Bell Tower Observation

I walked to the Bell Tower, which is located on the campus of the University of California-Riverside (location). The weather was mostly sunny, with a temperature of 66 degrees (weather). The Bell Tower is surrounded by benches on all four sides, where there are four benches on each side. I sit on the east side of the tower (Location). There are four men setting on different benches, one on the north side, and three on the west side (Gender/Location). All men are between the ages of 18-24 (Age/Gender). They all were working on their computers (Tools). However, they left few minutes after I arrived. A group of 5 students (I think they are students, because they are all carrying backpacks and books with them) just arrived. They are a group of …show more content…
(Race/Age/Clothes) She is carring two folders in her hand, with several forms in each folder. She asked me if I wanted to register to vote, and I said yes. (Direct Interaction With the Researchers/Voting/Political Action) After I said yes, she asked me if I could sign two petitions (Political Action/Petition). The first petition will demand that medical practitioners must notify the parents before they do any operation on children under the age of 18. (Political Action/Petition/Heath Care/ Medical Practitioners/ Age/Parents/Children/Voting) The second petition is regarding raising the minimum wage by one dollar each year. (Petition/Political Action/Money/Wages/Voting) She said that by signing these petitions, I am only demanding that these issues are put to voting in the next elections, so I told her that I would sign the petition. (Voting/Political Action) She handed me the petitions and asked my to sign them. All the petitions are in one folder, while the second folder had the voting registration forms. I was the first and only name on the petition for raising the minimum wage. (Petition/Political Action) On the second petition, regarding medical practice, the signing paper was almost full with names. There were two spots left after I signed, in a page that hold 10 signatures. …show more content…
One was an Asian man who was wearing a short and a red jacket. He is about 250 pounds, and 6 ft tall. The other man is a black man who was wearing short and blue jacket. A third man also joined them after few minutes. He was wearing black pants, and black shirt. (Gender/Race/Age/Clothes) He shook the hand of the man in the blue shirt, while the man in the orange shirt, and the man in the red jacket were talking very loudly next to each other. (Sounds) The others were setting on the ground and talking. The men skated and talked only on the north side of the tower.