Wednesday, January 23, 2008

CLEARLY-LABELED ASSIGNMENT 4/Story Ideas

1. The Freshman 15: Is this effect over-exaggerated? Reasons why students gain weight entering college. Means to prevent weight gain, both personally and campus-wide, starting with a list of improvements for campus dining installments such as VGs (VGs has already started to implement this list, as I wrote it and discussed it with the manager when I transferred here last year. I planned on/studied to be a dietitian before I entered Poly.) [Interview potential: Campus Dining managers. Dietitians and Food Science Majors. Athletes. Freshman. Seniors.]

2. Caffeine usage among students: social, survival, or somewhere in-between? Would/might cover: the most effective way to use caffeine (based on Air Force and other studies), potential health-concerns of caffeine/energy drink users, and a comparison of caffeine to the various synthetic ingredients in energy drinks. [Interview potential: Students of different classes and majors (freshman vs. seniors; architecture vs, for instance, business majors,) Food Science majors/Registered Dietitians, Starbucks/Peets/smaller shops' baristas]

3. Stress: its negative effects, what causes it and to what extent, cause and degree of stressors for students, and--most importantly--what can be done to combat or at least minimize the effects of stress. [Interview potential: Students of different classes and majors (freshman vs. seniors; architecture vs, for instance, business majors,) Food Science majors/Registered Dietitians, Doctors, School Councilors and Social Workers.
(also posted as comment on Journalism 203 site)

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