1. I found the visual argument from Washington Univetsity most appealing. I thought the hand idea was super cool and also shows togetherness. This is important to me because instead of just showing the differences, they show people of all different identities working together to make a bigger picture, the tree. The visual argument I found least appealing would be the the one created by Megan Stampfli. I found this one least effective because the person that is depicted, while she appears to be a minority, there are no variations so the ad doesn't really so diversity at all.

2. The first cartoon shows a boy getting to go to college because he is boosted up and "tall enough to ride" because he is boosted up by his shoes that say racial and preferences. The second shows the supreme court judges are all wondering about promoting racial diversity and the one minority judge out of all of them is saying "the irony escapes me". The third image shows a little boy who had to deal with all these problems and them gets into college because of affirmative action and an old white lady is yelling that it is unfair. The fourth images shows a group of people who seems to have gotten into college for unfair reasons but the only one being blamed is the minority. The last image shows that in order to get into the college of o es choice you have to spend a lot of money. The image I find more convincing is the one showing all the different student who hot special treatment but the minority is blamed. I think that this shows that a lot of people blame minorities but they aren't the culprit. The least effective in my opinion is the cartoon of the judges. It's not that funny and you have to really study the image to get any sort of feeling from it.

For my visual ad I did a Toms shoes ad on their homepage of their website.

-Who created this visual text? Who distributed it?
-It was created and promoted by Toms on their website's homepage.

- what can you find out about these people and other work that they have done?
-the Toms brand shoe company promotes the fact that every time someone buys a pair of their shoes, they give away a pair to someone who does not have any, or cannot afford to buy shoes. on their website they have a section about their "Movement" and they also have a tab with links to various other sites run by the shoe company like blogs and social networking sites.

-what did the creator and the distributor intend its effects to be?
-they are promoting a new style of Tom that features glitter and sparkles. this is a new look for Toms and they are trying to promote a high sense of fashion than previously seen in Toms.

-how are the media used to communicate words and images?
- the words 'Stand Out' appear in the ad with the shoes in various colors. they used the words stand out because the shoes are sparkly and so they naturally draw your eye to them causing them to stand out.

-what overall impression does the visual create in you?
- the sense that if i wear these shoes then people will notice me.
-what is your eye drawn to first?
- my eye is drawn to the glitter on the shoes and how eye catching they are.

Even though the United States is one of the richest coutries, it has the largest number of over weight citizens.

1. More years of required physical education in public school systems
A. Increased awareness/education
B. More physical activity in school
2. Healthier food options in schools
A. Increase the availability of healthy food
B. Take pop machines out of schools
3. Public announcements and free siminars
A. Increased education of adults (gets passed on to children)
B. People will have a knowledgable resource to get info on nutrition and physical activity.

SOURCES
obesity.org
Obesityinamerica.org
Downtoearth.org