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“I’d get mad. But I’d never let them know it” is one of Jackie Robinson's famous quotes. At age 28, Robinson was the first black major league baseball player. He broke the color line in professional baseball and paved an entry for black players during his lifetime. He had more influence of integration of sports than any other athlete in history. Robinson helped influence colored people to go for what they want and enjoy. Baseball wasn’t the only thing that did not accept him at first, society…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and colleges around the country are experiencing record highs in both television ratings and revenue. Over 1200 colleges and universities have united as members of the NCAA. Together they set and enforce the rules governing collegiate athletics. The ones forced to live by these rules are the student-athletes. The term “student athlete” was invented by the NCAA in the 1950s to prevent the NCAA from providing money to those filing workers-comp…

It was July 2nd, 2010 and we were at my brother’s last freshman baseball game of the year. After that we got home and got our bags made sure we had everything and then we hit the road it was about 4:30 p.m. when we started to head to Chicago. I was excited because it was my first time being out of the state of Iowa. On the way down to Chicago we were listening to the Cubs game and they won that game and the next day was the game we were going to. We were sitting down the Left Field line in…

Schumann’s Involvement in Resurrecting J.S. Bach As editor and writer for his own music journal, Neue Zeitscrift für Musik, Robert Schumann made it his personal mission to write about worthy composers and lift them up as examples to the music community. He was tired of the “Philistines” of the current music establishment, such as Wagner and Meyerbeer, who he felt were commercial and pretentious. He brought Brahms and Chopin to Germany’s notice, because he felt that their music was “honest craft…

The Supremes Intro Imagine you’re at the Copa nightclub in 1965. The Supremes had just performed their opening song and your truly blown away. You ask Diana Ross for her autograph, and she remarks “This is the first autograph I’ve ever signed.” You then realized that this group of girls was going to inspire thousands of people. And that’s exactly what they did. Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson were three incredible women that made their mark on history. The Supremes were the top…

By now, you've probably read part one and part two in our series of 30 shocking facts about NASA, and today we're here with part three! You might think you know everything about one of the world's most advanced space research facilities, but you have no idea. Number Fifteen: Stanley Kubrick. Famed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was filming Barry Lyndon when he decided to use special lenses commissioned by NASA. The special lenses were designed for the Apollo moon landings, but Kubrick used them to…

My perfect day would start out with me waking up at 9 o'clock am. Beside my extra soft king size bed would be a massive plate of; eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, huge cinnamon roll, with a glass of milk and apple juice. While I’m eating I will watch NBA and college basketball games. By about 12 o'clock I will be done eating and watching basketball. I crawl out of bed and take a nice long refreshing shower. As I finish showering and on my Miami Heat apparel and Jordan…

and orange jackets walking and working hard . When we got past the construction we were on our way to the game. When we pulled in the fans all in warm clothes were yelling and screaming when we got off the bus. The fans were wanting autographs and pictures. As we were going into the place to play the team stopped and looked at the fieldhouse before walking into it. You could see the smoke…

On saturday we went to Lincoln Financial Field for the Temple homecoming game against Tulane. Temple was (4-0) and Tulane was (2-2). We’ve gone for the past three years. We also got up at 6:00, then left at 6:30 to go pick up Jace and Emma. The ride there was boring as usual. When we got there, we found out that we couldn't park where we usually do, because the workers created a pass for the parking lot, so it doesn’t get as packed. We had to park in the parking lot on the other side of the…

College athletes are a part of some of the most hardworking students at a college. They put in lots of time and effort to do what they do. Student athletes are very strong individuals. They balance their grades in school, while maintaining good skill levels in their sports, and also balancing their personal lives and any other clubs that they are in. The problem we encounter today is that most athletes are dropping out and are struggling for financial reasons. Most athletes go to classes, and…