Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment 10/22/09

In the Houston press article page a few titles seemed to jump out at me. The first being Burgers and Hash, I think mostly because I like to eat food and it was the first article that I saw when I opened the page. After scrolling down I began to look for other topics that seemed interesting and I noticed the section called slideshows. In this section there are all the pictures from the clubs in Houston, which was interesting. Moving on to The Daily Cougar one of the articles that interested me was the one over UH football. I don’t follow much football but since UH was doing so good this season I decided to seem somewhat interested and so it is good to know how they are doing through this article. Another article that jumped out at me was the one over our campus security. Having received many emails over the past year and a half regarding robberies and assaults on campus this is a main concern of mine and something that is nice to be kept up to date on. On the Houston Chronicle website you immediately see an article covering the major rain and flooding that we are having today. Me being a commuter this interested me because I have to deal with whatever mother nature throws at me and make the decision on whether or not I can go to class or which roads to take.

If I had to choose one of these articles in order to write a Practical Proposal paper then I would probably choose the one over campus security. It would be something that directly impacted me on a regular basis and something that I am familiar with. My research question would be something like “What can we do to improve security at UH?”
Some sources I could get information from are places such as The Daily Cougar of course, as well as the annual security report that has recently come out. I could also interview the chief of campus police in order to find out what is happening on campus and what is being done to help the matter of campus security now and in the future.

Another issue that I am exploring for this paper is something in my neighborhood. I know there are current things going on in my neighborhood such as buying a park and things like that. I spend a lot of time doing things for my neighborhood such as community service and helping out with things, so this topic would show interest for me. Another topic that I am debating over is parking at the UH campus. I am a commuter student so this would definitely effect me in a big way and not having the parking available can get very frustrating some days.