week 8

1) A main theme i see running through my research is that every meeting has a very professional format along with the professional requirements of the programmers that are working with University Program Board. They are all required to hold office hours to work on their events and have things prepared for a board meeting every Tuesday just as they would if they would be working in a businesslike atmosphere.

2)My place in this culture has become very involved. They are starting to count on me as they would a normal member to complete tasks for events. As of this friday I will have worn an ape suit to promote "The Price is Right" event on saturday.

Version 2

The diagram I drew displays the location of the building where University Program Board meetings are held. In order to display the location in the best way possible many campus building and roads have been incorporated into the diagram.

Version 1

The diagram I drew describes the location of the building in which University Program Board holds there meetings. I drew a very simple map of half of the campus that included everything on one side of McKinnley starting with Lafollette Complex. From Lafollette I continued to diagram the rest of the buildings in between there and the Pittenger Student Center. The building included in my diagram from right to left include; Lafollette Residence Hall, Robert Bell Building, David Letterman Communications Building, Arts and Journalism Building, Teachers College, North Quad, Cooper Science Building, the Burkhardt Building, and finally the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The road intersections in my diagram are of the intersection of McKinnley and Riverside, the location of the Scramble Light, and the intersection of McKinnley and University.

Box18

Through my work with my field site I have collected a lot of helpful things for my research. Some of these things include meeting itineraries, program review sheets, the UPB contract, the UPB budget forms, and many of the advertisements from the multiple events that have been held throughout the semester. This helps me understand the program board better and get more involved. I don't feel that there are any contradictions because the more involved I get within UPB I see myself having most of the same ideas and views that a majority of the committee members have about the items discussed during meetings.

Week 7

In order to finish this project I plan on getting a few interviews and quotes from the executive board of UPB. Though for the most part I plan on getting heavily involved in the rest of the UPB activities this semester. I have already been involved in off-campus events such as the College Night Ski Trip to Perfect North Slopes and a Pacers Game at Conseco Fieldhouse. Though I have my true UPB test coming up later this semester when I join the steering committee for McKinnley Mile and BSU Field Day.

Box 16

I walk into the room and there is nothing but tables, chairs, and windows. Granted there are windows, they are adorned with blinds half shut. To most people this would sound like an interrogation room, but to the members of the University Program Board, it's their meeting room. With the tables in the shape of a square with a big opening in the middle and the chairs around the outside edge of the table, you are constantly involved in the meeting from beginning to end. You are also in forced to stay involved because there is nothing on the peachy colored walls except for the half covered windows on the far side of the room.

Week 6

As of right now the only conclusions I can make about my group as of right now is that UPB is a group ran by a small board of responsible students that spends multiple hours in an office as an adult would if it was their real full time job. All of the executive members are required to spend 6 hours in their offices each week. Though only 6 hours is required the officers often exceed those 6 hours and end up in their office from 6-10 hours each week. I have gotten to know the executives on a personal level and began to spend a lot of time outside UPB happenings with them. It's not a surprise to get an "I'm in the office" text message when you try to make contact with an executive member. 

Box 12

Some of the privileges that I enjoy include are the multiple awards I have received from my work ethic, the ability to afford the necessary things in life and also to be able to spend a little extra every now and then. I also enjoy having a large family and a group of really good friends. I could see some of these things being very good for my field study because I have a strong work ethic and am very comfortable in a group of people. If I put as much effort into UPB and my research as I did into my senior yearbook thing could end up working out really well.

Box 9

When I read and reread Mama Day I found it difficult to read the first time but it made it a little more sense the second time through. One of my personal assumptions would be that the writer is from the deep south and can't read or write very well. A lot of the sentences didn't make sense when I first looked at them, but if I replaced and added some words i noticed I could read the story a lot easier.

Week 5

Some of the things I have collected from my research include meeting agendas, advertisements, event proposals, the spring semester budget plan, the constitution, the by laws, and the fall budget summary. Most everything I found in my research has to do with the field that I am observing. The only thing i haven't found that I think would help me in my research is a document that describes the duties of every single officer and a history of some things that UPB has done in the past.