IB 7

My proposal argument for restaurants having gluten free products would be that each ASU vendor having at least one gluten free product would benefit them and the students at ASU.  I would try and persuade them by using facts that show the benefits that living a gluten free or a low gluten diet can have on a person and hopefully these facts would persuade ASU vendors to provide these.  It would be awesome if most, if not all the vendors at ASU could provide gluten free products.  My audience would be all the food providers at ASU.  Most likely the media wouldn't help too much with my argument.  My tactic would be to go to each of them individually and discuss the reasons why having gluten free products would be beneficial to them and to ASU students.   My essay will primarily consist of facts and data that support my argument.  I will also research ways that having gluten free products will be beneficial to the vendors.   I will state my argument in an essay that I can paraphrase to the food vendors.

IB7

For my proposal I will be writing and editorial to a newspaper, I'm not sure if I should stay local, or submit it to like a nationally covered newspaper. My argument’s primary audience would be parents and school board members, that may seem limited but they are ultimately the ones who could actually enforce the change I’m proposing. My solution, proposal, is simple. Schools should hold mini workouts during recesses. One local school in Tempe, AZ does 7 minute little work outs with the whole school on Friday mornings, which I am adapting to the idea of holding mini work outs DURING recess for several minutes and then continuing with recess. I think because students don’t always run around during recess, making fun little workout activities for kids to be active during the day would be very beneficial for their lifestyles. Because it could be integrated into the already allotted times for recess, it wouldn’t be altering the schools days at all. It would just be a means of creating fun games or exercises intended on making kids get active. Some parents who may be opposed to it could argue that its taking away the child’s choice to participate in recess, because recess is the time for them to not have to follow teachers order, (like and adult on break during work) but if the games are creative and fun and engaging, then it wouldn’t be forcing a child to participate; plus after the workout, which can be anywhere from 7-10 minutes, the kids can just continue with recess. Others may argue that Physical Education is the same thing as what I’m proposing, whoever its not. Physical education is typically a class that students do once a week, whereas my proposal would be everyday for several minutes DURING recess, then children can continue on with recess after the several minutes of activity. I’ve outlined my intended audience, how I propose change, as well as some opposing statements that could be said about my proposal. This is how I intend on writing my editorial. 

IB 7

I am going to promote date rape by using fliers.  I think we I can create flyers that I can put all around the ASU campus that would draw people attention it would be a good asset on getting students aware that date rape is out there and what it is about. The flyers will have details about what date rape is all about but more importantly it will have a website that you can go on and learn all about date rape.   I will put all my research papers on the website and also all the information I have gathered over this semester. N Once I put the flyers out, I want to make a facebook page all about date rape.  I think if I got it on the web especially facebook where there are millions of viewers it would make a big impact.  Everyone I know has a facebook even my mother who is so out of touch with technology and this stuff, so even if people didn’t take the time to read the page they would at least come across it which would put the thought in their head.

IB7 - Alex Chandler

Basically what I plan to do is create a video that is appealing to students so that it can promote the new ASU smoking policy in a positive light, and create less resentment. Then it will be distributed hopefully through ASU's Tobacco-Free team. If not I will ask Paulette if I can just post it into a lot of different streams related to ASU (Twitter, Facebook, etc). The video will primarily strive to show students the benefits of this policy, and the ways in which they can prepare to quit smoking for this upcoming August when the policy comes into effect. The change being evoked is that of the mindsets to the idea of a new policy, and that it is a good thing.

Tayla and Chelsea, I have approval from Mrs. Zilmer :)

IB 6

I am going to continue to talk about the seriousness of date rape.  It has been my topic since the first paper and I think I can talk a lot about it and I have some very good ideas on how to make it more aware and a bigger concern in our community.   I think that if we took it to the news stand and to magazines about how drinking alcohol has such a big effect on the amount of date rapes that have been happening it would decrease the amount of them happening.  I think my proposal argument should be on the seriousness of alcohol contributing to the amount of date rapes that are happening.  I would like my audience to be the owners of alcohol companies and every on whom helps distribute it.  I spoke with my teacher in the beginning of the year and she said that I should try and focus more on the laws and the understanding of what date rape really is.  A lot of people today don’t understand that there is a difference between date rape and actually rape.  I think we have started to give students and people flyers so they could learn about what date rape was or even had some sort of program that kids could go to learn about it that would help.  I think I may make flies and hand them out that discuss what date rape is and how to go about actually following through with pressing charges on someone so more people no that it is not a joke or should not be taken lightly.

Alex Chandler - IB6

There are several campuses following in suit, like ASU, in becoming a tabacco free campus. This being said ASU has made it their goal to become Tabacco free by August 2013. In doing so they hope to at the same time ween college students off their habit by helping them quit smoking.
The stakeholders I have previously discussed may have some hard feeling about canceling out this"freedom." But many will see it as a positive action by the school in promoting healthy living, and longer lives. The only stake holder really going to have an issue with this decree will be college students who do smoke, and many of them may even be happy as it will be good reason to quit smoking and will take the issue of peer pressure out of the ordeal. Many college students have felt peer pressured into smoking because of the people they were around who smoked. In turn getting addicted to a nasty habit which they didn't think was healthy in the first place. Making this almost a universally acceptable action taken by the school.
This is a good thing, and if you don't believe it you are just making a buck with the tabacco industry so please consider young people's health before your dollar. Thanks, -- Alex.

IB 6

Over the semester my focus has been on childhood obesity in our nation. I’m going to continue this focus with my third paper as well. I can think of plenty of things that need to change in this area, but I’m not so good and coming up with ways to go about changing those problems. I’ve been toying around with lots of things to call attention to change about, from school lunches buying from local producers, TV stations not airing during certain hours to encourage kids to get outside, and schools offering more time for recesses.  During my first essay a teacher I spoke to and interviewed said that her school offers Fitness Fridays, where the school kids get together and do little work outs. After much thought, I decided on this as solution for childhood obesity. In Japan, offices and schools take breaks and do exercises to encourage a healthy lifestyle and activity. I think we should take this idea and use it in our school systems. At recesses schools should lead an easy activity to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Some kids at recess run around and are active while others merely sit in the grass; by having an activity for all kids to participate in, it allows kids to be active daily (and not opt out of joining in). It wouldn’t be too difficult to integrate either because it would be during recesses that are already included in the day, it wouldn’t be taking time away from teaching. If this is something we can integrate into schools, during already allotted times of recess it will be another method at promoting healthier lifestyles.  

paper 3

Gluten-free products need to be more accessible.  No one knows how many people have gluten sensitivity, but estimates are that it may be as high as 50 percent, or even 70 percent, of the population. A gluten-free diet is a way of life for the person with celiac disease, a digestive disorder due to severe gluten sensitivity or dermatitis herpetiformis, a skin condition directly linked with gluten sensitivity. One in every one-hundred people has celiac disease, which is an allergy to gluten, but most don’t know it.  No one needs to  stay completely off of gluten, the protein component in many grains. But people with joint pain, brain fog, loss of balance or other neurologic and auto-immune disorders can be improved by living gluten free.   All of these have been linked with gluten consumption.Stakeholders that relate to gluten-free products being more accessible are obviously those who are striving to live a gluten-free diet.  For some, living gluten free is a necessity, their allergy to gluten can hinder their health and cause them to be more sluggish and not at their best.  For others, being gluten free is just a strive to live a more healthful life.  My family and I have been trying to live gluten free lately, and it has been a struggle to find good food that doesn't include gluten.  A good solution to this problem would be if every restaurant or food provider was forced to provide one gluten free product.