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    Thus, the Fist of Fury is a great example of the nationalism depicted in films and also the anti-Japanese sentiments. It is very common to know that in the past and even today, there is still this negative and superior feeling toward the Japanese. There are various reasons why there are these negative sentiments towards the Japanese (and vice versa) but some can be that it may lie in the struggle for power and influence in Asia between China and Japan. Another reason may be because there are still sentiments from the wars that they have been in and the land that they have fought for. Another reason could be the political struggles within China itself; there is nurture of anti-Japanese hatred in order to bolster China’s legitimacy. Therefore, making Japanese possibly the bad guys and the Chinese government as the good guys. In this paper, I will give certain examples in the film that depict Anti-Japanese hatred and nationalism. Right from the beginning there are Anti-Japanese sentiment as the Mr. Wu and the students from the Japanese Dojo go to the Jingwu School and insult them. They are depicted as the evil ones in the film. They act disrespectful as they insult the Chinese and call them “weaklings”, “pathetic” and even the poster that says “sick men of East Asia”. There is even the sentence that said, “are you yellow or something?” which is a racial comment. It has a negative connotation. Furthermore, in the movie the Japanese are depicted as people that just talk as…

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    Football Team Culture

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    The reason for this is because our values shape us as an organization, it is the reason why we have the unique culture that we have. We have a strong culture, without even noticing it everyone in the organization from the players to the athletic director share certain values, beliefs and assumptions that contributes to the organization. Our most important value, is winning, everyone believes that we can. We believe we can win only because we believe in our organizational values. I know that my…

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    “I can’t believe that I have to eat, sleep, and breathe on this college campus. The people are so bizarre. Can I just lay in my bed and not go to class?” contemplated Paul, as he lay awake in his bed the first Monday morning of the semester. Paul had walked around James Madison University’s campus during FROG week with the feeling of dread; James Madison University had not been his first choice (he had his eyes set on Harvard), but it was the only college that he got an acceptance letter from. …

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    I confess to being human, and how I come out of it is making sure I do something for someone else. Preferably for someone who can’t repay me, and it’s a gift. You guys have unfailing have been kind to me threw the years. I mean very honestly its so easy for me to give and you guys give it back more times over. I come away richer and more fulfilled because of my association with you all. “They ask me why I teach. Where else can I find such splined company” a quote by my hero John Wooden and this…

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    Why Collegiate Athletes Should Not Be Paid The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) is a not-for profit organization, bringing in $912 million in revenue in 2015, nearly a billion dollars and has deals worth multi billion dollars with its broadcasting partners, Turner/CBS. These astronomical profits are what is leading some to call for collegiate athletes to be paid for their services for their collegiate teams in NCAA tournaments, the proponents of pay-for-play believe that players…

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    The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once said that “life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” It is almost every athlete 's dream to get to play at the collegiate level, but only 6% of high school athletes who play basketball are given scholarships, giving some of them the opportunity to choose where they want to attend school; all of them are given all four years of their college paid in full. In men’s and women 's basketball there are roughly 345 D1 schools.…

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    older. I sometimes get the impression from other students that think that athletes only care about sports and don’t think about their education. Speaking for my basketball team that is not the case. We have to be a student first and an athlete second. I have an older sister that recently graduated from UW-Platteville with the same major as I do. She was very active in a couple clubs, part of the soils team and a leader in her sorority. Hearing about all the different experiences she had within…

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    Out of all of the Division I student-athletes, approximately 53 percent of them have a scholarship of some sort. College athletics are becoming more and more popular each year. Along with the rise in popularity that these collegiate sports have, is an increase in revenue. The issue that is constantly coming up with colleges, specifically regarding sports in this day and age, is the question of whether or not college athletes deserve to get paid. The NCAA currently does not have a plan to pay…

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    Collegiate Athletes

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    The athletes generate revenue in several different ways. Fans pay money for jerseys, merchandise, and tickets, all because they enjoy what the athletes bring to the school. Collegiate sports is one of the most lucrative industries, and universities would also receive a lot less publicity if it was not for their talented teams. In the article “The 20 Colleges That Make The Most Money On Sports,” it is shown that the University of Texas generated the most revenue through athletics. $165.7…

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    For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

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