So I first thought this was a research paper for some reason, then I on Friday I noticed that it was a persuasive. So after having written a little about my topic on PRACS, I realized that it really wouldn't work out as a persuasive essay. So I had to come up with a new topic with the help of my brother. He said something about being smoke free, MSUM already is, but NDSU is not. So I decided to do a paper on having a tobacco free campus at NDSU.

Going against my thesis about PRAC research I would say that it could be a very dangerous situation. First thing is that you have to spend a lot of time there for screening appointments, the study, additional studies, and check-ups, which can be every morning for awhile. The facilities have hundreds of people there everyday and easy for something to go around and get people sick. And most of the time you go through many blood draws, and with all of the needles going in and out something could really go wrong.

The main point is that is the medication your taking going to hurt you in the long run? I know someone who got headaches and other small problems during and a short time after a PRAC Study, but will he have any long term, and what if you get something that you are alergic to and don't know it. It sounds like a lot of money in a short time, but there are to many risks of doing it.

I recently signed up for a PRAC study and that got me thinking. People are always so worried about PRACS and I was wondering is it really worth the money?

In my essay about PRAC study research, I would like to find out the risks of doing PRACS, what they test and how the get results. Who funds the program and is it worth the cash for the risk.

Thesis: Some may argue that a PRAC study is dangerous and risky event that can damage your body and have lasting side effects, but it is a way for people to help out research on beneficial medicine and in a very short period of time earn some cash.

I think that a lot people think it's like donation your body to science, but I think it is more of a way to help out in finicial situations and a way to help medicine research.

I don't know if we are able to pick from any topic we like, or something that obtains to our surrounding area. If it is totally free I would like to do something on the moon landing or 9/11. If we can't and have to do something around our neighborhood to persuade something I would have to think a little first.

Adding a walk way to campus. The ones like UND and Concordia that shelter people through harsh weather. MSUM doesn't have that big of a problem because of its size, but maybe for NDSU.

Why the wellness center being built at MSUM is well worth the money.

Reason why the tobbaco plan is working...

I still really don't get how the blurb is supposed to work, but I'll try my best to do it from what I got out of the lecture.

The very basics of life can change throughout time. Mark Gerving, like many people grew up in a big family. When growing up, some people had to share a bedroom with a brother or sister, but for Mark he had five others to share with. Through a life of hard work being a machinist, Mark has come to own his own 2,500 sq. foot house with a three stall garage for his Corvette. Every style of life has changed throughout the years, but its the ones that have to work for them that really tell the story.

I have compiled a list of questions, but I don't know who I should interview now. Mr. Fair would be a good choice, but it would be hard to get an actaul invterview out of him.
I'm going home for a family reunion tomorrow so I guess I can ask an aunt or uncle there. That should work.
I tried to get my questions to focus around the person's life, from beginning to the end and more.

So far these are the ones I have.


Describe you childhood, where you were born, your home?
What was your family like?
What did you do for activities?
Did you have to do chores or work for money?
Describe your school years, did you play any sports?
Did you have any child hood hobbies?
Did you go anywhere for vacations? What was your favorite spot?
Besides vacations what other family events did you do?
What was your favorite band as a child?
What did you want to be when you were older?
Who did you look up to as a young adult?
What did you do after school? Then after that?
What have been some of your jobs, favorites, and worst?
What kind of person would you describe your self as?
How have basic living changed in your lifetime?
Have you had any life changing events?
What has been your life’s greatest accomplishment?
What is your favorite memory of your past?
What do you still want to get out of life?
What are some past events that you would change in your life?

It was tough deciding who I wanted to interview, being from a small town you don't really meet a lot of people that have actually done something in their lives that is worth interviewing. Yeah there are some people that do some cool things, but I don't know if there is enough to get 5-7 pages worth. I went through some people I knew that would be the best and it came down to either a friend or a brother. Then one day when some friends from my hometown were talking one of our teachers were brought up into conversation. I never even thought about my history teacher until then. Mr. Fair, my history/geography/economics/law and justice teacher all throughout high school taught me and told hundreds of stories. This guy had done everything in life, been to all the states except Hawaii and Alaska, drove bike with Jay Leno and plenty of crazy things that most people don't do in a lifetime. Besides being an adventurous person, Doug Fair was very smart and talented. In high school he played football, basketball, baseball and track. He went to state in almost all of those and even holds records for some events. Being our history teacher, he knows plenty of things about the World. He can name every country and its capital, and knows a variety of languages, but not to their full extent. I know enough information about Mr. Fair to write a book on him.

I'm going home on Friday of this week, so that is when I'll do my interview. Either talk to him at a football game or a volleyball game. He is always in the same spot and will gladly do a quick interview. For some of the questions I want to ask him about is child life. I know some things like his parents died when he was young and his older sister took care of him. But there are so many things that he has done in his life that I would like to know how he got into it all.

I'd have to ask if all of his stuff is true, though a lot of it seems sketchy, but he always sticks to his word and sometimes has proof of the stuff he has done, like a newspaper article of him in the newspaper with the governor of North Dakota at a high school basketball team, while they were both playing.