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TOPIC SELECTION

Spring Quarter 2008

Here are some places to potentially find some topics.  Above all, follow the guidelines in your textbook on pages 66-68.  However, here are some places to prompt your thinking about what is currently being proposed and debated:

ASUW pending legislation: http://senate.asuw.org/legislation/viewleglist.cgi?view=active

The City of Seattle

• current issues before the city council: http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues.htm
• issues supported by the mayor: http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/issues.htm
• The Conversation on KUOW
• City Inside/Out on the Seattle Channel
• Ask the Mayor on the Seattle Channel
• Council Conversations on the Seattle Channel

The State Legislature:  http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx (you can find your legislator and see what s/he is currently working on ).

The Governor's page: http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/default.asp (this is list of her current legislative priorities)

What's currently happening on the floor of the House of Representatives: http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html

Pending legislation in the Senate: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm

Policies supported by the President: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/

 

Also, the Seattle Times and the New York Times are often useful for triggering a good topic (see the editorial pages especially)

Speech Topic Research Links

       COM 220 Library Page

        CQ Researcher (if you're off campus, you'll need to log in to your UW account)