This is an opportunity for the class to participate in a wider discussion about the subjects we cover in class. All you need to do is note when you come across an online article or posting that has something to do with what we have discussed in class. You can post an article or even comment on a posting by another student. I have shown below what I would like for a general posting (title or abstract followed by the URL and a paragraph making a connection with the course).
For example:
"The Alabama Supreme Court, ruling in January, told leukemia-stricken Jack Cline that state law makes it either too early or too late for him to sue the manufacturer of benzene, to which he was exposed in his factory job, and it dismissed his lawsuit. He may have known he had been exposed to a carcinogen, but he couldn't sue until the cancer was actually diagnosed, but when it finally was, years later, the state's statute of limitations had long since run out. Several justices expressed concern about the catch-22, but they were in the minority. [New York Times, 1-14-07]"
Link to online reference [http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html]
Connection with course: Benzene (or C6H6) was the molecule used to discuss aromatic chemistry in Chapter 11 or our text. The molecule is small and stable but this report also reveals that it is a dangerous carcinogen. This property was mentioned in our textbook on page 360 in the context of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons but also seems to apply to benzene itself.
This gives the other students an opportunity to comment on this posting by making links to sites that discuss the toxicity of benzene etc.
By the way, there are some of you that due to consistent lateness or even absence from class that have taken a pretty serious hit on your subjective evaluation mark (note: that is a mark that is not dropped if you have a good final exam). This is a way that you can remedy that problem.
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