Drinking on college campuses has become a huge problem. For example‚ in the 10th century only old people used to drink‚ but now students drink more than their parents. Students see their parents drinking‚ so they may think that drinking has no effect on health that anyone can drink so why can’t the students drink? Therefore‚ college students have been drinking alcohol since the 14th century. Barrett Seaman’s article “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport‚” appearing in TIME magazine on August
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I can safely say that this article is going to be about binge drinking among underage drinking at colleges. Also the issue of lowering the drinking age to under 21. * Topic: How bingeing became the new college sport Claim: And why it would stop if we lowered the drinking age. ~ The topic and claim are basically stating that the higher you raise the drinking age the worse off all the college kids are going to be‚ If we did lower the drinking age it would take away their sense of rebelling
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How Binging Became the New College Sport Expectation: I expect to see a lot of personal experiences from the author. I feel that he will reflect on what he went through in college or what he saw in college. I also expect to see that there is no real “cure” to binging‚ but he will explain a few ways to help quell the problem. Topic: The binge drinking problem among college students‚ some 21 years or older‚ and some under age. Claim: Today’s college students‚ both of the age and under‚ have
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The party I will never remember Maybe it wasn’t the right hour for setting out‚ the sun too blazing or too uncertain. Maybe it was a road that belonged to another‚ never really yours. The rays pieced the veil which was my room‚ my eyes burned from the light streaming through the blinds. I felt my surroundings warp around me; I could feel the wetness beneath of the previous night’s events. Unfortunately I had vomited on myself in my drunken endeavours‚ my ears rang‚ and my head spun‚ I could possibly
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In the article “Why Not a College Degree in Sports” by Roger Pielke published in The New York Times‚ he discusses why athletes in collegiate sports should get a degree for her sports. I personally believe that athletes should get a degree for their sport‚ and this essay brings up a lot of good points to support my thought. One valid comparison between Sports and Fine Arts that was stated in this article by saying “performances (from fine art students) are often given to audiences paying for the privilege
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thousands college and high school student athletes receive sport related concussions” (Meadows 107-108). Not only do the athletes who play the hard hitting contact sports such as football and hockey receive concussions‚ the basketball players and soccer players receive them as well. Even though most of the concussions received were mild or grade 1 concussion “athletes still receive severe symptoms due to being able to participate too soon” (Solomos 2435-2436). In order to protect college and high
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College Sports and Academics Division I college Football has never had a negative connotation. It is a stepping stone and training ground for athletes wanting to challenge their limits‚ improve themselves‚ and ultimately become professionals. This is true for almost all college sports. Becoming a pro athlete may not always be the goal‚ “As in life‚ [sport] is really about competition‚ teamwork‚ and succeeding-or failing-after a worthy struggle‚” as sportswriter John Feinstein says. After reading
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The Problem with College Sports We as a society love sports‚ sometimes even to a fervent degree. From the super-fans who paint themselves and then endure the arctic tundra at Lambeau Field‚ to the casual fan who watches only playoff games‚ the majority of the U.S. population has at least some form of allegiance to one sports team or another. We often fantasize about what it would be like to throw the game winning touchdown in the Rose Bowl‚ or hit the buzzer beater shot to get into the final four
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commit or not and is this the college for me? Many athletes who plan to play sports in college have experienced this same feeling. Ali Cronin‚ senior‚ Sammy Steele‚ junior‚ and Mark Sickler‚ sophomore‚ have all gone through the recruiting process while in high school. A large number of athletes also experience uncertainty of whether or not they want to try to be recruited by colleges‚ such as Maddie Zimmer‚ freshman. In the last year‚ 352 students played fall sports‚ 170 played winter
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What is going to happen to college sports? The sports them self’s are becoming bigger than the school instead of being a school activity‚ college sports are also becoming a separate entity through the help of the NCAA. In the book Game Over author Dave Zirin sheds light on how college players are exploited for profits for the faculty of the NCAA including the university’s coaches‚ some making over six figure salaries while the schools that endorse sports teams are making cuts to teaching and maintenance
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