Journal Entry 4- I Brain ODTU

The latest slogan of METU, I Brain ODTU, is very appropriate slogan for METU in my opinion. When I first heard about the slogan, I really liked it. The slogan is English. It resembles the most famous English love words "I Love You". In the slogan, the word "love" is placed with the word "brain". I think, that slogan strongly reflects the University of METU in terms of its features. Firstly, the language of education at METU is English. The slogan's being English reflects the education language of METU. Somebody who has first read this slogan can understand that English is an important language at METU since the slogan of the university is English. Secondly, in Turkey the university that uses and produces science most is METU. The people in Turkey who use their minds most are in METU so saying “I Brain ODTU” shows that METU has the most academic staff, most scientific publication and best students. This slogan reflects METU’s using science and producing science and using foreign language very successfully. However, METU is also a university which has a great history and a very big and natural campus so I wish the slogan included some information about METU’s history and its campus. If I were to produce a slogan for METU, it would be “A historical town of science in green nature”. METU is like a forest town in bare Ankara and it has a rich history in which a lot of nation-wide events have happened. My slogan, apart from the one I mentioned above reflects the nature and history of METU, too. It also shows that METU is like a different town in Ankara with its nature and history. When I handle the slogans as a whole, I can say that they are both appropriate for METU. METU always deserves the best.