We have learned the past few weeks that it is important to incorporate Pathos (emotional), Ethos (ethics) and Logos (logic) into our papers to develop a strong argument. All of these can be found in my public space, the BLUU, as it appeals to everyone at TCU and on the campus.
Pathos: As we have learned, Pathos is an appeal to emotions. The BLUU does an excellent job at this because it is considered the heart of the TCU campus, the student union. This is where the main reception is as well as the main restaurants on campus. The BLUU was just built about three years ago- everything is new. It is where the student ballrooms are where the Chancellor holds important assemblies. There are two restaurants here as well as a cafe. There is also a mini bookstore located here too. The way the building is designed and decorated especially appeals to emotions because it is done primarily in purple, TCU's official color. TCU has a long history of top athletics and one of the restaurants, 1873 is designed to be a sports grill. If alums were to visit, especially ones who went to TCU while LaDainian Tomlinson played football this would bring a lot of emotion to them. It brings emotion to anyone affiliated with TCU regardless.
Ethos: Ethos is about establishing credibility. The TCU BLUU is probably the most credible place on campus because it is the main student union. This is where everything major happens on campus, besides the football games of course. This is where the main information center is for visitors. The main ballrooms are here for conventions. Parking is convenient. Every college or university has a student union which serves as the heart of campus and this is exactly what the BLUU does. It is kind of located in the middle of everything. Everyone comes here to eat their meals- if they have a meal plan. Anytime any major speakers come to TCU, they speak in the ballrooms upstairs.
Logos: Logos is an appeal to logic. I feel as though logos is the hardest to identify out of the three. It can be related back with ethos as well as pathos. I know for this we need to provide hard evidence to make our argument. I was thinking about conducting informal interviews with people in the BLUU.
I really like how you talked about how 1873 has emotional appeal because as the “sports grill,” it is covered in pictures of past athletics. That never really occurred to me but I bet it really makes past athletics here at TCU quite emotional! great job!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the BLUU is one of the most credible place on campus. Whenever there is something or someone important on campus, it's always at the BLUU. The emotional appeal in 1873 is a great observation.
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