Please read all the instructions because the responses and edits need to be posted before the intro/conclusions.

By Saturday morning at 9am, you should:

Your response to the following four questions (FOR EACH SECTION, WHICH MEANS 4×3= 12 responses)

1.  What is compelling about the rhetoric, style, or argument?

2. What is not as compelling about the rhetoric, style, argument or any other aspect of the writing?

3. What commonalities does this section have with either or both of the other sections?

4. What kinds of language  or mechanical issues need to be fixed? You may also include points, sentences, phrases, and words that you find confusing.

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You should also post any edits your group wishes to make to its section.

By Monday morning at 10:30 am, you should:

You should read all the responses to the above questions.

You should then write either (or for extra points both) an introduction or (and) conclusion that will allow you to bring the three sections together.   Identify an underlying theme (i.e. spirit, scholarship, or community) and go from there.  Please consider some of the rhetorical tactics we discussed in class (listed in the post below).   [I will seriously give an extra credit point for someone who does both introduction and conclusion as long as you are seriously trying to do both.]

Good work today with figuring out who our audience will be, and I am really impressed by how the group work is coming together.  Already I can see that having a specific audience in mind is helping us focus our thoughts about how to make our various appeals.

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So we are all on the same page:  Today we decided that our audience will be Baruch administrators and alumni.  Specifically we will write our paper as if we plan to read the paper at the April General Faculty member, which will be held the same week as the annual Bernard Baruch Dinner.   The Bernard Baruch Dinner attracts several successful alumni and potential friends of the college (meaning potential financial contributors).  In an effort to make sure guess feel connected to the Baruch community, guests of the Bernard Baruch dinner have also been invited to attend this General Faculty meeting (among other campus events).    Let’s say that 30 of these alumni and friends of the college will be at the meeting.  (A reduction from the number I mentioned in class).   There will be at least 1 trustee member at the meeting in addition to the provosts, deans, and other administrators.

We have been given a place on the agenda to present our concerns.  We are working to write a persuasive essay that appeals both to the pragmatic side of administrators and those allocating funds but also to the heart strings of those who have more nostalgic and emotional connections to Baruch.

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Each group is responsible for bringing a complete and clean (well edited) draft of their persuasive proposal/plea to class on Wednesday.   On Wednesday we will first discuss the readings and how they use emotional appeals along with logical appeals to make their arguments, and then we will transition into looking at our drafts in order to think about how we might bring these three proposals together in one coherent and strong appeal.

Have a good break,
AC

Why I Want a Wife with highlights

BARUCH SEEING ITSELF AS A SUBWAY SCHOOL

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_exhibits/digital/2000/subway/default.htm

STUDENT AFFAIRS/GENERAL INFO ON DORMS

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/studentaffairs/housing/index.html

PRESS ABOUT THE VERTICAL CAMPUS

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/realestate/baruch-builds-an-urban-quadrangle.html

ARTICLE ON THE ()N 90 MILLION

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140424/gramercy/baruch-colleges-oldest-building-gets-nearly-100m-upgrade

BARUCH STAFF ON STRATEGIC PLAN

https://baruch.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/All-Hands+MeetingA+Staff+Perspectives/1_rktlugcn/9003191

STRATEGIC PLAN

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/president/strategicplanning/documents/StrategicPlan-2013-2018.pdf

RESEARCH AREAS

-CURRENT PROGRAMS First is Baruch already allocating any funds to ease of access between the dorms and main campus?  How much would it cost to have a shuttle bus?  How much would it cost to include metro card (realistically though not asking for unlimited cards if you only technically need to make 3 round trips to campus per week.   Perhaps though there could be a supplement.

-LOGISTICS research logistics and any attending costs for alternative methods*  (you might break this section up and have a couple of folks look at logistics for different alternative methods) questions might include:   How much would it cost to have a shuttle bus (fuel, drivers, parking, insurance)?  How much would it cost to include metro card (realistically though not asking for unlimited cards if you only technically need to make 3 round trips to campus per week.   Perhaps though there could be a supplement to transportation costs.

-SISTER SITUATIONS How come City College has a shuttle?  Could their model work on Lexington Ave.   What does Hunter do?  What is the commuting situation for the students in the dorms who go to other schools other than Baruch?   Better?  Worse?  (You might conduct informal interviews NOTE with no names or identifying information, just opinions about the commute and basic facts about logistics of the commute).

-BARUCH STRATEGIC PLAN addressing the minority status of residential students.   This issue might effect a minority of students but the whole Baruch community should care because ???  Is Baruch trying to increase its residential population?  Does the residential population offer any particular/unique resources to the college that would behoove the college to try and protect and increase by paying attention to this minor demographic’s needs?

*PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES

shuttle bus

metrocard

on campus dormitory commons

RESEARCH AREAS

-CURRENT COSTS research about the cost of any serious renovations (especially about indoor green space –which can range from impossible budget to appropriating a room to a sunny zen space with a lot of plants –maybe maintained by life sciences departments and used in labs?;  costs for converting  part of plaza to garden; information about fundraising–aka how does Baruch raise money for special project–hint think alumni sponsors!).

-LOGISTICS research logistics and any attending costs for alternative methods*  (rental/reserving spaces with parks, advertising so that people are aware of this change, and perhaps aid in transportation)

-SISTER SITUATIONS think about the other Manhattan based schools.  How (if at all) do they incorporate the grassy commons?  can you compare and contrast campus life and academic performance upon schools with grassy commons and schools without?  You should not only find information about other urban schools like NYU but you should also think about schools with comparable budgets, other CUNY schools or New Jersey City College.

BACKGROUND/HISTORY You should research the general tradition of having a commons or a yard area in colleges and universities.  What is the philosophical reasoning behind this tradition?  Is that reasoning something applies to Baruch students?  Do they too need to have some access to that traditional vision?

*PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES

installing some sort of garden area or nature-esque aspect to the plaza

installing some sort of inside garden or “green room” to create a more serene place for reading, escape the city from within

making more explicit and systematic use of NYC parks (aka organizing weekly Frisbee matches at Central Park or meetings in the sand at Madison Square)

promoting classes, clubs, lectures, or other college gatherings that utilize the park

RESEARCH AREAS

-CURRENT COSTS research about the cost of any serious renovations (might include cost to install and maintain current facilities).

-LOGISTICS research logistics and any attending costs for alternative methods*  (you might break this section up and have a couple of folks look at logistics for different alternative methods)

-SISTER SITUATIONS you may see if you can’t find out what business buildings with a lot of vertical traffic do (and even I imagine the Graduate Center  might be a little comparable)

-EXISTING CAMPUS GROUNDS PLAN (what is currently being done to maintain equipment?  are there plans for renovations in either building any time soon?  is this a problem listed in any of the college’s official plans or goals? what office/person or peoples is largely responsible for overseeing this equipment? also you will want to know whether Baruch already has a venue for hearing students’ concerns about these issues?)

*PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES

Staggering class time so as to minimize overlap traffic

Designated elevator per floor (six elevators= 1 elevator for each floor aka the extreme express)

Lower levels for class rooms and put study rooms up high

Vertical Travel  (on campus traffic)

Jacob

Rachel

Milly

Joy

Tanzim

Space (Bringing the Liberal Arts Commons to Baruch or bringing Baruch to the Liberal Arts Commons)

Phil

Cindy

Tiffany

Aqsa

David

Zach

Integrating Dorm and Main Campus

Dmytro

Mark

Dafna

Jasper

Ray

Brainstorm

Our Argument, the central claim and its supporting points

Oppositions’ Arguments:  potential rebuttals and counter point

Our Audience:  who they are, what type of arguments appeal to them, their responsibilities and limitations

Types of Evidence needed to support our points and potential rebuttals.

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