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.