Welcome...and initial guidelines...

This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Blog 4

The War in Iraq has created many changes in American society. The recent spike in the population of viewers to American Idol. Do people have a need to watch American Idol because they are so sick of daily life and the war. Are we sick of hearing the news repeating how some type of bomb or attack has killed American troops. I know it seems far fetched but American Idol's mindless visual attraction has seemed to grow as the war in Iraq grows older. I remember that American Idol started to become popular when the Iraqi war had Started. Further research can probably prove my point.
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