Week Eight Assignment

2. The main idea of the article is how women are portrayed in the media.
3. Some of the information the author used to support the main points of the article was that how the woman's magazine is a way for them to lose weight.
4. The researchers generate a computer model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions because they wanted to prove its very harmful and also to show that woman who look like Barbie dolls die from malnutrition and other different diseases.
5. I don't think women should be portrayed in the media as a Barbie doll. the media shows ads for dieting pills which are not good for your health. i think if the woman wants to be skinny the best way is to exercise instead of taking dieting pills in my opinion. also eat healthy food no matter what because health must come first!!

Week Six Assignment

1. The Topic of the Article is Campus Violence.
2. The Main idea of the article was Violence on college campuses,
3. The author used many different types of Supporting details the support the article 4. some of the ways are there should be security cameras in the schools, students needs to learn about signs of violence, and also close the the buildings that are not used.
5. Three characteristics that can be early warning signs of a student's potential to become violent are Socially isolated, low self worth, and doesn't take criticism well.
6. Security car patrolling and sometimes brook ville police drive around on the campus.