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    Student Athlete

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    “Student” Athlete! Participation in college athletics is a fun and enriching experience for many students. In fact‚ thousands of student athletes participate in athletic games each year‚ and thousands receive scholarships to do so. However‚ the life of an athlete in college is not as great as it seems. Most coaches emphasize on the “student” part of student athlete; however‚ they make it very complicated to actually commit to being a student. With a the massive amounts of time put into your sport

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    Athlete Classification

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    Athletes: the Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly As a casual reader of the sports section of this newspaper‚ you come across many articles depicting the triumphs of local athletes. However‚ very rarely do these articles describe the actual athlete behind the success. Athletes come in all sorts of sizes and shapes. They range from the incredibly talented to the horribly uncoordinated. Some are great teammates while others would rather be a one man team. Certain athletes seek out attention from the people

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    One in five female students who attend a college or university are either raped or sexually assaulted by a male student (Myers‚ 2015). The awareness -or lack of- sexual assault needs to be addressed as it is a growing problem in many communities. Sexual assault can be anything from rape‚ to unwanted sexual attention‚ or simply‚ the sexual exploitation of an individual on the internet. The media is one of the biggest supporters for male dominance and female objectification. Rape has unfortunately

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    Female Foeticide

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    Female infanticide..... Female foeticide is the illegal practice of killing a foetus which is determined as a female. Female foeticide is prevalent in our country as a major social evil. The patriarchal social structure of India gives a secondary position to women. Social belief goes that the family runs through a male and hence the birth of a male child in the family is imminent to the carrying forward of its generation. Social discrimination and the preference for sons have given

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    Female Criminality

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    Female criminality attributes the disparities to the “masked behaviour” of female incidental to their roles (Pollak‚ 1950). Females have committed all types of crimes such as shoplifting‚ robbery and murder. However it is very rare that you would find a female committing murder as they are weaker than men and thus it is mostly the minor crimes they commit so they can get away with it. There are certain characteristics that were found in women who were in prison. These characteristics are age‚ marital

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    Female Foeticide

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    humanity”. Female Foeticide is thus‚ the act of aborting a foetus because it is female. This is a major social problem not only in India but the entire world. Foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by medical professionals has today grown into a Rs. 1‚000 crore industry. Social discrimination against women and a preference for sons have promoted. According to the decennial Indian census‚ the sex ratio in the 0-6 age group in India went from 104.0 males per 100 females in 1981‚ to 105

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    College Athletes

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    and lawyers also makes for a potentially sticky situation as the athlete becomes older. As a young‚ collegiate athlete focused on sports‚ the student potentially misses out on opportunities to build their resume with employment and skills. They also might not take advantage of other aspects of the university‚ such as internships in their major or classes on interviewing. The reason behind this is potentially two-fold: university athletes do not have the time or focus to devote to skills that will extend

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    Elite Athletes

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    Introduction Stress is very common among elite athletes (Koivula‚ Hassmén‚ & Fallby‚ 2002). It is a mental and emotional strain on the body caused by demanding circumstances which affects high level athletes (Bejan & Toniţa‚ 2014). Elite athletes are athletes that play at one of the highest levels‚ participate in major competitions‚ and are experienced athletes (Swann‚ Moran‚ & Piggott‚ 2015). Many studies have been conducted on how elite athlete’s stress levels are affected due to challenges in

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    Liverpool Images

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    doi:10.1016/j.cities.2008.09.003 Cities 25 (2008) 355–369 www.elsevier.com/locate/cities The construction of images of people and place: Labelling Liverpool and stereotyping Scousers Philip Boland * School of City and Regional Planning‚ Cardiff University‚ Glamorgan Building‚ King Edward VII Avenue‚ Cardiff CF10 3WA‚ United Kingdom Received 23 November 2007; received in revised form 8 September 2008; accepted 10 September 2008 Available online 12 November 2008 On 28th August 1207‚ King

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    athletes not overpaid

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    ENG 4U1 – 11 25 Sept 2013 Professional Athletes Should Not Be Criticized In a world with numerous and various types of occupations‚ it is often difficult to measure the importance of each profession monetarily. Each person‚ society and organization has a different perspective on the significance of certain occupations but it seems that cross-culturally there is a common belief that professional athletes are extremely overpaid. Professional athletes worldwide are often questioned regarding their

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