Proposal Rough Outline

Savannah Ballard

Hem Paudel

English 101-17

Nov 9^th

Audience: Dean of Students office, this is the best place I feel to direct my proposal because it deals with the overall well being of all students and the foods they consume in relevance to nutrition content.

Introducing problem: As a college freshman, I am fully aware of the dreaded freshman 15. We have all heard of students gaining around fifteen pounds during the transition from high school to college. When you walk around campus and are looking for healthy foods, you must look through the abundance of very unhealthy food, such as papa johns, Chinese, fried chicken, pizza, burgers to places such as subway, where if you are very cautious about what you put on your sub, is one of the healthiest options available. I am a student who loves to cook and tries to eat healthy. If the University of Louisville would put a small grocery store on campus with raw whole foods (meat, produce, fruits, ect) where students can swipe their meal card to pay, then the dreaded weight gain could be stopped and the University would be a much healthier place.

Problem: Not enough whole foods are available on campus (gather a list of what restaurants and stores on campus carry whole foods that are healthy.)

Solution: Add a small store with produce and whole foods (Gain money from the excess amounts students have on the card every semester, the University of Louisville is a high achieving academic and athletic school, which gains plenty of income to expand on stores such as the nest)

Problem/objection: Too much money on meal card, forcing students to binge eat unhealthy food to avoid losing that money

Solution/response: Allow students to use meal plan at places such as the store mentioned above or at local stores such as Kroger

Problem/objection: What is available on campus is too expensive (the nest has fresh fruits in a very small case but one single container of strawberries or grapes costs 7$, where at the local Kroger it would only cost 3$.)

Solution/response: Allow the excessive amount of money students must place on their meal plans at the beginning of the year to be used up in places such as the nest, but for students with a limited budget, like most college students are, allow reasonable priced whole, natural and healthy foods. (Allowing stores like Kroger to use meal plans flex points to buy food, swipe like all SAC restaurants do.)

--Survey students in my classes of whether or not they would like a healthy option store to buy whole foods at, and if they feel it is a necessary step to avoiding the freshman 15.--