November 9, 2016 -- Wednesday

On the board at the beginning of class:
1. statement by Courtney Small Francis of this university
2. NY Times article:  Harvard Men's Soccer Team is Sidelined for Vulgar 'Scouting Report'
3. homework for today was B. the G.  pp 388=398  Exercises 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

“[I am]  Getting ready to teach students who are very important to me, even if they are not important to our President-elect. At Northeastern Illinois University, our student body is 40% Latino, 34% white, 10% black, 10% Asian, .5% Native American, 4% mixed race. 5% of our students are international students, who are from 45 countries. A very large percentage of our students are Muslim. My allegiance is to them. #americaisdiversity   “

by Courtney Small Francis

Discussion of the above statement by faculty member here at NEIU

Discussion of NY Times article about the soccer scandal at Harvard

Discussion of pages 388-389 of B. the G. and the exercises 8.1 and 8.2

Discussion of Powers  Chapter 8

Homework:

Exercises 8.5 and 8.6 in B. the G. Chapter 8