Hyperlinks to newspapers, mags and televison channels: Click here to read sage advice about entering college from wise old professors... Online College tours for HS: Take a look at various college campus online by clicking here. Each virtual "booth" has full information on the college, including campus photos and financial aid information. The International Herald Tribune is a condensed version of the New York Times, published in Paris and thus presented with a European slant. "All the News that's Fit to Print" in a smaller package. Euro News is a television program that presents world news from a particualrly European perspective. BBC World News is one of the oldest worldwide news services that presents news in the classic Dragnet fashion..."just the facts, ma'am" The Economist is the premier magazine presenting the capitalist perspective on all things political, social and economic. A first class source where top-notch reporters give crisp anaylsis and commentary on a variety of world events. Highly recommended reading for anyone considering majoring in finance, economics, politics, government or international business. The Atlantic Monthly is a literary/current events magaizine. Somewhat political in its overall content, it seeks to expose and educate people on a variety of topics. High lexile level magazine. Harper's Magazine is high- brow magazine devoted to criticism of all things politcal and social. Excellent topics, clever lay-out, exceptional writing...a tour de force for anyone who wants to see what real writers can do with the essay format. Hyperlinks to mega-search engines and college coursework: Clusty Search Engine M.I.T. Courses is the full online course curriculum from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Check it out if only to see what college is like, and to get a glimpse at the great courses available at this elite university. SEE Stage I link: SEE Stage II link: http://www.winthrop.edu/wcenter/handoutsandlinks/classica.htm has information on the Classical Model for organization and argument. SEE stage IV links: To watch archived versions of 2009 oral defense presentations on UStream, click here To view Ms. Pichardo's Powerpoint on "Oral defense presentation skills" click here. To watch a video on how to embed video into your powerpoint, click here. This link connects you directly to YouTube; if it doesn't function properly you can always search YouTube yourself: "embedding video in powerpoint without a network connection". Class readings links: Click here to be connected to the on-line full text version of George Orwell's 1984 Click here to be connected to the ACLU "pizza" commercial. Click here to be connected to the Apple "1984" commercial. Macbeth: Click here to be connected to the Macbeth SparkNotes webpage. Click here to read de Quincy's "On the Knocking at the Gate." Citations: not sure how to cite that source? The basics of in-text citations page from the OWL program at Purdue University provides simple pointers and gives examples of in-text citations. Truncate this page to access the entire OWL site. Check the CMS library wiki for more sources that readily explain how to cite sources in-text and on your Works Cited page. | 
