Monday, January 24, 2011

Convocation Nation


Convocation Nation
The Covo Center
          Ohio University takes great pride in their athletics department, I myself live in the convocation center and from what I hear and see it is one of the best places to live as a freshmen. The reason I chose the convocation to do my history project on is because when I walk into the stadium I feel a sense of “wow” seeing all the flags and just of the overall size of the court and seating. I believe that the convocation center has marked its place in the history books even though it is a new building compared to some of the others on campus. The convocation center is a huge part of Ohio University’s basketball program and for first year students looking to fit in. Some of the things I had to think about while doing my project was how I could capture the reader’s attention and how I was going to arrange my power point to give all the info and history I needed to provide.
My target audience was people who love sports and want a nice place to live. I tried to appeal to these people by showing all different aspects of the convocation center. The center may not be that old but it still has a history that OU students should know about. My first decision was to make the background of my power point presentation pictures of the convo. I felt that this would attract my reader’s eye and make him or her want to pay attention to the presentation. After this I had to choose some information to put on the slides, I chose to put the information I saw as the most interesting. The Bob Cats have won 75 % of their home games and is considered to be the best cheering section in the mid-American conference and one of the best in the nation.
          I tried to appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos in my presentation.  I felt I projected my view of the convo on the power point this is how a followed ethos in my presentation. I feel I put my own personality onto the presentation because I live inside the convo and call it my home, I feel like it is a part of me and who I am. I have two sets of friends; the convo friends and the class friends. This is because the convo uses quads and I feel it helps to make more friends. I appealed to logos by putting a lot of information and facts about the convocation center. I had a little trouble finding a lot of history on this building it is relatively new. I felt I applied pathos to my power point by putting in a slide for athletics and a slide for the overall view of the convo. My power point presentation gives slides for a lot of different information and interesting facts about the convo. When I first choose the convo as my history project it was only because I lived there and wanted to know more about its history. I feel I have achieved my goal and found out all the information I needed to see to know about its history.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Place


Place is an important part of my life and everyone’s life. I do not know anyone who does not fall under some sort of place in this world. My relationship with place is very complicated, some days I feel as if I have a place and others when I don’t. On the days that feel I have a place is when I am with my friends and family, and on the days I don’t have place is when I am alone and have no plans. This is because in my eyes place is when you feel at home and know you can be yourself without people judging you it’s just you. I think place is important because place gives you a sense of belonging in this crazy world.