Figure skating

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…

The Female Athlete Triad is a three-component disorder that is highly unknown, but all too common in female athletes. The disorder is often unrecognized by coaches and doctors, which causes a huge risk for young athletes. In order to be diagnosed with the Female Athlete Triad, a female must meet the criteria of presenting disordered eating or “low energy availability,” amenorrhea, and osteoporosis (Payne & Kirchner, page 187.) However, early warning signs and treatment can lessen the severity…

activities of a drum major along with school, work and extracurricular activities proves to be a difficult task. Whether it is going to tennis or golf practice, clinical rotations or work, participating in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (GDYO) or figure skating, the drum majors’ schedules allow for little time to rest. Although they are given a scant amount of time to get even homework done for the next day, the drum majors manage to execute their daily to-do lists with ease, a feat that…

Extra Credit: Playing Unfair The documentary “Playing Unfair by Sut Jhally” documents the issues and disparity between the coverage and amount of respect given between male athletics and female athletics. This video critically examines post-Title IX media by discussing the difference in the coverage of female vs. male athletes. While female athleticism challenges gender norms, female athletes continue to be depicted in traditional roles that reaffirm their femininity as wives, mothers, or sex…

The most impactful thing was, in hockey, you can get a penalty, and when you do, it's two minutes in the penalty box. Your team plays a man down, four versus five. If the other team then gets a penalty, it turns into a four on four, giving more skating room. The Oilers loved four on four, having some of the most talented skaters in the NHL, and the greatest player of all time, Gretzky. Their offense was unstoppable with the opened space of the ice. The NHL had to step in a change the rules, so…

about a very wealthy couple, David and Jackie Siegel, and how they plan on building the largest home in America. The new American “palace” that will be known as Versailles is 90,000 square feet, it contains 13 bedrooms, 10 kitchens, a bowling alley, skating rink, spa, and more. This house is everything the family could want and embodies the fantasy dreams of most people around the world but the bigger the house gets the greater the distance between the family members both literally and…

The sudden discovery of a natural hot spring along the shoulder of the Sulphur Mountain, by three railway workers, lead to the creation of Canada’s oldest National Park, Banff National Park. Banff National Park is located in the province of Alberta and was established in the Rocky Mountains in 1855.. Upon the discovery, the Canadian Pacific Railway recognized the vast tourism potential and saw a future for the development of tourism in Banff. Therefore, Canada established a federal reserve…

The Facts Publicity for Eating Disorders was nonexistent until Karen Carpenter died in 1983 due to anorexia. This was the first time the mass media was exposed to the seriousness of eating disorders. After Carpenter’s death, anorexia became known as the “disorder of the 80’s”. An estimate of up to 3.7% of women suffers from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime and about 1% of adolescent females’ have anorexia. If anorexia was considered the disorder of the 80’s perhaps bulimia was the disorder…

More than sixteen years ago, on a chilly winter day with light snow on the ground, a little baby girl was brought into the world. That little girl has since been known as Sarah Madelyn Haynes. On February 8, 2000, at 9:53 am, Dawn Haynes, Sarah’s mother, gave birth to Sarah at Concord Hospital. Larry Haynes, Sarah’s father, was not present at the delivery as he was afraid of blood. After the birth of Sarah, a large baby, Dawn hemorrhaged badly and was kept overnight. Sarah weighed 9lb 15oz, and…

The day was quite cool but still sunny with a bit of wind, the perfect day you could say. There are young couples, retirees scuttling about, teenagers skating in a no bicycle zone and families with children hoping for a relaxing break. The ice cream man looked exhausted but exuberant with the paying customers. The day had just started and he had made more money today than all of last week. However on the park bench seat, there was a middle aged man with alert eyes but a depressed appearance…