Freaky Fun Sports; Keeping You Healthy

Here's the link to the finished product of Freaky Fun Sports.

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Geaorge, Aliesa R.. "The Health Benefits Of Cheerleading." CenterWorks Mind Body Spirit. MMIX Centerworks, n.d. Web. 13 Dec 2011.

Control Your Drinking #shotsonshots

This link will hopefully make people think before they drink.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzcsXNOfh4

Works Citied

"College Drinking: A Snapshot of Annual High-Risk College Drinking Consequences." Research about Alcohol and College Drinking Prevention. 07 July 2010. Web. 06 Dec. 2011.

Burrell, Jackie. "College Drinking - Sobering Statistics on College Drinking." Tips for Parents of College Students, Teens and 20-somethings. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.

"College Drinking: A Few Statistics." Office of the Dean of Students Home. Web. 29 Nov. 2011.

Jahwan to the RESCUE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shaduuhIYN4

The above link leads to Jahwan tackling video game addiction!

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"Video Game Addiction: Signs, Statistics, Help and Treatment." Hub Pages .

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13 Dec 2011.

Lafolette Love

For my last blog, I chose to attend Lafolette Love downstairs of my dorm. This was a social gathering to get the people from the dorm together to meet and mingle. It was fun, with lots of different games and food available for free to the students. The students of the dorms were given red plastic bracelets to wear as an entrance ticket, but once in had freedom of everything. My favorite part was the free cotton candy available and the henna tattoo station. though I have a real tattoo, I still love hennas. Overall it was a fun time with the girls on my floor and a nice way to give students a night out that was safe and responsible.

CH 9: Bard

Your paper is finished and now youve decided to present it in the format of a speech. As you draft, design, and, deliver any presentation, classical rhetoric may provide ways of understanding the needs of your specific writing situation. Aristotle divided oratory into three main branches based on time, purpose, and content. Judicial and forensic which involves defending or accusing and deals with the past. Deliberative or legislative discourse which concerns politics or policy and typically argues for or against specific actions that might take place in the future. Epideictic or ceremonial discourse generally deals with the present. There is also audience, purpose, and persona that are great tools of oratory. You must have organization. You must translate the ubject matter and text into a form that is effective. You must choose a method of delivery. This can involve stance or posture, gesture, voice, pacing, rhetorical appeals, visuals, embodied visuals, and style. After your all set the only way to perfect your speech is to master the art of the bard with practice, practice, and more practice.

CH 7: Plagiarism

To reach rhetorical perfection one must have credibility. When someone does not have credibility they must use the word of someone who does. People have always studied the greatest minds of rhetoric studying word choice, organization, and rhythm. At times people often copy the text itself, but when doing so one should be cautious to provide proper documentation or risk plagiarism. Plagiarism is using someone elses work and thoughts and calling them your own. to avoid plagiarism one should always keep in mind that you should only use other writers as backup, and develop effective ways of note taking while reading through your sources. Be sure to cite the sources that you use. There are four different documentation styles: MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago format. MLA format stands for the Modern Language Association. It’s used with writing philosophy and literature usually by teachers and scholars. APA format stands for the American psychological Association and is used by social scientists and psychologists. CSE format stands for the Council of Science Editors and is used for physics and biology. Chicago format stands for the University of Chicago used by professional writers, business writers and those in fine arts department. Also get used to including in-text citations.

Delivering a presentation: answer 7 simple questions

When a person is preparing themselves for a presentation, there is always a lot going through their mind. They have a ton of information on the topic and they do not know how to narrow it all down. That person can narrow down their topic by asking themselves seven easy questions. What format will my presentation take? Who is my audience? What is my purpose? What branch of oratory does my presentation represent? What persona do I want to convey? What kind of tone do I want to use? What supporting materials do I plan to use? These questions should be easy for someone to answer and decide what direction they want to take their presentation. Deciding whether to use a multimedia slideshow or not is part of the format of the presentation. Deciding whether you are trying to speak in a fun, serious, informative, sarcastic, concerned, alarmed, or practical tone is all up to the speaker. When preparing for a speech, it involves a process of planning, scripting, revision, and rehearsal. All of these steps in this process are necessary in order to deliver a presentation to an audience. Standing up in front of an audience with no practice and no planning will make you look unexperienced and your audience will not listen to what you have to say if you are not taking it seriously. Structure your argument using signposts. Signposts are transitions from sentence to sentence to help the presentation flow smoothly. Avoid jargon when speaking to avoid confusion in your audience. Aslo, examine the length of your sentences to make sure they are not too long and make sure they are clear and to the point. Just remember to always plan, script, revise, and rehearse!

The text you find, use, and forget to cite. #AvoidPlagiarism!

Plagiarism is the theft of other's ideas and using the ideas as your own. Plagiarism was not a problem in classical times, but with the invention of printing technology and copyright law, it is easy to take people's work and claim them as your own for quick use. There are two ways that you can avoid unintentional plagiarism. Keep in mind that you are contributing to a conversation with other writers and develop effective ways of note taking while reading through your sources. It is easy to assimilate all the material we have read and then think that the ideas are our own once we have shuffled around some words here and there and constructed a new sentence. This however, is what plagiarism is all about. Even though the thoughts may be jumbled around, the same ideas are still being presented and the author that came up with the ideas needs to be credited. That is what works cited pages are for. Books, newspapers, pictures, music, magazines, and many more places where we get information all have authors and need to be cited properly when used. In-text citations are also necessary in papers when you are quoting your source or using the information directly from the cite. These are easy and are not time consuming. Let's say you get information from a magazine. You would just need to put the author's last name and the page number you found the information on in parenthesis. Citing your sources is easy, but people easily forget to credit the authors that they get their information from. Stay away from plagiarism and cite your sources!

CH 6:Building

Constructing a research project is a complex and ongoing process. From drafting to formatting and researching, revising and refining. I suggest spanning it out and getting early starts. Sleep is also essential. Eating regularly is a good idea as well. You can process your ideas into a bubble web which is simply arranging everything into categories. You could also create a graphic flowchart where you list ideas and created arrows showing similarities of causes and effects. Visual maps can then help you create and outline. Once your outline is done you can refine it into a formal outline with numbers and letters. You should also consider enhancing your flow by having well crafted transitions. Once your paper is written it would be wise to revise it several times over.

CH 5: The Research

As you begin your research you must begin to evaluate and investigate resources for your project. You should be aware of your audience types while researching. This will help with shaping your argument. Visualize what it is you will be researching. It is important that you gather information from a broad selection of resources because it is not cerrtain that all information will go into the final cut of your paper. Try to add your voice to that of others. you should try to include some primary sources. These are sources taken directly from the source. As for secondary where you obtain your information from sources taht have already obtained the information for you. Towards the end you should begin to synthesize your research into an annotated bibliography where you provide a list of sources that provides infromational notes about each source.

David Letterman

Ball State alum, David Letterman and journalism Rachel Maddow came to Ball State to have a conversation as a part of David Letterman’s Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series on December 2^nd. Also joining the pair was BSU president JoAnn Gora. I thoroughly enjoyed the program because of its news dynamic and the simple fact they were not just lecturing to us, it was an honest conversation about events and issues in our world today. I thought it was very interesting Letterman brought Gora on stage, because Maddow and Letterman are these powerful, influential people and are nationally famous, but Gora is just locally known because she is our president. It was interesting to see them interact because they do come from such different backgrounds. The most interesting topic for me was the Sandusky conversation about the Penn State and Syracuse sex abuse scandals. Listening to Gora speak about the University side and what she would do was very interesting and listening to Maddow who is a profound journalist and has covered this for weeks now talk about the multiple sides of the story was interesting to hear and understand. Gora and Maddow really had the same opinion about the situation and how it is so upsetting and shocking when no one reported it. It was bad enough the event occurred, but shocking they kept it from the police. I like that Gora emphasized that a university isn’t about their football team, it really is academics and to know that Penn State hid this scandal for fear of a bad reputation, specifically towards the football team is upsetting to many.

pursausion skills

In chapter 2 understanding strategies or persuasion I learned that there are different type of ad arguments. The ones mentioned in the text was narration, comparison-contrast, cause and effect, definition. Theses strategies are equally effectively both visual and writing texts. In the text they talked about the famous quote "this is your brain on drugs" this quote is an analogy. An analogy is a comparison to something else. The chapter moves to understanding rhetorical appeals and how logos, pathos, and ethos is the heart of persuasion dating back to 500 BCE. They continued to talk about each one individual when logos is used you will probably tend to see quotations and statistics about advertising present. Pathos is used to an intimate connection with the audience and they talked about exaggerated use of pathos. The three forms of pathos use when exaggerarting are scretactic , slippery slope, and false need. Ethos was the last talked about the chapter says everytime you pick up a pen or proofread a paper. This all the important things i gathered after reading this chapter.

Chapter 2: Understanding Strategies of Persuasion

The point of an ad is to convince the audience. This is why advertisers are careful to attend to the rhetorical situation, in which we find specific strategies of argumentation that you can use to make your case. Most advertisers use narration comparison-contrast, example, illustration, cause and effect, definition, analogy, process, description, classification and division.

The narration is how to sell their product, for example using an ad to tell a story. Comparison-contrast is used to convince the audience to purchase their product instead of their competitors. An example or illustration of a product can show how the product can impact the consumer’s life. Cause and effect is used to show the benefits of using their product and the definition is to specify the purpose and function of the product. The process is to demonstrate the way a product can be used and the classification is to help the audience concept how the product fits into a larger scheme. All of these strategies are very effective if chosen and used correctly to persuade the audience into purchasing their product.

Regards From the Nest. Chirp Chirp.

A few weeks ago, I was only focused on college football. Then, I saw a glorious sign. “BSU Basketball Fanfest”. Finally. I am a huge basketball fan and was ready for the season to tip off. So I decided to attend this event to get myself excited for the upcoming men’s basketball season. I threw on some BSU merch that evening and I walked over to Worthen Arena. What I saw was awesomely promising. There was a nice line where you could grab your new poster for the upcoming season. I waited in line and was eventually greeted by a large red person. Yes, THE Charlie Cardinal and his obnoxiously large yellow feet waddled over and gave me a big high five. With my excitement level at an all time high, I waited in line. What is better than a large cartoon Cardinal? A large cartoon piece of pizza perhaps? I saw yes. After Charlie left and piece of pizza came over and handed me a coupon. He was a promotion with Papa John’s (Ball State Alumni). Well this has taken a turn for the weird. So without any more cartoon interruptions, I got my poster. Then I didn’t see much else to do. As I got prepared to leave I see head coach Billy Taylor. I don’t know coach Taylor personally, but my brother does. My brother played on the team hear from 2007-2009. So I went up and introduced myself and told him I was excited to watch the team this year. He was delighted to talk with me and catch up on what my brother was up to. After that, I walked through the tunnel that the cheerleaders were making and was on my way. All in all a very fun time. I suggest if you have never been to watch the men’s team play, run by sometime. They will be taking on 2-time National Runner Up Butler on Saturday at 2.

What is Rhetorical Limitation?

Chapter 7 of Envision begins by explaining rhetorical imitation. Rhetorical Imitation is the practice of taking after the actions of others. Intellectual property is the ideas that belong to someone else. With the invention of the printing press, copyright laws came into existence. Not plagiarizing is a part of the respect principle. If you keep the respect principle, you will rarely accidently steal somebody else’s work. To avoid unintended plagiarism, you need to remember that you are adding to a conversation with other authors. Also, you should develop effective ways of taking notes while reading through your sources. Citing your sources sometimes is not enough citation—if you’re writing a book or planning to publish your contribution. You need to pay to use the contribution of the quote or material. The book describes four different documentation styles: MLA, APA, CSE, and Chicago format. MLA format stands for the Modern Language Association. It’s used with writing philosophy and literature and is used by teachers and scholars. APA format stands for the American psychological Association and is used by social scientists and psychologists. CSE format stands for the Council of Science Editors and is used for physics and biology. Chicago format stands for the University of Chicago. Professional writers, business writers and those in fine arts department use the CSE format to cite sources. The book also explains how to cite: definitions, government publications, interviews, e-mail, and even Facebook, Twitter, and chat room discussions.

The Funniest People You've Never Heard Of

Earlier this year I went to a show at Emens called “The Second City”. Naturally, not many students knew what they were all about. I vaguely had an idea just because my brother practices in a similar field as them. “The Second City” is a comedy troupe from Chicago, Illinois. They are a very famous group. Many of their members go on to bigger or better things, such as Saturday Night Live and many movies. Some famous alumni are Dan Aykroyd, Steve Carell, and Amy Poehler. What they do is called sketch comedy. Essentially they have a set of predetermined skits they perform but they also did a few impromptu things. This was a fantastic show. The group was on fire. The crowd was extremely receptive. It was a great time.

I remember a few great skits they did for us. My personal favorite from that night was one they did about two men at a NASCAR event. They were your prototypical red necks at a NASCAR event, but as you heard them begin to talk they were very intelligent and insightful. Talking about President Obama’s health care plan and the oppression of women in the Middle East. It was very funny. Another thing I really enjoyed was the Angry Birds musical/drama they did. It was a Shakespearian drama very similar to Romeo and Juliet, but it was with the Angry Birds characters.

All in all it was a very good show. I really wish Ball State would bring in acts like this more often.

If you read this, you will receive limitless wealth.

Chapter 6 is all about organizing and writing research arguments. The text describe writing like film production. Here is how it is described:

1) Both have many small steps that support a grounding vision or main idea.

2) Both have a carefully planned structure.

3) Both involve rigorous editing.

I think this comparison hits it right on the head. When you start a paper, the best thing to do is make a written outline. This is pretty much a rough-rough draft of your paper. If you wish, you can make a formal outline. This is a more comprehensive detailed layout of your paper. It hits on every point in your paper. On page 165, they give you a list of organizational strategies.

1) Chronological- relevant for historical discussions

2) Thematic- helps with diverse case studies

3) Cause and Effect- focuses on consequences

4) Problem-Solution- useful for social issues papers

5) Illustrative- emphasizes examples of a pattern

6) Marco to Macro- moves from the specific to the general

7) Narrative- employs the personal experience

O'Brien, Alyssa J. "Chapter 6: Learning Outline Strategies." Envision: Writing and Researching Arguments. 3rd ed. Paloalto: Pearson. 165. Print.

When you get down to assessing the outlines, you need to look at each section and break it down and ask yourself about each part.

Thesis: Is it complex and interesting?

Argument: Is it a smooth progression of thoughts and ideas?

Sources: Can you identify the primary and secondary sources in your writing?

Format: Are there argumentative subheads (subheads that indicate the progression of your argument)?

That is about the first half of the chapter, but I am running out of space on the word limit so I’m going to wrap it up now.