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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 1. After 9/11 security changed dramatically specially in public places and sporting events, now a person has to follow certain rules that didn’t exist 11 years ago, including not bringing many personal items that were once allowed to be taken, including backpacks and containers. After 9/11 “our atmosphere changed dramatically” (September) and people became more aware of things that could potentially happen, including having things such as bombs or hazardous things inside backpacks and containers. No one is allowed to bring backpacks and containers to football games anymore, the only exception is handicapped people because they might have conditions such as heart problems where they would need a certain medication to get by. But even though some people think that Americans are just overreacting, I think that its better to overreact now than to not do anything and then regret it later.

About September 11. "10 Years After September 11 - Terrorists still Target Stadiums." 29 July 2011. File last modified on 2 Aug. 2011. HTML file.

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 2. The fear of having another attack made people in the U.S. more aware and one of the consequences of this was the inability to take certain things to public events such as backpacks and containers. Before the 9-11 era those items wouldn't show any potential hazards to the American society, but now-a-days security has increased, prohibiting backpacks and containers to be taken to public events because of the potential threat of something that could be hidden and that it could cause a lot of damage. All that is being done now is to prevent a further attack. "this new requirement is not a result of any specific threat" says the NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue (Okada). The fact that we're preventing a new attack from happening shouldn't be seen as a bad thing even if it means having a little less freedom when going to public events such as football games.

Okada, Bryon. "Pro Football Stadium Security Requires All Fans to Patted down." 6 Feb. 2009. File last modified on 4 May 2011. HTML file.

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 3. 9/11 changed many things in this past decade including security, it made our country stronger, it gave us intelligence and it sharpened our senses, making us more aware. The fact that we're more aware now increases our chances of preventing something like 9/11 from happening again. Security needed significant improvement after 9/11. "our enemies would be attracted to our events for a host of reasons" said Milt Ahlerich, a former FBI executive (Pells). Strength doesn't necessarily have to be something physical, our country is now stronger because its intelligence grew stronger, security is now higher than ever and for the fact that no one wants a 9/11 like event from happening again.

Pells, Eddie. "A decade after 9-11, security at stadiums is tighter -- even if people don't notice anymore." 27 July 2011. File last modified on 17 Aug. 2011. HTML file.

Extra Articles: Brady, Erik. "Long after 9/11, Stadiums Still on the Defensive." 23 Sept. 2009. File last modified on 31 Aug. 2011. HTML file.

Lavigne, Laura. "Officials ramp up stadium security." 3 Feb. 2010. File last modified on 31 Aug. 2011. HTML file. RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning