Violence on Campus- Los Angeles Times Article

After the Virginia Tech shootings, I've heard about many changes and action taken place on campus and for students. Some of the changes that are stated in the article are the faculty are speaking out about the students who they feel are worried about, teachers are paying more attention to violent material writing assignments, parents must be informed when students may be a danger to themselves or others. I agree with these new changes because the campus faculty are taking action and are more aware of there surroundings, but on the other hand the open door policy is out the window were a student can talk about there problems and it can be confidential. Students are going to be more hesitant of asking for help or advice because we are under a microscope now. Everything we say or do maybe questioned. The problem that some faculty actually realized is that the new rules does not support students. It going to make students feel more stigmatized and keep their mental health history a silent.

Violence on campuses

The topic of this article is preventing campus violence. The main idea is some effective ways to prevent campus violence. Three characteristics of warning signs are if the student is socially isolated, low self worth and does not take criticism well. i do notice more security on campus. I do feel safe some of the time. I believe that the security on campus wouldn't know what to do if there was threat on campus. I think that the campus should have drills and seminars on what to do if there is a threat on campus. I think that the campus will be more aware and safe.

"No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted." The media and other beauty companies has made it to a point where beauty is not natural anymore. Beauty is covered with layers of make-up, air bushed and then facial computerize. These sort of advertisements are attracting women because it is the look that they want and the media knows that women would do anything to get it. I'm not surprised that the media fabricates beauty, it is shocking how far they go to make people look "perfect" for example the air brushed pictures and the computerized face lift or tummy tuck. All people not just women are scared to face the reality of real beauty which comes from inside not the way one looks.

Beauty and Body image in the media

The main idea of this article is the standard of beauty by women and how the media and other sources influence women and the way they perceive themselves. images of women and their body parts sell everything from foods to cars. On television, the women are thin and beautiful . the reason why the researchers in the article generated a computer model with barbie doll proportions was to show that it is not very likely to for a real women to be built in that form. She would suffer from diarrhea and die from malnutrition. I think that women are influenced by the media in some ways. Women trying to be thin and beautiful as they see on t.v. , they want to be like that and even better. i believe that sex sells. If the media shows a new diet pill or a can of beans with a naked model next to it, people are going to want to buy it. But on the other hand i also think that the media is a conserpsie and everything is unreal and women are being targeted because they have low self esteem and more venerable compared to men.

Week 5 Assignment: Cell Phone usage while driving

While reading the article if it obvious that this article is a fact. The main idea of this article cell phone usage while driving. It is to get people to know it is surprisingly more dangerous than driving drink. In a study in the article the drunk drivers seem to be more aggressive while the cell-phone users are more sluggish and tend to reduce speed and then brake which causes traffic. Using a cell phone hand held or free hand are just as dangerous becuase the problem is the conversation. People on the phone are not paying attention the road more like the conversation on the phone. I don't think that the cell phine industries should hold any responsiblities,it is about the driver and the decision they want to make whenusing a cell phone