WEEK 4

Academic sources could be considered things such as encyclopedia's, government books, or web sites ending in .edu or .gov. Instructors may insist that you use these sources because the could be considered more reliable than non-academic sources. A place you could use a non-academic source would be when giving a narrative speech about yourself. Some things I would consider non-academic sources would be personal photos and memories that could be used during your research.

Blog Link

http://programboardblog.blogspot.com/

Box 6

Throughout my first set of field notes I observed that the University Program board conducts their meetings in a very professional conduct. The meetings are ran by the President of the University Program board. He calls the meeting to order and makes his opening statement. After he is done with his opening announcements the officers and program directors then make their announcement by order of rank. Once all of the officers and program directors are finished with their announcements the floor is turned over to Graduate Assistants and Board Supervisors for any opening statements they may have.
Once opening statements are made issues on the agenda are brought to the floor for discussion by the President. Before anything can be discussed the floor must be motioned to be open for discussion by one officer or program director and seconded by another. Once floor is open to discussion the items on the agenda are discussed and possibly voted on. When voting for events, co-sponsorships, or by-law suspensions the University program board uses the traditional Ya versus Nay style of verbal voting.

Research terms to use...

Interviews with group members.
UPB website.
UPB Constitution
Watching & Learning @ Meetings.

10 Questions

1) What is the historical information on the group?
2) What is the process of putting on a campus wide event?
3) How many actual members are involved in UPB?
4) Besides regular meetings once a week. What would be an average number of man hours put into planning by the executive officers?
5) What are the responsibilities of the executive officers?
6) What roles do the Graduate assistants play in the part of UPB?
7) Meeting only once a week allows for a lot of time for members to forget planning details. Has there ever been any thought of having more than one meeting per week? why or why not?
8) Where can I find minute and specific details about what is dicussed at a UPB meeting?
9) What is the most difficult role of being a UPB executive?
10) What are the requirements to becoming a UPB member?

Week 3 Blog Qusetion

For my research topic I have chosen University Program Board. If I was to stop and ask someone about University Program Board, or UPB as they may be better known, I would most likely get a very confused look and a few words that amount to "what's that?" These words being until I tell those people that UPB is the committee that runs Friday Night FilmWorks and organizes a majority of campus activities. Those who belong to this subculture are usually well organized, studious, and very cooperative, responsible, and reliable people. 

MBTI

My personality type is ESFJ.

I agree with my results with because i don't see myself as a judgment type person. Though i would agree that i am extroverted.

Quiz Results...

ESFJ

Groundworking pages 55-56

1)Professional Athlete Community, Graphic Designers Community, Community of People who attend support groups regularly, Community of People who are involved in community service projects.

2)Professional Athlete Community: What are the inside language is involved? What are certain rituals that athletes have that could apply to all sports? What limits and curfews are placed on them since they are role models to such a diverse group of people?

Graphic Designer Community: What are the insider terms used in the workroom? What skills are necessary to complete tasks with the workroom?

Community of People who attend community service projects: Why do you do it? What do you get out of the process? What are some of the projects are you involved in?

3)Some of the ethical concerns i would have when researching all of these groups would be whether or not I fit in with the people I am researching and if I don't, would I be able to work my way into their group or would i be stuck outside looking in.

4)One issue I expect to experience during my field study is that I won't know enough going into my field study to get off on the right foot with the people who are already in the community I intend to study throughout the semester.

Box 11

For my field study the Fixed positions that may influence how I view those involved would definitely be my age. Most of the people that are involved with UPB are freshman and sophomores here at BSU with the exception of a few older members and the Graduate Assistants. Working with people of a younger age may make it harder to gather highly detailed information about the group. Though many of the new officers for UPB are freshman so as the semester progresses it might not be as difficult to get the in depth and complicated answers i might need.
As for my Subjective positions, the area I grew up in and the way I was taught to complete tasks could make it more difficult to get highly involved with the group until i learn exactly how to put my old ways behind and jump into this new way of doing things. The way I was brought was to always work hard but at the same time to just relax, take your time, and make sure everything is right one step at a time. Working with UPB over the past two meeting I can tell that I am going to have many things I can learn and take away from this experience. For one example it would be the way in which they work. Everything is fast paced, get it done quickly, meet the deadline type of work. While I did a little of this in my high school yearbook class, it doesn't even compare to the pace at which these people work. I will have to learn to move a lot quicker, while managing to stay organized and finish all my assigned tasks effectively in the short period of time offered.

Week 2 Blog Question

As i begin to search for subcultures to research this semester, one of my biggest factors to choosing my culture is whether or not its something I could get involved with after or later on during my research project. Another factor is whether or not the culture would be easily accessible for my schedule. In a way am looking to learn specifically about one organization and what it would take for me to work well and be a quality member of their group.

Box 2

Brushing My Teeth. I do it once a day and it seems like such an everyday thing that my routine me seem weird to other people. I go in to the bathroom, wet the end of my toothbrush, apply the toothpaste, Wet the toothbrush/toothpaste AGAIN and then begin to brush my teeth. I always begin brushing on the left side of my mouth. Its a strange habit but i can't really explain exactly how it happened. Another odd thing about my habit is that i brush with two toothpastes? The first time i brush with a regular Crest toothpaste. The second time around i use a special Rembrandt whitening toothpaste. So as normal as it is brush your teeth once or even twice a day, some of the small things i do might just confuse and fluster others who see it for the first time.

Possible Subculture Fields...

University Program Board
Aquatics Club
Men's Lacrosse Club
Men's Club Soccer
CRU

Box 1

East Central Swim Team- Goggles, Speedo, TYR, Always wet goggles before putting them on, stretching, "SHOOT!", "WOOSH!"

High School Yr.Book- wirting, taking pictures, deadlines, Editiors, photoshop, indesign

Ball State Student- "BALL U", the Atrium, Lafollette, going to class, meal plans, Frog Baby, The "Naked Lady" in the Library.

Journalism Major- Writing, Reporting, "Journalism 102 and it's 90 page research paper", indesign, BSU Daily News

Food Service Employee- Grease, Spatula, Spoons, Cleaning Tables

During My experience on the East Central Swim team a lot of things became a second nature to me. Waking up at 4:30am driving to school, getting ready for practice, and being ready to be in the water by5:30am. Getting out of practice and only having 15 minutes to shower and be ready for school. By the third week I was so into the habit that I almost woke up that early on a Saturday when practice wasn't until 8:00am. After school practice was the same way, we were always in a rush! We had to be ready and in the pool 10 minutes after the final bell rang. With a school of 1400 kids it was quite the challenge but you learned not to be late. If you were late, it was 50 yards of swimming for every minute you were late. Meaning if your were 10 minutes late you could tack on an extra 500 yards to the end of your practice! A normal practice for our team lasted 2.5- 3 hours and consisted of swimming about 3000-4000 yards at a time. Christmas Break and "S.H.I.T Week" or Super High Intensity Training Week were the worst. Practices would often last 4-5 hours and consist of 9000-10000 yards. The worst practice i ever had was a Christmas break practice in which we had to swim a set of 100yrds. 1oo times in a row with only 1 minute 30 seconds to do each one.

Sub Cultures

University Programs Board
East Central Swim Team
East Central Student Council
Journalism Majors
Food Service Employee
High School Yearbook Member
East Central High School Alumni
Eng 104
Ball State Student
Aeropostale Customer