Option 1: Bumper Stickers

After traveling both on and off campus it is not only apparent what information you can learn about our community, but also how certain areas differentiate from one another. Bumper stickers such as “GO RAMS” and “CSU” are more prevalent on campus than the off campus, weed leaf and “Hilary for prison” stickers. The relevance for contrast with these bumper stickers are interesting to consider because you would think traveling north 10 miles wouldn’t change the abundance of stickers supporting the school right down the road, but this might go to show how diverse our community really is.

On campus students seem to show more of an interest in school pride and not political views or medical therapy. This could be for many different reasons, such as they do not part take in those activities or do not want get into trouble with authority; either way it is obvious that the students attending Colorado State University value school pride extensively. Every student has their way of showing school pride, some through athletics while others represent bumper stickers on their cars. Although I didn’t see any anti Hilary Clinton or weed bumper stickers on campus, I don’t think it is fair to assume that all students at Colorado State University do not believe in those viewpoints or part take in those hobbies; there might not be as many students who support the same opinion as the civilians of northern Fort Collins.

As for Northern Fort Collins, the surpluses of bumper stickers vary widely but all relate to politics in some way. The marijuana leaf stickers represent support for an ongoing campaign in the government. The fact that weed is legalized in Colorado has an omens impact on the relevance of marijuana leaf bumper Stickers. Now that people are not afraid to show their beliefs, they have a greater sense of motivation to express their interest. As for the “Hilary for prison” bumper stickers, this show strong political views far more advanced than the beliefs on who our president should be. This bumper sticker condones the actions that Hilary, out of all candidates, should not take the presidential position rather than supporting a specific candidate. These bumper stickers show the belief that some people consider Hilary as a criminal for what she did with raveling classified emails about our military, causing 4 American and 7 Libyan solders to be tortured and killed in the line of duty. We can see how much our community supports of military and those that lay down their lives for us every day.

            Simple objects, such as bumper stickers, can express how a community supports certain beliefs and values. As for Colorado State University, it is safe to say that the students who attend this school enjoy it, support each other, and take great pride in the place they are receiving their education because of the extensive amount of “CSU” stickers. As for northern Fort Collins we can understand their political view points and potential hobbies they enjoy, like supporting our military and smoking marijuana. Looking at bumper Stickers can give you a bearing amount of insight on what your community cares about and how they live their everyday life.

JTC PG 75: Summary

In Joining the Conversation, Mike Palmquist relays how one should report the most important ideas and concepts in a way that argues or discusses key points while incorporating your own view point. A summary should be shot and sweat, by introducing the topic to your reader and then pointing out the main evidence supported in the article. When it comes to key-point summaries it is the same foundation as a normal summary, but the writer must also look at the reason for why the author is writing the article and explain the purpose of the article by supporting or arguing the main facts of the in your summary. 

Bumper Sticker/ Open Letter summary

Beginning and ending my bumper sticker journey within the Parmalee parking lot, I managed to see a bounty of several different, unique, yet in a way similar stickers. Bumper stickers can serve as a way for somebody to share beliefs, hobbies, where they are from, and even their favorite food places. People do this to express and unite themselves within certain groups. Here at CSU you can obviously see that our Ram Pride is no joke and being a part of it even less of one. Not only are there plenty of people that own their very own Colorado State University bumper sticker, but you are also very likely to run into proud supporters wearing the Ram logo all over campus everyday. It truly is fascinating to see the different kinds of people that bring their cultures together to form what CSU is today. Whether you are a Colorado native mountain hippy, with a "Jeep naked" sticker or a Tahoe loving Californian that wants nothing more than a clean environment, CSU is the community that accepts everybody and their affiliations. Some of the bumper stickers in the parking lot show how diverse our community is with our hobbies and interests. RVCA snowboarders, Patagonia fishers, and John Deer hunters are just a few of the activities that people express themselves with in our community. After seeing all of the different culture and beliefs that the Ram Pride had drawn to our campus I can conclude that this community is a very coexistent, outdoor loving, and very friendly large set of people.

In "An Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi", Nathan Brown's purpose is solely to inform the people of his disapproval with the U.C Chancellors and their decision to bring in police forces to a peaceful protest of students. Brown likes to specifically show the innocence of what the students were actually doing and how poorly the police forces dealt with them. He directly says several times "you are responsible for it" (Brown, EHE, 125) meaning, Chancellor Linda is completely at fault for the entire situation. At the end he even strongly suggests that she resign from her job because of her obvious unfit way of taking control and protecting their own students.

Bumper Stickers Versus Location

Bumper Stickers

     Bumper stickers are used all across the country to promote messages. Typically, the messages state beliefs on religion and politics, or the organization/ affiliations that are important to the owner of the vehicle. This being said it was interesting to examine the similarities and differences between two different communities within one town. In order to get two communities that varied I observed the Walmart parking lot and a Colorado State University student parking lot. One of the similarities that I noticed was that both locations had bumper stickers promoting more democratic/ liberal views. This makes since, due to the growth of the progressive activist population in the state of Colorado. Another similarity that I found was the willingness to promote Colorado as a state. Many vehicles displayed the mountains of Colorado and the “I love Colorado” stickers. However, even though these two locations are both inside Fort Collins boundaries, the content of the bumper stickers were more dissimilar than alike. When looking at the demographic of the Walmart customers, it was important to understand that it consisted of more families than the overwhelming population of students of the campus parking lot. Instead of the Walmart customers having Colorado State University stickers, they had “Parents of Colorado State University Student”, or “Colorado State University Alumni” stickers. Along with that, the customers of Walmart had the generic family sticker set which was not present on the campus grounds as well as stickers relating to the schools/ sports in which their children attend and participate in. Opposite of that, the student vehicles contained stickers that were more humorous. These stickers included Band-Aids on dents of the cars, the student’s favorite bands, and the promotion for Marijuana. All in all, a community that consists of families tends to have bumper stickers that present themselves as an organization, whereas a community of students tends to have stickers that promote themselves as individuals.

Summary of Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi

     In this open letter, Nathan Brown, a UC Davis Assistant Professor voices his opinion on the Chancellor’s actions. The actions that he chooses to discuss deals with her involvement in the student’s safety. Brown believed that Katehi’s response of bringing violence to a campus protest makes her unfit to fulfill her position. He states that she spoke the right words in stating that she is promoting a safe campus, but that her actions say otherwise. Overall, he uses repetition in hopes to get her to resign from the occupation in order to protect the student body from harms way.

faculty door Posts and summary

Today I have analyzed the faculty door of the English department at eddy's hall.I have seen many posts that relate to English subjects , but some of the posts were not.Some posts were about successful people who were English major such as, Mit Romney who is presidential candidate  and Anne Mulcahy who is Xerox ceo. Other posts were quotes from famous people such as "our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" (Martin Luther King).Moreover, there was a news article titled "overcoming freshman fear" ,which I think was interesting.The rest posts were either an overview of the course such as E320: Literature and film with or book  reviews such as After the Fire book by Daniel Robinson.Overall, I saw posters that are encouraging and optimist to help and motivate students and brief introductions about some course or books to give the students an idea about the course and the book that is required for the class.



Mr brown has written a letter to the chancellor at UC Davis.He expressed his refusal to the police brutal violence at the peaceful students protest regarding the increase of students fees.Moreover, Brown has expressed that students have the right to have peaceful protest on campus.Finally, Brown asks the chancellor for her resignation because she was responsible for protecting students rights.  

Unfortunately I had some bad luck finding bumper stickers that were word rather than picture based but since we're learning about how everything is writing, pictures did the job just fine. I walked around the parking lot of Ram's village (where I currently live) and around the parking lot of Durward Hall. What I saw was a lot of bumper stickers related to Colorado or stickers of CSU's logo. It was comforting to see so many people who shared the same pride in CSU as I do. Another common sticker I saw was stickers people had of their home towns or states. Being about as out of state as it gets, I felt a strong sense of community from all the bumper stickers from around the country. It isn't something I typically experience. Coming from Hawaii I have a need for a community type setting, and seeing the support shown for people from all these different states represented in a couple of parking lots assured me that my decision to come to Colorado was the right decision.

In his "Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi," Nathan Brown argues that Chancellor Katehi is the biggest threat to student safety at UC Davis and because of this, Nathan demands her immediate resignation. Mr. Brown starts by detailing the scene that unfolded as peaceful protestors on the UC Davis campus were unjustly attacked by police, called to the scene by Chancellor Katehi, wielding batons and pepper spray. Brown continues by highlighting the fact that the students and faculty who were injured and arrested were undoubtedly within their legal rights. So, because of this, Chancellor Katehi must resign because she is unfit to properly protect her students and faculty.

Bumper Stickers

While walking through the Parmelee parking lot, it's hard not to notice the different bumper stickers that litter the cars that inhabit the lot. From stickers that talk about lake Tahoe, to Black Sabbath, its hard to find a common theme between them all. But then I realized something, there are Ram and CSU stickers all over the place. I thought about what this could mean for a awhile when it hit me. Teenagers are an odd group of people, often lost in their own ways. But when they got to CSU, they became apart of a family much bigger then anything they had before. They joined a group of like minded students and faculty that make them feel wanted and needed. This feeling will often manifest itself in the form of merchandise like shirts and stickers.

Open letter Summary
In this open letter written to UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi by Nathan Brown, Brown is voicing his concern for the students and faculty who were injured and hospitalized by police brutality. He believes that Katehi is directly responsible since she is the one who sent the police after the peaceful protesters. Brown is demanding for Katehi's resignation for this act when she said her intensions were to protect her students and faculty.

Parking Lot Assumptions

The parking lots of college campus shows the diversity of the students through their use of bumper stickers dotting their cars. Pictures of favorite sports teams, activities, and states do more than just decorate, they reveal the person that owns the car. Their beliefs, their likes, their sense of humor. Some cars have limited decals, only admitting the owners love for the broncos and very apparent love for colorado. How would one know? The bronco head stands out on the black widow, with the orange and blue like a beacon across the parking lot, the highway, or side street the car may be on. The colorado flag and high school stickers show a direct affiliation of Colorado, and who would place a sticker of a state on a car if they hated it? Another car was spotted with limited rearview sight due to the overwhelming amount of stickers. The sheer number reveals the persons acceptance for what they love and who they are. Quotes and symbols from the Harry Potter series makes it apparent the owner has a love for the Rowling novels. Other bumper stickers are focused on the interests of the individual, showing a love for dance, Austin, Texas, and Wahoo's. None of the cars spotted had any political affiliations on them, maybe due to the fact many college students do not hold strong political views yet, so there is no need to advertise what one does not have. Overall the cars seen showed personality and diversity through the use of bumper stickers

In "Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi", student Nathan Brown addresses the actions of UC Davis' Chancellor in regard to the police brutality during a student protest. The problem started when fees at the school rose and students took to the campus to hold a peaceful protest. The Chancellor Linda sent police out to the protest where they assaulted and pepper sprayed students and staff. Nathan Brown writes of his disapproval of Linda's actions. After addressing what had a larger effect upon the safety of the UC students, a peaceful protest or pepper spraying students and staff he states towards Linda "Your words express concern for the safety of our students. Your actions express no concern whatsoever for the safety of our students (Brown 127). Brown closes the letter by stating multiple times he is calling for Linda's resignation due to the effects of her actions.

Bumper Sticker

Walking through both the Parmelee and the Durward parking lots, I had anticipated to see several bumper stickers representing Ram pride and love for Colorado State University. I kept in mind that most cars in the dorm parking lots would most likely be freshmen or new students. My prediction was accurate in that many vehicles were representing the Ram family with pride but I also wasn't surprised to see that most cars also had stickers expressing their opinions about many other aspects of their lives. Ranging from political opinions, to witty jokes, to Greek letters representing sorority and fraternity life, to favorite sports teams, to favorite brands, etc. I found it interesting to see so many opinions, lifestyles and personalities be so different yet so similar because of their pride for our school. I think this is something that you would find on almost all college campuses because it is so easy for people of all kinds of backgrounds to be unified by something as simple as a location. I think people plaster their views on things like their cars to just show the world a little bit of who they are. I don't think they believe that having a "Hillary 2016" sticker on their car is going to change someone's mind about their own political views, but it does show the world what they support and I think it is meaningful to proudly represent yourself and what you believe.

Expressing his concern for the violent force that took place against a peaceful protest at UC Davis, Nathan Brown, a junior faculty member at the university, effectively argues why Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi is not fit to be an a position of authority. Brown makes it apparent that his intentions for the students are wholesome and true, demonstrating the passion he has for this case. It is obvious Brown feels a deeper connection to the corrupt nature of the situation his students were in and he wants something to be done about it. 

Bumper Sticker & Blog (Ang)

As I drove around from work to school, to home this weekend; I took a higher consideration for the bumper stickers I would see throughout my routes. Most of the bumper stickers that I noticed had something to do with politics. One in particular that I remember was “NOBAMA” spelled out and below said, “is a silly way to misspell Obama”. Being an outsider looking at this sticker, I am able to assume this person is most likely a liberal and represents some type of support for Barack Obama. This particular bumper sticker was noticed on the northern side of Fort Collins, near Campus West. Liberal based bumper stickers definitely outnumbered conservative based stickers. Obama and Bernie Sanders stickers are common in Fort Collins compared to Trump (or even Hilary Clinton). This particular bumper stick has a humorous and sarcastic touch that I enjoy. It is appropriate and addresses “the haters” without too much commotion around the subject. This bumper sticker doesn’t cause too much concern or disapproval in a city like Fort Collins, those results could differ though if we were living in a town down south where it is more republican populated.   

This letter, written by Nathan Brown, was very powerful and shocking to read. UC Davis had a protest involving higher tuition rates. The protest was broken up by police who were called to scene by the Chancellor of the school. The students were arrested, abused, and stripped of their rights. Brown expressed his disappointment and disapproval on this brutal act that took place on November 18, 2011. Brown quoted the Chancellor’s letter written in response to this event and demanded her resignation. Brown points out her failure to keep the campus in a safe and welcoming environment. Brown’s outrage was successfully expressed in this letter and his voice is heard from many others who experienced repercussions of this.

Bumper Stickers & Summary

After analyzing the bumper stickers in the parking lot across the Scott-Bioengineering building and a parking lot at Old Town, there was a wide variety of stickers across all vehicles, but a few of common trends stood out. Overall at least half of the cars in both areas did not have more than just a couple of stickers. The most common were CSU logo or ram’s stickers. Many the cars that had any CSU related stickers also had sports stickers supporting the teams they liked, such as the Denver Broncos. These people seem to have a very big appreciation for CSU and are also very big when it comes to sports, which is not very surprising since sports are one of the biggest topics of the country. A fair amount of vehicles in both parking lots did not have any sports or CSU stickers, instead some had Pro-democrat stickers (Hillary & Bernie) followed by stickers that promoted equality among all races and the acceptance of all religions. The other majority of stickers that I found were humorous comments and jokes, which can reveal that these people don’t take things too seriously. These areas seem to have a very diverse groups of people, judging by their bumper stickers and topics such as sports and their political points of view are what most unite the community of Fort Collins.

            The events occurred at UC Davis in November 2011 forced Nathan Brown to write a letter to the university’s Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi demanding for her immediate resignation. Brown, an English Professor and board member of the Davis Faculty Association, establishes a set of very well made arguments demanding for this resignation. These arguments included use of police brutality against students and faculty that were peacefully protesting against UC Davis for the increasing prices of tuition. Throughout the letter he establishes that Chancellor Katehi is responsible for the actions occurred of police brutality and expresses how he thinks that Katehi is the primary threat against students and faculty’s safety. Brown ends his letter stating that she is unfit to do her job and again that she is the primary threat against the safety of students and demands for her immediate resignation.

This weekend not only did I walk through the Parmelee parking lot, but I also went to the University of Wyoming and was able to see bumper stickers in their parking lots as well. In the Parmelee parking lot, you got the type of bumper stickers you'd expect to find on a CSU students car; stickers such as ram pride and some not so nice stickers directed towards CU.  In Wyoming however, I didn't find your typical stickers students put on their cars directed towards there arch rival school.  Instead, i found a lot of stickers regarding guns and how it's their right to own one.  Besides bumper stickers involving guns, I saw a lot of stickers involving Trump which I thought was kind of interesting to see on a college campus.  There's a bit of differences between the two campuses, one who takes pride in a rivalry between them and another school while the other takes pride in expressing their rights and political views.

Blog 1. Bumpersticker and Summary

While biking along the road and through campus it seems as if every other car if not every car has some sort of small decal or sticker placed on its rear end. Every vehicle seems to range in the variety of stickers. They range from CSU rams, to religion, to Broncos and even the wandering CU Boulder stickers here and there. Most of the cars around old town and campus seem to share one thing: Colorado State University ram’s stickers, the Colorado state flag, as well as “Coexist” stickers. The towns seemingly deep appreciation for Colorado and CSU itself is apparent. Colorado is known for our great outdoors, mountains, and high altitude. We are the mile-high state. The Colorado stickers show the community’s love for the outdoors of Colorado itself. It helps show the appreciation and pride that Coloradans take in living here. The CSU stickers also show support and pride towards CSU and being a ram. With around thirty six thousand students attending Colorado State University this year, no one should expect a shortage of pride or stickers all throughout Fort Collins and Colorado. The “Coexist” stickers seem to send the most powerful message of the three most common. I say this because though I have only been a student here at CSU and a new Fort Collins resident for 10 days, I see that the campus and the whole city of Fort Collins seems to support diversity and embrace it whether it be through religion, race, or different cultures. With the common sticker examples showing up just about everywhere you look, I can come to conclude that community around CSU and the city of Fort Collins show great pride in living here and have a deep love for the outdoors and nature. They show that people are getting involved and celebration diversity and coexistence with everyone around us.

            In “ Open letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi”  Nathan Brown expresses his disapproval of the U.C. Chancellors to his audience, the public readers. His strongest argument is his hated and enragement towards how student protestors are being treated by the police and the law enforcement. He is angered and in disbelief of the brutality of it all. While giving his opinion and thoughts about the Chancellor he blames the safety problems on Linda Katehi and explains how she can say what people would like to hear but she must act upon her words to make them actually mean something.