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Pax Yearbook 2018, Subiaco Abbey And Academy

The Pax, 1927; 1946-2020

Yearbook of Subiaco Abbey and Academy for the 2017-2018 school year.

Chinese Handcuffs, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Dillon’s life is shattered after his older brother, Preston, commits suicide. The worse part is that Dillon witnessed the whole thing. Torn up from this horrific tragedy, Dillon tries to find solace in preparing for an ironman and working with the girls’ basketball team. Dillon meets Jennifer, a basketball star with her own set of horrific secrets. Jennifer has been sexually abused by her father and step-father for years. Try as she might, she just can’t escape. As Dillon learns more about Jennifer and her plight, he develops a plan. Together, Jennifer and Dillon work to overcome the horrors they …

The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

Arnold Spirit, Junior, has only known the Indian reservation that his family has lived on for generations. The kids tease him relentlessly for the birth defects that make his head too big, his eyes lopsided, and his speech stuttered. But Junior has always believed "Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” That is, until Junior decides to enroll in the local all-white high school twenty-two miles away. Now Junior has to face ridicule on both fronts, from the students at his new school and the kids he’s left behind at the reservation. But Junior learns to triumph …

The Abbey Message, 2018 Winter

The Abbey Message, 1940-2021

The Abbey Message publication, produced by Subiaco Abbey, dated Winter 2018.

The Game Can't Love You Back, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

When Farmington South and Farmington East high schools are forced to merge due to an accidental fire, Eve Marshall and Jamie Abrams are dismayed to learn that each school's sports teams will be merging as well. Jamie is the captain of the East baseball team; Eve is the former star pitcher and only female member of the South baseball team. Their competitive natures dictate that they have to fight each other, but the fact that they're now teammates says otherwise. At first it's incredibly difficult for Eve and Jamie to even be in the same room together, but slowly their …

Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

Gabby Garcia has a bunch of broken dreams now that her junior high school is filled with asbestos and she has to play for the baseball team that used to be her competitor. She records all of her twelve-year-old thoughts in her playbook, which she says is not anything like a diary. The opposing team and coach aren’t excited to have her on the team, so she quits baseball and joins the field hockey team, where she thinks she can actually win and feel welcome. She bounces between friend groups and sports teams in order to find her niche. At …

Incredible Sports Trivia: Fun Facts And Quizzes, Mavanee Farnsworth

Children's Book and Media Review

Incredible Sports Trivia Fun Facts and Quizzes addresses several sports and is filled with fun facts about the activities. For instance, readers will learn that Michael Phelps has taken home twenty-three gold medals, which is more than most countries have in their entirety. Readers will also find 'famous firsts' among the pages, such as Tom Morris, the first ever golfer to hit a hole-in-one. The pages are filled with trivia and fun facts that all sports lovers will enjoy.

Biased, Janessa M. Andiorio Ms.

Capstones

BIASED is a journalistic podcast focused on intertwining journalistic reporting with opinion to explore the bad behaviors and entitled attitudes that comes with athletic status and how it develops. By talking with coaches, current and former athletes and sport sociology exports this project explores how athletes view themselves as well as how society enables certain sport culture.

https://jandiorio194.wixsite.com/biased

Recruiting Process: The Decision Is Now, Joshua Michels

Sport Management Undergraduate

The college athletic recruiting process is one cluttered with many different factors. Studies have analyzed institutional and social factors impacting a prospective student-athletes’ recruitment process. However, little research has explored recruiting from an athlete’s perspective on how they make their college decision. This study aimed to investigate the most influential factors in a Division III student-athlete’s college decision based on the college recruiting process. The purpose of conducting this research is to highlight and identify the factors that student athletes consider in regards to their recruiting process, and the school they later choose to attend and continue their athletic careers. …

College Athletics And The Money Behind It, Ryan Henderson

Sport Management Undergraduate

College athletic departments desire the positive attention that is garnered through playoff appearances and championships. Programs believe that if they spend more, they will win more, and gain footing on the national stage. This theory is supported by the tens of millions of dollars currently being spent in college sport. However, this theory is largely untested. Tens of millions of dollars are being spent by college athletic programs to put their teams atop of the national standings. With so much money being spent, programs expect to see results, whether that is playoff appearances or championships, schools want positive attention. This …

Whale Talk, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

T.J. Jones is an athlete, but he’s not a jerk. At Cutter High School, athletics are everything, and the best athletes get away with everything, inside and outside of school. When one of T.J.’s favorite teachers recruits him to help form a swimming team, T.J. makes it his mission to turn some of the biggest outcasts in school into athletes. If all of these guys letter in swimming, it will challenge the elitism of Cutter sports. However, he soon comes to see the swim team as more than just an attempt to make the jocks and school board angry. This …

Muhammad Ali: A Champion Is Born, Jamie Greenwood

Children's Book and Media Review

Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay. His historical career as a boxer began when his brand new bicycle was stolen when he was twelve. He made a report about the stolen bike to Officer Joe Martin, who he found inside a boxing gym. Officer Martin inspired Cassius to be a boxer. Others laughed at his great ambition but Cassius worked hard, training every day after school with Officer Martin. When he was older Cassius began working with a second trainer as well, Fred Stoner, who help him improve even more. He became the champion he had dreamed of being once …

Sports Illustrated Kids: Women Athletes Who Rule!, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

More than 150 color photos showcase some of the most determined and successful women athletes in the world. Swimmers, tennis players, gymnasts, and many more athletes have been an inspiration to many as they fought to be the best and never stepped down from a challenge. Readers will learn interesting tidbits about their favorite athletes such as facts about their lives, world records they hold, and "wow factors" that not just anyone can achieve. There are 101 sports stars featured in this book. Some are well-known and some are more obscure, but they all have one thing in common. They …

Dino-Wrestling, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

It’s the dino-wrestling jamboree! The dinos will compete in many different wrestling styles. They have folkstyle wrestling with the round mat. The crowd goes loco as the wrestlers go flipping, bouncing, and flying around the ring. Then they have the Greco-Roman style, the sumo tradition, and the free style where dinos face off to see who can win. The final event is the WWD wrestling show. It starts getting so crazy that the crowd even joins in! The refs call it quits, but the dinos don’t have to worry because they can look forward to dino-boarding.

Dino-Dancing, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

It’s time for the dino dance competition! The dinos are backstage getting ready, and the audience can’t wait to see the dance crews. Allosaurus is dancing ballet, then Lesothosaurus shows off his acrobatic routine. The dance crews are up next and Rhythmic Reds from TDC are challenging Minmi’s Dance Connection. They pop and they lock and they can’t be stopped! Kentrosaurus shows us his jazz, then comes the ballroom dance selection. They jump and they jive and they have so much fun they don’t want the dancing to be done!

Dino-Racing, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

The race starts down at the drag-strip where the dino drivers wait to race, then off they go! After a photo finish, it's off to the off-roading race. The dinos have their crews and are ready with their off-roading tires and cars. They have to wait for the results until the next day, but after a good night's rest, the dinos have a winner and they are off to the stock-car track. Lots of drivers are lined up, ready to race the oval track. There are pit stops and lead changes, but in the end we have a winner!

The Daily Gamecock, Semester In Review, Fall 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

Social Inclusion For Women Experiencing Homelessness, Jenna Richards

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Background: People experiencing homelessness have been described as one of the most socially excluded groups in society due to their inequitable access to basic necessities (Everett 2009; Labonte, 2004). Particular consideration regarding social inclusion should be given to the unique vulnerabilities of sub-populations of those experiencing homelessness, such as women (Wesely & Wright, 2005) due to their increased rates of ‘hidden homelessness’ (Walsh et al., 2009) and experiences of violence and discrimination (Roschelle, 2017; Weiser et al., 2009). Community participation, particularly sports activities, have been cited as one method towards increasing social inclusion among people experiencing homelessness. However, differential access …

The Prospector, December 4, 2018, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Graduation Issue

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, December 3, 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

Snapban: An Ethan Dixon Story, Cy Robinson

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

Ethan: That’s the day I got banned from snapchat. (P1. What?!) I got my account [pauses] permanently banned. (P2. Why?) Okay, so we went to sky ridge before we went to Lehi. that’s the other team

Nathan: yeah we did a year at Lehi.

Ethan: that like the hick school that’s were all the rednecks are.

Nathan: and weirdly a lot of Asians

Ethan: there was a.. an area snap where you could put anything on it any everyone in the football stadium would see it that opens it. And everyone is just like Sky Ridge Sucks Lehi sucks back …

School Spirit Bullying, Cy Robinson

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[Silence falls, Nathan looks to Ethan to see who would take the story and then starts]

Nathan: We got called out for bullying our own student section(laughter). At our… At our freaking finals game for state. (continued laughing) My friend group took up a whole row of a stadium, the Rice Eccles Stadium. And people were starting to walk out as soon as we started getting absolutely destroyed. And we… our friend group just… [Mimics yelling at someone in a stadium with an arm overhear pointing at the people] Fake Fan, Fake Fan, Fake Fan the whole like upper stadium …

The Uses And Gratifications Of Streaming Live Linear Sports Networks Online, Benjamin Whittle

Dissertations

The streaming of live sports television channels online is changing how sports fans access live sports T.V. content. This new technology is becoming a greater challenge to traditional cable/satellite television services as Americans continue to cancel their cable services for new online streaming options. DirecTV Now, SlingTV, PlayStation Vue, YouTube TV, among others, are offering sports fans access to the most popular live national and regional sports T.V. networks online via live streaming, allowing them to bypass traditional cable. These new services provide subscribers’ access to their favorite channels anywhere and on any mobile, internet connected device.

The purpose of …

The Impact Of Coaches' Character On Youth Basketball Players, Natasha Hill

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

If utilized effectively, recreation and sports can serve as major tools for developing youth, improving the educational environment, and increasing the number of productive adults that are healthier physically and mentally to positively impact society. Most research targeting recreation and sports developing youth has the perspective primarily of parents and youth. Evaluating the character strengths of coaches and youth athletes who actively participate in team basketball is vital.

An exploration of the value of basketball and character strengths of (n = 64) youth athletes, between the ages of 12 to 16 years, and the impact of their involvement with coaches …

Analytics Improving Professional Sports Today, Logan C. Mcdavid

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

No abstract provided.

Professional Sports, Hurricane Katrina, And The Economic Redevelopment Of New Orleans: Revisited, Victor Matheson, Robert Baade, Callan Henderschott

Economics Department Working Papers

Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in late August 2005, resulting in damage to much of the city’s sports infrastructure and the temporary departure of both of New Orleans’ major league professional sports teams, the National Football League Saints and the National Basketball Association Hornets. The city spent over $500 million restoring the sports infrastructure in New Orleans, and both teams subsequently returned to the city. In addition, New Orleans has since hosted numerous mega-sporting events including the Super Bowl, NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, and several college football national championships. This paper examines the economic impact of …

The Rise And Fall (And Rise And Fall) Of The Olympic Games As An Economic Driver, Victor Matheson

Economics Department Working Papers

This paper traces the economic history of major sporting events focusing on the Olympics. Historically, the Olympic Games as well as other major sporting events have been considered costly events that place a burden on host cities. Only in relatively recent years, coinciding with the massive increases in the cost of hosting these events, have event organizers begun to claim that these events bring with them large economic benefits.

Point/Counterpoint: Is There A Case For Subsidizing Sports Stadiums?, Victor Matheson

Economics Department Working Papers

In recent decades, governments have committed enormous public resources to subsidize construction of new stadiums, and the dollar value of taxpayer contributions for these subsidies continues to climb. Spending of taxpayer dollars includes both direct subsidies from state and local governments, as well as indirect subsidies from the use of tax-exempt bonds to finance construction. In granting stadium subsidies, governments claim that the stadiums are a public good that attracts tourists and businesses, thereby generating increased spending and job creation—benefits that flow to the community rather than to team owners. But do such benefits exist, and are they large enough …

The Prospector, November 27, 2018, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Winterfest in El Paso

Predicting Net Joint Moments During A Hang-Power Clean From Ground Reaction Forces With A Neural Network, Kristof Kipp, Matthew D. Giordanelli

ISBS Proceedings Archive

The purpose of this study was to develop a deployable neural network (NN) to predict hip, knee, and ankle Net Joint Moments (NJM) from Ground Reaction Force (GRF) data during the hang-power clean. Thirteen male lacrosse players performed the hang-power clean exercise at 70% of their one-repetition maximum while GRF and 3-D motion data were acquired. An inverse dynamics procedure was used to calculate hip, knee, and ankle NJM. Center-of-mass velocity, position, and power were calculated from the GRF data and used as inputs to a NN that predicted hip, knee, and ankle NJM. Predicted NJM from the trained NN …