Reflection of Blogs

1.) How were you able to use the blog (e.g. as a thinking tool, space for exploration, place to gather responses from peers, etc.)?

I hardly ever used the blog, initially I thought that I would use it a lot and not solely for the class, but for the most part the blog became a nuisance.

2.) How did your blog posts connect with and/or enhance your learning?

The blogs did have to go with the class requiring my increased involvement with the subject material. I disliked how we were given a topic to write about rather than just letting us journal with the blogs.

3.) What, if anything, do you like about blogging?

I don't like blogging and should have switched classes at the beginning of the semester but instead decided to test myself to see if I would maintain one.

4.) How did you apply the evaluation & suggestions I gave you in the mid-term evaluation?

They let me know where I should, although I think that we both knew that and it served as a nice warning that I should have payed attention to.

Persuasive Image

I chose one of the many PETA ads that are trying to make vegetarianism more attractive for the common public.
http://www.notesfromvenus.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/alyssa-copy.jpg
This particular ad shows Alyssa Milano in a dress of lettuce and other various vegetables. In a very sensual font the ad has posted next to her "Let Vegetarianism Grow on You". This ad is one of the less exposing of the series which has caused quite a bit of controversy, due to the lack of clothing the celebrities are wearing. The ad in itself is effective for some, but I believe that if they really wanted to get people to try to become vegetarians they should approach it in another way. The majority of audiences who see this ad, I believe, are not going to change their habits because she is wearing a dress of veggies.

Purple, But Not Amethyst

President of the University, Linwood Rose, has stood firmly on his stance of signing the Amethyst Initiative, "...more work needs to be done." The article in Thursday, August 28 edition of The Breeze is just another in the many college papers covering the issue of whether or not the legal drinking age is working currently. It states that 129 college presidents have signed the initiative, yet what I find interesting is that the initiative itself states no clear goal. The article covers the topic quite unbiasedly and is fairly informative on the issue and President Rose's opinion on the topic. The diction is average, or at least for what can be expected from a college newspaper.