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

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"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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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!