Final Project Outline

For my final project in Comm 422, I plan to write a news article on the meal plan system at Ohio State. While the meal plan is designed to be convenient for freshmen and student who live on campus, it actually seems to be a huge cost. In order to “opt- out” of the plan, there is a $500 fee each quarter. Why is this? I plan on finding how and why the swipe plan works/ does not work. Also, why was the plan implemented in the first place? I have heard many complaints with the current system, so is campus dining planning on designing a new plan in the near future? How will the plan change with the switch to semesters? I plan to interview Tim Keegstra, the director of campus dining. From there I will see where the interview takes me. I plan to meet with Mr. Keegstra early next week. I also plan to interview Mark Newton, the head chef at OSU. To me the swipe plan seems like a rip-off, but I want to get the facts to tell a true and accurate story.

*Social Media*

-Facebook was linked to many different OSU pages. When I searched "meal plan" there was a page linked to University Housing which had names of employees. This is a potential source builder. It tells what University Housing does and some of the employees who work their and contact information. Also when you search on Facebook, it is linked to the bing search engine which could prove to be helpful for facts and figures. It seems there are endless possibilities with social media, but you just have to be careful.