Forming an Opportunity Belief

I believe that there is an opportunity at the University of Florida. The opportunity to actually enforce the campus' "No Tobacco" policy. The University says it prohibits the use of tobacco thru the use of signs around campus. Yet, despite the frequent warnings, tobacco use on campus remains as prevalent as ever. Smoke shops boardings all corners of the campus, selling tobacco products, only enhances the problem. The student body at Florida deserves to actually enjoy a tobacco free campus. It is something that they were promised, and something that they can easily receive. If all tobacco smokers, while on campus, used vaporizers or juuls instead, then the problem would be nullified. A simple conscious change while walking around the school is an easy fix.

1. 18-year-old male student

• How many times a week do you have class in person?
• "Three times a week."
• Have you seen the problem of tobacco being smoked on campus rise recently?
• "Yes, I see it daily."
• Do you yourself smoke tobacco?
• "I do infrequently, but I try not to." 
• Do you think that tobacco smoked on campus is a problem for average UF students? 
• I think a lot of students would considered it a disturbance. Especially since the campus is considered tobacco free. 

2. 18-year-old female student

• How many times a week do you have class in person? 
• "I have class every day."
• Have you seen the problem of tobacco being smoked on campus rise recently?
• "I have seen it before, but I haven't put much thought into it."
• Do you yourself smoke tobacco?
• "No, I would never smoke tobacco."
• Do you think that tobacco smoked on campus is a problem for average UF students? 
• "Yes, UF is a tobacco free campus. It would be wrong if the UFPD stood idly by and allowed tobacco to be smoked without consequence." 

3. 22-year-old male student

• How many times a week do you have class in person? 
• "I have class once a week."
• Have you seen the problem of tobacco being smoked on campus rise recently?
• "I've never seen anyone smoking on campus, besides vapes."
• Do you yourself smoke tobacco?
• "Yes, I smoke about a half a pack daily."
• Do you think that tobacco smoked on campus is a problem for average UF students? 
• "I don't find smoking tobacco to be a problem. Maybe that's just because I smoke, but I don't do it on the way to class, or on campus ever really. 

Reflection/Summary:

I believe that the entirety of my original opportunity is still there. After conducting my interviews, it was the people I interviewed who had their eyes open to this opportunity. Whether thru actual enforcement of the rule by UFPD, or alternative solutions such as vaporizers, I believe this problem is easily fixable. I also realized the biggest obstacle in solving this problem is a lack of caring from the student body. If it doesn't bother the students, then the problem will never get fixed. 

Newspaper Articles

A recreation director who used to work for the city of Pittsburgh has apparently settled her age-discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, according to federal court documents.
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/1597B26F5C8164D0?p=WORLDNEWS
Paula Meyer, a mid-40's Pittsburgh resident and employee, sued the city for age discrimination by her former supervisor. Meyer is the one with the problem because she is being discriminated against. The suit ended with a settlement and Meyer received a new supervisor.

A North Side woman accused of shooting at a car full of people — and possibly accidentally killing a man in her own car — pleaded guilty to lesser charges Tuesday and will serve two years of probation.
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/1597B26F9ECE8D08?p=WORLDNEWS
Briquel Good, a 30 year old North Side resident of Pittsburgh, pulled up alongside her ex-boyfriends car and opened fire. She plead guilty to three counts of reckless endangerment, lesser charges than she was originally facing. The problem is had by both Good and her ex, Good facing the criminal charges, and the ex having sustained injuries.

UPMC wages miserly

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15980650C9B57170?p=WORLDNEWS

Franklin Lavelle works for UPMC, Pittsburgh's biggest employer. Despite working for over twenty years, Lavelle makes merely $12.47 an hour. He's fighting for a black workers rights union. The problem is the wage disparity for minority workers, and the people with the problem are all the minorities. 

Smoking and other tobacco use at Pittsburgh-owned parks will be prohibited under an ordinance Pittsburgh City Council approved Tuesday.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/159806535E67CC58?p=WORLDNEWS

Tobacco consumption at Pittsburgh city parks is now prohibited. The legislation is not designed to penalize smokers, but rather to improve park behaviors. The city has previously banned smoking at playgrounds. The problem is the amount of cigarette smokers in the city, and this will help reduce that. 

Already under federal indictment for failing to pay more than $1 million in payroll taxes, the owner of the IceoPlex at Southpointe continued underpaying his taxes, federal prosecutors say.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/159806599A592DA0?p=WORLDNEWS

60 year old Steven Lynch, the owner of IceoPlex, now faces 28 counts of willful failure to pay payroll taxes. He previously faced 10 counts, and another 18 counts have been added totaling $1.5 million. The indictment said Lynch ordered his employees not to pay the taxes they owed for employee paychecks. Lynch has brought the problem on himself by failing to provide assets to his employees. 

My Story

In the Entrepreneurship class that I took in high school, I had a guest speaker lecture us about his business. His business was developing and creating business cards for upstart companies. While I didn't take an interest to his company itself, his tail of building his business from scratch spoke to me.  I enrolled in ENT3003 to further my business education, and I hope this class can help me take my entrepreneurship skills to the next level.

Bugs

1. When you're at the airport in a cold weather city, flying to a warm weather city, and your flight gets delayed multiple times.
Air travel is difficult during in-climate weather.
2. Walking to/from class on a cold, rainy day.
Class would never get cancelled for a slight inconvenience.
3. When their is urine all over the men's bathroom floor.
Some people just don't care.
4. When the line for Fat's is around the block.
Wednesday nights in Gainesville's midtown are hectic.
5. Having just short of exact change to pay for something.
It's inconvenient to carry so much change around.
6. Not receiving credit for a joke you told previously.
Humans are selfish creatures that only care about themselves.
7. Getting asked for a second form on an ID that clearly isn't yours.
The drinking age is 21, most college students are not.
8. Not being of age for the things you want most.
In America, you're pretty much exempt from fun until you're 18 and 21 respectively.
9. Having to tip an obscenely slow delivery driver for your food.
If the services doesn't justify a tip, then you shouldn't receive one.
10. When Amazon Alexa isn't set up to Spotify, so she can't play the songs you want.
What's the point of Alexa if she can't play music?
11. Stepping ankle deep into a puddle, and having to walk around with wet feet.
Being partially dry, yet wet on the bottom, is extremely uncomfortable.
12. Showing someone your favorite song and not getting the reaction you want.
Everyone has different tastes in music.
13. Doing 95% of a math problem correct, and still getting the problem wrong.
Math is difficult at advances levels.
14. When your favorite sports team underperforms to your unrealistic expectations.
Being a fan is living a life of disappointment.
15. Getting seemingly non-stop parking tickets in Gainesville.
The police here have nothing better to do than make sure everyone has a decal.
16. When the person cutting your hair is doing it wrong, but your too afraid to correct them.
Interacting with people who think they know what they're doing is difficult.
17. Not eating in the morning because you have to get up early for class.
The life of a college student has its necessary sacrifices.
18. When you're deep into a homework assignment, and you look back and wonder whether or not anything you just created is correct.
When their is so much riding financially on each class, theirs a lot of pressure to perform well.
19. Walking directly behind a person who is both blocking your path and moving extremely slowly.
People in Florida don't know how to walk like people from New York.
20. Being the third person on a two person sidewalk.
The awkward struggle of having to linger slightly behind your friends while still keeping tabs on the conversation.

Making this list was surprisingly more difficult than I would've imagined. It is time consuming to evaluate your current situation and brainstorm what in your life is not up to par. However, it was also slightly fun creating this list due to its relevance to my life.

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