Lynne Viti with students, July 2003

This course looks critically at current issues in American society through essays and articles by legal commentators and journalists, current news reports, and United States Supreme Court opinions on such vital topics as civil liberties, new reproductive technologies, assisted suicide, same sex marriage, privacy and the Internet, and abortion. Students learn to conduct original academic research, using both traditional methods and academic search engines on the World Wide Web, and to write analytical and persuasive essays based on their findings.

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