By Ian Adler
Staff Writer Today’s high school athletes are extremely stressed. Whether it is the pressure of making a foul shot to the pressure of turning in their latest project, students may often have a difficult time balancing out sports with academics. One thing is for sure, athletic injuries don’t make it any easier. “There’s a difference between being hurt, and being injured” said Red Lion’s head football coach, Jesse Shay. “If you’re hurt, you can fight through it. But if you’re injured, you don’t fight through it. You let us (coaching staff) know so we can get you the proper attention you need.” Concussions and hamstring issues are the most commonly seen injuries to today’s athlete. “There is so much more education that the coaches and players have, that we’re doing a much better job diagnosing and treating concussions than back when I played” said Shay. According to Lindsay Barton on momsteam.org, “There are an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-related concussions every year.” Along with Shay and Boys Basketball Coach Mr. Steven Schmehl, Junior Angelica Gonzalez says to “stretch every single day, before and after practice”. Gonzalez also recommends maintaining a balanced diet and “laying off the junk food.” “You can’t be worried about injuries. I think that when you’re thinking about getting hurt, that’s when it happens the most.” says Schmehl. “I don’t think there’s really anything you can do to prevent getting injured, you just have to be ready to take care of it when (and if) it happens.” If there is one thing that students can gain from the coach’s advice, it is just to be smart in general while they are both training and playing. Maintain your fitness by staying healthy in the off-season, stretching before and after every event or practice and keeping your diet in check.
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Forcing Americans to purchase government-issued health insurance may be the most unamerican thing about the Affordable Health Care Act.
By Shaylah Ponder Staff Writer ObamaCare is the health care act initiated by our President Barack Obama. Affordable Care Act was its original name. It was signed to reform the U.S healthcare system in 2010. Obama’s goal was to give more American’s the access to quality health insurance and to reduce the growth in healthcare spending. But is ObamaCare really fulfilling its goals? All through the Obama/Romney campaign, Obama pushed and pushed for the act to be considered by congress. Even back then people were not that pressed about it. Since 2009, Obama has said that people would still keep their insurance, but millions have lost their insurance due to ObamaCare. This evidently shows that this program is just not working. President Obama stated on November 14. in an interview with NBC news that “ We fumbled the ball.” The nonchalant sports analogy, seemed to lack a lot of sympathy towards Americans angered through this complicating process. ObamaCare is more of a burden than a blessing for some people. Yes does it give thousands of Americans the chance to receive health insurance,sure it does, but it also has insurance companies covering sick people and this increases the cost of everyones insurance. The simple fact that every American must be insured by Jan. 1 is rather absurd. In a country were we are the home of the free, it’s funny how we are being forced and required to be a part of this. Our money is being dictated by the government on what we spend and how we spend it, no penalty should be enforced. In my opinion this goes against everything that represents being an American and what it stands for. “I am sorry that they you know, are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me,” President Obama said last Thursday. ObamaCare is a policy that maybe should’ve been introduced at a better time for the economy. With people still recovering from the recession of 2008, now is not the time to be forced into a commitment to a system thats hardly even working. ObamaCare has affected everyone differently, but as the saying goes majority rules, and the majority of Americans can agree that ObamaCare needs to go. Senior Tara Tolton currently interns at PennLive.com’s Opinion Desk.
The following article appeared October 11. Reprinted with permission. By Tara Tolton PennLive Students at Bucknell and Temple universities returned to campus this fall to find that beloved, decades-old campus traditions had been canceled because of concerns over student drinking. Cutting down on alcohol use by students is an admirable goal. But canceling events that students enjoy fails to address larger issues surrounding student drinking. “Some of these events give a lot of colleges attention, actually. I know [Lebanon Valley’s] Dutchman Day does.” W. Bryan Shoemaker, a junior at Lebanon Valley College, told PennLive in a recent interview. He says canceling these events could also cost colleges qualified applicants. After watching the same alcohol-related offenses occur every year, Bucknell President John Bravman lost his patience and pulled the plug on the annual House Party Weekend, which is held every March as a pride-rousing party for fraternities and sororities. At Temple University, officials canceled the Spring Fling for the same reason. The university’s Dean of Students, Stephanie Ives, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the party was little more than an “opportunity for students to skip class and drink.” Student interests are not best represented by those canceling the events because the decisions assume that every student is at fault. “I have some friends that go to those events to have fun and drink, and some that go just to have fun without the alcohol. It just depends on who they are,” Shayla Marshal, a sophomore at Elizabethtown College, told PennLive. Student alcohol abuse should be a top priority for university administrators and it should be taken seriously -- but on a case-by-case basis. By canceling these events, the students are going to not only continue to drink, but are going to take it somewhere else, potentially causing more damage. Underage drinking, crude behavior, and illegal activities as a result of alcohol being present are wrong. And university officials are right to be concerned about student safety. But they are offenses that should be handled individually. Canceling popular campus events at Temple and Bucknell and other schools may reduce the incidence of student drinking, but they fail to address root causes of alcohol abuse among students. By Ashley Zagorski
Staff Writer One in eighty-eight children are diagnosed with one of the five developmental disorders that fall under the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD.) ASD is a ‘developmental disability considered the result of a neurological condition affecting normal brain function, development and social interactions’ (easterseals.com). One in fifty-four boys are diagnosed with the autistic disorder. Involving ‘moderate to severe impairments in communications, socialization and behavior,’ males are 4 times more likely than females to contract this disorder. Asperger’s Syndrome gives those diagnosed the ability to function in the ‘above to above average intelligence range and have no delays in language skills, but often struggle with social skills and restrictive and repetitive behaviors.’ Angie Dessler, an employee at Salon 5th Ave talks about her son Liam, “Living with Liam is always the same but always different. Everyday is the same but one thing can set him off. Everyday is a struggle but I wouldn’t change him for the world.” Primarily females are diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. Along with this disability, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder also has the same indicators of restrictive and repetitive behaviors. Both disorders also have ‘significant regression in skills they already had.’ Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) includes ‘children that do not fully meet the criteria for the specific disorders or those that do not have the degree of impairment associated with those disorders.’ Easter Seals is a country wide service that provides interventions that helps those of all abilities. April is Autism Awareness month. Local businesses like Salon 5th Ave on South Queen Street raises awareness yearly by raising money to give back to Easter Seals. “It’s important to give back to your community,” S5A owner Julie Little says, “[Autism] directly affects our employees and I know what help they can get through Easter Seal.” S5A has many promotions to help Easter Seals like their blue hair extensions for a $10 donation or a puzzle piece nail art for a $2 donation. The earlier the intervention, the better. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong disorder. See how you can help by visiting Salon 5th Ave or going to Easterseals.com. |
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