Secondary Source

Doing West End for my ethnography enabled me to go in many different directions when choosing secondary sources topics. One of the topics I had touched on in my first essay was, how heathy and nutritious is the food for you at West End. Mypyramid.gov is a great source for looking up nutrition facts for food and also a good reference for helping students maintain a balanced diet. The website provides you with an in depth food pyramid that will easily guide you to a healthier lifestyle. Another secondary source that will be helpful to me when writing my third essay is the West End page of the vt.edu website. It provides a lot of history about the dining hall and also accolades the dining hall has received for the food and services they provide. Overall I think these to websites along with the library will be helpful to me as I begin to research and write my third essay.

Secondary Research Topics

As I looked back at my second essay one of the things I felt I needed to add when I start my third essay was more information about the observations of the people in West End and how they interact with each other. One way that can help me with this will be the interview portion of the third essay. Another key component of the third essay is the secondary research. Some topics I would consider for this would be food and nutrition to possibly determine how healthy the food at West End. I also could do a search of Dining Halls on College Campuses and try and compare other dining halls to West End since it is considered one of the premiere dining halls to eat at. Hopefully between the library, the internet and my observations I will be able to find enough secondary information to help me with my project.

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