Welcome to the web site for...
Senior Seminar, ISP 4860
Section 003 (Bowen)
for the Fall 2008 Semester
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM in
79 Manoogian on the main WSU campus
Last updated: 1/9/09
This is the web site for the following section of ISP 4860 for the 2008 Semester:
- Section 003 CRN
15374, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM in 213 State Hall on the main
WSU campus with David Bowen as the Instructor.
- September 10 and 17 only: meet in UGL Instructional Lab C (Room 3150)
To print out PowerPoint notes while saving paper:
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Open file in PowerPoint
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Click on "File" menu item, then "Print..."
(For PowerPoint 2007, click on circle, then Print)
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On Print dialog, for "Print what:" choose "Handouts"
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Choose the slides per page that you want (I like 6),
then click "OK."
My office is 216 Physics Building. Here is a map.

Main headings for this site:
Instructor contact
information
Name: David Bowen
Fall 2008 Office
Hours:
- Mondays 5 to 6 PM in 122 Cohn Hall
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 PM in 216 Physics
- Wednesdays 5 to 6 PM in 64 Manoogian
- Or call or email or set up an appointment
Campus address: 216 Physics / 666 West Hancock (southeast corner of Warren
and Anthony Wayne) / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI 48202
Home address:
4704 Elmhurst / Royal Oak, MI 48073
Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu
AIM Screen
Name: wsuwebguy
Telephone numbers:
- Campus: 313-577-1498
- Home: 248-549-8518
- Cell phone: 248-217-1316
- Ford: 313-390-2155 (most Fridays and some Thursdays)
- FAX: 313-577-3932
David Bowen's website
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
website
College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences website
Wayne State University
website
Course documents, all are MS
Word files
To print out PowerPoint notes while saving paper:
-
Open file in PowerPoint
-
Click on "File" menu item, then
"Print..."
(For PowerPoint 2007, click on circle, then Print)
-
On Print dialog, for "Print what:" choose
"Handouts"
-
Choose the slides per page that you want (I like 6),
then click "OK."
Online Tools
Other sites of
interest
-
Schedule for WSU October 21 conference on Climate Change and
Southeastern Michigan
- UN Population Division, 2006 revisions
of population
- MLA public
reference - The OWL at Purdue
- webmail.wayne.edu
- Online Thesaurus (Bartleby)
- The
value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital, Robert
Costanza et al (Science, 1997)
- Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment website
- IPCC - Integovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
- UNESCO water site
- World Resources Institute
- International Energy Agency
- What Matters website
- New York Times blogs
- Bloomberg
Video on World Food Shortage
- Articles
- Human Footprint
- Economy
- The LIBOR (Bloomberg.com,
9/30/08)
- Housing
Slump Continues (Bloomberg.com, 9/30/08)
- International
Monetary Fund (IMF): Economic crisis is world-wide (New York
Times/Reuters 10/8/08)
- Alan Greenspan
Sees Need for Market Regulations, (New York Times, 10/23/09)
-
Globalization Index Shows Decline (Bloomberg.com, 10/26/08)
- Green
Energy Jobs in the Rustbelt (New York Times, 11/2/08)
- Obama and Bush Discuss Big Three Bailout (New York Times,
11/10/08)
- Retail Sales Plummet in October
(New York Times, 11/7/08)
- Employment Plummets in October (New York Times, 11/7/08)
- Consumers
Stop Spending (New York Times, 11/12/08)
- American
Express Is a Bank! Dressing for the Bailout (New York Times,
11/10/08)
- Good
Credit Scores Even More Important Now (Bloomberg, 11/13/08)
-
Bush Administration Not Seeking 2nd $350 Billion For TARP
(Bloomberg, 11/17/08)
- G20 Talks on
Economic Rescue (NYT, 11/17/08)
-
Developing Nations Included In G20 Talks On Economic Rescue
(NYT, 11/17/08)
-
Consumer Bankruptcies Still Rising (NYT, 11/17/08)
- Paulson
Testimony - no direct help on mortgages or auto companies (NYT,
11/18/08)
-
Foreclosures Depress Housing Market (Bloomberg, 11/18/08)
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Credit Crunch Makes Bankruptcy Worse (NYT, 11/19/08)
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Change in Federal Bailout Makes Credit Crunch Worse (NYT, 11/20/08)
-
Obama Stimulus
Plan (NYT, 11/22/08)
-
We Don't Know
How Large a Stimulus "Has To Be" (NYT Op-Ed, 11/24/08)
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Economic Crisis Pulling Down Chinese Economy (NYT, 11/25/08)
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Economic
Crisis in Rich Countries (NYT, 11/25/08)
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Causes
of the Great Depression (Wall Street Journal, 11/29/08)
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What Is A
Credit Default Swap (Wall Street Journal, 11/29/08)
-
Basic
Questions From Monitor for Treasury Bailout (NYT, 12/1/08)
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It's Official!
It's a Recession! (NYT, 12/1/08)
-
China Tries to Get Its Consumers To Spend (NYT, 12/2/08)
- Big Three Crisis
- GM In Deep Financial Trouble (Bloomberg.com, 11/7/08)
- Auto
Leaders Testimony (Bloomberg, 11/18/08)
-
GMAC
Becomes a Bank to Qualify for Bailout Funds (NYT, 11/20/08)
- Waxman
In, Dingell Out (Bloomberg, 11/21/08)
-
Auto Sales
Down, and Not Just for The Big Three (NYT, 11/24/08)
-
Ford Welcomes
Obama Plans for Green Vehicles (NYT, 11/24/08)
-
Bankruptcy Would Mean the End for The Big Three, Not a Viable Option
(NYT, 11/24/08)
- All Car Sales
Are Slumping, Not Just Big Three's (NYT, 12/02/08)
- Ecosystem
- Energy
- Energy Lessons
from the '70s (New York Times, 10/6/08)
- Global
Warming and Africa (Africadotcom, 10/17/08)
- Green
Energy Jobs in California (New York Times, 10/20/08)
- Growing
World Energy Demand (Green Car Congress, 10/20/08)
- Alternative
Energy Facing Headwinds From Credit Crisis (New York Times,
10/20/08)
- Europe
Backs Off From Carbon Leadership in Credit Crisis (New York
Times, 10/20/08)
- Global
Warming Happening Faster and Stronger Than Predicted (CNN,
10/21/08)
- Economic
problems for corn-based ethanol (New York Times, 11/5/08)
- Peridotite
for Sequestration (Yahoo/Reuters 11/10/08)
-
Oil Price Drops and the General Economy (NYT, 12/1/08)
-
Hawaii Approves Electric Car Initiative (NYT, 12/3/08)
- Food
- Health
- Water
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