Olympic Charter

payphones. When Louie grew older, citizens started liking him but not by much. He began his “running career” when he was fourteen . His older brother Pete helps him and trains him for his meet at the high school. Eventually Louie makes it into the Olympics in Berlin, Germany and he won coming in 8th place. From there Louie went on with his life and went to the Air Force and had a very intense journey. In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand there are two traits that fit Louie very well,…

The Wow World of Sports and Steroids. We cheer every touchdown, every homerun, and we cheer our loudest for our favorite athlete at every sports event, but there is a very dark side to their performance. Even though performance enhancing drugs allows our athletes to perform at their highest level, all kinds of performance-enhancing drugs should be banned in professional sports because it is giving our kids a reason to start using drugs. Plus performance enhancing drugs are harmful and…

Hockey’s most Famous: Canada skates to Victory! “Here’s another shot. Right in front. They Score!! Henderson has scored for Canada,” said Foster Hewitt as millions of Canadians celebrated Canada’s victory against the USSR. In 1972 Canada and the USSR were at the peak of the hockey world. It was time that Canada shows the world that they are superior in all aspects. It was not only a series of hockey it was almost a battle between two different government types. The victory of Canada played a…

1. In your opinion, what role does Homecoming play within the university? In my personal opinion Homecoming is one of the most iconic and treasurable events to take place at Oklahoma State University. The level of involvement within the university is serial. It is a time that people from all walks of life join in unison to celebrate America’s Greatest Homecoming. This participation comes in all different manors, such as competing against other organizations or Greek houses in various events,…

A challenge is an obstacle, a difficult task, or an opportunity to prove or understand an experience. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” (Henry Ford) The Hoyts, Robles, and Catanzaro are all strong athletes who started in a place where the odds were against them. The Hoyts struggled with and pushed through many challenges including Rick's disability to move or speak and his father’s disability to ride a bike or…

Despite a less time demanding schedule, professional athletes are paid while student athletes are not. However, student athletes are often compensated through scholarships. But, is a scholarship a fair way to compensate these students for their service to the university? This topic has piqued my interest because of the dedication I have to sports and education. Through countless hours of studying and many sleepless nights, I have successfully been able to maintain a 4.0 grade point average…

In 2016, Olympic games took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil got the right to host the Olympics because it has a strong economy in 2009 (Dale, 2016). Because Brazil’s economy has increased in 2009, it started to plan the Olympic games (Dale, 2016). However, during Brazil is hosting the Olympic games, Brazil had the economic problems starting (Nelson, 2016). The problems of Brazil created other issues, which are economic issues, Security issues, and socio-political issues. Olympic Games…

attempts to discover a performance enhancing drug that was lacking in serious side effects. This did not stop them from reaching common knowledge across the sporting community, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) established a medical commission to fight doping in 1967 – the Winter Olympics the following year became the first to institute compulsory drug testing. Anabolic steroids joined the list of banned substances in 1975 It is around the time of the blanket ban on anabolic steroids…

Catherine Destivelle was born on July 24th, 1960. She is a French rock climber and mountaineer who became the first woman to complete a solo climb of the Eiger’s north face within seventeen hours. She is the eldest of six, and her father was an ametaur climber and mountaineer. Both parents were extremely supportive and encouraging in outdoor adventurous activities. Alex Honnold is a professional adventure rock climber whose free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the…

More than two out of every three adults in America are either overweight or obese (“Overweight and Obesity Statistics”). America has a reputation around the world for having citizens who are overweight and lazy. This lazy and unhealthy trend in an individual originates when he or she is a child; when one is growing up, he or she is told that strength training is dangerous and can stunt one’s growth. Therefore, as child, one drifts away from the idea of weight training, and unless one…