Snow

It is amazing to me the amount of snow that we have gotten this past week. Being from Chicago I am used to the large amounts of snowfall but the amount that we have gotten this year before Thanksgiving is quite astonishing. Going outside of my dorm hall yesterday was a brutal experience as I was forced to ride in the back of a pickup truck all the way to baseball practice. I still believe that my ears are cold from that car ride. Hopefully the snow will be able to slow down by next week so that everyone is able to have a safe trip home for the holidays. Speaking of the holidays I am very excited for Thanksgiving and Winter break and am counting down the days until their arrival.

Writing Plays

This past Friday in class we further discussed our research papers and some of the finishing touches that would need to be put into place so we could finish writing them. I think that it will be very helpful to have some of our peers read our papers and make helpful suggestions on them. For our newest assignment we were told that we were going to have to write our own play that would be due this Friday. Personally for me I feel that this will be difficult because I struggle when it comes to narrative writing. I am very much more so an analytical writer as opposed to a narrative one. Regardless I am looking forward to the challenge but not looking forward to the idea of reading our plays in front of the class.

Notre Dame vs. Arizona State

I think that any Notre Dame football fan would become very upset if you brought up their game this past weekend against Arizona State. The Fighting Irish had one of their worst performances this season racking up a season high six turnovers. Five of those six turnovers came form none other than Everett Golson who threw four interceptions and one fumble. The loss to the Sun Devils destroyed the Irish's chance to make it to the first ever college football playoffs. Being the huge Notre Dame football fan that I am it was a very painful game to watch and I am hoping that they will be able to bounce back this week.

Previous Class

This past week unfortunately I was sick and not able to attend class. From what I have heard from my classmates we continued our fallacies talks and were also introduced to our research papers. I am also aware that we must write another annotated bib for this Friday's class on a topic of our choice. Personally I am excited to write a research paper because I enjoy writing analytical papers as opposed to narratives. I personally have a few options for research paper choices and I am looking to finalize that decision within the next couple of days.

Chicago Cubs

Being that I am from Chicago there are either two baseball teams that we can root for. Personally I am a fan of the Chicago White Sox but recently the team on the north side of the city has found out some exciting news. Chicago Cubs fans have been looking for a sign of hope ever since the Bartman incident and they may have finally received some of their best news in awhile. The hiring of Joe Maddon is a huge addition to the Cubs organization and may finally push them to being a contender in the division. Time will only tell if this decision will be able to save the Cubs and finally bring fans the team that they have been waiting to have for years. I am skeptical as to whether or not this decision will turn the Cubs franchise around but I am still anxious to see how the hiring of such a respectable Coach will affect the North Siders.

Winning a Debate

Prior to last Friday's class I had no idea that there were so many different ways to prove someone wrong in an argument. I always thought that whoever came up with the best argument overall was the one most likely to win the argument. Little did I know that you could completely prove someone's argument wrong simply by using some of the false argument techniques that we learned in class. Most interesting about learning these different techniques is how many times my parents have used these techniques on me to attempt to prove my arguments wrong. Unfortunately for them they will not be able to use these techniques on me anymore as I plan on from now on calling them out when they attempt to do so.