2nd Year Advocacy Project Thoughts

I visited three different advocacy projects which included the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Opioid Epidemic, and Poverty on Campus. I thought all of these projects did a good job educating people on each specific topic, and they all called for numerous changes to be made in order to solve the problems presented. Normally, people want changes to be made in order to solve a problem, but they do not educate people on the necessary steps needed in order to make a difference. However, in all of these projects, there were specific things in each project that educated the audience on how to help out with a specific cause.

After looking at these three projects, I thought of an idea that I may be interested in doing my project on in the future. One thing that has always interested me is America’s drug overdose epidemic. It is very shocking that so many people die from drug overdoses everyday, and it seems that more should be done to help these people before they get to the point of overdosing.

Artifacts-November Question of the Month

I personally believe that it is very difficult to change Congressional apportionment in the House. Many people have already attempted to solve this problem in the past, like Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Hamilton said that they could round the quotas, and any seats that were left over, would be given to the states with the largest remainders. On the other hand, Jefferson believed that Hamilton was wrong, and that they should pick a common divisor, divide it into each state’s population, and drop the fractional part of the resulting quotient. Jefferson’s method was a lot more popular at the time because essentially, as the divisor increases or decreases, approximately one state at a time, gains or loses a seat.

Because there have been multiple attempts at trying to change Congressional apportionment in the House, it has proved that this is not an easy task. One method that they could try currently, would be to take each state’s fraction of the total population, multiply it by the total number of seats to figure out each state’s quota, and then round the quotas to the nearest whole numbers. It is difficult to determine if this process would truly work, but it is always worth a try. However, based on past attempts to adjust Congressional apportionment in the House, it seems near impossible to ever make Congressional apportionment completely fair for every state.

Year in Review

[ “Year in Review”  is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student.  You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year.  For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

G.O.A.L.S.

 

  • Global Awareness: I hope to study abroad one summer, and possibly travel to Australia or Spain. I also want to meet as many different people as possible during my time at Ohio State.
  • Original Inquiry: I would like to learn more about my major (finance), and also different majors in the business school. I hope to expand my knowledge, and learn a lot in the process.
  • Academic Enrichment: I hope to do the best I can academically, and possibly make it on the Dean’s List.
  • Leadership Development: I want to join a few different clubs, and eventually work my way up in each club. I hope to have a few leadership roles by the time I graduate.
  • Service Engagement: I love to give back to the community, and I hope to join a few different service clubs that will allow me to help the community around me.

Career

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Artifacts

My psl mentor is Beth Ann Powers, and she is a sophomore at The Ohio State University. She is majoring in political science, and minoring in environment and society issues. She is from Dayton, Ohio and she has three siblings: two sisters and one brother. She chose Ohio State because she liked that it was close to home, but not too close. It is also a competitive school, and she felt that it would give her many opportunities. Because she came to Ohio State, she wanted to be very involved. Therefore, she joined psl because she believed it would give her unique experiences to develop skills for her career. She also joined Alpha Gamma Delta, STEP, and BuckeyeThon.

About Me

My name is Meryl Anderson and I am from Rochester Hills, Michigan (a suburb outside of Detroit). I am planning on studying finance, and possibly minoring in Arabic. During my time at Ohio State, I hope to meet a lot of different people, and grow both academically and socially. I want to join a few clubs, especially some in the business school, and possibly some clubs focused on food and cooking. Also, during my free time, I really enjoy being active. I love to run and swim for fun, and I also enjoy doing fitness classes. Other than being active, I like watching Netflix, and hanging out with my friends.