Global Issues and Society

Write a 1- to 2-page paper (250 to 500 words) in APA format discussing the phenomena of securitization within the context of the FRONTEX external border agency. Provide several pros and cons of securitization and desecuritization of migrants for the United States domestic political landscape. Conduct outside research to support your ideas in this paper.

Petition

Write a short concise petition to support allowing outdoor NCAA and MAAC college athletic competitions and allow spectators, specifically parents which are threatened by COVID-19. Specifically mens lacrosse.

Highlight:
– mental well-being of college athletes and their need for competition due to lifelong training to perform at collegiate level.

– investment of parents and students who have invested more than $100k for a college athlete experience.

– Tri-state (NY, NJ, PA) rules are less restrictive for even high school athletic competitions.

– Freedom of choice for participant who may have already survived COVID-19 or been immunized.

https://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/covid-19-coronavirus

https://maacsports.com

social inequality

Instructions:
Find a NEWS article that addresses a recent example of social inequality. It can involve any form of inequality discussed in the book, such as race or ethnicity, gender, class, etc. (A news article is an article from a media source like a newspaper or magazine such as the New York Times, FOX, The Washington Post, VICE, etc. that addresses a current event. It does not include sources like Wikipedia, eHow, dictionaries, academic journals, or other information websites.)

Write a minimum 300 word essay that answers the following questions:

Based on the article you chose, how is the social inequality described? How does it relate to the forms of stratification discussed in the book?
According to the article, what are the consequences of the social inequality for the people experiencing it? How does it impact their life outcomes or opportunities?
How can the form of social inequality be addressed so we can move towards a more fair and just society?

Guidelines:
Your essay should:
be a total of 300 words or more.
The 300 word limit DOES NOT include the questions, names, titles, and references.
It also does not include meaningless filler statements
have factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Watch: Better and Faster: Innovation keynote speaker Jeremy Gutsche – CEO Trend Hunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFshvhzcCVw 
The prescribed video analyses 3 businesses using the analogy of farmer traps and hunter instincts with 3 points each.
Using one example from the talk and one example of a product or service or case study from your area of interest, evaluate whether this analogy is true (or not) for successful/unsuccessful innovations and their sustenance.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This assignment is an exercise to help understand the drivers of innovation and success through real life case studies and examples and to pick-up on ideas that may not seem to work in theory but exceed expectations practically.
Remember to have fun with your research and assignment!

DIRECTIONS:
Guiding Pointers:
    You may select a successful brand/company or one that needs to revive its strategy to rejuvenate themselves to become competitive.
    Research the history, trajectory, and perhaps controversial events (if any) of your chosen examples, and based on that, decide if they fall into the Farmer traps and are complacent, repetitive and protective OR they are insatiable, curious and willing to destroy like hunters.
    Use the methodology, development process, marketing strategy – or any element of the selected company that makes them unique or new to support your claims or help in reviving the product/service.
    Feel free to use an example from your area of interest that contrasts your chosen example from the video – it need not necessarily be similar.
    NO Apple products please.