Biology 5460
Fall 2011
Student Led Debates
Utah Veg. Project
Utah Veg. Online Manual
Climate Project
Grading and Exams
Course Policies
Objectives & Texts
Past Course Evaluations
WebCT
Class Meeting Schedule
10:45 am - 12:05 pmTuesday and Thursday
320 AEB
Mark Blonquist
Instructor(801) 585-5671
mark.blonquist@utah.edu
Jinny McGavien
Coordinator(801) 581-6414
jinny.mcgavien@utah.edu
Suzy Khachaturyan
Teaching Assistant
suzy.khachaturyan@gmail.com
Topics for student-led, point-counterpoint debates on ecological issues with social relevance
What are they?
To sign up for a debate, e-mail Suzy Khachaturyan (Teaching Assistant) and provide the following:• your name
• preferred topic
• preferred side of the debate topic
| Date | Topic | Student 1 pro | Student 2 con |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/4 | Natural wildfires should not be suppressed. | James Lelis | David Clark |
| 10/6 | We should remove the dam at Glen Canyon. |
Randall Nelson | |
| 10/18 | Wolves should not be allowed to expand throughout the West. | Martel Gomez | |
| 10/20 | Salt Lake City residents should be required to xeriscape. | Jillian Wallace Galway | |
| 10/27 | We should constrain human atmospheric and waste inputs into the Great Salt Lake. | Michael Sandstrom | |
| 11/1 | No Debate - Exam Review | ------------------ | ---------------- |
| 11/8 | Dust emissions from Utah's deserts are related to ecosystem health and drought. | Vachel Carter | Dean Thornberg |
| 11/10 | We should control the spread of invasive weeds on public lands. | Weiping Zhang | Symmer Andrews |
| 11/15 | We should take steps to protect the Wasatch forests from human impacts. | Dani/ Max | Dani/ Max |
| 11/17 | The current global warming is natural. | Bum Jun Kim | Alyssa Trujillo |
| 11/22 | We should reduce CO2 emissions. | Ben Giverns | Fernando Shupe |
| 11/29 | Aquatic plant and animal species should have access to stream water before irrigation. | Anthony Iliff | |
| 12/1 | We should change grazing policies in Utah. | Justin Marshal | |
| 12/6 | Invasive aquatic species are a management problem in Utah. | Tyrone Brown | Jeff Wells |