Colossal U Ad Campaign

Oh wow, how shocked I was when took a look at Colossal University's advertisements. I seriously couldn't believe my eyes when I thought that there was a university out there who treats all their students like robots. I thought that Colossal U was a real university and I felt really disgusted by it, but when I visited the website, I started to relax and realized that this university does not exist at all (thank goodness!). It turns out that this so called "Colossal U" is a completely made up university and it is used to advertise another university called "Algoma". When I looked up the website for Colossal U, it looked like a website that a normal university would have, but just as I was about to click around, a woman walked out and started talking about a university that was completely the opposite of Colossal U.
I do not think that Colossal U is a good advertisement to advertise a university like Algoma. Although I know that Algoma is trying to create a university that is completely horrendous so that people will see what a great school Algoma is, after I saw the Colossal U advertisements, I did not want to know more about it. I wanted to just forget about that school and never hear of it again. The first time I looked at the ads, I thought that the university was trying to say that they are very strict on all of their students and that the students will be treated the same because they are equal. Also, I thought that they wanted to make sure that their students have a successful future, so everything must be perfect and no mistakes can be made, but then I thought what is the point of having a successful future if you are not allowed to experience new things. However, even though I personally would not want to know any more about a university like Colossal U by looking at the advertisements, other people may be more curious than me and would want to see what this university is really about.

I guess I could say that the Colossal U ads give people a mixed and confused feeling. Some people may say that Algoma is really creative in capturing the attention of their audience, but others just might say that Algoma is trying too hard to make their own school look good. In my opinion, the advertisements did not make me feel good and if it wasn't for a school project, I wouldn't have visited the website. But, after visiting the website, I could see what Algoma is really trying to promote. Algoma would definitely be an university that I would want to attend, from the way it was described in the website, but then again, if I didn't know that the Colossal U website would end up telling me about Algoma, I wouldn't have wanted to visit the website at all.

Gaming Gone Wild

Personally, I do not find video games that addicting. When I see some kids who practically spend their lives in front of video games, I feel shocked. I have never owned a video game system and it is not because I do not want to spend the money, but rather because I have no interest in owning one. Many of the times, when I go to a friend's house, we may end up playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero, or some other games, but I would eventually get bored of them and would suggest some other things to do. If I could get bored of playing someone else's video game system, what's the point of having one of these things at my own home? However, I know that there are many kids out there who would not live on with out these games. I believe that the reason to why youths these days let video games swallow up their time is because they are able to escape reality for that little while to enter the cool world of fantasy. Some of these kids may lack excitment in their lives, so video games have them all excited for new things to come. I do admit that I find some games quite fun, but after playing them for while, they just get repetative. In my opinion, time is much better spent with people than machines. Maybe if some of these game addicts spend more time with their family and friends, they will find these much more rewarding. Also, some kids are really letting their grades slip because of all the video game distractions nowadays. Every kid has a bright future ahead of them and their lives should not be wasted away by these time consumers. I think that the parents of children, who's lives revolve around video games, should have more control over their child and should guide their child toward more useful things in life, such as education. Although playing a little video game will never hurt anyone, kids still need a balance in their lives and I believe that it is up to the parents to draw the line.

The Campaign Trail

It's no wonder why Barack Obama won the election for new president of United States on November 4, 2008. This man takes every issue very seriously and promoted his case with a very creative idea. By basing his campaign on the famous "Wassup" commercial that was shown on television in 2000, Obama was able to capture the attention of his audience and then let them know all the things that he will do to make United States a better country. In Obama's commercial, he brought up many issues that United States is dealing with at the moment, such as the war in Iraq, unemployment, expensive healthcare, harsh weathers (hurricanes) and the sudden gigantic drop in stock exchanges. Through this commercial, Obama was telling us that if we elect him as president, all of this will change for the better. It was extremely smart of him to use the "Wassup" commercial as the root of his own commercial. Watching Obama's commercial just brought back the memory of that old commercial, which probably gave everyone a good laugh. However, when the laugh is over, we begin to realize that Obama is really trying to get a message across that he will lead United States to a better future and that we can depend on him to do so. Americans have made a very smart choice when they elected Barack Obama as their new president and we all can see a bright future for the years to come in United States.