Project 2 Reflection

I was very happy to hear that we were not going to have to write a typical paper for project two, and I think that the rest of the class agreed as well. I am not going to lie, I was very confused about what the actually concept of the project was supposed to be. We had to make some sort of map, and write about places on Arizona State University's campus that went along with each other. A subject that I find interesting is fitness. I could have written about the Student Recreation Center at Arizona State and all of the amenities it has. The SRC has a lot of substance, and different contributions to the subject, fitness. It also seemed like an easy subject to write about and fulfill all of the requirements for this project. I figured that since a vast majority of the class would write about the SRC and that I wrote about it for the last project, so I decided to stay away from the SRC for project two. Something else that I love that is affiliated with Arizona State University is my sorority, Delta Zeta. I was going to talk about the Memorial Union and how Panhellenic recruitment was held there over labor day weekend. I could also write about the SRC fields because that is where philanthropies and intramural games are held. Hayden Library could have also been in my project because my sorority requires us to do study hours there. Of course, I could write about Adelphi, the sorority housing at Arizona State. I almost had everything planned out, but then I remembered that we had to have at least four sources for our project. I did not really think that Hayden Library would have many sources for me to choose form that were about sorority life. I ended up back at square one. It finally dawned on me when I was walking to my Computer Info Systems class. As I was walking to class, I noticed all of the recycle bins placed on campus. I thought about how great it was to have recycle bins on campus. That was when I decided to write about the ways Arizona State University 'goes green.' I easily found resources to use for my project. I found it to be very interesting to investigate ways that Arizona State makes its environment a little bit better. Not being able to fully evaluate each annotation was a struggle for me. I also found it difficult to find direct quotes from my resources that flowed well with my writing. I wish that I could have found more quotes to use. Learning how to use Google maps I think that my project is original and it gives legitimate examples of how Arizona State University 'goes green' every day.