Inside Scoop Vol. 6

This week has been a very busy for me in COM 320 with the Japan crisis group project and also with the Service Learning Project because our cornhole tournament was this past Saturday, April 2nd. In my Japan crisis group my group members were Andrew B., Brady, Mark, Victor, and myself. We worked great together. It was much different collaborating with them as it has been collaborating with Prestige Worldwide...wide....wide. With the Japan crisis group, we first exchanged contact information and recognized that we needed to meet on that upcoming weekend. Before we left class that Friday, we had all ready decided that we were going to meet at 9 PM in the Stewart Center Library on Sunday. In class, we also made it clear that everyone needed to have their sections done by Saturday, so that Sunday we were able to make the final touches and comments. The main difference between this group and Prestige Worldwide is that we did not take the time to get to know each other. In the Japan crisis group the deadline was short and their was a goal that had to be met. This was the main reason I felt that we did not take the time to get know each other because their really was not any time to do that. As a crisis group, we were very efficient in the way we worked.

Tyler C.

Inside Scoop Vol. 5

No comprende? This is literally what I had to say my entire Spring Break. I am on the Purdue Baseball Team, but did not travel with the team this week, so, at the last minute I decided to go to San Juan, Puerto Rico with my fiancé. We stayed at one of the nicest resorts in Puerto Rico. It was awesome. Whenever I go on vacation, I always ask myself when I get home, “Why the hell do I live in Indiana?” In Puerto Rico, it was really nice waking up every morning and it all ready being 80 degrees and then everyday it got up to about 92.  

This was my first time to Puerto Rico and I would recommend anyone to go. There is a lot of stuff to do, including to go see Old San Juan, which has a wall all the way around the city and was used to keep Pirates away, very cool. The resort was on a reef, so we were able to go snorkeling there, but there was also a beach ,which was awesome. I would say that one of my favorite parts of the resort was the pool bar, especially at 1pm everyday because they had free pina colada samples, and the number of samples was unlimited. 

Tyler Calder

Inside Scoop Vol. 4

The week is ending and Spring Break 2011 is upon us. For some, this might mean working, going home to see family, heading to Florida, or even riding on a train for the whole break. I, as all other students, am becoming very anxious for this break because after this there is not a break until the end of the school year. For my spring break, my Purdue baseball teammates and I will be playing eight games throughout Tennessee. We actually leave tomorrow, Thursday, March 10, and will be returning next Sunday late at night. We first play University of Tennessee-Martin for a three game series, then play one game against #2 ranked Vanderbilt University, one game at Belmont University, then finish up with a three game series against Tennessee Tech University. Currently we are 9-2 and have beaten two teams ranked in the top 25 including #9 Connecticut and #20 Louisville. We also have beaten #30 ranked Pittsburgh. This has been the best start that Purdue Baseball has had since the 1993 season. After this weekend, next week, and next weekend hopefully we will be able to say that we are 17-2 and add another ranked opponent to our list. Purdue baseball is bringing top 25 buzz back to West Lafayette, IN.

On another note, when Prestige Worldwide gets back from spring break, we have a lot of work to do. We want to obviously make as much money as we can with the service learning project and hopefully this monetary amount can exceed 500 dollars. Have a great spring break everybody!

Tyler C. 

Inside Scoop Vol. 3

In my BCM 419 class, Sustainable Construction, we watch a lot of short films and talk about sustainability in the United States, as well as, the World. The concern that I am going to talk about today is a practice that could potentially contaminate all of the water in the United States by the year 2050. Here is a few words outlining the movie:

"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire.”

Before watching this movie, I had never heard anything about this subject. It disturbs me, and it should you too. Going along with their drinking water catching on fire, in Pennsylvania, there was a home where their drinking well exploded because of the contamination of the groundwater. There are many people throughout the country that have to have huge tanks for their water because all the water is contaminated around them. That is ridiculous that trucks have to bring in water to residents homes each week just so that they have clean water to drink and bate with. Workers and owners of Halliburton truly feel that they are not doing anything wrong and deny that their drilling procedures are safe to the animals and people around the area. I encourage you guys to watch the youtube video that I am going to attach. If change does not occur, this could be the future of the United States water supply. 

 
Tyler Calder

Inside Scoop, Vol. 2

For the rest of the semester Prestige Worldwide is going to be working on finishing the service learning project. We have decided on having a cornhole tournament and then sending all the proceeds that we make from there to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lafayette. We have a great base on the service learning contract and I feel like once we get the final draft done, our biggest challenge will just be getting enough participants in the tournament. So far, our basis for the group contract has really helped with getting our group to get the required work done. Okay, well that is all I got for an update on our group project.

This is completely polar opposite of our group project, but I thought that the lecture on Friday was very interesting and is great knowledge to know. Nowadays, with the advancement in global trade and global activity, being able to communicate with people from different countries is a must. Jasmine, you were talking about how taking a gift to a meeting in China is a must, and that is the type of common knowledge that I feel will give me the edge in the work force. I am glad that you showed us those videos because I thought it was awesome how we learned how to meet and greet people in China and Japan. 

Tyler Calder

Inside Scoop Vol. 1

Communication 320: Small Group Communication has been a class that I have actually enjoyed so far. My expectation of this class was that it would just be all lectures and super boring. It actually is polar opposite. Every time my classmates and I come to class, we almost always are doing an activity of some sort, which makes class enjoyable and fun. These past couple weeks all the groups were working on a creativity presentation, and from the presentations I actually learned a lot. I never realized how important small group communication is to the success of a company or a group. Groups did presentations on listening styles, leadership styles, nonverbal communication, etc. As for as Prestige Worldwide, we have done a great job working together. We are all fortunate that we were able to work together because none of our personalities clash and we all get along great. My reaction to these activities that we have worked on together is that we have done a really good job of communicating with each other effectively. Even if there are some disagreements, we do a really good job of working through them in an effective and respectful manner. When we meet outside the classroom, there are a few of us with very tight schedules so we have to work around them. If someone cannot attend one of the meetings, I think we do a great job of including them and updating them on our progress and final project. I feel that I am comfortable talking to each of my teammates. Whenever we break projects up into parts, I am confident in my teammates’ abilities to do their part and to do it well.

Tyler Calder

Tyler C's Resume