Psychology: The senior psych students have spent a week learning the basics of the history of psychology. After lecture, discussion and text reading, the students were introduced to how the scientific method applied to research resulted in the ‘science’ and thus, the validity of the field. We also viewed a college level film narrated by Dr. Philip Zimbardo that outlined an introduction to the discipline.
On Friday we started viewing the documentary 9/11. We will spend all of next week on a special unit commemorating the 10th anniversary.

Intro to Journalism: The students have learned the parts of Page 1 newspaper terminology and learned the history of journalism in America from the publication of the first newspaper in America (1690 Publick Occurrences) to the game changing 1735 John Peter Zenger trial which established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in America and the baseline of ‘Truth is not libel’. Students continued their study of the journalism through the invention of the telegraph in 1844 and its impact on news writing and war coverage in the Civil War.
The journalism students started the documentary 9/11 on Friday and will spend the rest of next week on the documentary and historical background of this event.

Publication Staff: A budget for the first newspaper is being planned by Gauger editor Chloe McMahon and her staff. Yearbook editor Elizabeth Horne and assistant editor Austin Jordan have begun planning the 2012 yearbook. The staff has spent the week studying journalism basics before tackling their first assignment.