Professional Engineer

Have you ever been watching a college sporting event on television and wondered how much the schools actually gain on having these sports? Well the answer to that question really is not that much. In 2010 the average net revenue of division one college football was 3.15 million, but 43 percent of the schools in division one had an average net revenue of 2.87 million in losses (Chua). This is because the schools that play in the bowl games end up spending more to play the football games then what…

highly proficient in some areas. Size, strength, speed, coordination, and knowledge are some aspects that you’ll have to have to be able to earn all of those things previously mentioned. Also, you have to be good enough to be able to play in a professional league. Lacking in some of those areas? Yeah, I do too. After all, like a majority of people, I’m just a regular…

the need to use something to enhance their level of performance. This is similarly the case in competitive sports, players have a lot of pressure to succeed because of money, endorsements, and even national pride. These pressures often promote professional athletes to adopt unethical ways to cheat such as doping. Doping by definition is “the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance”…

I have always been interested in sports and extracurricular. Sports are very popular in todayś society. Most people believe that sports affect people's lives good and bad. Do you believe it affects more people or harm more people? Do you believe sports have a huge affect on kids today? Does it affect them in school ? Why or why not? Everyone may have their own opinion on sports and extracurricular. I feel that schools should not cut sports and extracurricular. Although there are both pros and…

other. In part, language creates distinct discourse communities involving those who share similarities and are able to communicate those similarities as a result. In my multimodal project I aim to explore and compare the discourse community of professional athletes and the discourse communities of sports fans. I feel that my project is the best way to…

One of my favorite hobbies is golf. I've been playing for more than four years and I really enjoy it. With the help of my coaches, I’ve improved drastically lot over the years. At The First Tee, a youth golf organization, I was taught the nine core values of golf: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy, and judgement. These core values are not only important in golf, but also in my daily life. Playing golf, either on a nine-hole or an…

Money can buy happiness- well, it can buy memories from experiences. Some people spend their entire lives wasting their precious hard earned money on lottery tickets. On average, an American spends about $700 a year just on lottery tickets, all for what? The smallest chance that maybe they'll get the big winning ticket and become an instant millionaire? Maybe in the mists of it all they have that gleeful hope that they'll win. It can bring so much pleasure when scratching off the tickets or…

Cameron Kittle, an Executive Editor from the University of New Hampshire describes his love for golf and for Tiger Woods in his article “ I am Tiger Woods”. The author recalls as a five year old boy receiving his very first gold club; a rusty old sawed off five-iron. He went out to his backyard in Canton, Michigan to hit his very first golf balls. He says “The second those Top Flite dimples whisked into the high grass behind our house, I was hooked for life” Cameron would practice putting into a…

Dwayne “ The Rock” Johnson Dwayne “ The Rock” Johnson is a famous action movie star and a professional wwe wrestler. After he performs on live tv shows and he acts on movies like Fast and Furious, Hercules, and Tooth Fairy. One way the Rock also known as Dwayne Johnson influences me, is that he shows others to keep your head up and there is always a point where someone wanted to give up but he always says don’t give up. I respect the “Rock” because he left the wwe in wrestlemania 29 after he…

My Sports Frenzy Have you ever been in sports or thought about it? Well I sure have, in fact I have done several sports, four sports exactly. Now let me tell you something, sports are the absolute best! I mean sports have fun activities and they keep you in shape, what’s better than that, I mean the only real hard part is finding what sport fits your style best. Now there are so many that I have participated in and I’m glad to share those times with you. First sport I can remember doing…