Rebel TV: Students Take on Media Ethics

September 23, 2010October 5, 2015 The Little Rebellion 1134 Views alana davis, anonymous commenters: an ethical dilemma for online news, chanel arias, chelsea ladue, disaster porn, ethical issues, george selby, Howard Good, joshua rodriguez, Julia Amberg, Justin McCarthy, Kim Plummer, Maxim Alter, Media Ethics, mike blumenfeld, photo manipulation, Samantha Urbanski, sara rabot, Sarah Boalt, spring 2010, the media-lobbying complex: conflicts of interest in the news media

Disaster Porn by Alana Davis, Julia Amberg, and Sara Rabot Three students from Howard Good’s spring 2010 Media Ethics class

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Postcards from the Edge: Drugs and Booze

May 5, 2010October 5, 2015 Spring 2010 Literature of Journalism class 3425 Views alcohol, Andrew Carden, College kids, Crown Me, debauchery, drugs, I'll Have the Svedka Naked, Justin McCarthy, K-Hole, Maria Sullivan, Out of the Fog, party, Postcards from the Edge: Drugs and Booze, Sarah Boalt, sarah calandra fine, social embarrasmentm, The After-Party from Hell

College kids love to party. The average student has seen or tried it all. Drugs and alcohol are an escape.

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Crown Me

May 2, 2010October 5, 2015 Justin McCarthy 1131 Views 21, alcohol, bar, barstool, beer, crown, Crown Me, drunk, ID, Justin McCarthy, kamikazes, Literary Journalism

I was so excited, I practically threw my ID at him. It was my very first purchase of an alcoholic

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The Health Care Conflict

April 29, 2010February 9, 2011 Justin McCarthy 1819 Views asian studies major, Barack Obama, Congress, Dave Smith, Emily Sobel, GOP.gov, health care, health insurance, higher education, Justin McCarthy, mandate, New Paltz, News, Policy Chariman, political science major, public option, Republicans, The Health Care Conflict, Young Republican National Federation, Zachary Keck

In November 2008, students from the State University of New York at New Paltz cheered and celebrated when Barack Obama,

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Valuing a Vital Institution

April 25, 2010November 10, 2010 Justin McCarthy 1098 Views community college, firefighters, Justin McCarthy, Mary Beth Marklein ofUSA Today, new york times, orange county community college, police officers, SUNY Purchase

At the copy editing table of my college newspaper, it came up for the first time. An on-campus eatery I

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My Problem With The Pope

March 3, 2010November 10, 2010 Justin McCarthy 1766 Views Boston.com, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Catholics in America, For the Love of God, John Paul II, Justin McCarthy, Pope Benedict XVI, Sacraments, unicef.org

With the exception of my baptism, I have vivid memories of each of the Roman Catholic sacraments I received as

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Text me, Tweet me, Don’t Talk to Me

February 23, 2010November 10, 2010 Justin McCarthy 0 Views Communication, Don't Talk to Me, Facebook, Internet, Justin McCarthy, MySpace, social media, social networking, social networking addiction, Text me, Tweet me, twitter

If you were to go back 20 years, no one would know what you meant if you said you’d text

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A Coloring Book a Day Takes the Stress Away

October 12, 2009November 10, 2010 Justin McCarthy 1076 Views Justin McCarthy, stress relief

The girl pouted at first, but then giggled with her friends at how petulant she was behaving, and returned to

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