Research Sources: W.P. Carey Dorms

This project is not an easy one when it comes to finding an interesting topic. It took me a while brainstorming to try and decide on what the main topic of my project would be. I eventually decided on the residential dorms on campus at Arizona State University. Being in the W.P. Carey School of Business the decision was made to only focus on the dorms for the business student so I would be able to go more in depth on each dorm. The dorms that are being occupied by mostly business students is Hassayampa Academic Village, Adelphi Commons 2, Sonora Center, and Palo Verde Main. Palo Verde Main is not normally considered as a business school housing dorm, but because it is my dorm I decided to add it to the list. After going through 2 months at Arizona State University and seeing a lot of the dorms I am interested at what dorms could be considered the best on campus, and I think for this project could be a fascinating topic. I am looking forward to figure out what most students look for when going to live in a dorm for the first time and what is most important to them.

The first source I would be using is DeVillers, Julia. The College Dorm Survival Guide: How to Survive and Thrive in Your New Home Away from Home. New York: Three Rivers, 2006. Print. Im hoping that this book will be able to point out the best parts about living in a dorm and what to look for when living in a dorm. I am confident that this book will be the most important source because it is an un-bias source that is not just focusing on one college but instead every dorm in America. My topic being which dorm is the best to live in I will be looking for what dorm is the easiest to correlate with the different positive guidelines in this book. 

Then the next source is a scholarly Charles F. Thwing LL.D. (1909): DORMITORY LIFE FOR COLLEGE MEN, Religious Education: The official journal of the Religious Education Association, 4:1, 34-40. This is an article about what a young man goes through while attending a University. It is able to show a lot of the perks and benefits of living in a residential dorm rather than off campus. It is also able to talk about what different students should look for when moving into their dorm or before attending the college.

My last source is going an article by TIME magazine by Zoe Fox “Ranking the Residences, Georgia State Tops Nation’s Best College Dorms”. This is a great article about the what the best dorm rooms in America are and what makes them the best. It also has the worst dorms in America and what makes them the worst. Im hoping that I will be able to take the information given about both of these articles to see what would make the ASU dorms the best or worst for the W.P. Carey School of Business.

Evaluating Liar, Liar

One of the most recent movies I have seen is “Liar Liar” starring Jim Carrey as Fletcher Reede. This is not my first time seeing this movie it is actually one of my favorite movies, Fletcher Reede is a divorced defense lawyer living in Los Angeles, California and his job forces him to be a compulsive liar. His career is really starting to look up when he gets a case where a cheating wife is trying to receive half of her ex-husbands fortune. A lawyer with normal morals would not be able to take this case because it would take a lot of lying and deceiving, and Reede having the reputation he has is considered the perfect man for the job. He also loves spending time with his son Max, and is a great father when he is around but because of his job does not have much time to see him. When Reede is forced to miss Max’s birthday party, which he promised to not miss, Max makes a wish that forces his father to not be able to lie for 24 hours and the day of the big case. Fletcher goes threw a lot trying to make Max take back the wish so everything can go back to normal and he can win the case, but nothing seems to work. This is also the day that Fletcher’s ex-wife Audrey threatens to move Max to Boston with her and her new boyfriend Jerry. After trying to delay the case Fletcher is able to find a loophole to win him the case without lying. After the victory Reede sees the cheating ex wife try to take her husbands kids away from him after admitting he is a good father but want the kids for the extra money in child support. After Fletchers ex boss and new partner says how he loves kids in a case like this because they are such leverage Reede has a realization that his being a father should be more important than his job. Reede then trys to have the judge take back the ruling and in doing so gets thrown in contempt of court where he is forced to miss his last chance to keep his son in Los Angeles, but after a friend bails him out races after him at the airport and stops him from leaving and also wins his ex-wife back. 

The main themes of this moving are very clear, the first one being how important it is to keep promises and tell the truth. Reede’s life seems to be going great when he is going through it as a compulsive liar, but when his ability to lie is taken away from him realizes what is really important to him. He also makes a lot of promises to his son Max which he is never able to keep until the end when he has a realization that he will never break anymore promises or lie to him again. Another theme is the importance of being a father, throughout the movie when he is around Reede is able to be a great father. He jokes around with his son and always promises to play catch, but when all these promises fall through he doesn't realize how much it affects his son. When he realizes he is a bad father, he does whatever he can to be there for Max. The director was able to do a good job showing these themes and how important they are to try to reenact in real life.