Blog 7: Snopes

Blog 7: Snopes

It is quite interesting that I have never come across this website (snopes.com) before. In fact, when I first opened the website, I saw that this website has many issues that are currently been going on and reports whether the story is true or not. In fact, I saw the tilapia story as I saw a couple weeks ago that people should stop eating tilapia because of risk and disease. I employed ethos, pathos, and logos to determine whether this author is good or not. I discovered the site to possess all of these traits and find that the author has no bias. I found that in every article that I read the author introduced the topic and often had research in the article to back up their opinion. And the research that was in the articles were simply outstanding and well done. I learned a lot of things by coming to this website. I better know how to provide commentary on my opinion and also provide research. I think as a writer you grow as you learn effectively what to do on papers when you see examples. I definitely think that I have grown as a writer. This website has been a teaching tool for me and I think I definitely know how to look for biases in websites much better. All in all, I was not able to find any biases in the essays by the authors of this website and I can say without a doubt that this website is very professional and clean in nature.

Blog 6- KSU Sentinel

KSU Sentinel
Going back to archives, I have been able to find many articles about the concerns at Kennesaw State University. Some of these concerns affect everyone at Kennesaw State University. These concerns are parking, campus carry for guns, and smoking. In the article that I read that was archived, I found that many students on campus found that smoking was a major issue concerning the university and still is. In fact, some of the articles indicated that the smoking was prevalent when walking on campus and around the fountain by the University Village Suites dorms. Lately, it has seemed that the smoking has died down. Many have issues with the smoking ban currently on campus because some people violate the rules and they are not punished because of it. Another issue is parking. This has long been an issue at Kennesaw State University many are affected by it because they can’t find parking for sometimes up to 40 minutes. The problem has even become more profound as the merge with Southern Polytechnic State University has created even more of a hassle because a new deck has not been built. The population at campus has drastically increased and no solution has been created in order to solve the parking issue. The final issue that I have seen is the campus carry bill. This bill would allow anyone over the age of 21 with a license to carry to have a weapon at the school. Many have said that it is their right to bear arms and many have said that allowing this would diminish the educational advancement at Kennesaw State University. It has been a struggle and it will be finally seen if this will be the case when Governor Nathan Deal has the option to sign the bill into the law or refuse to sign it into law. 

Blog 5

Formulating a Response: Summary of Original Article and Letter to the Editor

The article that I have chosen for this blog assignment deals with the proposed bill that would allow students to carry guns at universities which would legalize guns. On Friday, March 11, the Georgia Senate voted to legalize firearms on all public colleges in Georgia. However, this decision was not reached easily. There was an emotional appeal on the Senate floor for two hours over a debate of whether to let students carry concealed guns on campus. Now this bill will go to the desk of governor Nathan Deal who can easily sign the bill into law. Specifically, if signed, anyone aged 21 or older with a carry license can carry a gun anywhere on a public or university campus, except inside dormitories, fraternity houses, athletic events, and sorority houses. It would also call for the weapons to be remained concealed. In the letter to the editor

Tim Fuller in Atlanta disagreed with the specifics of the legislation. He believes that people should be able to carry concealed weapons on campus. However, he disagrees with the aged requirement. He believes that students aged 16 to 20 should be afforded the same rights of anyone aged 20 or older to protect themselves from murder, rape, robbery, and mayhem.

Letter to the Editor Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/opinion/readers-write-mar-13/nqhry/

Original Article Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-passes-campus-carry-bill-legalizing-guns-a/nqjH4/

Blog 4: My Relationship With Literature

My relationship with literature has been both for purposes of academia and pleasure. Now, in my life, I read the newspapers, books, and journals on any topic that I desire to read. Usually, my interpretation stems from what I think the author is trying to convey by how the author is speaking within the text. Usually, fiction novels are my favorite because it allows creativity among the writer. It also allows the reader to have a vivid imagination while reading the text. John Gresham is my favorite writer and he is able to describe the settings in his story as he narrates the plot. He is able to use many rhetorical devices in order to bring the reader in to the story. Gresham is also able to develop his characters and use them effectively in order to portray the plot and tell the story that he wants to tell. In regards to academia, I have had to read less fiction and more nonfiction. I have had many interpretations of literature and to me literature is a body of written works written by authors who try to convey a message through the use of rhetorical devices. So being that said, I believe that any work is a piece literature. Sometimes, I feel in school that sometimes we are forced to read certain types of literature by professors. But I can say without a doubt that because of this my writing has gotten so much better. I remember struggling at first because I was so used to only writing summaries and not analyzing the text. But I soon grew out of that and then my writing was able to expand and grow. I know that any Edgar Allan Poe novel is hard to interpret because Poe is crazy. But any other authors are fairly easy to comprehend in terms of my interpretations of their texts.