Against Fraternities/Sororities As portrayed in the 1978 hit movie Animal House‚ college fraternities/sororities are a hotbed of excessive drinking‚ casual sex‚ vandalism‚ and generally licentious behavior. But‚ in real life‚ unlike the movie‚ the results of such conduct are hardly laughable. Even though the nationwide membership in both fraternities and sororities are at an all time high of 350‚000 members‚ fraternities and sororities are still receiving harsh criticism from university
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I am independant and very stubborn. This past winter during basketball season I received a concussion one day during practice. Concussions are way more difficult to cope with than most people think. I knew the people who loved me did‚ and that they would always be there for me. However‚ before my concussion I never truly had to rely on them. I love my friends and family to death but I am very independant. I hardly ever want help with anything because I want to do it all by myself and I am really
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1. Speech Title: Our Modern Day Pirates 2. Speaker/Audience: An environmental activist/local group of environmental activists. 3. Purpose of Speech: EXAMPLE: To convince my audience to take action to preserve the tropical rainforests. 4. Thesis: EXAMPLE: I. Attention A) Alright so who here‚ and be honest knows that they have illegally downloaded one of their favorite movies‚ music exct.? (hands will be raised) Ah!!! So there are my thieves B) The usage of illegal downloading has been a huge problem
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Sports are very dangerous because of how many concussions you get in each sport‚ brain injuries‚ and many other injuries. The first sport that I am going to be talking about is football. In football‚ there have been 3.8 million brain injuries. Also‚ 33 players died from heat stroke in 1995 to 2008. Another reason is in 2007 there were 9 indirect and 4 direct male deaths. The last reason is a study showed that out of 91 deceased players‚ 96% of them had a brain disease. The next sport that I
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cause he hit his head so hard he got a concussion. B. Background Information 1. History of the Issue: since so many younger kids start to play sports there are a lot of concussions happening to young children today. When you get a lot of concussions as a child you can grow up with permanent disabilities. Players in the NFL committed suicide because of concussions. When we found out more about concussions‚ it was discovered that girls suffer from concussions more than boys. 2. Debatable Question
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Have you ever thought of what happens to the brain during a concussion or how to treat one? A concussion is a head injury that is usually involved with sports injuries. Concussions are growing in how many people get them each year and need to be attended to when someone has one. People might not think they have one‚ but certain symptoms of a concussion might say otherwise. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that
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Concussions and Their Impact on Sports Concussions occur in every sport and lately have become a controversial topic within the field of sports. Concussion symptoms are usually noticeable but some symptoms are more subtle. If a player decides to continue playing with a concussion or has a concussion history the consequences can be detrimental to their health and overall well-being for the rest of their lives. Because of the increase of concussions due to sport activity many states including New
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Football’s main objective is to get the ball across to the opponent’s goal. As a way to protect the opposing team from scoring‚ the players can tackle members of the opposing team. As a result of tackling an opponent‚ it can lead to concussions which can be detrimental. Concussions consist of forceful collisions against the head and can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy or C.T.E‚ a degenerative brain disease. As a result of this danger‚ the National Football League (N.F.L.)‚ established the Head‚
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Are concussions the number one killer of athletes? No not quite‚ but close; concussions are proving to be the most common and dangerous injury in sports and in everyday life. Not long ago concussion weren’t thought to be as dangerous as they are now. However now‚ doctors and athletes that have or are dealing with this situation are learning that these injuries are a lot more dangerous than they seem. I happen to be one of the athletes that are sitting out for the season for an injury no one can
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Concussions in football are not surprising anymore and we don’t think about the effects it will have on us later in our life. Concussions are a brain injury that alters the way our brain functions and if enough damage occurs it can produce long term effects. Concussions are changing the game of football more and more every year. Players are experiencing long term effects from concussions from the NFL and now the NFL is taking some heat from how they handled the injuries at the time. The game is trying
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