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Human beings, personal memory and personal experience are all history that exists. "1984," by George Orwell, tells the story of Winston Smith (the protagonist), the thirty-nine year old man who is part of the Outer Party and is living in the mystical place of Oceania ruled by a totalitarian Party that monitors every movement of every member in their society. In regard's to Gary Alan Fine's news article, "George Orwell and the N.C.A.A.", the problem of erasing all the wins of Penn State's…

and are not naive enough to get scammed by their organization. However, when an organization the size of the NFL is run on the sports of semi pro athletes who often do not even pursue their athletic career after college , these same types of scandals can go unnoticed. The National Collegiate Athletics Association is an extremely corrupt organization that gets away with taking advantage of the talent of young athletes for revenue and is so greedy they even ban the athletes from being rewarded…

. What does the flag mean to you? Mabey my perspective will help you find yours. One of the things I admire about the flag is how it represents original states and colonies. It also how we built from the ground up. We started out with attacks and raids to win over land. We stared trade routes and we are the second richest country to this day. I love sports, and America does too. We always have been competitive in sports agents other countries. And to respect the flag we recite the national…

While I’ve always considered running to be my strong suit, learning how to expand my athletic horizons would ultimately be a sign of my growing maturity as I begin the next chapter of my life and 4 years of continued involvement on campus. Throughout high school, being a member of multiple team sports impacted me greatly in a multitude of…

College athletes and their “payroll” A topic that is covered quite well on ESPN, is the stories of rising college superstars that are making a name for themselves. Some people are astonished when they discover they aren’t receiving a formal payroll for their efforts, and then some argue they’re receiving it in a scholarship. In the article “Why college athletes should be paid”, they go into detail and discuss this exact topic and both sides are fought fairly well and left me kind of stuck in the…

The past is the time that has already occurred, which, for thousands of years, has been recorded in unalterable records. Some groups have acquired enough power to change these records. In George Orwell’s 1984, a government group called the Party uses the history altering power control the people of Oceania. A recent scandal at Penn State University caused the N.C.A.A. to decide to annul the records of the school’s football team and coach Joe Paterno from years 1998 to 2011. This is seen as a…

As hundreds of thousands of people descend on Rio de Janeiro this summer, Brazil will attempt to shield their eyes from the nation’s human rights violations. Brazil is struggling with workers’ rights, food and shelter, and creating safe homes. In preparation for the games, Brazil has evicted over 22,000 people from their residences since 2009 (Douglas). Brazil has the potential to evict 170,000 people before the end of this summer (Romero). The majority of evictions are in Brazil’s local…

My short term goal is to utilize my marketing skills to increase school pride at UCSC athletic events. As the current marketing coordinator for UCSC's NCAA sports, I hope to increase fan turnout and interaction with the athletics within the campus. UCSC is known for having a lack of school spirit, and I have come from schools that have prioritized sport’s pride. Since sport’s culture is such a fundamental part of college, I wanted to take on the challenge of changing the way this school knows…

You’re sitting on your living room couch wearing your college colors. You watch, as your favorite college team plays. As they score the winning point you ask yourself: Should college athletes be paid to play sports? They work hard and play well but should they get paid to do so? Universities should treat their student athletes as students and not a paid professionals. Sports are extracurricular activities. I personally do not play sports, but I used to. I one puts the time and dedication into…

Athletes, when you hear that word you think of the NFL, NBA and other sports. For instance they can make up to $1,000,000 year. But did you also know that their careers are only about 10 years before they retire. Athletes also have to pay more taxes than we do because they play in different states for their games that's called state taxes. Athletes also have to pay for electric and essential needs, some wants, and some athletes are nice enough to give money to charities and other things.…