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Instructor:
Mr. R Bacchia
English 120
PURPOSE:
This research guide is to help you complete an argumentative/persuasive
essay.
Please choose a local issue or one that concerns you
directly. Here are some possibilities:
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Cougar abatement in local
mountains
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Which highways should or
shouldn’t be built throughout the country? What about
tollroads?
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Where should the airport be
relocated?
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Providing birth control or
abortion advice to local high-school students
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Bilingual education
reform—necessary, but which reform is best in our local
districts?
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Pollution in San Diego Bay
or other environmental issues
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Seals in La Jolla Cove
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Drinking alcohol on the
beaches in San Diego
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Animal research at UCSD—human
health v. animal rights
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Operation Gatekeeper:
immigration control, homeland security, vigilante patrols
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How can San Diego reform to
restore its reputation as “America’s finest city”?
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A new stadium for the
Chargers?
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Light pollution affecting
the Mt. Palomar Observatory
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Overdevelopment of the
county, especially considering water resources
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Control of Tijuana sewage in
the Otay estuary
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Same-sex marriage
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Economic problems
STEP 1:
Proquest
is a database for newspaper articles
Websites:

or try these TV and Radio websites
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