There will be a total of 200 quiz points during the quarter. Quizzes may cover the reading assigned for that day and may also include general questions from the previous lecture. Questions that most appropriately would be asked on days on which we have field trips or guests may be on quizzes on the day of the next regular class meeting. Quizzes will include multiple choice questions and short essay questions. You should bring a small scantron to every class.

In addition, there will be opportunities to earn a few extra credit points that will be applied to your quiz grade. These will be announced in class and posted on the quiz page (this page) of the class web site. No more than 20 quiz points may be from extra credit.

• Attend the Grains of Sands mural dedication at Alcott Elementary School (1600 S. Towne) in Pomona on April 8 at 6 p.m. Write a 300 word essay reflecting on the mural, the event, or some other relevant aspect of what you experienced in attending the dedication.
• Attend (one of) Mike Davis' presentation on Wednesday, 5 April. He will speak at noon and at 3:30 (to 5), and other times may be scheduled. Location will be posted here when known. Write a 300 word essay: describing:
1. a question you posed and his answer, and what you think about the answer.
2. a question posed by someone else, his answer, and what you think about the answer.

or
3. Do #1 by articulating the question you WOULD have asked, given the opportunity, then address your own question in the way you think Davis would have.  This might involve saying--question X has at least two possible answers, __a___ and ___b__.  Davis likely would have answered in the direction of answer a [b] .......  go one to elaborate how you think he would answer, and relate it to what you heard him actually say in his talk or in answering the questions of others.

OR
Address ONE of the following in 300-400 words:
 
4. (re noon talk)  What did Davis mean by the "new politics of destruction?"  How does this politics relate to the old politics of [infrastructure] construction?
5. (re 3:30 talk)  Davis cited Myron Orfield, author of the article you read for Reaction paper #1.  What did he say about Orfield, and what point was Davis making when he referred to Orfield?  What do you think about this point?
6. At noon (maybe again at 3:30), Davis described the literature about Los Angeles as being a bifurcated literature--on one hand are the "brag books" supporting a boosteristic picture of SoCal, and on the other hand are the "L.A. noir" books showing poverty and meaness found here.  He said that in the first half of the century, the L.A. noir genre was tied to progressive political movements--people who exposed poverty and meanness working together with organizations who tried to make changes that would create opportunities for the poor and the excluded.  But today, that partnership barely exists.  As a current "L.A. noir" writer, to what progressive political movements does Davis look, and how would YOU envision a partnership between critics/commentators like Davis and a political movement.
• Attend the APSA Dodgers game outing. Write a 300 word essay addressing one of the following question:
1. How do URP students build community among the student body? How does an event like this contribute to or take away from the sense of community?
2. Why are professional sports teams considered a positive force for the creation of civic pride? What evidence did you find at the game that supports of contradicts this?
• Revisit this question from quiz 6. Write an essay of 400 words addressing:

Why is infrastructure financing so difficult, complicated and contentious? If you choose, you may answer the question by addressing a specific example. For example, you could answer the question: Why is financing of a water system (or a wastewater system, etc.) so difficult, complicated and contentious? Hint: think about what we covered last week as well as the readings for today.
• 5 points May 1:  Participate in Paint your heart out in Anaheim with the Orange County Section of the APA.  Submit  photographic evidence. To participate, you need to contact Dana C. Privitt at Bon Terra Consulting:  (714)444.9199.  Paint your heart out Anaheim has repaired and repainted 317 homes for low income, disabled, and needy senior citizens.  More than 2.5 million dollars of improvements have been made to Anaheim neighborhoods.
• Go on a harbor tour of the LA Harbor. Bring photographic evidence.For information, see their web page:  http://www.laharborcruises.com/harbor.htm.  There are a couple different tours (varying lengths and prices).  Any one is okay.  It does have to be a tour on a boat.  If you get sea sick, this might not be the extra credit for you!  If you find a land-based tour of another major piece of infrastructure, suggest it!
• On Wednesday, 26 May, participate in a focus group for the WASC self-study.  WASC is the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona's accrediting body.  We are applying for reaccreditation.  The application requires information and opinions from students to be collected.  THe focus group will be in 7-217, and will last one hour.
• You can earn from 1-5 points of extra credit by doing the following:

Develop questions AND answers for an internet lab on one of the topics below.  Each question should be meaningful and the answer (which should be provided) should be found at a web site to which you provide the link or URL.  You may submit this electronically in HTML format or as a word document.

One point per question/answer/url.  Work alone or in groups under the following conditions:

Two rules:

1. only one group (of one or more people) per topic.  Claim a topic by emailing me ASAP.  I will put the list on the web page and indicate which topics are taken as they are taken.
2. one point per person per question.  SO, if a group of 1 (a person working alone) submits 5 questions, that person can get up to 5 points.  If a group of 3 submits 5 questions, each person can only get 5/3 points each.  The group of three should submit 15 questions for maximum points.


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• fire protection
• flood control
• vector control (e.g. mosquito abatement)
• public health topics:
•  infectious disease control (not STDs or childhood diseases)
•  STD control
•  childhood disease immunization
•  food safety
•  drug safety
•  spousal abuse
• waste water treatment
• libraries
• prisons
• courts (of justice, not basketball, tennis or raquetball)
• policing
• coroners, morgues, disposal of dead bodies
• animal control
• support for children topics:
•  foster care
•  day care
•  nutrition in schools
•  child abuse
• wilderness protection
• biodiversity protection
• railroads
• water-based commerce (shipping)
• postal delivery (U.S. Post Office plus pvt sector competition)
• telephone systems
• cable t.v. systems
• the internet
• weather forecasting
• access to (almost) any of the above for people with disabilities

 
If you think of another topic that you would like to cover, propose it.

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