Essay
1 – Due July 12
Background:
The
City of Las Cruces has, over time and apparently
without much planning or thought, adopted a “city logo” that
some find offensive. This logo is found on city stationary,
city buildings, and on bridges and other public structures
throughout the city. The symbol includes three crosses.
Here
it one version, which is on the side of a new bridge
at a
busy intersection:
Here is the logo as it appears on the City Website:
http://www.las-cruces.org/
A group of citizens is fighting the logo, arguing
that is illegal for the city to include religious
symbols on the city logo. Here is a news story
to help you
understand the issues:
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20030217-77385.shtml
The question:
You are an advisor to the city commission. Write a memo
that outlines the issues it is likely to face in
a fight to keep the logo. You do not need to form an
opinion,
or advocate a position for the city. Just provide
information and relevant court cases that the commissioners
can
use in making a decision about the logo.
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As a reminder, here are instructions from the course
outline:
Essays
should have sufficient breadth and depth to indicate
more than a passing awareness of the issues raised in
the questions. Grading will be determined based on the
thoroughness of response and the ability to properly
apply knowledge gained through reading the text. Essays
should be "term paper quality." Pay attention
to spelling, sentence and paragraph structure, organization,
and citations. Your papers should use APA style , which
is described in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (5th edition, 2001). Questions typically contain multiple parts. This is not
done to make questions more difficult. Multiple parts are
recommended to provide guidance that will lead to a high
quality answer. Remember to address each section but do
not assume that the ideas raised in each section are the
only issues to be addressed in your response.
Completed
essays should be e-mailed to mentor@nmsu.edu. Although
I have several e-mail addresses, this is the only
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