Critical Thinking Gone Wrong

I am competely disgusted from the story that I just read about. The company North Star who makes the products "Simply Potatoes" are under investigation for roaches, rodent investation, black mold and listertia. All of the products are being recalled.

A former employee contacted the FDA about these issues after he recently quit due to a horrible work enviroment. He said that the smell in the factory was rotten and unbearable, said there was black mold all over the factory, and also reported listeria on the plant's equipment.

It appears that this company has been under investigation for the past 7 years. In 2002 and 2004, the Department of Agriculture ordered North Star to eliminate all possible places for rodent harboring, to eliminate all roach investation, and to eliminate all the black mold in the cook line room. They could not provide any inspection reports since 2006. In 2004 there was another recall of "Simply Potatoes" when glass fragments were found in product samples.

The City of Minneapolis has been asking this company to clean up the plant due to the horrible odor. It is the worst company in the City of Minneapolis. The stink is due to piles and piles of rotten potatoes and other items heaped in piles outside of the warehouse. The City of Minneapolis has issused up to $7000.00 in citations for odor violations. This is more than any other company.

This really disturbs me. This is what I would call a huge problem. I mean why in the world would they continue to let this company do business especially when it comes to food preparation and service. There has been ongoing problems and investagations with this company for the past 7 years. Seven years!!!!! Where were the authorities here? I mean we are talking about food that people consume that could contain listeria, not to mention the black mold exposure and exposure to rats and rodents. When I think about this situation, it really concerns me.

Research challenges

As far as my research project, I am having a hard time narrowing down my search. I am also struggling as to what directly to search under and what is the main research question that I am trying to get to for the project due at the end of the semester. I am continuing to search, but am just confused!!

Discussion #6

In researching for my book for the research project I preferred the MC Library OPAC verses the GRR OPAC. I found many more book that were more informational at the MC Library than I did at the GRR. When I did my search on the GRR OPAC, it showed 37 results. Most of the results really did not have anything to do with my subject. Alot of them were fiction books with one or both words from my search in them. When I searched the MC OPAC I found 56 books and most of them were very informational and related to my subject very well.

Book Search

Recently we got the assignment to locate and check out a book concerning our research topic. I had difficulty trying to figure out where to start and what subject headings that I should search under. There were many different words that I could search but I wasn't getting the results that I needed for my project. I then searched under the subject heading "Christian resistance" and found a book by Robert Wuthnow called "America and the challenges of religious diversity". I then went to the section in the library where it was located, found it by the call number and proceeded with checking the book out. I thought that the process of locating and checking out the book was very easy.

Research Project

I decided to work with Campus Crusade for Christ as this is something that I am passionate about. I have a feeling it is not going to be easy finding material in the library on this subject, but I am looking forward to finding out all different kinds of material and from all different sources. I am interested in finding out different viewpoints from all different cultures regarding this.