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For my final project, I’d like to write about the effect poverty has on various aspects of life in San Marcos. While the town has been named the fastest-growing mid-sized city for three consecutive years, the poverty rate is still well-above the state average.

Poverty can have devastating consequences: health, education, economic opportunities and overall quality of life are compromised when an individual struggles financially.

I’d like to examine these facets, especially as they pertain to the San Marcos area, and hopefully shed some light on possible solutions.

I am thinking about making my final blog/web site about fitness nutrition. A lot of people over look the importance of eating right when it comes to getting fit. Since most of my website is about things you can do in the gym to get fit, I figured it would be fun to make my final about what you can do in the kitchen to reach your fitness goals. After, dieting is just as, if not more, important than the exercises you do.

I have no idea what I’m going to write about. None. I have been thinking about this off-and-on for the past couple of days and still have come to no conclusion. I would like to thank the professor for this unexpected time of self-reflection. I now am sure, more than ever, that my life is as boring as I thought it was.

The only thing I can think to write about is having an exotic animal as a pet. There is not that much information out there on them when you search the web, and some things I found weren’t the best advice(imagine that).

I also thought about doing something with space… Like when living on space stations would  become a reality or how they build things like that, etc.

I could do something more controversial like police hatred I suppose. My boyfriend is an officer in Austin so I hear a lot of him and his co-workers opinions which are usually very opposite of my friends’. I fins listening to their opinions very interesting.  Seems like every time you turn on the news  there is another issue with cops.

so yah… it’s either something here or i’m just going to talk about Orange is the New Black for 5 pages.

It took a me a while to figure out what I was going to do for the final project. I know I have a hard time with a busy schedule when I’m past exhausted. I figured my pages would focus on sleep and its relationship with the conscious and unconscious mind. Sleep problems are something I deal with, which makes it difficult with school and work when I want to sleep all day. It’ll be about different mental phenomena that occur in relation to sleep; experiences and other people’s experiences could be a different page.

I found this article interesting.

There are a couple of things I’m interested in possibly doing for the final project. I like to eat, so my first idea was doing a series on unique, enticing food places in San Marcos. Another idea was  things that we do while we’re driving that we probably shouldn’t and each page would be a different thing that we shouldn’t do along with the dangers of it, statistics, etc. My favorite idea (next to the food one) was doing a series on what’s long been considered “socially acceptable” and how the norms are changing and the fight to continue to change them. Included in that fight is the natural hair movement happening among black women that are fully embracing their natural hair. However, many still have a problem with it and don’t see it as “professional.” This idea partly came about because of a Buzzfeed article I recently read.

After much thought, I’ve decided that my final website will discuss the industrialization of Austin and how it is recreating what makes Austin one of a kind. At one time, Austin was simply known for its barbeque, its music, and above all its weirdness. Now, you’re lucky if you can enjoy any of these things for a reasonable price.

Given the latest and most recent developments over the years Austin has had quite the transformation. From new hotels to up and coming businesses downtown Austin is hardly recognizable. Yet, there are still many other areas that aren’t quite as developed but still bringing in a lot of outside traffic. Take the Formula One track for instance, since its addition Austin has become quite the tourist destination. However for local austinites it brings higher rent payments and increased industrialization to the area. With all the fluctuations in prices it begs the question : Is Austin the next Rodeo Drive?

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Upon hearing the assignment for the final project, I drew a blank. I had no idea what topic or purpose I could make new website for. I was browsing around past student’s project sites trying to find some kind of inspiration to draw from. I thought maybe I could do something over the food trucks in San Marcos, but then I realized that there is already a well established website for that. Ruled that idea out. I asked my friend group for some help on inspiration. One of my best friends responded with the idea of travel and study abroad. As I have already done a PR project for Intro for PR over study abroad, I didn’t really want to do specifically that again. I thought maybe I could focus on foreign exchange and the experiences of living abroad for at least a year or more. International students then came to mind. I thought about all the ones I’ve met and the fact that I was one myself. Then a couple of minutes ago a better idea hit me.

Cultural Appropriation. Realizing how culturally diverse and culturally aware I’ve become, made me realize that there is a majority of Americans who aren’t. Cultural appropriation is a real problem everywhere. It starts with ignorance, turns into cultural appropriation, and then racism. This society and many others are deemed racist simply because one culture hasn’t took the time to understand the other. Texas State claims to excel in diversity. But do they really? I think this is something I can work with.

I want to follow working local stand-up comedians with their up and starting careers all over Texas. Texas is one of the few states that kind of competes with the comedy giants which are California and New York. Austin, Dallas, and Houston have some pretty good comedy scenes with several comedy clubs in each city. I want to set up a page where people can discover new comedians and see their work if they have any up online. A stand-up comedians social network of some sort where they can register and upload information about their next shows and what not.

Although I am not a PR major, I do need to create a website for my cousin’s tattoo business by which I am being paid. Obviously it has to be very visual but I want to look into making 1-2 animations for the site. The five pages being Contact, Home, Galleries, Location, Shop.

By: Jarrett Moehn

As much as I would like to do something about atheism I feel like my final project is going to go in a different direction. Focusing on something that I have doing for pretty much all of my life. That would be playing games made by Blizzard and possibly more specifically Starcraft. Now how this final project would look I honestly couldn’t say because I have no idea what the requirements will be. Most likely though a lot like another student’s work.

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