Topic Proposal #2

I. For this essay, I want to use a global approach on the issue for the "freshman 15." In this essay I would also like to use a proposal approach instead of using a policy approach. I want to use a proposal approach because I believe that it will be easier for me to get my point across this way by giving a lot of information on the issue.

II. The major problem with the "freshman 15" is that no one can really find that it does in fact happen and that there is no exact weight gain. Some other problems are if they can't find out exactly what it is that causes college freshman to gain weight if any at all then they can't pin point what you can do to prevent it. The main debate for this issue is that some say that the "freshman 15" is real and that you will gain as much as fifteen pounds your first year in college, and the others say that there is no such thing as the "freshman 15" that is just some myth. The problem is important because this worries so many incoming freshmen and it is important for incoming freshman to be aware of the facts.

III. I think that the solution for this problem is to keep on doing research about the subject until they can find exactly what it is that cause's incoming freshman to gain weight and exactly how much weight they will gain. If they keep on doing these experiments then than can someday put an end to the "freshman 15." And if they are able to do this it will put many incoming freshman at ease and they want stress so much about their weight anymore. They can then give college freshman the information on what is the best to eat and what exercise is most helpful to stop weight gain. Once all this has been done I believe that the so called "freshman 15" will just kind of die out and no one will worry about it anymore.

IV. I believe that if they keep researching this subject they will be able to finally figure out if there really is a weight gain and it will also help put a stop to worries of incoming freshman. I also believe that once they figure out the causes they will be able to help freshman to not gain weight. The more they know about this the less people will worry about it.

V. I am basing my proposal off the point of view that the "freshman 15" doesn't really exist. One of the sources I will be able to use from my exploratory paper is from "Freshman 15: Valid Theory or Harmful Myth" the authors in this paper say that they found no significant weight gain at the end of the year.

VI. The one concern that I have is that the topic I chose for my last paper doesn't really work for this new paper. As of now I don't have any questions about his paper.

Campus Issue

I think that USC needs to change the policy about parking on campus. I feel that this needs to be change or at least thought out a little bit better because the student parking lots are so far away from campus that if you park there at night and have to walk halfway across campus it is not safe to be doing this. With the way parking is set up I would have liked to got a job this semester but due to my parking circumstances I wasn't able to get a job. I just didn't feel that if I got a job and had to work late one night that if I had to walk back from my car I would not be safe. The closest parking lot to me that normally has a spot to park at is about 5 to 10 minutes away on foot. It isn't in a really nice park of town it's kind of away from everything. Yes there are other options but I can't afford to buy a spot in the bull street garage because it is EXTREMELY expensive. I feel that they need to make more parking lots that are closer to freshman dorms and campus so that it will be a little more safe for people to walk back at night by theirself.

Free writing in class

I guess something that happened to me that made me change my mind about something was drinking and driving. A few years ago I wouldn't have thoguht twice about someone drinking and driving. I believed them when they said that they were straight to drive because who else would know how they were feeling better than them. But one of my friends was in a very bad car wreck due to someone else driving drunk and she was in a coma for about a month and just about didn't make it out.That changed the why I thought about it. You don't have to be drinking and driving to get in a wreck it can happen to you even if you haven't had one drink. But if you are drinking and driving that highers your risk to hurt yourself or someone else. I am strongely against drinking and driving now. Because you can take your life or the life of someone else in just a split second. So there is no need to make that risk higher for you.

Short Writing Assignment #11

11) The two articles that I found the most credible are the last two article I read "Opposition to Shelter Rise" and "What Did Not Work: Effort to Centralize Homeless Services." The first two articles I read are the less credible "Four Corners Best Answer on Homeless" and "Homeless Situation Has No Easy Answers." You can check the credibility of an article by checking the time period it was written, the type of article it is, and most the time you can check also by using a scholary search engine or school based search engines. You can use less credible articles in a research paper by helping that to make up your opinion on a certain subject and you can also use it by just giving your paper a little more information and more veiws on the subject.