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Topic: Online Evaluations |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:41 am Subject: Eli 6/9 |
Done. Thank you Rachel, Martha, and Ben for a wonderful Mod. Have a good summer everyone. |
Topic: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/8 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:15 am Subject: Eli 6/8 |
I do not think that the Cold War could have been prevented, but if certain decisions had ended differently, the war would have been lest tense, and less costly. At the present, I can only think of one ... |
Topic: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/8 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:42 am Subject: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/8 |
Assigned: 6/8 Due: 6/9
Topic: "Could the Cold War have been prevented? If so, how?"
"Please post your thoughts on this - and I recommend that you print out what you write and bri ... |
Topic: homework for 6/8/2010 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:33 am Subject: Eli 6/7 |
Caution: Political Views. I didn't do much research, this might be skewed. I do have a book called "The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain" by Peter Sis that talks about life in the U. ... |
Topic: Questions to go with the Cold War Reading/Activity |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:39 am Subject: Eli 6/5 |
1. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin might go down in history as the strangest bedfellows ever. Putting those three together would seem like an unlikely alliance, to say the least. Some would call it a ... |
Topic: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/3 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:22 am Subject: Eli 6/3 |
WARNING. The following is very opinionated. Proceed with caution.
These days, I see America as the older brother of the world. Ignoring the fact that it is only about 250 years old and other countr ... |
Topic: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/3 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:29 pm Subject: Prepare for Tomorrow's Seminar 6/3 |
Hi guys. The question for tomorrow's seminar is "What is the place of the United States in the world, and how did it get there?" Think about everything that we've covered in this course, and ... |
Topic: CSW's New Deal 6/1 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:33 am Subject: Eli 6/2 |
An idea Evan and I came up with was that, the school could relax their enrollment policies a bit (i understand this is risking the reputation a bit). Meaning accepting a few more students to each grad ... |
Topic: CSW's New Deal 6/1 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:20 am Subject: Eli 6/2 |
Briana and I worked together in class and came up with some neat ideas.
Invest some of the Endowment in stocks, bonds, etc. Diversify our financial portfolio
Have Foreign Exchange students stay here ... |
Topic: CSW's New Deal 6/1 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:22 am Subject: Eli 6/1 |
Some definite problems for CSW in the near future are:
Small Endowment
Development, New Buildings
Athletics
Employee Salaries
Rising Tuition
The endowment took a huge hit during the recession. I ... |
Topic: CSW's New Deal 6/1 |
edalven
Replies: 25
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:00 am Subject: CSW's New Deal 6/1 |
Please read (actively, from the text book):
* "Roosevelt and US Neutrality" pp. 570-572
* "Battle for the Atlantic" pp. 572-573
* "Pearl Harbor" p. 575
* "Waging ... |
Topic: The Great Depression: Readings and Posts |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:46 am Subject: Eli 5/31 |
Forgive me if this is a digression, but how do people feel reading about these recovery policies, now that we have just recently gone through a similar recession? I wonder if the Stimulus Package that ... |
Topic: The Great Depression: Readings and Posts |
edalven
Replies: 33
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:38 am Subject: Eli 5/28 |
I guess we have two threads going again...
It would seem that No amount of acronyms would ever solve anything, but Franklin Roosevelt proved me wrong. I believe that the radical policies of his New ... |
Topic: New Deal 5/27 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:38 pm Subject: Eli 5/27 |
I just realized that we were supposed to post something tonight. Here goes.
It would seem that No amount of acronyms would ever solve anything, but Franklin Roosevelt proved me wrong. I believe that ... |
Topic: New Deal 5/27 |
edalven
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Forum: U.S. Overview Mod 7 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:08 am Subject: New Deal 5/27 |
Rachel & Martha Sez:
Assigned: 5/27 Due: 6/1
Please read (from your textbook):
* "New President, New Deal" pp. 543-549
* "Shift In Focus" pp. 551-553
* "New Deal I ... |
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