My Summer Vacation Essay

It has impacted the world by becoming a popular international sport and the United States then, by giving us Americans, the gold and silver medals at the Summer Olympic games and now by allowing ou Olympic team to continue the quest for gold at the 2020 Tokyo games. We are very proud of the phenomenal athletes past and present, for their dedication, hard work and perseverance. The game of softball has acquired…

published by SBS, examines how in spite of racial discrimination and the loss of her loved ones, Cathy repeatedly rose above. In response to the racism she endured, Cathy quoted, “But I was never ever going to let it compromise my focus because in order to let that stuff into my mind…. it was going to distract me” (SBS, 2015). This highlights her unwavering determination for her passion for running albeit the forces that hindered her dreams, which characterizes her as unyielding and persistent,…

Numerous sports have evolved since they were originally developed. Helmets, pads, and forward passes were added to football to prevent serious injury. Various rules, such as an open-bottomed net, were created to increase the tempo of basketball. However, the average adult may believe that the sport of cross-country doesn’t appear to have evolved from its origins; if they looked closely they would be surprised. To gain an insight from this sport’s past and present, I will compare distances,…

According to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum News states, “It was later enlarged for the 1932 Summer Olympic Games from its original 1923 capacity of 75,144 seats to 105,574 seats. The Olympic cauldron torch was added ….as well as the Olympic rings symbols.” Since the Olympics was a big event around the world the coliseum was redesigned, modeled…

Tina Maze is a skier who is currently 33 years old. Her birthday is on May 2, 1983 and she was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia. Slovenia is a country next to Italy. Tina Maze is a World Cup ski racer and a double Olympic gold medalist. Tina is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Maze first won her World Cup race at Solden, Austria during the season of 2003, but not by herself. Maze, tied three ways…

As a Beta Zeta alumnus, you may know the story of the late Ray Ewry, who we’re all proud to share a history with. In 1896, Ray joined the chapter as a graduate student at Purdue, and that was the beginning of a lifelong commitment to the Fraternity. He later became an active long-time member of the New York Alumni Club of Sigma Nu and was a regular attendee at their meetings and events. Ray’s story is unlike any other—and it is one that we’re proud to have associated with Beta Zeta Chapter. As…

Imagine yourself being stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere with a group of people you’ve never met in your entire life. Trying to keep everyone alive and under control. There is no order on this island since no one listens to anyone, no authority. So what do you do, you find something that gets a hold of everyone's attention. Something that is a collective ideal bringing everyone together. In our society we have this exact system that is in place, where we use one object or event to…

Oscar Pistorius is a name most athletic households know. He was the double amputee runner in the London 2012 Olympics. Pistorius had double blades on his legs thanks to biomechanics. However, many spectators viewed his blade legs as cheating, and an unfair advantage against the able body competitors, because they were engineered to help him be fast. Biomechanics does not only replace body parts for amputees but also uses one’s own body to reach its own potential. Furthermore, a responsible…

State Track and Field Around this time last year, my brother, his 4x100 relay team, and hundreds of other athletes competed in Jefferson City, Missouri at the state track meet. The meet lasted for two days and those two days were completely opposite of each other. The first day was rainy and cloudy, there wasn’t many people there, and there wasn’t much excitement. The second day was nothing even comparable to that. It was sunny and hot, there were hundreds and hundreds of people there, and the…

Even it’s modern inclusion was questionable. There are some who would say that the only reason it resurfaced is due to a sum of money changed hands. My question is why is this a problem? So what, they bribed the volunteer committee to secure golf in the Olympics, better that than bribing people on important international votes, though that's probably happening too. The IOC as well as the involved countries…