Alaina Rober's Rhetoric Blog (Fall 2018)

Title: The University of Iowa Room-Swap System Purpose: To persuade my audience that the room swap system was beneficial and should be reinstated. Thesis Statement: The University of Iowa should bring back the room swap system. Introduction Roommates have a lot of influence on each other 50% of women and 44% of men report having "frequent" or "occasional" problems with their  roommates Personal experience with roommate Thesis statement: the university of Iowa should bring back the room swap system Solution The university should bring back the room swap It is more efficient You do not have to wait for a waitlist to move You have multiple options at once Justification Room Swap is the best solution Reasons It has been used at the university before The survey is helpful, but that does not tell you everything The waitlist system is not efficient enough Evidences Other option is to do nothing The university is already paying for t...

Textbooks Strengths Very good analysis of the problem Very good explanation of one solution to the problem Weaknesses Did not include statistics Did not include any examples Nuclear Power Strengths Good explanation as to why it would be beneficial Good use of statistics Weaknesses Difficult to implement More than one solution Off Campus Purchases Strengths Very good justification of the topic Well organized and easy to read Weaknesses Unsure of whether or not it will financially benefit her university Off campus companies may not want to participate

     College roommates have a considerable amount of influence on each others lives. With sleeping schedules, chores, and study habits, roommates can impact each other in a number of ways. For this reason it is important that roommates get along well and have very minimal conflict. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and roommates may have a considerable amount of differences that make it difficult for them to live in the same dorm room.      I propose that the University of Iowa brings back the use of the "Roomswap" system that allowed students in previous years to switch places with other students within the dorms on campus. The formerly used room swap system allowed students to switch places with each other within a specific time frame, which gave them the opportunity to switch rooms easily and early in the year. Although the university does have a waitlist system for the dorms, it is very slow and does not give students many opportunities to mov...

For the second writing assignment we need to choose a topic that we have some level of personal connection to and write a proposal for change. We need to explain a problem within the topic and then explain what we believe is the best way to address the problem. The speech should include a strong introduction, body, and conclusion to support the argument. We need to include three outside sources to support our proposal. We also need to include a one page description of our plan for our speech. Questions: 1. Can our topic be something we are no longer actively involved in, but we used to be? 2. Should the sources be professional or unprofessional?

After reviewing and commenting on my peers' blogs I learned that I need to be more careful with my grammar and spelling throughout the paper. To do this I need to read through the paper again before submitting to catch any obvious and simple errors. I also learned I need to check that the headers are on the same page as the content that they go along with after the paper is converted to a word document. Without doing this, the headers are on separate pages from the text that belongs with it or there are large gaps between sections. I also need to be more clear and concise with my sentences to make the paper easier to read while still getting the point across.