Hi everyone, my name is Mitch Majure. I’m a Mathematics and Computer Science double major from Des Moines, Iowa. To be frank, the main factor in my decision to attend Iowa was finances, and after a semester of needed transition, I look forward to the possibilities that college has in store. The things that excite me most about Iowa city is being closer to my sister who also attends U of I and the various opportunities to engage with math and computer science outside of the classroom. Some of the things I miss the most about home are food related. Des Moines has many excellent foods and restaurants: Graziano’s Italian Sausage, The Cheese Shop, and Zombie Burger are a sample from the wealth mouth watering options I could have chosen from.
I’m excited to see what we’ll do in rhetoric. I think examining media’s messages and messaging is a very important skill while also being enjoyable. I have already taken a rhetoric class focusing on novels and writing in high school which was a lot of fun. My favorite part of that class would have to be the final assignment comparing and contrasting two words that seem to have the same meaning but with different origins in a short magazine. My magazine compared intelligent and ingenious in the style of a grocery store checkout isle tabloid. Debate club was another area where I had to exercise my knowledge of rhetoric. In my opinion, the hardest part was tailoring the argument for the judge audience. What makes a winning argument to a parent judge doesn’t carry over to the college student judges with 4+ years of debate experience. My debate experience taught me how hard creating concise, logically sound arguments can be.
My friendsgiving meal was my favorite of 2019. I don’t think there is any other setting where traditional thanksgiving turkey, penne alla vodka, Ethiopian rice, gobi manchurian, and hamburger pizza would all share a table. Even with the bizarre combination of food, it was a blast to cook with friends and enjoy the food together. My favorite movie I saw over the past year was Parasite directed by Bong Joon Ho. It is the most recent movie I’ve seen where I could not immediately put it into a box after watching which was very refreshing. On top of that, it was incredibly well acted and directed. I would recommend it to anyone, with the caveat that they watch it with as little information as possible.
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