Abstract This paper argues that cheerleading should be seen as a competitive sport. The author contends that cheerleaders are serious athletes who work hard during practices to memorize cheers, chants, stunts and dance moves. Additionally, the author believes that having cheering as a competitive sport will allow more scholarships and a chance for cheerleaders to compete on a competitive level. The cheerleading team at the University of Maryland, College Park is used as an example of a competitive cheer squad.
From the Paper "Cheerleading is rapidly becoming an emerging sport due to its popularity in high schools and colleges. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics (CWA) is responsible for making recommendations to the NCAA Management Councils with regard to selection, retention and elimination of emerging sports. The committee considers a number of factors in determining if a sport has the potential to become an NCAA championship sport. These include: 1.There must be twenty or more varsity teams and/or competitive club teams that currently exist on college campuses in that sport; 2. There is support for that sport from various organizations, groups or associations; 3. There is an understanding that once identified as an emerging sport, all NCAA institutions wishing to sponsor the sport at the varsity level must abide by NCAA regulations."
Abstract This paper argues that cheerleading is a sport. The paper provides a definition of what constitutes a sport and discusses why many people refuse to acknowledge or accept cheerleading as its own sport. The paper then describes historical stereotypes of cheerleading and explains how cheerleading, in fact, fits into the definition of sport very well.
From the Paper "The true problem is that when we think about athletes and competitive sports, there is usually a lots of sweat, body contact and maybe some dirt and blood. By those standards, cheerleading is just like any sport. Cheerleaders perform for short bursts at a time, giving their performance all they have to do the best job they can, just as hockey players go on and ff the ice after a fast play or a period of rapid skating. Cheerleaders sweat, but it is often masked by their makeup, their quick movements and the lack of coverage when they are off stage, whereas football players are often seen resting on sidelines with sweat dripping off them. Cheerleaders have lost of body contact, but for them it is part of the event - a requirement and a test of physical ability in many ways similar to boxing. And there is blood and dirt, with scrapes, falls and broken bones. All in all, cheerleading may not be the messiest sport, but just because they look nice and perform in unison does not mean they are some of the strongest and most talented athletes around - and well deserving of recognizing their craft as a legitimate sport."
Abstract The paper explains that individuals and groups use civil disobedience to protest a wide range of issues raging from environmental pollution to political or social corruption. The paper looks at the activities of the Toronto faction of the Radical Cheerleaders during the anti-FTAA (Free Trade of the Americas Act) protests in Quebec City. The paper shows how the radical cheerleaders displayed a combination of reactionary and revolutionary characteristics.
From the Paper "People all have interests and opinions. Groups of people and individuals tend to show a wide range of interests and opinions. In society some of these people's interests and opinions will receive a great deal of attention while others will be ignored or suppressed. People that do not have their interests meet or their opinions heard usually have to rely on alternative methods to make their voices heard. One of the more common ways is civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is defined as, "refusal to obey governmental commands especially as a nonviolent means of protest"(Anonymous 96)."
Tags: civil, disobedience, anti-FTAA, protests, Avant-garde, activist, art
Abstract This paper is in the form of a letter from an anonymous parent to their local congressman arguing for tougher laws prohibiting teacher-student sex. It is an opinion piece which lays out a clear and logical argument that is supported by research and evidence from newspaper and on-line articles about disastrous cases of teacher-student sex.
From the Paper "Every day in this country, from the biggest cities to the smallest towns, our sons and daughters are being raped. Their assailants are not using brute force or employing weapons to get them to submit. They don't have to - for these criminals are already in a special position of power and authority over our children - they are their teachers. Entrusted by our community to educate, mentor, coach, and guide our children, some of these individuals misuse that trust for their own immoral and illegal ends. They are predators, who engage in illegal sexual acts with our children. Consent is not the issue here; with the crime of statutory rape it is the age difference and adult vs. minor distinction that lies at issue. This crime has devastating emotional and psychological effects on its victims and the community as a whole. There is also a financial burden on the community, specifically with regard to our public school systems. This crime can no longer to continue to go on unabated and unchecked. You must act now to introduce and pass legislation that will amend current statutory rape laws to include a specific proviso banning teacher - student sex. This is a crime that is akin to child molestation, one of our most abhorred crimes, and it should be treated as such. The penalties for teacher-student statutory rape should be harsh enough to send a strong message to these criminals that such acts will not be tolerated in our society any longer."
Abstract This research proposal introduces the paper and provides an overview of what can be expected from including world geography into the subject resource guide. This paper assumes that world geography is not currently included. The study is to determine the importance and desirability, if they exist, of including world geography in the 10th grade secondary social studies curriculum.
Outline
The World According to Barber
In the Realm of Hyperbole
Cheerleaders and Naysayers: Right and Left?
The World According to Friedman
The World According to Gray
In The Realm of Pure Polemics
A Global Climatic Division?
Centers and Peripheries
The Byways of Global Ignorance
A Manifesto for Global Geography
From the Paper "Today, in the process of focusing on teaching to standards and preparing for achievement tests, teachers may easily lose sight of the glaring global problems that need to be addressed in social studies classes Typically, teachers present such issues in contexts that are closest to the student (e.g., school, community). Research has shown though, that studying world geography provides students with the analytical skills they will need to understand a problem from an international perspective. World geography can also help students understand the concept of an economic region."
Tags: classroom, development, education, high, school, globalized, discipline, lands, people
Abstract This paper summarizes and analyzes four movies, "Kramer vs Kramer," "Ordinary People," "American Beauty," and "In the Bedroom," and explains how these movies explore hidden issues and concerns of the American family that are relevant to the decade in which they were made.
From the Paper "By the 1970's divorce was well under way to becoming a normal part of life for the American family, however, what was not apparent was how custodial rights were being battled out in the court system. In 1979 director Robert Benton provided a glimpse into this issue in "Kramer vs Kramer". Ted and Joanna Kramer are married with a young son, Billy. Ted is so busy struggling up the ladder in his career that he never noticed that his wife was unhappy until one day he comes home from work one day and finds Joanna with her bags packed announcing that she is leaving. Not only is she leaving to find herself, the person she was before she married, but she is leaving Billy behind. Through this entire scene Ted does not really hear what exactly she is saying and therefore of course does not take any of her words seriously."
