In Class: free write

Thanksgiving break was a good break overall, highlighted by the demise of Boise State on Friday. Friday was an unusual day overall for college football. The day began with Auburn playing Alabama in the Iron Bowl. With an Auburn loss, it would put TCU in better position to be playing for the national championship game. Alabama opened the game scoring 24 unanswered points, but eventually lost to Auburn 28-27, which was disappointing. Alabama had four possessions inside of Auburn's 10-yard line and had two field goals and two fumbles in those four possessions. Had they converted one of those fumbles into a field goal they would have escaped with a win and put TCU in a better position for the national championship. After this sad ending, Oregon played Arizona. Again, an Oregon loss would put TCU in better position for the national championship, but Arizona had a small chance to beat Oregon. At halftime, Arizona was leading but could not finish and eventually lost to the Ducks. After these two depressing games that did not go TCU's way at all, Boise State played WAC rival Nevada. Although Boise was not ranked ahead of TCU in the BCS poll at the start of this game, a win would propel them ahead of TCU and crushed all national championship hopes. Boise State was up 24-7 in the fourth quarter but could not hold on to the lead and ended up losing to Nevada in overtime, a result of two late field goals that were missed on Boise's end. All in all, food to football, I had a fabulous break.

Unit 3 Proposal

For our Unit 3 project Tracy, Allie, and I have decided to discuss the issue of TCU going to the National Championship. All of our articles/evidence will be in support of TCU going to the championship game.


We are going to use 4 different mediums to appeal to different audiences on this subject. I am working on an ESPN article that will appeal to, obviously, all of the sports fans around the world. Lots of people are constantly getting updates on their phones/emails through the ESPN website, which means they're always checking it. It will be a good way to get this argument out to that population.


Tracy is working on a letter to the BCS selection committee. This letter will be talking to the 'higher end' people in the BCS selection process. Hopefully persuading them to consider TCU as a viable candidate. This audience is narrow, but it's still very important to make sure that these important people know how much everyone believes TCU is deserving of a spot in the championship game.


Allie will be working on both a Fan page on Facebook, and a billboard. The Fan page("Support TCUs Drive to the National Championship") is going to be a good way to get the word out to the younger population. Almost everyone ages 25 and under have a Facebook, and if we invite as many friends as possible to this page, it will get noticed. Also, obviously all of our TCU friends will be in support of this, and it will hopefully get them rallied to expanding this argument out. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join this group! The billboard is also something important she is working on. We haven't decided on our favorite picture yet, but we're just going to have a huge(legit) picture from a TCU game, and one or two words on it that will make a statement. Obviously, it has to be short enough so people driving by will be able to get the main idea of the visual. This is a powerful way to appeal to the Fort Worth/Dallas community in support of one of our home teams going to the National Championship.


Overall, things are going great so far, and we're all really excited to keep expanding on this project.

In Class: visual argument reading

The reading for this class period dealt with how visual images make different arguments. The reading covered everything from wording to coloring to emotional appeals created through visuals. Since I am dealing with more of the textual parts of the third assignment, I focused on the visual elements that text deals with. The visual appearance of text plays an important role and sends many messages for what the style of a visual may be. Certain fonts (serif vs. sans serif vs. decorative) all play a role in the message that an author may want to portray. For this project, one of the tasks that I will be doing is creating an article that is similar to one found in ESPN. This article will be formatted using either a serif or sans serif font (likely Times New Roman). For this article, the visuals that I may choose to incorporate will need to be relevant to the context, and I will attempt to elicit emotional response from the hypothetical reader. This I will accomplish through the use of pictures that show TCU doing well, or through pictures that may show reactions of fans (hopefully creating an effect that other events have been able to show through the use of bystanders).

In Class: What I Learned in the reading

For the reading today, one of the topics I learned is how the structure of words is much more important that I thought in forming arguments. With individual wording, it is important to avoid jargon and technical terms when writing to large audiences, because it has the potential to deter some of that audience who are unaware of the meaning of those terms. Sentence structure also plays a key role in conveying the meaning of an argument, especially when it comes to length of sentences. Often times powerful arguments start with topic sentences that can be brief and are followed with phrases such as "in fact" or "in addition" to add more inflection into the argument. In addition to wording, style is an important aspect of any argument. In order for a strong argument to be written, it must be done in a style that will be appealing to the audience as a whole. In some cases it is inappropriate to employ one style while at other times it may be a necessity to use that same style.

Unit 3 Job Titles and Descriptions

Job Title and Description: My title in the group is Lead Analyst. In addition to being the Recorder, as Lead Analyst I will do extensive research on my group's topic, brainstorm possible ideas for each of the three texts to utilize for the project, plan meetings ahead of time (as well as elaborate on action items for the next meeting), formulate edit any written text, and assist Tracy and Allie in anything they need help with or do not understand. In the group, I want to be active and helpful in every way possible. I will accomplish any task that is delegated to me, and I will put forth my best work. My primary responsibility is to ensure that all research on our topic is done ahead of time as well as to serve as a resource for Tracy and Allie if they are confused or unsure of where we are going as a group on this project.

Other team members: Tracy Littlefield and Allie Barnes

In Class: Group Work

Last year in my Business Information Systems class, I was placed in a group with members who did not have the same work ethic as I did, which ended up in me doing most of the work for the overall project. Due to the high volume of the work, I was overwhelmed and ended up getting a mid-B on the project despite giving all the effort I possibly had.

An ideal group project for me starts off with being in a group with a similar work ethic that I possess. I want to be with members who do not settle for mediocrity and only want to submit their best work possible. I think it is also important to be with members who pay strict attention to detail and are engaged in the task at hand. Additionally, it is important to me for everyone in the group to participate and be held accountable for their work. It is not fair when the group as a whole receives the same grade when there are others who clearly worked harder than the other members. It always bothers me when members of the group are unprepared for class and meetings (or show up late), so preparation and punctuality are critical for a successful project.

In Class: Analysis Challenges

During this process the biggest challenge for me was avoiding giving my own insight and opinions into the primary source analysis itself. The BCS national championship is an issue that I am passionate about and directly affects all of us at TCU, and leaving my own thoughts about the championship/system out of my analysis led me to see the arguments in a much different way. In addition, this process made me view arguments and rhetoric in a completely different way. This challenged me to view the articles from an unbiased perspective and to see how effective and strong each individual argument was. Although none of the articles that I found were in favor of the current system, the articles I read and analyzed each presented differing viewpoints and they subsequently gave me new insight and more reasons as to why I feel the way I do about the flawed BCS system. There would be times while writing where I would catch myself expressing my opinion, but by the time I got through with the third analysis, I was becoming more efficient and not catching myself in that position.

Unit 2 Proposal

Proposed topic: For this essay, I am planning to analyze the arguments surrounding the current BCS system in college football, specifically in the end of the 2009 season when both TCU and Boise State went undefeated. This is a debate that has been highly intensified over the past few years as many non-automatic qualifying schools (non-AQ's) are now finishing with better records than automatic qualifying ones yet not receiving the same recognition and bowl berths or a chance at the national championship. Due to the system of the BCS, there are no playoffs, which does not allow non-AQ's the chance to prove themselves in the post-season of college football and earn a spot in the national championship.

Primary sources: There are many opponents and proponents of the BCS system, which should provide me with enough primary sources to analyze the rhetorical arguments they make. The end of last season was pretty controversial as there were five teams that went undefeated (three were AQs, the other two were Boise State and TCU) but only two got to play for the national championship. Many of the commentators of this subject are sports analysts, so I will mostly look into articles written by correspondents of ESPN as well as local papers in regards to schools that this directly affects. I will also look into what different Athletic Directors and Chancellors of universities are arguing about the issue, because this is directly related to money that schools could be potentially receiving to due to bowl success and invitations.

Why I chose this topic: Being a student at TCU, this is an event that directly relates to me. Once again, we may finish the season in good standing but held out of potentially the national championship, even if we may be deserving of it. It will be interesting to analyze the different arguments that proponents and opponents of the current BCS system are making, as well as to see which side presents the strongest and most effective arguments.

In Class: First Paragraph

While walking around the TCU campus, whether it be someone's first or one-thousandth time, one will instantly see the quality of the building on the campus. TCU invests lots of money into its campus, more so than most universities. One building in particular, however, stands out among them all: the TCU recreation center. This is a building on campus that is set apart from all others: it is diverse, unique, state-of-the-art, and appealing to all students on campus.

Upon entering the rec center, there is somewhat of an overwhelming feeling that is induced upon first sight. Walking in from the main entrance, you can immediately see the volume of activity going in the recreation center. There are machines everywhere, a huge weight room, various basketball and racquetball courts, and indoor and outdoor pool, a food shop, all creating endless possibilities of what you can do for the time you decide to be there. As you proceed to get your ID scanned, you decide that you wish to go into the weight room. This is no high school weight room, but a weight room on par with most high-tech facilities comparable to Lifetime Fitness and 24-Hour Fitness'. There are rows upon rows of cable machines, multiple benches, a complete dumbbell set that can easily accommodate 25 people at once, two sections to work abdominal muscles, a complete straight-bar and EZ-bar curling rack, as well as two cable machines to work muscles specifically in the back. This is a weight room where you can work every muscle imaginable in the human body.

In Class: Writing Workshops

Writing workshops are something that I have found both very beneficial and quite pointless depending on the circumstances and classes they occur in. The most beneficial workshops that I have been involved in happened mostly during my junior and senior year of high school in my AP English classes. In these classes, many of the students were on similar levels of thinking and writing ability that I was at, which made for a nice atmosphere to participate in group workshops. This was helpful as I received relevant feedback, interesting insight, as well as good advice for proper revision for various essays throughout the year (my senior AP Lit class was heavy in volume of writing so there were usually workshops weekly or bi-weekly). In other classes in high school, namely non-AP classes, I found that writing workshops were absolutely pointless. Most of the kids who would "revise" my paper either had nothing to say about it at all, or they would give me comments that had nothing to do with my paper and were absolutely irrelevant. In general, I would prefer to revise my own paper and then have my peers who I trust to revise my paper, but I am not totally opposed to group writing workshops. On the whole, this class seems pretty diligent and smart, so I trust that the advice that I receive from my peers would be both relevant and helpful in the long run. +

In Class: Observing the Rec Center

Because I have been in the rec center very frequently, there wasn't too much that I was unaware of, but I did begin to notice more about the little things that TCU does to make this rec center stand apart from other rec centers, both public ones as well as those at other universities across the country. TCU clearly invested millions of dollars in this facility, and each year there seems to be some new addition. Through doing this, it creating a clean, nice, attractive environment that students will naturally feel inclined to go to. Besides the lavish machines, equipment and facilities in the rec center, TCU also uses smaller objects to almost subconsciously attract students. One of the ways that this is achieved is through the promotion of TCU throughout the building. Everywhere you look you can see TCU logos, ads for sporting events, or even news about what's going on at the school. TCU is the one thing that is common among all students here, because this is where our current home is. We are all students together, and this is a place that embodies it. Through this, we are able to recognize this as our rec center that is unique to us. Another thing that the rec center does do to create a more inviting atmosphere is through their promotion of various clubs and intramural sports throughout the semester. One thing that TCU does well is to inspire students to be active in many ways on campus, and one of the first things you see when walking into the rec center is a huge ad for all the fall intramural registration deadlines. The rec center inspires activity, and TCU's main goal through investing so much into it is to get us, as students, to be healthy, fit, and active.

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in the Rec

As I have learned through observing and going to the rec center in the past few weeks, I have become increasingly aware of the diverse and multiple purposes that the rec center serves among the TCU community. While looking at ethos, pathos, and logos, it has helped me to better understand the purpose of the rec center itself.

Ethos: As the book describes, ethos involves emotional appeals, which are especially powerful tools for influencing what people think and believe. Ethos strives to establish credibility and character. In specifics to the TCU rec center, I feel that ethos is created through the establishment itself. As in most things and buildings here at TCU, there has clearly been a lot of money invested here. This is without a doubt one of the nicest gyms that I have been to, and I am sure that most people would agree. Because of the quality and the amount of machines, weights, basketball courts, pools, game rooms, class rooms, and other various places inside of the rec center, it suggests that this is a legitimate place where one can go to be fit and healthy.

Pathos: Pathos, as we have learned, is an appeal to emotion. The TCU rec center does an exceptional job of appealing to emotion, and this is where it does its best job of drawing in students. The rec center attempts to draw in the students, and everyone that enters the gym, through creating at atmosphere that will encourage everyone to be active in some way. Through being at the rec center, that first step is accomplished, but while being there, in an almost subconscious way there are elements that push the individual to be fit. One way this is accomplished is through the music. Most people do not notice the music at first, but music played at the rec center is usually upbeat and fast. Studies have shown that people can work out faster and increase their heart rates while being active and listening to music with more beats per minute. Pathos is also created through the main visual argument here, which are the murals throughout the rec center. These murals are of people being active, and struggling, but accomplishing the task they are set to. These inspire people to work hard to achieve a certain goal, whether that may be to move up a weight class, lose a few pounds, or simply to be fit and maintain good health.

Logos: Logos is an appeal to logic. To me, logos is the least dominant of the three rhetorical devices in the rec center, but I feel that it is most evident through basic observation of the rec center, as well as using common sense. This ties in with ethos, but through simply being inside of the rec center, you can tell how many purposes it fulfills, as well as how much money has been put into making this a state-of-the-art facility that is inviting to the whole student body at TCU.

In Class: Logos Artifact

The Logos object that I brought today is a poster of the 2009 TCU Football team, which highlights going undefeated and lists the scores of all of the twelve games played throughout the regular season. Because the poster is large, I used a picture of the same poster that I have on my room from this website: http://store.cstv.com/store_contents.cfm?store_id=422&dept_id=-164&product_id=162677&sportCatID=15.

Logos stresses arguments based on "facts, evidence, and reason." My example stresses facts and evidence. The fact that my poster claims is that not only is TCU the Mountain West Conference Champions for the 2009 football season, but it also states that they went 12-0 to secure a perfect season in regular season play. This establishes the legitimacy of TCU as a football program and a contender for higher recognitions in the realm of college football. To support this fact, the evidence of going 12-0 is shown through the list of all twelve opponents TCU faced and the subsequent score from each of those games. The reading stresses that "people today usually prefer arguments based on facts" when compared to other forms of logical arguments. The quickest way to grab someone's attention, in most cases, is to advertise facts that will stand out. Specifically for this poster, to the person who sees it who is unaware of TCU's success on the football field, this will enlighten them to their success and serve as persuasive enough evidence to back up the claim being made through the poster.

Unit 1 Proposal

For my Public Space Analysis, the place I am choosing to use is the TCU Recreational Center, a place with which I am very familiar to. This is a place that every student (hopefully) is at least exposed to, while for others this may serve as a second home. The TCU Recreation Center is a place where more than just running or lifting weights goes on, this is a place where the TCU Swim and Dive team practices, where TCU Women’s Volleyball matches are held, where a group of friends can play a pick-up game of basketball on one of the three courts in the main gym, where a student can lay out at the pool, get money out of a Wells Fargo ATM, or even attend classes, which are held for a variety of majors in the Rickel Wing.

This space is appealing to me because of the variety of activities that go on here, as well as its importance to me as a student here at TCU. I have been to the rec center on a regular schedule the entire time I have been at TCU. This is a place where I can go to clear my mind, to get a break from studying or to get away from some of the stresses I inevitably face as a college student. This is a place that appeals to everyone, and it can serve many purposes to the students, faculty, and community of TCU.

While observing the rec center as a bystander, I want to pay more attention to the small details that I may not have noticed before. These things include, but are of course not limited to: signs, lighting, colors, noises/music, objects (and reasons for their location), the atmosphere, décor, and architecture/structure. I also want to observe the people there at different times of day and their mannerisms. I have been to the rec center in the early morning, mid-afternoon, evening, as well as late-night, and at each time of the day there is a different crowd of people there, which should make for an interesting written observation.

I would definitely consider myself a part of the target audience of the rec center, as well as all of my peers as well. This is a place where TCU wants to promote the need for good health among the community. In the world today, it is so easy to contract diseases or viruses, get out of shape and gain weight, and simply lose motivation to be active. The rec center makes a strong effort to support well-being among the student population through various activities, and the main goal is for our student body to be healthy.

Because I am familiar with the rec center, I do have pre-conceived ideas about it, but they are not negative at all. Because I do have some pre-conceived notions, I do think it is important for me to observe that which I have not noticed before. Through observing the more minute details of the rec center, as well as the inhabitants through different times of the day and week, I feel that I will gain a better understanding of the rec center and its larger cultural influence.

In Class: Ethos Artifact

The ethos object that I brought to class is my tennis racket. Ethos establishes credibility for whoever presents an argument, so I chose to bring an object that adds to my credibility as a tennis player. Anyone can claim to be a tennis player, but one who obviously participates and knows the game of tennis will be able to demonstrate these skills on any given basis, with or without a racket. By bringing my racket to class today, I wanted to establish my credibility and legitimacy of a tennis player. My tennis racket has natural wear and tear, and through examining it, you can tell that it has been worn down through regular use. My goal through this is to gain the trust of everyone who I present myself to, which is crucial in creating an effective argument. In order to win over the audience and for them to buy into an argument, it is essential to gain their trust. This particular racket has been my main racket for the past few years, and is one that I have found most success with while playing. I find it important in tennis to feel comfortable with your racket in tennis, and it is equally important that you find the right racket to complement your style of play. There are rackets designed for power, as well as rackets designed for finesse. My particular racket is designed for finesse, because I find efficiency and accuracy more important in my game than power and speed. Tennis is one of my passions, and easily one of my favorite sports to play.

In Class: How Understanding Pathos Will Help in the Public Space Analysis

While thinking about this assignment, I think it is necessary to understand all three emotional appeals. I am still leaning towards writing about the rec center, because it is a place, to me, that has multiple facets to its purpose and to who it attracts. The TCU rec center is a place that evokes a lot of pathos due to the high volume of people who frequent it on a regular, or even sporadic, basis. You can go there at any point in time, and the people you will see there will all be there for different purposes, but the rec center is what unites them all. You have the workout enthusiasts who are determined to become fit to run the upcoming marathon or half-marathon, you have the high school athlete who is trying to get "bigger" for no purpose but to look good for the ladies (who will likely make fun of him for trying too hard anyway), you have the basketball players playing in the gym during their offseason, preparing for future opponents while running the court during the nightly pickup games, and you have the average student just looking to stay in shape to avoid gaining that fearful college weight. The rec center is a place that brings in such a diverse range of emotions that it really is fascinating. Nearly every person at the rec center is there for a different purpose, and while there, it evokes all sorts of emotions from its inhabitants.

In Class: Pathos Artifact

The pathos article that I brought to class today is an advertisement that I found for the Red Campaign online. The purpose of this advertisement is to promote the objective of the company, which is fighting to eliminate AIDS in Africa, while also showing the wide-scale involvement that has been seen thus far in the campaign. The picture is of the continent of Africa, completely red, with the phrase "GIVE (RED) SAVE LIVES" on top of it. The part of this picture that stands out the most is the corporate logos within the individual letters. For example, the Nike logo is in G, Starbucks in I, Apple in R, Hallmark in D, Dell in A, and so on. Clearly, these corporations are all sponsoring the fight against AIDS. This picture to me says a lot about the culture in which we live in. Although AIDS is not as large scale of a problem in America as it is in Africa, we as a society still care about the well-being of those in other countries. In the past few years, the Red Campaign has grown innumerably through advertisements to celebrity endorsements, and it is advertisements like this one, that show how many other people and corporations support the cause that drives people who aren't involved in the cause to find a way to help out. Even the smallest donation makes the largest difference, especially if that small donation is multiplied by thousands, or even tens of thousands, of people. These days it is so simple to donate to a variety of charities that there is really no excuse to not helping out in some way.

Analyzing Arguments in the Media: BP Commercial

As most everyone has heard in the news in the past few months, BP, a global gas and oil company, has been involved in the largest oil spill in United States history. This commercial highlights the efforts that BP is making in cleaning up the oil spill, and in so doing, it invariably introduces a variety of arguments. Five of the main arguments used in this video are: Invitational Argument, Argument to Inform, Rogerian Argument, Argument of the Present and Argument of the Future.

This commercial uses Invitational Argument through inviting us, the audience, to hear BP out as they attempt to correct their mistake. In the commercial the spokeswoman for BP says that they are "taking full responsibility" for the spill and that the work is just beginning. Argument to Inform is used as the introduction as the situation of the spill is made clear to the viewers and that BP is going to keep us informed as they progress through the cleanup. Rogerian Argument is used as BP attempts to relate to us as citizens in this case. Specifically the spokeswoman says that she is from New Orleans and has family in this area, which shows that she is attempting to relate directly to us and that BP is made up of people just like us who are also struggling due to the spill as well. In addition to this, it is also said in the commercial that BP is going to work with the communities so that they can address the needs of each specific community and finding the best ways to help out. Argument of the Present is used as BP addresses all that they are doing right now to help out, including how they have placed a high amount of workers in the region to clean up the spill as well as informing us of the billions of dollars they have invested in the clean up. Argument of the Future is used as the plan for cleanup is outlined to us through the spokeswoman as she tells us, confidently, that they will be there until the entire gulf is oil-free.

I feel that from this commercial that BP is giving a lot of effort into the cleanup of the oil spill and that they will follow through on their claims. I buy into the arguments that they introduce through this commercial as they all have ample evidence to support each, and I feel that this is an effective commercial for that purpose.

In Class: Unit 1 Ideas

For this assignment, the public space that I am thinking about writing the essay on is the TCU Recreation Center. While going through the list of requirements for this essay, I felt that this particular public space would serve as a great subject for my paper. There is such a wide array of people and events going on at the rec center that going at any given point of the day will provide me with tons of evidence and arguments for my paper. In addition to this, the rec center is a place where I spend lots of free time, so I am accustomed to the atmosphere and environment. For this space, I have thought about the larger cultural framework that it has, and I have concluded that there is more than just one of these. So far, I have thought that some of the cultural frameworks can be: to curb obesity, to promote better general health of the TCU community, to decrease certain health risks that can be reduced and prevented through exercise, as well as providing the TCU community with a place in which one can improve one's own body image to one's self as well as to others. In reality, whether it be subconsciously or consciously, we all go to the gym to look better.

Even while streaming my ideas on this blog I can see that this will be an interesting essay for myself. The rec center is such a diverse place that attracts a huge variety of people that focusing on the larger cultural impact of the place will be incorporating people of all sorts of backgrounds.

In Class: Back to School

Even though this is the first week of school, I can already tell that this semester is going to be highly busy for me. This is my first semester taking classes as a Neeley Fellow, and being a Fellow creates a lot of added pressure that is not on the average student. I wouldn't say I am overwhelmed, but I would say that I understand that in order to do well this semester I will have to use my time wisely. This may, at times, mean staying in one night to work on a project or paper while the rest of my friends go elsewhere. Living in the fraternity house also adds a bit of chaos to my life. Already I have found that in order to get any amount of studying done, I need to lock my door or go somewhere to be alone. It's pretty hard to study when your brothers are blasting music next door or constantly going into your room asking you what your plans are for the night.

At this point, I feel that Business Statistics will be my most difficult class. Although this is not one of my two Fellows classes this semester, the material all seems like a foreign language to me. This is one course where I will have to dedicate a lot of time if I want to succeed and make an A (which is definitely one of my goals). Financial Accounting at first seemed a bit nerve-wracking, but after doing some of the readings and going over some of the problems in class I am feeling more confident about the class now. Foundations in Business is a class that I can't tell yet how difficult it is going to be. Being a Fellows class, I am sure I will be given a solid work-load. A majority of the grading in the class is based on presentations to the class, which is something I enjoy doing, so hopefully I can make a good grade on those projects. Cultural Memory is a class I feel I will do very well in, as well as in this class too.

About Me

For those of you who don't know me (which I think is everyone in this class), I am Logan Luzzo. I am a sophomore finance and accounting double major with a minor in economics. Clearly I want to end up somewhere in business, preferably in a managerial position. I attended Chaparral High School in Parker, CO, which is about twenty miles south of the wonderful city of Denver. I love Colorado and will likely end up there after college and am an avid Colorado Rockies fan. The mountains out there are amazing, and if you haven’t been out there I strongly suggest finding a way to make a trip there. I enjoy being involved on campus, and at TCU I am a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, am on the IFC Executive Board, and I am also a Neeley Fellow.

Besides being required to take this course, I actually enjoy writing. Throughout high school I always preferred writing assignments to many other forms of assignments. In one year of high school I was on the speech and debate team, and through being on that team I had to formulate arguments on a variety of topics and subsequently learned to enjoy writing arguments. In my other English classes I also had to write many essays and found it natural for me to put my thoughts on paper. Through this class I hope to strengthen my writing and to continue to develop a stronger sense of rhetoric.

Right now I don't do too much writing outside of class besides texting and email/Facebook. In the sense of communication, writing has become crucial as just about all of us are texting, emailing or on Facebook more often than not. Of all styles of writing, I prefer writing persuasively. I find it interesting to debate topics, both pro and con, and to develop and formulate my own arguments. I feel confident in my writing due to the good feedback I have often received from peers and professors, but I do also feel that there is always room for growth. As I’ve already said, writing has never been a problem for me and highly enjoy writing my thoughts.

My theme on my page is very random for the sole reason that I am a very inexperienced blogger and not very knowledgeable when it comes to customizing things on this site. The birds in the upper right hand corner are pretty cool I suppose. I am a huge sports fan, absolutely love the mountains and am very outgoing.

I have read, understand, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus.