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re: church's request
I think it is false to assume that inland schools will have a hard time. We
may have to look in diffeent places, but it is all there. My debaters (here
now...reading as we speak) are literally buried in stuff.
The heart of the topic will be easy to research...if you are on top of these
you will do well:
Species/biodiversity.
Climate change.
Energy from the sea (ocean thermal gradients).
Law of the Sea treaty.
Government documents: loaded with ocean, marine, fisheries, Law of the Sea
stuff.
Newspapers, periodicals: loaded with stuff on Law of the Sea (probably the
heart of the topic), fisheries stuff, ocean pollution.
Books: lots and lots of great books. Inter Library Loan means they can all be
yours.
Internet resources: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has gophers that you
just pull stuff down from. Lots more. If you are not familiar with internet
research, now is the time to learn. You can learn how to do it in a couple of
hours. Learn to fish and eat for a lifetime! Try this: telnet to enews.com,
password is enews, and then go for it! Loads of articles from non lexis-nexis
sources just waiting to be emailed to you!
This next comment is not directed at Prof. Church, but I have directed it at
my debaters and I want to share it with you. If you think it is hard to
research oceans (they did) that is because you may not have really tried
yet! Once my debaters started looking they were amazed.
Right now we have 12 people prepping for the swing (2 coaches, six varsity,
and four novice) and we are finding this topic to be extremely interesting.
I will post a list of possible case areas (from my own brain, not our squad
brainstorm) soon.
Best,
Tuna
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