6/10 (Tues)

LA308

*         Yu, Eunice (C).  "Should Elders Be Put in Nursing Homes?"  Because of the growing population of the elders, many of them are put in nursing homes by their children. However, we shouldn't do so because they do have many contributions to the society and to their families.

            (Equipment: notebook computer with digital projector.)

            [*Videotaping ok]

 

*         Wang, Emma. (B)  “Feel Pressure?  -- Adopt Music Therapy”  Modern people confront lots of pressure but usually have difficulties in coping with it.  Music therapy can be an ideal means to liberate their pressure and classical music is often utilized in the therapy.  Although music therapy has been affirmed that it can positively help people liberate their pressure, in fact, assessment and analysis of patients are needed and the type of music should not be stereotyped only in classical music but differentiated for individual cases. 

           (Equipment: Powerpoint and Projector.)

 

*         Yang, Anita (C).   “Choosing a Similar Partner Can Lead To a More Harmonious Marriage”  This paper is going to discuss how to choose a suitable marital partner. This paper will analyze this issue from the aspects of personality, faith, social status and age, and it will prove that choosing a partner who comes from the same background and who seems to share the same values can lead to a more harmonious marriage.

            (Equipment: notebook computer with digital projector.)

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*         Hsu, Winnie (A).  “Inevitable Gossip” “ Past…Have you ever gossip before?”   People have always been critical of gossip, condemning its immorality. Ironically, people gossip all the time. Attributed to the evolution, human beings were born to be a gossiper. Gossip not only can help people to form their relationship and social identity. To everyone’s surprise, it also can make the complicated world simple. Gossip is not that sinful as it seems. On the contrary, it plays the key role in everyone’s life.

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LA306

*         Chung, Cristina (C).  “Virtual Sex: Sexual Liberation for Female or Sexual Oppression?”  In the paper, I discussed about female sexual liberation and sexual oppression, and related the discussion with recent social phenomenon, virtual sex. Sexual liberation is referred to female who could freely and bravely display sexual desire. Virtual world is a place for female to release her sexual desire, and further to reach sexual satisfaction. On the contrary, due to patriarchy ethos, it is believed that female as inferior to men. Under patriarchy circumstance, female functions as cheap labor to take care of the household and to satisfy male’s sexual need. It then seems the conduct of virtual sex is an oppression that force female to hide her lust behind computer screen. After all, virtual world provide a safe place to stimulus female’s imagination and excitement, and women could conduct virtual sex whenever they need to release their sexual desire. I then conclude that an open mind attitude about sexual pursuing and satisfaction is sexual liberation. In other words, virtual sex is considered as sexual liberation.

(Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)

[*Videotaping ok]

 

*         Shih, Teresa (C).  The Responsibility of Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing to Underage Youths¨.  This paper first discusses the influence of advertisements. Second, it explains the reasons why alcohol and tobacco advertising continues despite its negative effects. Finally the paper concludes that the government should strictly enforce the law to protect the youth from the negative influence of alcohol and tobacco advertising.

            (Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)

            [*Videotaping ok]

 

 

 

SF 901

*         Wu, Milton (D).  “Pulling the String and Drawing It Down.”  Messing up batters’ hitting timing and confusing their sense of location are the two main concerns for pitchers to get them out or win the game and the change-up and the forkball, along with the fastball, are two best breaking balls to achieve the goal of winning.

            (Equipment Choice: notebook computer with two speakers and a digital projector.)

 

*         Pan, Christina (D).  “The Positive Impact Skating Can Bring To The Youth”  Most of people take skating simply as a hobby or one kind of sports however, skating helps the youth to understand their characteristics and potentials both physically and mentally. Namely, the youth cultivate many significant characteristic during the process of skating which play important roles in the life journey.

    (Equipment: PowerPoint files and media files.)

 

*         Huang, Judy (A)  “More Connections Less Human Touch”  The emergence of Internet has innovated the way of communication, as well as increased the chances of connection between people. However, along with the advantage of convenience, this revolutionary technology has also secluded human relationship by discouraging physical interaction between people. As a result the Internet should not be overused as another space for socialization, or else a new species with a complete different understanding of human relationship would be bred in the next generation.

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   [*Videotaping is OK]

 

*         Su, Erin (C).  “National Health Insurance in Taiwan.”  This paper is divided into two parts. First, it discusses three major shortcomings of Taiwan’s national health insurance program, including the waste of medical resources, the decline of medical quality, and the general public’s dissatisfaction of NHI program. Second, it provides suggestions for the government to solve these problems.            

            (Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)

            [*Videotaping ok]

 

 

 

LB306

*         Chen, Jennifer (D).  “Gossip should be withdrawn from the political news in Taiwan.”  I am against the trend of gossip in news media, especially in political news because gossip damages the society mainly by the attack of politicians’ privacy, and the decrease of news quality as well. In presenting my research paper.

(Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector is needed.)

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*         Chen, Stacey (E).  “Violence in Hong Kong Gangster films.”  Hong Kong gangster films, such as the series of Young and Dangerous(Gu-Huo Zai《古惑仔》), contain too much violence in terms of its proportion in the plots, and the ways of presenting the scenes of fighting, killing and injuries. Moreover, some of these films also endorse the values underlying these gangsters violence, thus exerting negative influences on our teenager viewers.

 

*         Hu, April (E).  "The Degradation of TV News Programs."  Our TV news programs nowadays are problematic because of its sensationalism, which results from the public’s voyeurism and the competitions on ratings between TV companies, and also the lack of objectivity. Both the TV companies and the general public, therefore, should take the responsibility to improve them, mainly by setting up organizations regulating the programs. As we do so, we should reconsider carefully whether TV news programs are for education and information or for entertainment.

            (Equipments needed: notebook computer with two speakers digital projector.)

 

*         Lu, Vivian (C).  “Should TV Programs be Classified? Discussing How TV Violence Affect Children’s Behavior.”   The paper argues the necessity of classifying the television programs in order to reduce the problems of TV violence affecting children’s behavior. First, it provides a background of why media prefer violent programs and how TV violence affects children’s behavior. Next, the paper talks about the possibility of classifying television programs and the benefit it brings to the society. 

(Equipment: notebook computer with two speakers and digital projector.)

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LA404

*         Tzeng, Lynn (C).  “Should We Use Plastic Products?”  This paper argues whether we should use plastic products or not, which is a current hot issue in Taiwan. First, it provides us with the background of our need to improve our surrounding. Secondly, it compares the use of plastic products in the past and in our modern age. Thirdly, it provides both the strengths and weaknesses of using plastic products to us. Lastly it explains the government’s solutions, such as the enforcement of official garbage bags and the banning of plastic bags. 

   (Equipment: notebook computer with digital projector.)

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*         Shu, Mandy (B).  “A Possible Source of Violence—Existential Insecurity.”  The sense of insecurity is a human condition that has an impact on our lives. Most insecurity is solvable, for that they are caused by the absence of specific conditions of security. Once the lack is fulfilled, the insecurity goes as swiftly as it comes. However, existential insecurity comes from within a person, and it is not easy to handle; plus, it could be a source of misbehavior, difficulties in dealing with others, and even violence. Findings indicate that, though there are various causes of violence, the sense of existential insecurity seems to be one possible source that leads to extreme behaviors.

    (Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)

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*         Lai, Vivian (C).  “Cohabitation”   The paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of cohabitation. The main point is that although cohabiters may have convenience to sex, save more money, and have better understanding with each other, they may suffer emotional and financial problems,  sex risk and violence, problems cause by lacking the name of marriage, negative influence to children, short cohabitation period, and high divorce rate if they get married.   (Equipment: notebook with digital projector.)

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*         Li, Irena (D).  “The effective method to relieve or decrease daily pressure in marriage life in Taiwan.”  Abstract: Due to the increasing divorce rate in Taiwan, the problems and pressure in marriage life should be concerned with an effective solution—regular exercising habit as well as a sex life, which is daily, mutual and with less financial cost, that is suitable for every couple in Taiwan.

            (Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)

            [*No videotaping.]