Tusk University Argument Essay

The author argues that Tusk University's current recreational facility is not fully satisfying the needs of the current student body and is not attractive to prospective students; therefore, they should build a new facility. While his argument is not completely false, he makes a lot of assumptions that weaken it: he assumes that current students will find the current facility inadequate in the near future and that a new facility will attract more prospective students.

First, the author assumes that Tusk's current facility will be unable to serve the student body well in the near future, claiming that enrollment will double over the next 10 years, based on current trends and that the new student body will reflect a higher percentage of commuter students. The author fails to provide any evidence as to why the current facility would be unable to handle an increase in student population. The issue could be as simple as adding more equipment to the facility or making the current facility larger, rather than building an entirely new facility. Furthermore, the author does not mention his reasoning as to why an increase in commuter students would make the existing facility inadequate. Clarification of this point could strengthen his argument.

The author claims that a new facility would attract more prospective students, but he …show more content…
That said, his argument could be strengthened if he included key pieces of evidence. Consider, for example, if a survey were sent out to current Tusk students regarding the current state of the recreational facility. If they respond with negative feedback, feeling that the facility is beginning to age, the author could use this data to strengthen his argument. Additionally, the author could be more persuasive if he included a study that shows a correlation between the attractiveness of a school's recreational facility and prospective students' desire to attend that