Op-Ed Argument – In this 5-7 page essay (the shining gem of your written work this semester), you will construct an argument styled after those presented in the op-ed pages of The New York Times (see http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html).
             You will identify one specific and timely issue from among the following broad themes:
             Ø enforcement of human rights
             2. You will present background information on the issue, summarize the range of positions, and then articulate your own informed opinion about what should be done (or not done, as the case may be), using evidence from external sources where necessary and appropriate.
             The class will be divided into groups of four students each. [These are new groups and have nothing to do with your earlier group membership for Assignments 1 and 2.] Each group will have its own bulletin board forum on WebCT. A draft of your paper must be posted in your group's bulletin board forum by noon on Monday, November 12. For this first draft, simply paste your document into a bulletin board message (do not attach a file).
             Each person in the group will then be responsible for reviewing and commenting upon the draft paper of one other group member. [You will find out which paper you are assigned to review in the first message posted in the bulletin board.] These reviews are designed to provide constructive advice on how to make the paper stronger. All reviews must be posted in the group bulletin board forum by no later than noon on Monday, November 19. After November 19, the Professor and Teaching Assistants will also provide feedback on the papers.
             Taking into consideration the comments received, you will revise and resubmit your paper in the Assignment Dropbox (the procedure you used to submit pap
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