Meograph Project Proposal: Winter 2014-2015

     On November 14, 2014 SRU saw it's first snowfall of the season, although it was a dusting it was still enough to get people talking. November 16th night brought us more snow, covered sidewalks and the first real taste of winter.

 With winter upon us at Slippery Rock University, I would like to do my Meograph project on winter and try and get opinions of what we can expect this winter here at SRU. I will attempt to find students who have never experienced snow and or lived in an area like this where so much snow is common and get their opinions of the weather. Also, I will include a timeline of the previous winters throughout my life, including the Blizzard of '93 AKA the "storm of the century", as well as the winter last year that lead to a few delays and a closings at SRU and many winters in between. I would like to try and get a winter forecast projection from one of the departments at SRU and or a newscast. In addition, with more snowfall expected this week and colder temperatures, I will try and capture some videos of the winter and hopefully record traffic problems and or something that happened because of the weather to make the story more interesting.

 I believe winter a very newsworthy topic for students at SRU because it will all impact our lives. The timing is perfect as we've already been hit with our first snowstorm. The significance of winter affects all students in terms of traveling, class schedules, work, life, etc. Proximity is perfect too considering SRU and anything north of Pittsburgh is known for brutal winters. In terms of prominence, if the right interview is available or the right source, the project could have prominence. In terms of human interest and emotion, most people get really angry when they hear "snow is on the way", or "temperatures below 0" so there is human interest here.