A team of students from a Buffalo State communication graphics course is working to devise and create a brochure that will help to inform readers of a particular topic of their choice. Here are three of the 12 topics that the brochure may discuss.
1) During just a two-week stretch in mid-February, 23 people residing in the City of Buffalo fatally overdosed while using heroin. County officials believe that a batch of heroin that was being sold throughout the city was laced with Fentanyl, which was the reason for over half of the deaths. To go along with this terrible series of events, there have also been many other occurrences in recent months, where people in the Buffalo area are overdosing on heroin and are hospitalized because of it, or are even killed. County officials and law enforcement in the area have a tough task at hand as they attempt to limit the number of these horrible events and put an end to the heroin epidemic in the area. Many people have been negatively affected by this epidemic so it is imperative that the whole Western New York area works together to help put an end to it. It also shines a negative light on the area most of us call home and during a time when the city is trying to revive itself, this is the last thing it needs. Creating a brochure to help raise awareness of this issue and inform citizens of any way they can help could be one way in helping to end this epidemic.
2) The entire Buffalo Bills organization, along with city and county officials have a huge and possibly very impactful decision to make regarding if, where, and when a new stadium will be built for the team to play in. The team currently has a lease agreement to play at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park until 2022, which leaves all parties involved about six years to design a stadium plan that best serves the city and the fans of the team. There is currently a group consisting of local politicians, local CEO's and members of the Bills brass, including owners Terry and Kim Pegula, working to create a new stadium plan. Many of the proposals that have been created suggest moving the stadium away from Orchard Park, and bringing it to somewhere downtown. Although there are both pros and cons to building the stadium downtown, many citizens believe that the subsequent economic boost that would come along with the stadium being downtown far outweigh any negative impacts. Creating a brochure to highlight the potential benefits of moving the stadium would be informative for anyone who lives in Western New York or cares about the Bills.
3) With summer quickly approaching, it's not unusual to hear and see people complaining about how much "out of shape" they are and how they so badly want to be lean, fit, and comfortable going out and showing off their body in public. Obviously eating healthy and working out can morph you into the lean and eye-catching person you've always wanted to be, but there are also many other benefits of it too. Often times the positive psychological impacts of eating healthy and working out are overlooked. A brochure that could clearly lay out all of the positive affects, both physical and psychological, that working out and eating healthy can have on you would be extremely beneficial for people in WNY but also all over the country. After a long and bitter-cold winter like the ones we see in Buffalo, many people find themselves out of shape and even in this minor state of depression caused primarily by the lack of sunlight and the lack of ambition to go out and do something. The winter definitely takes its toll on a lot of people so hopefully this brochure will help to motivate people to be healthier and ultimately live a better life.
Members of the team believe that these topics are all timely, significant, and relevant to most people both in the area and around the country. Even though some of the topics being discussed are currently occurring in Buffalo, there are many cities and states in the Unites States that are also currently dealing with these same issues, have dealt with these issues, or may deal with them in the future.
