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Reading List

Scholarly Articles

1. Great Blunders?: The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and the Proposed United States/Mexico Border Fence.

Langerbein, Helmut. "Great Blunders?: The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and the Proposed United States/Mexico Border Fence." History Teacher, vol. 43, no. 1, Nov. 2009, pp. 9-29. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=47357172&site=ehost-live.

2. Beyond Surveillance and Moonscapes: An Alternative Imaginary of the U.S.-Mexico BorderWall.

DORSEY, MARGARET E. and MIGUEL DIAZ-BARRIGA. "Beyond Surveillance and Moonscapes: An Alternative Imaginary of the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall." Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Nov. 2010, pp. 128-135. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1548-7458.2010.01073.x.

3. Seeking Breaches in the Wall: An International Human Rights Law Challenge to the Texas-Mexico Border Wall.

Gilman, Denise. "Seeking Breaches in the Wall: An International Human Rights Law Challenge to the Texas-Mexico Border Wall." Texas International Law Journal, vol. 46, no. 2, Spring2011, pp. 257-293. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=61075127&site=ehost-live.

4. The U.S.-Mexico Border Wall and the Case for "Environmental Rights".

FISHER, DAVID. "The U.S.-Mexico Border Wall and the Case for "Environmental Rights." Texas International Law Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, Winter2015, pp. 145-168. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=101700041&site=ehost-live

5. Why Build a Border Wall?

JONES, REECE. "Why Build a Border Wall?." NACLA Report on the Americas, vol. 45, no. 3, Fall2012, pp. 70-72. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=83127008&site=ehost-live.

6. The Border Fence, Immigration Policy, and the Obama Administration.

Garrett, Terence M. "The Border Fence, Immigration Policy, and the Obama Administration." Administrative Theory & Praxis (M.E. Sharpe), vol. 32, no. 1, Mar. 2010, pp. 129-133. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2753/ATP1084-1806320109.

7. The Environmental Impacts of a Border Fence.

Cohn, Jeffrey P. "The Environmental Impacts of a Border Fence." Bioscience, vol. 57, no. 1, Jan. 2007, p. 96. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1641/B570116

8. The DHS Border Fence in the Rio Grande Valley.

Garrett, Terence and James Storbeck. "The DHS Border Fence in the Rio Grande Valley." Administrative Theory & Praxis (M.E. Sharpe), vol. 33, no. 4, Dec. 2011, pp. 530-548. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=69736313&site=ehost-live.

9. Beyond Surveillance and Moonscapes: An Alternative Imaginary of the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall.

10. EL MURO DE LAS LAMENTACIONES.

Cansino, Cesar. "El Muro De Las Lamentaciones." ["The Wall of Lamentations"]. Metapolitica, vol. 11, no. 51, ene/feb2007, p. 104. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32504538&site=ehost-live.

Pop Culture

1. Mexican Border Wall.

"Mexican Border Wall." Congressional Digest, vol. 96, no. 2, 2/1/2017, p. 10. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120915760&site=ehost-live.

2. The Realities Facing the 'Trump Wall'.

Magnuson, Stew. "The Realities Facing the 'Trump Wall'." National Defense, vol. C1, no. 759, Feb. 2017, p. 7. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=121047654&site=ehost-live.

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Pitch

Why is it important?

With the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his promise to build a new wall along the southern border with Mexico, “The wall” has become a trending topic all over the news not only in the U.S. but also in Mexico. Since the relationship between the immigrants and the United States hasn’t been upright for years, the U.S. had already made several arrangements to strengthen the border alongside with Mexico. This new wall is going to affect U.S. and Mexico’s economic relationship or as allies.

Article 1

Claim: “The wall” is not anything new, in 2006 U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which stated to make the border more secure, decrease the illegal entry, drug trafficking and overall make America safer.

Evidence: “This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure. It is an important step toward immigration reform."

This shows us that the president elected in that time had already stated several security measures in order to establish a much secure border, which is supposedly what Donald Trump wants.

Article 2

Claim: The big question here is “who is going to pay for “The Wall” that Donald Trump wants to build along the border with Mexico. He stated during his campaign that Mexico was going to pay completely for such wall. However, during recent news it seems that the U.S. will play at first and then have Mexico pay it indirectly by adding a tax on imports.

Evidence: “Donald Trump and the White House retaliated by suggesting a new 20% tax on imports from its southern neighbor to finance the construction of a border wall.”

This shows us that even if Mexico doesn’t pay completely for the wall, Donald Trump is sticking with his promise to build a great wall with Mexico, and he is willing to do what it takes to make Mexico pay for it, whether he charges taxes on imports or starts creating laws which may affect both countries’ economy, and their relationship as allies.

Work’s cited:

"Secure Fence Act of 2006 (2006 - H.R. 6061)." GovTrack.us. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

Worstall, Tim. "Memo To Trump - 20% Mexican Import Tariff Means Americans Pay For The Wall."Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 27 Jan. 2017. Web. 15 Feb. 2017.

Weekly Plan

Week 1

Friday 17: Read an article Pop and Culture.

Saturday 18: Read an article Pop and Culture.

Week 2

Monday 20: Read an article under Scholarly.

Wednesday 22 – Writing Conference.

Thursday 23: Read an article under Scholarly.

Friday 24: Read an article under Scholarly.

Week 3

Monday 27: Read an article under Scholarly.

Tuesday 28: Read an article under Scholarly.

Wednesday 1: Read an article under Scholarly.

Friday 3: Read an article under Scholarly.

Week 4

Monday 6: Read an article under Scholarly.

Tuesday 7: Read an article under Scholarly.

Wednesday 8: Read an article under Scholarly.

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Response Paper

Fake news had become a recent topic mainly because of Donald’s Trump accusations towards CNN and other news channels that are well known for their job. However, fake news had been a thing long before this even happened. The Onion is a website that started 25 years ago by college students just as a thing to sell coupons, however it got popular after many people started to believe what the students were writing.

Quote. "It really started as something very local that was intended mainly to ... sell pizza coupons.

Question. What separates this fake news website from the others?

Quote "I think that's one of the things that separates us from maybe other fake news outlets is most of what we do, actually, is focusing on the everyday minutiae, more so than what's happening in Washington."

Explanation Basically, it is still fake news, but The Onion focuses more on what is happening today and what happened yesterday, instead of reporting news that occurred a couple of days or even weeks back.

Morning Edition. (2013, August 9).” Area Man Realizes He’s Been Reading Fake News for 25 Years.” NPR.

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Donald Trump Won Because of 'Fake Facts'

Can social media be a reliable source of news?

"... 44 % of Americans get news via Facebook...misinformation being spread on social media platforms in general."

"... completely or mostly false news stories were shared on Facebook to such an extent in recent months that the social media platform is now taking heat from unfairly influencing the election results."

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Response Paper

As of right now, Google is the most used search tool in the internet, but is it really the most efficient one? Think about it, there are many others search tools in the internet right now and more that are being developed in this moment and that may or may not succeed due to Google’s favoritism. Then, what is the problem? The problem is that Google has lost its efficiency over the time, and that people should be using other search tools such as Bing, Quora, DuckDuckGo, and I quote, “ Right now though maybe we should be paying more attention to the alternatives”.

For instance, instead of using Google that only displays adds everywhere and that the results are changing every moment, it makes impossible to find something twice, “...shouldn’t need to balance on the fickle algorithm changes of the world’s most valuable company”. Why not use Bing? Bing offers bigger thumbnails for what you are searching so you can see what it looks like when you enter the website without actually entering it, “ giving you a grid of large thumbnails that you can click on“, also, it gives you twice as many complete suggestions than google, “... as many autocomplete suggestions than Google does.”

Another search tool that is also getting popular is DuckDuckGo. What’s best about this one is that it doesn’t track your data so it doesn’t affect the results or your search, “... is that it doesn’t retain its users’ data, so it won’t track you or manipulate results”. Whereas Google it’s always tracking you affecting your results and your data, “... spooked by Google’s all-seeing, all-knowing eye”.

In conclusion, there are many other search tools that have their uniqueness. Google might be the most used, but it’s definitely the best one, since it lacks key features such as that it tracks your data affecting what you search for, and that it’s not as dynamic as Bing, where this one shows you thumbnails giving you a preview of the website.

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