Statement of Problem: For my research project I am going to address the limitations of the dining halls on URI’s campus. As of right now residents on campus only have access to dining halls from 7am-8:30pm on weekdays, 10am-7:30pm on Saturdays, and 10am-8:30pm on Sundays. There are even short periods within these hours where the dining hall closes between meals. This leaves students with the option of combo meals, takeout, or dorm food as their meal; all of which have low nutritional value. Low nutrition foods are not proper sources of energy for the busy and active lifestyles that students at URI endure. With this in mind, should the University of Rhode Island extend the hours of the Mainfare dining hall to make twenty-four hour dining available
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She pointed out that our practice ran later than the dining halls were open. I then decided to look into other universities that had more versatile ding hours. This lead me to the Univeristy of Georgia Food Services’ website. This article discusses the change to a twenty-four hour dining hall on campus and the positive effects that it has had on students. However an article written in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s campus newspaper, argues that twenty-four hour dining would require large changes in the dining program due the addition costs it would imply. These different stances led me to an article by the The American Heart Association titled Food as Fuel - Before, During and After Workouts. Here, nutrition consultant Platt stresses the importance of proper nutrition and exercise.
Research Plan: To further develop my argument, I will continue to research the effects of proper nutrition on performance. I plan to utilize books at our university’s library along with online sources. At the library I will look for books that discuss the relationship between food and doing well in class and in the gym. Online I would like to continue looking at how twenty-four hour dining has affected other …show more content…
I plan to have most of my sources gathered by the end of the second week of October. This will help me be better prepared for the Annotated Bibliography which I must have done by October 17th. Next I will outline my argumentative essay so that I will have a better idea of what I will write. The outline will be done two weeks before I have to submit my final draft of the paper to ensure that I have enough time to edit and revise my paragraphs. The final draft will be handed in on November 14th. I then must create a powerpoint which describes my research to an audience different than that of my paper. These will be presented the final week of
She pointed out that our practice ran later than the dining halls were open. I then decided to look into other universities that had more versatile ding hours. This lead me to the Univeristy of Georgia Food Services’ website. This article discusses the change to a twenty-four hour dining hall on campus and the positive effects that it has had on students. However an article written in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s campus newspaper, argues that twenty-four hour dining would require large changes in the dining program due the addition costs it would imply. These different stances led me to an article by the The American Heart Association titled Food as Fuel - Before, During and After Workouts. Here, nutrition consultant Platt stresses the importance of proper nutrition and exercise.
Research Plan: To further develop my argument, I will continue to research the effects of proper nutrition on performance. I plan to utilize books at our university’s library along with online sources. At the library I will look for books that discuss the relationship between food and doing well in class and in the gym. Online I would like to continue looking at how twenty-four hour dining has affected other …show more content…
I plan to have most of my sources gathered by the end of the second week of October. This will help me be better prepared for the Annotated Bibliography which I must have done by October 17th. Next I will outline my argumentative essay so that I will have a better idea of what I will write. The outline will be done two weeks before I have to submit my final draft of the paper to ensure that I have enough time to edit and revise my paragraphs. The final draft will be handed in on November 14th. I then must create a powerpoint which describes my research to an audience different than that of my paper. These will be presented the final week of