Local Newspaper Article-Monterey County Might Alter Speed Limits in Prunedale, Marina

Local people have been complaining recently about the speed limits in Marina. One street, in Prunedale has been getting complaints that the speed limit is too fast, and it's unsafe. Another street, Reservation Road, has been getting complaints that the speed limit is too slow, and it needs to be bumped up a little bit. After several complaints, Monterey County is considering doing so. As for the too fast complaint, new stop signs will also be put in to avoid any unsafe activity along Tustin Road in Prunedale. Having more stop signs along the road will ensure that the new speed limit is being enforced. I think that this is a good thing for Monterey County to do because not only is it making the town safer, but it's also showing the local people that they do have a say in what happens around the city, and their voice will be heard. 

Majors Activity..

When first assigned an activity in a group, I was excited. I love working with other people, and learning from them. My group consisted of four girls, and we all got along very well. We exchanged numbers right off the bat, so that we were able to contact each other about our presentation. That same day in class we made a time on Tuesday and on Friday before class to meet and do our project. When we met up on Tuesday, all of the group members showed up on time, and participated. We just helped each other with each individual question, and did as much as we could to get every part done. We took each question individually and all answered it together, putting all of our ideas into the answer. Also on Tuesday, we put all of our information together in a powerpoint. We each helped pick out pictures and text fonts, as well as backgrounds. On Thursday when we met, we went over the information that we had, made sure the powerpoint worked, and divided up the sections in which each of us were to present. Overall, the meetings with my group members went really good, and we completed all that we needed to. Our intentions in meeting up at the library were to get everything completed and to not be rushed and unprepared come Friday. 

It ended up that were anything but unprepared on the day of presentations. Our powerpoint was done very well. We had bullet points, and images, and plenty of knowledge about our majors so that we could talk more about it than what was just on the screen. The only problem that we experienced was when we went to hook up one of our computers, we didn't have the right cable cord. We ended up having to step outside and allow another group to go in front of us. Overall though, our presentation went really well, and were were able to cover all the requirements. 

I learned a lot about the majors that my group studied. I am an undeclared major as of right now, and doing this presentation helped me look deeper into the majors that we presented, as well as a lot of the majors that other groups presented. One interesting major that was researched and presented by another group was Japanese. I though this major was very complex, and I learned a lot about what the actual requirements are, like traveling and living in the country of Japan as one. It was interesting to me to find out the depth of some of these majors, and definitely made me think more about my major of choice. 

I think that working in a group environment forces you to communicate, and communication is a great, and very necessary skill to have. Within my group, we had a lot of communication and that definitely helped us to make a better presentation. For example, one of us couldn't make a meeting that we had planned, so instead we all communicated with one another and scheduled another time that worked better for all of us. In the future group assignments, I hope to also have good communication with the members, and if for some reason we don't, then I will be doing whatever it takes to install good communication within my group members. 

Local Newspaper Article-Fiesta Del Mar at the Aquarium

On Sunday, October 4th, the local aquarium on Cannery Row celebrated the "Hero of the Environment." This year, a woman in particular was noticed for her efforts to help sea life. All day of sunday, the aquarium hosts activities such as music, dancers, food, and raffles. All of the tours that go on for the day are said in spanish and in english. While there are different activities like music going on, there are arts and crafts for children of all ages, and the parents can have fun also.

I think this is a great way to being a little bit of a different culture into the streets of Cannery Row, especially the aquarium. The aquarium already has a great way of attracting people from all over, and this event makes it even better. Because of the change in activity, this is a good way to get the locals to go out and enjoy the aquarium as well. There is many different cultures around us, and I think that of we can intertwine the culture with a popular venue, it only makes it better to enjoy.

Major Fair!

On Wednesday, CSUMB put on a major fair, which is a bunch of booths that represent the majors that CSUMB has to offer. Seeing as I am currently an Undeclared major, the major fair was very helpful to me. In each booth they had brochures and pamphlets describing the basics of the major, the requirements, the job outcomes, and more. One pamphlet that I picked up was from the Business major booth. The pamphlet was very helpful in telling me just what I would get out of a Business major. One thing that I like about the brochures at CSUMB is that most of them listed actual places to get a job or an internship once you have graduated. The major fair helped me get a better understanding of all of the majors, and made me think more about what I might want to major in soon.