CCM Blog Response

The short story I chose to read in College Composition at Miami, is called "Residence Halls" by Kelley McCormick. This story analyzes the effectiveness of the visual and textual rhetoric in a Miami University brochure to persuade people to living in residence halls. She talks about how the brochure uses ethos, pathos, and logos to sell the idea of on-campus living. Also, she examines the truths in the brochure as well as its fallacies. McCormick explains that the brochure makes living in a residence hall a "utopia" and that everything is perfect inside and outside of the hall. She uses her experience of three months to prove that the brochure is mostly false. 

My experience in dorm life is just like McCormick explains in this reading. I find that she is completely correct because my dorm is fifteen minutes away, the food is okay, and the rooms are overcrowded and sometimes stressful. Other than the fact that the residence halls are kept under police supervision and are very safe, the dorms are not that great of a place to live. I'm glad that it is only for one year.