Zach Zucker
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Following the brutal Las Vegas massacre last October that killed 58 people by Stephen Paddock, a recent autopsy and examination took place to see what was going on inside of his brain. In Sheri Fink’s article titled “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” she describes what scientists did to discover and look for inside of his brain. In his brain, it was discovered that Paddock did have fatty plaques inside blood vessels that can hurt circulation but that is common among adults at that age. “Also, scattered on the surfaces of his brain were an abnormally high number of tiny deposits that tend to increase with age and accompany some neurological diseases.” Dr. Hannes Vogel, the director of neuropathology at Stanford University examined the brain which was tough due to the fact that there was still the self inflicted gun wound to the brain. “With a good deal of screening, I didn’t see anything,” he said, that could explain why Mr. Paddock became a calculating mass killer. The reason why a brain would be examined was to see if the brain showed any evidence of disorders that could have made him mentally ill, but nothing was found. “A primary care physician in Las Vegas — who said he had been Mr. Paddock’s doctor since 2009 and had last seen him as a patient roughly a year before the shooting — told officials that he suspected Mr. Paddock had bipolar disorder.” After careful examination of his brain, nothing could have been noticed that had led Stephen Paddock to commit this horrible crime.
I feel that this article and very informative and very relevant in today's society. For example, as crime rates have been drastically rising, it is important that we are able to get true justice and we deserve to know what happened in certain cases. Along with this, technology is rapidly expanding and improving so it is very interesting to see how cases can be solved by examining the brain.
After reading this article called “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” , I feel that this article is very well written. I think the article is well written because it is very easy to understand and shows purpose in today’s society and our advancing technology. Although this article would be improved. For example, the article could have explained and gone more into detail on what happened during the examination and what the future holds for this case. To improve this article I would suggest writing about another story on which the same technique of brain examination was used.
19 comments:
Scott McGrath
Current Event 16
2/13/18
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker reviewed an article titled “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” written by Sheri Fink, and did a very good job. The article is very interesting. It talks about the autopsy of Stephen Paddock, the man who brutally opened fire on a Las Vegas concert murdering many in cold blood. The author talks about how the brain autopsy found clots and deposits that were most commonly seen associated with neurological diseases.
Zach did a very good job reviewing this article. Firstly, he did a very good job providing details, I at no point felt like I needed to read the original article. Another thing done very well was the pacing. He put the right information in the right places that made for a more compelling article. He also did a very good job adding quotations, it provided a better perspective.
Despite all these positives there were a few negatives. One thing Zach could work on is the length, it is pretty short and I feel as if more could have been added. Another thing to work on would be giving a longer summary.
One thing that blew my mind was was how they can open up someone's head after they've died and determine neurological diseases from stuff surrounding you actual brain. Overall I think Zach did a very good job with this review.
In Zach’s Article, I thought he did a great job talking about a hotbed issue in the United States and how gun violence has affected schools and other places where people gather and will get rid of gun protect us or make us more unsafe. I also think Zach did a great job describing how the different parts of the Las Vegas Gunman's brain and making it easy for us to understand since some of the terms were hard to understand. Also, I believe that he did a good job describing why after looking into his brain he was primed to be a mass shooter.
I would have changed anything about Zach's article I would have added more on the forensics side of things even though he did it was an interesting article. Also, I would of added more background on the shooter, so we knew what his life was like and if his environment caused him to end up this way.
Overall I thought the article was very well written and was very interesting.
Ayten El-Hennawy
Current Event 17
2/25/18
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zack’s review of the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” was very well written and had a lot of interesting information. First of all, I liked how Zack included many quotes from the article in his review. I also liked how he stated how he thought this article was relevant to our current society as crime rates have been drastically rising and talked about how it’s important for people to get true justice and i thought that was a great point. Lastly, I liked how he explained what was going on in the article in a way that made it clear for the reader.
Although Zack’s review was pretty straightforward, I think it would’ve been better if he related the article more to forensics. I also think it would've been interesting if he talked a little bit more about who exactly the shooter was.
I thought both the article & review were very interesting to read, I think it’s really interesting how much technology is changing and how much it’s helping not only investigators but also victims.
Maggie Miller
February 25th, 2018
Forensics A/B Odd
Current Event Comment 17
Zach Zucker
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker submitted a very interesting review of the article, “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” from the New York Times. The article was about what experts found after they completed an autopsy on the body of Stephen Paddock. Because the tragic event that occurred in Las Vegas recently has most individuals very curious about the details of the shooting, I found it interesting that Zach withheld the information that was concluded from the autopsy until the end of the first paragraph. I was waiting to see if the results showed signs of mental disorders, so it was intriguing to have to wait and read through information. I also found the mention of a previous care physician in Las Vegas that said Paddock could have been bipolar to be interesting, an elaboration on this piece of information would be useful. Zach also broke down the strengths and weaknesses of the article very well in his critique paragraph.
However, there were two things I might suggest improvements on in Zach’s writing. When Zach was sharing the scientific findings from the autopsy, he did not explain what the findings meant. It is likely most readers don’t know what the presence of fatty plaques in blood vessels means. I also think Zach didn’t do a sufficient job connecting this article to our class, it definitely is an important event and this autopsy has to do with science, but he didn’t elaborate how it might be specifically interesting to a student in our forensics course.
Nonetheless, I found both the article itself and Zach’s review to be very interesting. I was unaware they were studying Stephen Paddock’s brain to find this information, and I hope they continue to work and reveal new found information later on.
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, © 2018 The New York Times Company, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html.
There were several aspects of Zachary Zucker’s review of, “Las Vegas Gunman’s Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions”, by Sheri Fink, that was well written. For example, the article was very detailed about the various leads on possible causes of Stephen Paddock’s actions in Las Vegas, which killed 58 people, such as that his girlfriend described him as “distant”, that close to the time the shooting occurred Paddock had complained to his friends and that Paddock had fatty plaques inside blood vessels that impaired blood circulation to the brain, and several more. However, Zucker chose what he believed were the most important and related leads as well as some of the problems the doctors faced such as that the self-inflicted wound made the case harder and the fact that nearly all of the possible leads turn out to be age-related problems with no substantial link to Paddock’s behavior. This way, Zucker’s review remained concise despite the article being complex. Another well-written aspect of Zucker’s article was that he offered a well-supported way for Fink to improve the article: Zucker is right when he states that the author should make it more certain “what the future holds for this case” given the new possible lead of abnormally high corpora amylacea. Thirdly, Zucker did a very good job describing how this article is related to society at large by describing the increasing hardship of fighting more and more crime is being countered with the rapid expansion of science technology, as shown here based on the fact that advanced biology could provide leads to closing the case using autopsies, brain examinations in conjunction with Paddock’s weird behavior preceding the shooting.
However, there are some aspects of Zucker’s review that could be improved. For example, although his summary was concise, Zucker’s summary was not written in a logical way that reflected the article. Rather than just give a few random examples to support that the investigation did not seem to lead to a definitive disorder or condition that could be linked to why Paddock would decide to shoot and kill 58 people, he could first describe that until recently, the investigation was not going anywhere because many of the conditions were either simply age related or were not age related but would otherwise have very little to do with this particular crime, but upon the discovery of the abnormally high presence of corpora amylacea, which is still yet to be fully understood but for sure indicates that something is not right, the investigators may finally be somewhat closer to finding that condition in Paddock. Although I will concede that the title is somewhat misleading about the nature of the article, if Zucker had used this “problem-to-possible-solution” format it would have given more direction to his summary and more clarity as to what the article was about. Secondly, Zucker is very vague in stating what the article did well and fails to cite specific examples. For example, the article is describing the purpose of what in society?
One aspect of the article that was surprising was that neurobiology was almost exclusively employed at the expense of other relevant sciences. For example, wouldn’t it be useful to learn about Paddock from a forensic psychology perspective? It would seem like a good idea to ask some of his friends about Paddock’s flaws and to try to get a read of whether he profiled the people he killed due to a specific type of person he resented or whether he just wanted to create a destructive public demonstration against “The Man”. Answering these questions to deduce his personality type and to find ways to prevent others with this personality type from acting out would seem just as relevant as the biological perspective of simply trying to pinpoint a “disorder”.
YiFei Wu
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics
2/28/2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach did a very nice job with her current event review on the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” by Sheri Fink. So the title of this article interested me which made me want to read the rest. Zach uses great examples of the case. I like all of those background he gave the audiences, which make it clear to understand. “With a good deal of screening, I didn’t see anything,” he said, that could explain why Mr. Paddock became a calculating mass killer. The reason why a brain would be examined was to see if the brain showed any evidence of disorders that could have made him mentally ill, but nothing was found. “A primary care physician in Las Vegas — who said he had been Mr. Paddock’s doctor since 2009 and had last seen him as a patient roughly a year before the shooting — told officials that he suspected Mr. Paddock had bipolar disorder.”This quote shows how detailed background Zach had in his article. Second, in Zach's article, he explained why the source and the science aspect of the brain exams. Third of all, he explained the aspect of this case form the original post which I appreciate the most.
I think Zach's post is very helpful as well as let us learn more about the forensic technology and researching the brains as well. But he can literally add more details to some stuff because the article is kinda short. First, he could explain the forensic technology in brains more in depth which will help us to understand as well as by how the dog can smell the ashes that can help the scientist.
Overall, Zach’s review is really interesting and I am impressed by how the scientists can actually make people’s brain open and do stuff.
This week my classmate Zach did a current event on “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” by Sheri Fink. The article that was published in The New York Times talks about the results of a brain examination done on the shooter behind the massacre at a Las Vegas country music concert that killed 58 people. The first thing that surprised me was that forensic investigators could look into criminals brains to try and find neurological diseases in order to find a motive/disorder that could have caused the person to act in the way they did. The second thing that surprised me was that even though the gunman shot himself in the head they were able to investigate the brain itself. Finally I was shocked that investigators did not find anything wrong with him that could have caused him to commit this besides age related conditions like fatty plaque in the brain.
This article was extremely well written. Zach was able to convey all the facts of this article successfully without leaving anything out. However, I wish that next time Zach could've added what a brain with a neurological disorder looks. Even though this would need outside research it could’ve been really informative to the reader. Lastly, I wanted Zach to explain the outcomes of what investigators did find in the brain, such as what a build up of fatty plaque could cause.
This article is very relevant to our current political environment. With tragedies happening in Parkland to Las Vegas people are wondering who would do such a crime and why? It is important that we look at neurological disorders of both the deceased and alive criminals to understand why, and in turn, how we can treat these mental health issues to prevent more tragedies from happening.
Olivia Lewis
2/27/18
Forensics
Current Event #17 comment
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach’s review of the article “Las Vegas Gunman’s Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions,” was very well done. I think that Zach did a good job in summarizing the article so that his review would be better understood. I also think that Zach did a good job of doing further research so that he could further understand the case being discussed and include the information he found so that the reader could also fully understand the case. Finally, I think that Zach’s review was very organized and well planned so that the reader was not confused by his review of the article.
I think to further improve his review, Zach could have included more information on the forensic science involved in this case and how it applies to what we are learning in class. I also think that his review could have been improved if he provided more specific information about this article.
I think that this review was very interesting to read as I was unaware how much information can be determined from examining the brain itself.
Zixi Chen
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics
28 February 2018
Current Event 17
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker’s review on the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” by Sheri Fink is very descriptive. It is about a brain autopsy of the Las Vegas shooter who killed 58 innocent people last October. There are some small abnormal things about this brain such as the “ fatty plaques inside blood vessels that can hurt circulation” and the “high number of tiny deposits” scattered on the surfaces of the brain, but there was nothing uncommon enough to surprise the examiners. There are many things that Zach did to make this review great. For example, he used direct quotes from the author to establish the credibility of his review. Also, Zach provided information from different perspectives and gave the readers a very well-rounded overlook at this case. Lastly, Zach showed clearly the reasons that this article is relevant to today’s society and voiced his own opinion on the technology used in investigations like this.
Even though this review is well-written, there are two areas of possible improvements. First of all, there was no transitional sentences that is used between any two paragraphs. If Zach used some transitional sentences, his review would be more smooth and easy to read for his audiences. Also, the concluding paragraph is a little repetitive as he used phrases like “the article is well written” in two consecutive sentences. I believe the review would be better if he shortened the paragraph by cutting all of the repetitions.
This article informed me that there is nothing strange about this mass shooter’s brain. He can be someone that we encounter in our daily life who just suddenly put action into one crazy thought. Psychology can be a big reason in a lot of violent cases, and most of the time, it is extremely hard to find the real cause of an incident. With the use of advanced technology, people may be able to get closer to the truth.
Hayley Berry
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics
February 27, 2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
For this current event I read Zach Zucker's review of, “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” from the New York Times. I thought that this article was very interesting and caught my eye. I thought Zach did a very good job of giving a good amount of information for the readers to be interested throughout the whole review. Another thing that I thought he did a good job on was choosing a topic that is very relevant to our society right now as a whole, not just for adults but also for kids like us in school. Lastly, Zach did a really good job on was really going into depth about the thoughts of the investigators and what their process for looking into his brain to see if there was a neurological disease.
Although this article was very well written, there are a few things that I think he could have done better on. I thought that he could have gone into more depth about the shooter himself and maybe talked more about the findings and thought on the findings. Another thing was the relevance to our class, I thought he did a good job to us as people but not connecting it to what we have been learning.
Overall I thought that this article and the review were both very well written. One thing that stuck out at me while reading this article was the scientists thinking and may prove in the future that there is a neurological disease for the people who do things like this.
Timmy McGrath
Bronxville School
Current Event #17
February 27th, 2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker submitted a very well written review on the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The review was very interesting as he was able to go into detail about the autopsy of Stephen Paddock who was the gunman in the largest mass shooting in U.S. History. His review was very well written and was able to depict what happened in detail that made it easy for the reader to understand. He also did a great job describing what made him a prime candidate to become a shooter. Zach also did a great job explaining to the reader what the author was trying to get across and didn’t use words that were too hard to understand.
While Zach’s review was very good there were a couple things I would have changed. I think he could have done was add a longer summary to the review. He also could have added some background on the shooter like something about his childhood.
This article was very well written and I was able to take away many things from it including that many things can attribute to you being a shooter and having a brain like Paddok’s makes you a prime candidate.
Lily Monahan
Forensics
Current Event #17
February 28th, 2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach reviewed the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.”, and provided a very well written summary that incorporated his own thoughts.I enjoyed that Zach used several important quotes from the article to make it more comprehensible. I also enjoyed how he related this article to the state of our current society as crime rates have been increasing. He also did a great job explaining what was happening in the article throughout it.
I think something that would have made this article better would be if he incorporated more background information on who the shooter was. Another area for improvement would be relating this article to forensics.
I thought this article was interesting because of how advanced this kind of technology is. It was also very relevant to society given the number of mass shootings happening every day.
Andrew Rotchford
Current Event 17
Zach Zucker
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker chose the same article that I did for my last event called“Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” from the New York Times. The article was about what experts found after they completed an autopsy on the body of Stephen Paddock. Now recently, With all of the 21 school shootings that have occurred in 2018 many are wondering what goes into the head of a mass shooter. So when conducting the autopsy it would have ramifications for all other mass shootings. Zach chose to explain what the autopsy had concluded at the end of the first paragraph which I thought was very good use of writing, it led the reader in suspense. Knowing what happened and reading the same article that Zack picked I was interested in seeing how Zack would break down the article. Zach also broke down the strengths and weaknesses of the article very well in his critique paragraph.
To give him two comments for improvement, The first being is when Zack was explaining the scientific findings from the autopsy he did not really explain what was concluded from it. another thing that I would suggest is bringing it back to our forensics class and making it full circle. There's a reason that we choose Forensic current events so we can tie it into our own class.
With all of that being said, I was very impressed with Zach's review and i was very interesting to see how he would explain the same article I read. Already knowing about the autopsy I knew the outcome but reading Zack’s opinion on it was something new that I learned.
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Sophia Kocur
Zach Zucker reviewed an article titled “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” written by Sheri Fink, and did a very good job. he article was about what experts found after they completed an autopsy on the body of Stephen Paddock. Because the tragic event that occurred in Las Vegas recently has most individuals very curious about the details of the shooting, I found it interesting that Zach withheld the information that was concluded from the autopsy until the end of the first paragraph. I was waiting to see if the results showed signs of mental disorders, so it was intriguing to have to wait and read through information. I also found the mention of a previous care physician in Las Vegas that said Paddock could have been bipolar to be interesting, an elaboration on this piece of information would be useful. Zach also broke down the strengths and weaknesses of the article very well in his critique paragraph.
However, there are some aspects of Zucker’s review that could be improved. First of all, there was no transitional sentences that is used between any two paragraphs. If Zach used some transitional sentences, his review would be more smooth and easy to read for his audiences. Also, the concluding paragraph is a little repetitive as he used phrases like “the article is well written” in two consecutive sentences. I believe the review would be better if he shortened the paragraph by cutting all of the repetitions.
Overall I thought that this article and the review were both very well written. One thing that stuck out at me while reading this article was the scientists thinking and may prove in the future that there is a neurological disease for the people who do things like this.
Gordon Hoffman
Forensics
Current Event #17
February 28th, 2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach’s review of the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” was overall very well done. He included a lot of quotes which added to the understanding of the article and made it better to read. He also summarized it up very well and made the reader understand the article better. It was also nice how he included the stat the crime rates are increasing which was a nice addition as it made a real world connection.
He could have added more of a forensic aspect of the article as there wasn’t much of that in his review. He also could have given us a bit of background on who the shooter was which would have given us a better understanding on what made this so interesting.
I thought that it was very interesting that technology has gone this far, so far that we can look into the brains of those who have died which is very interesting. Overall Zach did a good job with his review and is very relevant considering how much of an issue shooting have become.
Jack Baxter
Current Event Comment
3/1/18
D even
Zach Zucker
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker submitted a very interesting review of the article, “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” from the New York Times. The article was about what experts found after they completed an autopsy on the body of Stephen Paddock. Because the tragic event that occurred in Las Vegas recently has most individuals very curious about the details of the shooting, I found it interesting that Zach withheld the information that was concluded from the autopsy until the end of the first paragraph. I was waiting to see if the results showed signs of mental disorders, so it was intriguing to have to wait and read through information. I also found the mention of a previous care physician in Las Vegas that said Paddock could have been bipolar to be interesting, an elaboration on this piece of information would be useful. Zach also broke down the strengths and weaknesses of the article very well in his critique paragraph.
However, there were two things I might suggest improvements on in Zach’s writing. When Zach was sharing the scientific findings from the autopsy, he did not explain what the findings meant. It is likely most readers don’t know what the presence of fatty plaques in blood vessels means. I also think Zach didn’t do a sufficient job connecting this article to our class, it definitely is an important event and this autopsy has to do with science, but he didn’t elaborate how it might be specifically interesting to a student in our forensics course.
Nonetheless, I found both the article itself and Zach’s review to be very interesting. I was unaware they were studying Stephen Paddock’s brain to find this information, and I hope they continue to work and reveal new found information later on.
Damian Kaminski
February 25th, 2018
Forensics E even
Current Event Comment 17
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker submitted a very interesting review of the article, “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” from the New York Times. The article was about what experts found after they completed an autopsy on the body of Stephen Paddock. Because the tragic event that occurred in Las Vegas recently has most individuals very curious about the details of the shooting, I found it interesting that Zach withheld the information that was concluded from the autopsy until the end of the first paragraph. I was waiting to see if the results showed signs of mental disorders, so it was intriguing to have to wait and read through the information. I also found the mention of a previous care physician in Las Vegas that said Paddock could have been bipolar to be interesting, an elaboration on this piece of information would be useful. Zach also broke down the strengths and weaknesses of the article very well in his critique paragraph.
However, there were two things I might suggest improvements on in Zach’s writing. When Zach was sharing the scientific findings from the autopsy, he did not explain what the findings meant. It is likely most readers don’t know what the presence of fatty plaques in blood vessels means. I also think Zach didn’t do a sufficient job connecting this article to our class, it definitely is an important event and this autopsy has to do with science, but he didn’t elaborate how it might be specifically interesting to a student in our forensics course.
Nonetheless, I found both the article itself and Zach’s review to be very interesting. I was unaware they were studying Stephen Paddock’s brain to find this information, and I hope they continue to work and reveal new found information later on.
Justin McCarthy
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics 12H
Current Event 18- Reviewing Zach Zukers Current Event
Due March 9th 2018
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.”
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Zach did a very nice job with her current event review on the article “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” by Sheri Fink. There were three things that I really enjoyed about your article. First thing that I liked was your title. I thought your title was very interesting because it hooked me onto reading the rest to this article. Zach does a great job at this because he makes the reader want to keep reading. A second thing that I also liked was that Zach provided very dense background which he gave the audiences, which make it clear to understand the main theme for his article. He did a very good job at this when he provided depth to how Paddock became a mass killer. Zach does a great job at this because he provides the reasons why a brain would be examined was to see if the brain showed any evidence of disorders that could have made him mentally ill, but nothing was found. A third factor which I enjoyed from Zach's article is that he also did a very good job at explaining why the source and the science aspect of the brain exams is critical to forensic investigation. This is important because Zach is able to write such a great article he is able to paint a clear picture for his review.
While Zach did many factors great in this article, there were two areas where Zach can improve on in is that I think Zach's post is very helpful as well as let us learn more about the forensic technology and researching the brains as well. Though I think he can literally add more details to some stuff because the article is kinda short. This is important because it adds more depth to his article. A second factor which I also think Zach could do better is that he could improve his article by adding a forensic technology part regarding the brains. I believe Zach can improve this part by adding more information about the human brain because in brains there are more depth which will help us to understand as well to understanding why people are insane and how to prevent them from becoming insane.
Overall I enjoyed reading Zach’s review. I thought he did a very great job on his review. I picked his review because I thought his review was very interesting to read. I picked this article because I like the New York Times because they are one of the few trustworthy news source in present day America. I thought this article was really interesting and the most important thing i took away was that I am shocked by how far scientists actions can take to actually make people’s brain open to analyze.
Fink, Sheri. “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/las-vegas-attack-paddock-brain-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Zach Zucker reviewed an article titled “Las Vegas Gunman's Brain Exam Only Deepens Mystery of His Actions” written by Sheri Fink, and did a very good job. The article is very interesting. It talks about the autopsy of Stephen Paddock, the man who brutally opened fire on a Las Vegas concert murdering many in cold blood. The author talks about how the brain autopsy found clots and deposits that were most commonly seen associated with neurological diseases.
Zach did a very good job reviewing this article. Firstly, he did a very good job providing details, I at no point felt like I needed to read the original article. Another thing done very well was the pacing. He put the right information in the right places that made for a more compelling article. He also did a very good job adding quotations, it provided a better perspective.
Despite all these positives there were a few negatives. One thing Zach could work on is the length, it is pretty short and I feel as if more could have been added. Another thing to work on would be giving a longer summary.
One thing that blew my mind was was how they can open up someone's head after they've died and determine neurological diseases from stuff surrounding you actual brain. Overall I think Zach did a very good job with this review.
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