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Volume 65, Term 062, March-May 2006
Center for English as a Second Language
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, Il 62901-4518

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What can I say about being married?

Fun with idioms - Written by Angelica

Being married has pros and cons that you have to consider if you are thinking about getting married. There are several reasons why some people are afraid of being married and others think that it is the best experience in life. So far, nobody knows it. You must not rule out marriages because someone says bad things about marriages. I recommend you making your own mistakes. Because I am married, I have the authority to say that being married is seeing something in a whole new light. May be you know what I am trying to do. You are right! I am trying to make a plug for marriages. So, enjoy a happy life just being married to loved ones. No ifs, and, or buts. Then, do it and wait.


The Garden of the gods, Illinois, 2006

Arguing about body building, doping, and beauty

Discussion topic -Journal reaction - Written by Angelica

Putting together body building, doping, and beauty as topic in the same conversation could be the beginning of a long discussion based on our stereotypes about them. First of all, I want to say that evaluating new things such as body building in women through our stereotypes about beauty, womanly, and sexiness is a limited viewpoint. I agree with everyone who exercises with a purpose of searching more energy and vitality. However, I disagree with using artificial aids (e.g. steroids) in order to get bigger muscles in biceps or calfes only as a reason for building bodies. So far, I can see differences between searching a body building by a natural way, and searching abnormal bodies by taking steroids. My concern related to this topic is not linked to what I think beauty on men or women is. Because that really does not matter to body builders, some of them enjoy their hobby because it is part of their lives. But the media has an important role by making money through body builders who have to do something wrong such as using steroids for gaining competitions. Because mostly this world is all about money, we have to deal with wrong messages reached form the media. It is a fact that from the media we can see figure competition of women where they do not look as athletes anymore. Furthermore, my concern to this topic is directly connected to what a body builder either women or men used to gain definition, vascularity, and symmetry. Finally, nowadays, body building is a hobby, but we can expect someday that more and more people enjoy looking and practicing body building. Therefore, I have to say that after many of our discussion classes as usual, we must respect personal decisions of everyone choosing whatever thing in its life only if that decision does not involve children and young adults in having risks for using steroids.

062 Abstracts (Arctic)

Biodiversity of the Bering Sea

This paper was written about biodiversity of the Bering Sea. Now the Bering Sea has a lot of problems. This paper's main points are seawater temperature, animals and fish, and sea ice. Nowadays, they have faced many problems. I wrote about causes, solutions, my opinions and my experience. These problems are connected to global warming. Global warming is a world problem. We should think about it more seriously. In addition, we should reduce seawater temperature, take care of marine animals and fish, and protect sea ice.
Chiemi

Airborne Hunting of Wolves in Alaska

Wolves in Alaska are dying in huge number and they are exposed to becoming extinct. My research paper argues the importance of wolves and some ways to save them, especially from the most dangerous factor of their elimination, airborne hunting. First, we should educate Alaskans that there are benefits of wolves, and that moose meat is not their only survival source. Second, we should make studies and research about finding new sources of food for Alaskans and convince them to make rules to reduce the airborne hunting of wolves, because they have the right to make rules in Alaska. Finally, we should make Alaskans and other organizations that care about nature and the earth oppose the abundant use of aircraft and other machines for hunting, which causes environmental pollution and damage to nature.
Saud

Polar bears are dying

My research is talking about polar bears and how is the climate change is affecting them. This paper is talking about some solutions; first, how the government should put the polar bears under their protection. Second, countries should cooperate to save the bears. Third, people could help polar bears.
Raeed Abdullah Aldahis

What should we do to solve the changing weather patterns in Arctic?

The relationship between the changing weather patterns in Arctic and global warming, which is the most serious environmental problem, is strong. Therefore, we need to stop global warming to solve the changing weather patterns in Arctic. There are various measures to stop global warming in the world, and I think Japan is one of the countries which has been doing well in measures for global warming, so I introduce Japanese provisions for global warming in my essay, especially about CO2, energy and new technology.
Hiroto

Magnetism's change and the effect on life

This paper argues about magnetism on the Earth. Today, we are surrounded by a lot of energies and resources, and then they make our life comfortable when we use them. However, those useful powers also bring tremendous damage to us, like the greenhouse effect and air pollution by carbon dioxide, water pollution, erosion, and so many problems. However, this is invisible, and is as dangerous as an environmental problem. That is the magnetism in the Earth.
by Sosuke Uematsu

Overfishing

Date: 5 May 2006

Overfishing is a serious problem around the world, which threatens our lives and the future generations. This paper argues that we should do three things to save our environments from the dangerous impacts because of overfishing. First, we have to unite as a world to face this issue. Second, special organizations should be established and involved to solve the problem. Finally, we have to raise the awareness of the public to participate and to be a good tool in solving this problem.
Abdulaziz

Bluetooth in Saudi Arabia

Bluetooth in Saudi Arabia

I went to this website to read about Saudi Bluetooth. I read some different stories about young males and females from Saudi Arabia who use Bluetooth. In fact they from Riyadh city, which is the capital of the country. I read that they use it to connect with girls and break the taboo of the society and they use this technology because they think it's a safe way to make some relationships with other girls while the religion police do not know about it.

In my city, which is Jeddah, we have very different culture from Riyadh. For example, girls do not cover their faces when they meet their relative boys or men. We also have many ways to make relationships with other girls without using Bluetooth, but we still use it. In fact, we in Jeddah have more freedom because what is called religion police had decreased; I mean they can not control us, as a result some families from Riyadh come and live in Jeddah.

Sohail

Bluetooth

I went to this article. And I read in this web site about Bluetooth. In the last three years it circulated quickly in Saudi Arabia especially technology like this that can make people change their habit. People over there like to use the Bluetooth because it approaches them from each other, so they can chat, and send pictures. On the other hand, it's easy to find people that you might know, or make new relationships. The great thing is that the Bluetooth feature is free. Unfortunately some people abuse this technology by annoying the others. However, this technology changed the Saudi community in a good way.

In my opinion, I used the Bluetooth before and I like it because it's helpful and it makes you in touch with people. In fact my recommendation is to try using this technology and you will be happy with it.

by Abood Raid

Saudis Break Taboos

By Khalid

Saudis break taboos by the Bluetooth

The restaurants in Saudi Arabia are different from other; the families section is separated from the men section, so women don't eat with men in the same place. While they are eating their dinner they send to each other their numbers by using Bluetooth technology. They also send viruses to each other by using Bluetooth technology and bug it. Women hide their names from the men. Women are not allowed to stay with the man in private place, like dating or staying alone in the car. They will get in trouble by the religious police. They use the Bluetooth because they want to stay out of trouble. They make a relationship by sending their pictures and their numbers; there was a small problem there, that the girls take pictures of other women in the weddings, then send them to their friends and brother. After that the men will see it and that is not allowed. Bluetooth can keep lovers in touch safely. They send a love messages and Arabic music to each other. It is hard for the police to catch them because they are business men and people with connections in the government and people from the royal family. Mohammad said he always uses the Bluetooth in his laptop, and when he sees a pretty girl he makes a search for Bluetooth devices and if he finds her name he sends his number to her and he starts his relationship with her.

In my opinion, the Bluetooth is very harmful for Saudi people, especially in weddings, because it's very rude to take pictures and record videos of Saudi women who don't want their picture to be seen by other men. They should make Bluetooth new technology under control, if they did not the problem will keep going and get bigger.

By Khalid Doubi.

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