The podcast about Penn State being the number one party school in the United States was pretty interesting. I honestly enjoyed it. I didn't take offense to it one bit, and don't really see why other Penn State students or alumni would. The podcast didn't stretch the truth or embellish on things, it only reported what they witnessed and saw as fact.
As far as logos, the whole podcast was pretty much logos. They were first hand events that happen within state college. I actually enjoyed that she used logos a lot, because it helped make ti more relevant and not offensive. The ethos effect was overall pretty well developed because when ever you talked about the girls going out or the guys dragging a stop sing you, knew these were thing that actually happened, because we've probably all seen or heard about this.
The moment that I liked the most was when they talked about the officer. The officer seemed very sensible. Like he fully embraced that this is a drinking college town and that you can't arrest everyone or lay down the law heavy for every infraction. Like he knows when to take control of the situation, as when the young man lied about the ID or when the girls attacked the police car, which i found very funny. I think this is the attitude that every police officer should have in state college.
As I said earlier, I believe this report was very accurate and I didn't take offense to any of it. she only took first hand accounts and cold hard facts. I think what offends most people is that they know that this is all true. I feel that Penn State will always be a top ten party school. If you think about it were isolated so all we know is each other, and were surrounded by Frats and places to get alcohol. They offer lot of activities to do on campus, but I've heard or know numerous people going to the event drunk or buzzed to make it more enjoyable, so alcohol and partying will forever be embedded in the Penn State DNA. Another way that we can identify Penn State is by our education, but honestly I think that is pretty well identified with Penn State. I honestly didn't know that Penn State was party school until i got to my FTCAP and the people there talked about it. I honestly came for my education and I still am.
I think you're completely right about the reason people are offended by the podcast; it is offensive because it provides a lot of accurate details. Nice blog, Garrett Frank, or should I say "The Greatness"?
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