Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - We're in the Learning Commons/Library this morning for our last double block to work on research and compilation of your water conflict poster. We will give you poster paper today but before that...
If you think..."I'm done!"...ask yourself, "Did I answer all the questions Benton and Young asked of me?"
Look at this week's blog posts to check out the questions. Now if you still think..."Yes, I answered them"...ask yourself, "Is there anything I missed in answering the questions?" Will Benton and Young say, "Did you think of this?" Like in point 1 where you're asked what happens as a result of water disputes you need to look at the area in question and see if political instability, social unrest, economic downturn, heavy unemployment, or civil warfare is connected to the water crisis. Be specific...what are the effects of a water conflict besides a lack of clean fresh water. Did you do that? Remember that your answers to solutions for the conflict (point 6) need to be concrete (doable) and need to address all stakeholders. Did you consider that? Don't forget a sources cited section on the back of your poster. Did you do that? So, really check to see that you're actually done, right?
B Block Physical Geography - Today we'll begin the class by looking at Yellowstone and caldera supervolcanoes 😯
Yellowstone Caldera is a volcanic crater some 40- by 25-miles large, left behind when 240 cubic miles of debris ruptured out of the Earth and into the air during volcanic discharge some 630,000 years ago. Lava flowed into the breach, filling it, which may account for the lack of a deeper crater. Long before that, 2 million years ago, volcanic activity blew 600 cubic miles of Yellowstone debris into the air. The upper chamber, which caused the historic blasts and is closest to the surface, is 2,500 cubic miles in volume and measures about 19 by 55 miles. The lower reservoir, which has a volume of 11,200 cubic miles, measures about 30 by 44 miles and is about 16 miles thick. An eruption in the next few thousand years, however, is extremely unlikely, the yearly chance sits at 1 in 700,000
and the really bad DocuDrama movie SUPERVOLCANO
And, Mount Saint Helens. Here is a minute-by-minute documentary on what happened from February through May 18th at 8:32 am, 1980, and beyond...which connects to your project that you'll get tomorrow
A Block Criminology - We'll continue our look at sexual assault today. I need you to answer the question:
Identify and explain the causes for sexual assault
You'll need to look at evolutionary and biological factors (remember Sigmund Freud's Thantos and Eros or instinctual drives that allowed species to be successful)? Look at modern male socialization (boys are taught to be aggressive, forceful, tough, and dominating...think about how boys play when they're young) and then at hypermasculinity (where some men have callous sexual attitudes and believe that violence is "manly"). Lastly consider both violent experiences (remember that those boys who were exposed to violence in the household are more likely to commit violent acts when they grow older) and sexual motivation (social, cultural, and psychological forces
After, we'll watch the recreation of the 1961 Stanley Milgram experiment on "Obedience to Authority". From ABC News "Basic Instinct: The Science of Evil"
In the experiment, conducted at Yale University over a period of months in 1961, an authority figure -- "the experimenter" -- dressed in a white lab coat and instructed participants to administer what they believed were increasingly painful electric shocks to another person. Although no one was actually receiving shocks, the participants heard a man screaming in pain and protest, eventually pleading to be released from the experiment. When the subjects questioned the experimenter about what was happening, they were told they must continue. And continue they did: Two-thirds of Milgram's participants delivered shocks as they heard cries of pain, signs of heart trouble, and then finally -- and most frightening -- nothing at all.
The ABC Primetime News team recreated Milgram's experiment and we'll watch it today. Why? Would you commit acts of violence if someone told you to? In response to voice on the phone claiming to be a police officer, a McDonald manager strip searched an 18 year old employee. The same man has convinced over 60 other managers across the country to perform similar acts. This sexual violence where the victim was forced to perform sexual acts on Walter "Wes" Nix Jr., the boyfriend of the store's assistant manager, Donna Summers resulted in charges and a conviction on sexual abuse charges.
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