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| Intro to the Peace Corps | ||
| Section I: | Introduction | |
| President
John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps in 1961. The Peace Corps is a government
organization that trains and supports its volunteers, whom it sends to developing
countries all over the world to perform a variety of tasks from helping
new businesses to teaching English to keeping bees. The duration of the
typical Peace Corps volunteer’s service is two years, although some
move to different positions and continue with their service. I would like to know more about the history of the Peace Corps – how it began and how it has changed over the years. This information should be of interest to a wide audience of people: those considering joining the Peace Corps, those who have already served in the Peace Corps, and others with curious minds. I am also interested in finding out more about the Peace Corps experience and what it takes to be accepted into the program. This information should be of use to other American students, especially those approaching graduation in a post-September 11th economy, and especially those between the ages of 18-24 in a time when Congressman Charles Rangel has proposed reinstating the draft and requiring mandatory alternative service programs for those who do not go to war. |
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| Section Ib: | Keywords | |
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| Section II: |
UNC-CH Sources | |
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| LaCapra, William and Boyd, Jennifer. A Peace Corps Mosaic. Dir. by William LaCapra. 100 min. each. Peace Corps (U.S.) Office of World Wise Schools and Peace Corps (U.S.) Office of Creative Services, 1996. 2 Videocassettes. (65-V8074) | ||
| Section III: | Electronic Indexes and Databases Sources | |
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| Section IV: | Five Best Web Sources | |
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Web page: Peace Corps Web address: http://www.peacecorps.gov./indexf.cfm Brief Description: This is the Peace Corps homepage, the most useful and comprehensive site at which to find information about the founding and mission statement of the Peace Corps, to locate local recruiters and to download the application. Source of Web site: the Peace Corps |
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Web page: SoYouWanna Join the Peace Corps Web address: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/peacecorps/peacecorps.html Brief Description: This is a more conversational essay overview of the meat-and-potatoes information about joining the Peace Corps. Its biggest aims seem to be dispelling stereotypes and helping people decide if they are really up to the program. There are several other informative/bizarre SoYouWanna topics that can be accessed from SoYouWanna’s homepage. Source of Web site: SoYouWanna.com |
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Web page: Peace Corps Writers Web address: http://www.peacecorpswriters.org Brief Description: This is a site for and about returning Peace Corps volunteer writers. It announces awards given and recent works published, which might be helpful to someone interested in finding out more about what volunteers say about the actual experience. Source of the Web site: John Coyne and Marian Haley Beil, who published the RPCV Writers & Readers newsletter for 10 years |
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Web page: The National Peace Corps Association Web address: http://www.rpcv.org/index.cfm Brief Description: This is the homepage of the National Peace Corps Association, an organization created in 1983 for returned Peace Corps volunteers. On it, one can find descriptions of the organization, its mission statement and list of goals, links to related sites and current announcements. Source of Web site: the National Peace Corps Association |
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Web page: CAPCA Links Web address: http://www.capca.org/pclist.htm Brief Description: This is the Chicago Area Peace Corps Association’s extensive list of national and regional Peace-Corps related links, including several to the homepages of Peace Corps programs in specific locations. It is an impressive site for information on specific programs, but several of the links under “Miscellaneous Peace Corps Sites” no longer work. Source of Web site: the Chicago Area Peace Corps Association |
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| Section V: | Mini-Essay: Cyber-Censorship in China | |
| After
a fire killed 24 customers trapped behind the locked door and barred windows
of a subversive Internet café in Bejing, Beijing Mayor Liu Qi announced
the Chinese government would shut down the 2,400 Internet cafes in the capital,
all but 200 of which the New China News Agency said were unlicensed. (1)
Officials said those 200 would be allowed to reopen only after passing safety
inspections. (2) They declared the move was motivated by a concern for public
safety, but the Chinese government has a history of cyber-censorship and
regulation. Internet cafes are currently required to keep records of the
sites visited by their clientele, and Internet users are blocked from accessing
several sites considered subversive or harmful to the government. (3) Most of China’s 10s of millions of Internet users cannot afford to buy their own computers, so the low prices offered by the "hei wangba" or "black cyber cafes,” especially those late at night, attract a huge public demand. (3) The Lanjisu, or Blue Ultraspeed, Internet café housed over 90 computers in six rooms, and customers could use the Internet for 30 cents an hour or about $1.50 for overnight usage from midnight until 8am. (1) A large crowd of college students was using the Internet at the cafe at 2:40am when the fire broke out. (3) Two boys, Zhang, age 13, and Song, age 14, were charged with setting the blaze after arguing with members of the staff. Some members of the Communist Party viewed the incident as proof of the negative effects of youth Internet use. (4) Chinese newspapers regularly print stories comparing Internet use to drug addiction, both of which they claim lead teenagers to steal and skip school. (5) Others saw the fire as proof of the dangers of the overly restrictive regulations that caused cafes like the Lanjisu to go underground. (2) In April, 2002, the Chinese government had restricted Internet use to customers over the age of 18, except during the daylight hours on holidays, but the rule was widely ignored. (2) The government also forbade the construction of Internet cafes within 650 feet of primary or secondary schools. (4) The Chinese government claims to be engaged in a war against the dissemination of what the regular Chinese citizen calls "black and yellow,” or political and pornographic, material. The people of China are unable to access hundreds of blocked sites, and now the government has been recruiting citizens and café owners to spy on their fellow Internet users for them. (5) In March, 2002, about 300 companies signed the Chinese government’s “Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the Chinese Internet Industry,” including several American Internet service providers, such as Yahoo! (6) |
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Web page: The Great Firewall of China: Cyber-Censorship Web address: http://polywog.navpoint.com/sociology/devnat/firewall_of_china/ Brief Description: This is a comprehensive outline from a lecture on cyber-censorship in China for a high-level sociology class at Drexel University, “Problems and Policies of Developing Nations.” Source of Web site: Elmo M Recio of Drexel University and Polywog.navpoint.com |
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Web page: Amnesty International – Library – People’s
Republic of China: State Control of the Internet in China Web address: http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/asa170072002?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES\CHINA Brief Description: This is Amnesty International’s report on how Chinese Internet users and Chinese society as a whole are affected by cyber-censorship. It includes an informative timeline of developments since 1995. Source of Web site: Amnesty International |
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Web page: Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide Web address: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/ Brief Description: The publishers of this site are researchers at Harvard University who were examining world-wide cyber-censorship. The site extensively reports the findings of their research and is full of informative links. It was last updated 3 December 2002. Source of Web site: Professor Jonathan Zittrain and law student/technology analyst Ben Edelman of Harvard University |
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