Sunday, April 27, 2008

Final Exam: TCU Parking Flyer/Sign

My argument essay was about the pros and cons to TCU Parking. I discussed different perspectives in my essay and my own point of view. I feel that TCU Parking needs to be improved, whether by bulding a parking garage or doing a better job informing students of the rules and regulations of parking at TCU. I feel that students should make themsevles heard more or just be more informed of this problem.

I chose to make a flyer/sign as my medium for my final exam project. I will either make a flyer that can be handed out to the students or a sign that could be put all around campus so students will be able to easily see it. My audience is students at TCU so that's why I feel a sign or flyer would be the best way to reach them. I plan to include statistics on my flyer/sign showing how many tickets are given out, cars are broken into it, and parking spaces on campus. I want to put enough information to get my point across but not too much that it becomes cluttered. I will use bold, dark colors for the statistics and try to have the sign/flyer stand out. I'm still deciding if I want to use some type of image to get my point across. I will put TCU on the sign/flyer but I don't know if I will use an image yet.

As I thought about what I wanted to do, I was trying to think of what would appeal to TCU students. I wanted to make sure that I didn't put too much writing on the flyer/sign because I know college students are always on the go and don't really have time to stop and read. I think some kind of image would be effective but I'm still trying to decide what exactly I want to use. I want to make my flyer/sign effective and to the point. Hopefully, the statistics will shock students and make them want to do something or realize the parking problem at TCU.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Argument Essay Topic

For my final essay I chose to write about TCU parking for students. I chose to write about this topic because I think this is a really big issue at TCU and its frustrating for a lot of students, especially for Sophomores. I am interested in finding out if TCU plans to add additional parking or have any ways in fixing this problem.
I'm interested in this topic because as a student at TCU I will be affected by this issue. I'm also curious to find out what they plan to do about it.
The brevity of this topic will help to make it clear and not too generalized. The subject is concentrated on the TCU campus.
The topic definitley involves disagreement. The students have their own opinion on the matter and TCU has another. I'm curious to find out what both sides have to say about the parking situation. I think there could be a wide variety of perspectives on this issue.
Informantion about this topic will be easily accessible to me. I hear students talking about the parking consistently. I think I will be able to find many opinions on this subject. Hopefully, I will get a better understanding of what they plan to do about the parking.
This topic raises many questions and there aren't just two sides. Many people could have different opinions abou the parking and I'm interested in learning more about this topic.