opposition view first.  Is that rule set in stone?  Could you include the opposition view second?

is DIPPIN DOTS still the “ice cream of the future ?”  It seems like it has been the “ice cream of the future” for like thirty years.  I think the new “ice cream of the future” should be Minute Maid Frozen Limeade Tubes. They’re Delicious.

I think if I could interview somebody that is no longer living, I would interview William Wallace.  I would be interested to find out if that  “Braveheart” is a accurate nickname.  I would also like to know what he thought of Mel Gibson’s performance in the film.  Did he find it “oscarworthy?”  If he was as brave as the movie portrays him to be, I would like to know where he finds this courage.  I personally get a little nervous when I’m crossing a walking bridge that goes over a freeway.  I think I could learn alot from him, even if I find he was not a legendary hero.

Topic one:  Bayfront Blues Festival dispute

The Duluth City Council wants to take a larger cut of the revenue of the event, but the founder and vice president of the evnt says this action could destroy the festival.  The City Council proposed that the city issues a fee on each ticket, but the event coordinators would rather pay a flat rental fee for the land to preserve the event.

 Topic two:  Duluth City Council votes to withdrawl Minnesota troops from Iraq

The council voted 6-2 to do so, citing lack of success.  Opponents argue that this vote could adversely affect the future of the 148th Fighter Wing, and that it is not “city business.”

After reading the chapter very closely, something that stood out for me was “Anatomy of a News Story.”  I’ve been trying to think of how I should structure the first paper.  The inverted pyramid model I think helps to give an idea about how to go about doing so.  I wasn’t really sure what the correct way to structure the ”news article” paper, but that helps me understand where to put the information in the paper.  Kind of simple, just put the most important information first.  Also, the stanza about ending the news story was intersting.  It says that writers generally don’t spend too much time on the ending because that is where the least important information is.  The article kinds of ‘fades away,’ rather than coming to a conclusion.