Assignment 5A – Identifying Local Opportunities

Assignment 5A – Identifying Local Opportunities

Opportunity 1

·     Title:Shelby Taylor: Florida voters face longest ballot in decades

·     Link:https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AGSGB%21Gainesville%2BSun%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2018%212018/mody%3A0906%21September%2B06&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/16E49EC14E1A0BE0

·     Summary:This upcoming November, there will be a total of 13 constitutional amendments that Floridians have to vote on. Not only will there be many amendments to vote on, but also is a very important midterm election for Florida due to the United States Senate race.

·     Problem:The problem presented in the story is a result of the 13 constitutional amendments to be voted on. As a result of the large quantity on the ballot, the voting process will be quite lengthy.

·     Who:Floridian citizens, as well as, election supervisors are the ones who have the problem as a result. Floridian citizens do not want to spend at least 20 minutes in the voting booth. Election supervisors want to mitigate mishaps and problems with the voting.

Opportunity 2

·     Title:UF in need of better O-line production

·     Link:https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AGSGB%21Gainesville%2BSun%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2018%212018/mody%3A0905%21September%2B05&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/16E49EC11FA5FD60

·     Summary:In last Saturday’s game, the UF Football team won overall, but it is clear that the offensive lineman did not play to their best ability. According to a senior on the team, they were not running the ball as well as their SEC competition. 

·     Problem:The problem presented in the story is that if the offensive lineman do not step up their running game, they will have trouble winning against their competitors in the future specifically this Saturday’s game against Kentucky. 

·     Who: The offensive lineman players have the problem as they are not having a strong running game. In addition, this will affect their whole team because if one player does not play well the whole team does not play well. Lastly this effects Gator supporters because they want to see the football team win.

Opportunity 3

·     Title:UF alumna starts game day fashion business

·     Link:https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AGSGB%21Gainesville%2BSun%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2018%212018/mody%3A0903%21September%2B03&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/16E3F839E77FBD78

·     Summary:Every year, Kristin Celano and group of her friends plan to reconvene and attend a Gator football game. They graduated from the University of Florida in 2004 and use the football game as a time for a reunion. Celano enjoys fashion and finding stylish outfits to wear to any event she attends.

·     Problem:As Celano has gotten older, she has found it increasingly harder to find a trendy, unique outfit to wear to a Gator football game. She tried her hardest to search online but struggled to find outfits she would actually enjoy wearing.

·     Who:The problem presented in this story is the need for stylish orange and blue themed Gator clothing for people to wear when they are older than the typical college student. These people still want to wear something trendy to the game. 

Opportunity 4

·     Title:UF suspends Delta Chi fraternity 

·     Link:https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AGSGB%21Gainesville%2BSun%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2018%212018/mody%3A0903%21September%2B03&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/16E3F839C19A37A0

·     Summary:Since February, Delta Chi at the University of Florida has been under a “limited activity directive”. This past week, UF suspended the fraternity entirely as a result of an alcohol-related hazing event that happened during last spring. 

·     Problem:The problem is that the Delta Chi fraternity has an alcohol-related event and as a result one of their brothers was hospitalized. There is a hazing problem at UF and the Greek Conduct Committee is working to fix it.

·     Who:This problem affects not only the members of the Delta Chi fraternity, but also anyone involved with a sorority or fraternity at the University of Florida. 

Opportunity 5

·     Title:17 arrested or ejected from UF game

·     Link:https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AGSGB%21Gainesville%2BSun%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2018%212018/mody%3A0902%21September%2B02&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/16E3A397ED0E6C80

·     Summary:During the first game of the Gator football season, 15 fans were either ejected from the stadium and there were 2 arrests, totaling 17 incidents. Of the 15 people ejected, 10 of them were current UF students.

·     Problem:The problem is that there was disorderly conduct and inappropriate behavior going on in the stadium during the football game. The problems included smoking, ticket-switching, possession of marijuana, and under-age drinking. 

·     Who:This problem affects the entire Gator community, in addition to, the ones who actually were arrested or ejected from the game.