Most Americans are proud of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution, which set us apart from many in the rest of the world! Our nation relied on specific human rights and freedoms, including, especially, in the areas of freedom of expression, free press, religious freedoms, etc. However, even when it comes to our rights and freedoms, it makes sense and we need some common sense, guidelines, and in some cases restrictions, to ensure public health, safety, etc. With that in mind, this article will briefly attempt to consider, examine, review and discuss 5 of these rights and freedoms, which are necessary and necessary, but when limitations are essential.

1. Free Press: Freedom of the press and freedom of the press are an absolute necessity for democracy. Your sources and your right to inform the public are necessary! The laws clearly protect them, but it does not mean that they give them the right to commit slander and / or slander. While we must protect the press, we must also ensure that what they report is substantiated and true.

2. Freedom of expression: We must protect everyone’s right to exercise freedom of expression, whether we agree or disagree with that person! However, this protection is not and should not be absolute. For example, no one can scream Fire, as a joke / prank, in an arena, theater, etc., because it endangers the safety of the public! Similarly, it does not provide us, with a legal excuse, to lie – about someone, and slander / slander him.

3. Right of assembly: We have the constitutional guarantee and the right to meet! Remember, one of the most important events of the Revolutionary War was the Boston Tea Party, which is often credited with inspiring and motivating the future citizens of this country to fight for their independence. Recently, we have observed many demonstrations and protests, which were, for the most part, peaceful, as a result of the unfortunate deaths and incidents, which came, in the lead, with the horrible murder of George Floyd, etc. Unfortunately, some of these individuals, or outside agitators, committed criminal activities, such as looting and burning, which do not take place, with the peaceful right to assemble and protest. No one, regardless of their political perspective or position, should be considered above the law.

Four. Freedom of religion: Our Founding Fathers wanted to protect the freedom to celebrate one’s religious beliefs, but they also wanted to ensure that our nation proceeded with the concept of Separation of Church and State! That means that each of us should have the right to our religion and religious beliefs, but not to discriminate against anyone, with a different belief, or who prefers to be an atheist. We are currently going through a potential crisis, where those, with certain beliefs, seek to eliminate other people’s rights and freedoms!

5. The right to enjoy quality of life and health: Shouldn’t quality healthcare and affordable healthcare be a right, rather than a mere possibility? Don’t public health and quality care deserve to be everyone’s right, rather than simply those best able to afford it?

We need to protect and preserve all of America’s rights and freedoms, not just selective ones! Wake up, America, before we lose the battle for America’s soul!

Riot Grrrl fashion shaped and influenced young women’s fashion from the 1990s to the present day. Although there was no “uniform” in this movement, certain trends and tendencies carried over from the subculture into the mainstream. This appropriation failed to whitewash clothing politics, and its influence continues unabated today.

To understand this movement, you need to understand something of its predecessors. The punk movement had some feminine and feminist voices, including the Mo-Dettes, Blondie, Lydia Lunch, and the Runaways. However, the movement was always centered on men, and most of the women were groupies (like the much-maligned Nancy Spungen) or businesswomen (like Anya Phillips).

Punk musics tended to be lead singers, like Debbie Harry and Poly Styrene. This led to the perception that girls could not play music and should act primarily as sexual symbols. In the 1990s, young women were fed up with this and wanted to create their own music.

The movement grew out of the college music scene of Olympia, Washington, as well as other areas of the Pacific Northwest. The antecedents of the movement appeared in San Francisco, Vancouver and other cities. Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland inspired much of the aesthetics of the movement, although she was never directly involved.

The term was coined by Jen Smith, an early member of the band Bratmobile, when she wrote “This summer is going to be a girlie mutiny” to lead singer Allison Wolfe. Later, the Bratmobile members collaborated with Kathleen Hanna and Tobi Vail to create a zine called Riot Grrrl. The name stuck.

The Riot Grrrl Philosophy

The Riot Grrrl Manifesto emphasized female solidarity, as well as networking with other women and girls to create a women-centered scene. Early magazines such as “Girl Germs” and “Bikini Kill” dealt with traditionally feminist issues, such as domestic violence, rape, and male dominance.
Girl Germs magazine, 1990s.

Unsurprisingly, for a movement started by people in their twenties, the riot grrrl philosophy was enthusiastic and a bit sloppy. In early fanzines, writers like Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe spoke out against racism, sexism, and other -isms, with great outrage, if not consistency. Many articles deal with personal experiences of sexism, as well as explaining what feminism meant to the author.

Part of the movement was against the “anti-selling” atmosphere, purer and colder than you, of punk, and a somewhat similar atmosphere in traditional academic feminism. Although members of the movement claim that there was no set of rules, I cannot find evidence of politically conservative or libertarian gangs in this movement. Rather than rebelling against academic feminism, most members of the movement seemed to accept its dogma, even if the individuals differed on the details or in private.

This philosophy was later adopted by the Spice Girls and diluted into “Girl Power!”, A phrase that occasionally appeared (in one form or another) in Riot Grrrl magazines.

Revolution Grrrl Style now!

Many feminists, then as now, want to be judged on their personality, not their appearance. This does not mean that they walked naked or that they neglected to express themselves. In fact, many third wave feminists rebelled against this aspect of second wave feminism, where looking sexy was seen as a crime. Instead, third wave feminists recognized that wardrobe self-expression, like all other forms of self-expression, could be a powerful political weapon.

What did Revolution Grrrl Style Now! It seems? Well, it seemed like a lot of things. Unlike punks or hippies, the riot grrrls appropriated many elements from other subcultures to create their own unique look. Like I said before, there was no actual uniform. Elements of punk, no wave, post-punk, heavy metal, grunge, kinderwhore, and butch lesbian fashion entered these outfits.

Makeup, if worn, often drew attention to the lips, through a bright red or pink lipstick. Heavy makeup was out of date in the early 90s; Most alt rockers, even goth rockers, opted for a more natural, low-maintenance aesthetic.

Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of Bikini Kill, sometimes wore “slutty” clothes, like Catholic schoolgirl skirts, while writing words like “SLUT” and “INCEST” on her body. According to Hanna, this was to drain the words of their negative connotations, as well as to get ahead of the thoughts of the young people looking at the photos.

Grunge music arose from the same or overlapping scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Some women wore the flannel shirts that were all the rage at the time and the standard uniform for alternative musicians of the nineties: a big black band t-shirt, black pants, and long hair.

Although the creators of kinderwhore fashion weren’t part of the movement (especially Courtney Love, who hated it), it did influence some members. The first Bikini Kill videos show the bassist in a vintage doll dress, complete with a Peter Pan necklace. The main difference, from what I can tell, was that riot grrrl was political, while kinderwhore was more of an art movement and aesthetic.

Some young women deliberately wore immature outfits as a way to reclaim their childhood from sexual abuse or dysfunctional family dynamics.

This article originally appeared in the Enjoy Your Style subcultural section.

Immorality; Any act or practice that contravenes divine mandates or social duties. Injustice, dishonesty, fraud, slander, blasphemy, gambling, intemperance, lewdness, are immoralities. All crimes are immoralities; but crime expresses more than immorality. Evil or unfair in practice; vicious; dishonest. Webster.

1 Thessalonians 4: 6 so that no one will go further and defraud his brother in any matter; for the Lord is the avenger of all this, as we have also warned and testified to you.
1 Thessalonians 4: 7 and 8 For God did not call us to filth, but to holiness. Therefore, he who despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given us his Holy Spirit.

In the last sixty years I have noticed a drastic change in the morality of this and other nations. Politics has changed, where even the people charged with representing us fight each other and ignore the wishes of those who elected them. They accuse others of breaking the law, when they are also guilty of those same crimes.

God has been taken out of our schools, children and adults deny what sex they are. Today no one seeks the Lord’s wisdom or advice. The word of God has the answer to every situation that man faces, but there are few who seek this knowledge. This has happened before in Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 18:20 And the Lord said, For great is the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin very great;
There are many churches today that are willing to compromise the word of God for attention and the almighty dollar, for larger congregations and the acceptance of the majority of the people. Knowing very well, even if they have read the word of God, they will be judged for their actions and deeds, as indicated in the Scriptures.

Matthew 7: 22-23 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? And in your name they cast out demons? and in your name did you do many wonderful works? And then I will confess to them that I never knew you: depart from me, you workers of iniquity.
Today’s generation has become legitimate and disobedient to parents and even many parents are instilling unfair and immoral behavior. You can see it every day. The daily news is full of examples of these changes in moral behavior.

The question is why is all this happening?
The fool has said in his heart: There is no God. They have become corrupt and have committed abominable iniquities; There is no one who does good.
This generation, like the previous ones, has ignored the counsel of God, they have convinced themselves that there is no right or wrong in life.
The reason this is happening is that people who deny God have been deceived by Satan and his demons. If Satan can control the mind with lies, he can control every aspect of a person’s life.

Many of these immoral behaviors started with just one person. Like a cancer, lies spread throughout the nations. Laws began to change, moral behavior changed with them. Law after law was changed and immortality flourished. In Danial 7; 25 The Lord speaks of the antichrist who will seek to change times and laws.
Daniel 7:25 And he will speak great words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High, and will think of changing times and laws; and they will be delivered into his hand until the time and the times and the division. of time.
If you look closely at many of the laws that have been enacted in the last 50 years, you will see that many of them point to God, Christ, and us who follow him. They deny common sense, moriality and decency. The immemorial code states that anything is acceptable as long as it goes against God’s word. The Lord does not force anyone to follow Him, He does not force anyone to believe that Jesus is His Son.

Today, many have a reprobate mind, a mind without reason, a mind that is open only to those things that please the flesh. What is a reprobate mind?
A person abandoned to sin; one lost by virtue and religion. In a milder sense, reject.
Today, many will not allow God or his word to question any reference to their lifestyle. They have disabled their ability to reason with God and have rejected even the word sin for anyone to say facts from the word of God. Even rejecting medical advice that their lifestyles are harmful and can even be deadly for them. Many are blind and lead the blind. Common sense is gone today.

As I have said before, God will not force anyone to believe. Will God allow a reprobate mind? The answer is simple, yes. It says in Romans 1:28 And although they did not like to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do the things that are not convenient. So who controls a reprobate mind, leading everyone to an immemorial life? Satan.

Immortality springs from parents to their children, from politicians to constituents, and even from self-appointed ministers to their congregations. Everyone who transforms the word of God into a lie spreads immortality. Because there is only one creator of all things visible and invisible, one master above all, only one who will judge the living and the dead.
Isaiah 44: 8 Fear not, nor be afraid: have I not told you since then, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God by my side? Yes, there is no God; I don’t know of any.

As immortality spreads, judgment draws near. So I leave you with these words.
2 Peter 3: 10-12.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fiery heat, also the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
So, seeing that all these things will be dissolved, what kind of people must you be in all holy conduct and godliness?
Waiting and hastening until the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens, being on fire, will dissolve and the elements will melt with fiery heat?

Kasper Andersen stars in this heartwarming film about a boy who takes an injured fugitive under his wing and tries to help him regain health. Although Martin (Mov for short) is not entirely successful in his endeavors, he nevertheless learns a little about trust, love, friendship, and growth in the process.

At the beginning of the movie, Martin is excited to spend the weekend with his father. He packs his bags and eagerly awaits his father’s arrival only to find that his father has made other plans for the weekend and forgot to tell his son. The bad worsens when Martin is hanging up the phone in the phone booth, a man is slammed against the glass. A knife fight that started at the bar across the street made its way right outside Martin’s front door.

Thinking that her son will be leaving for the weekend with his father, Martin’s mother has already made plans to be out of town for the weekend. Now he’s stuck home alone for the weekend. Or so he thinks. While taking the trash to the dumpsters, Martin discovers that the stabber is hiding in his basement. Although he was startled at first, something about the young man intrigues him, and he decides not to tell the police, but instead allows the man to stay there while caring for him until he regains his health.

Finally, Martin’s mom discovers that her son is hiding an injured man in his room, but she doesn’t seem to have a problem with that. Unfortunately for Funder, the police also learned of his hiding place. In a desperate attempt to help the man escape, Martin nearly died.

Although there are some moments in the movie that seem implausible, maybe even ridiculous, Martin’s first kiss and his first attempt at shaving are cute, if not classic, scenes. However, any mistakes in the film are overshadowed by the acting of the young Kasper Andersen.

College sports generate great income each year at the core college level. These programs bring $ 30 and sometimes $ 40 million per year to universities and colleges and players get nothing. These are the same players who are breaking their backs for college day after day and they can’t get a piece of that money and, to me, that doesn’t seem fair to me. I know what you may be thinking: these student athletes are either getting a free education or have been awarded a scholarship to play ball at that college. To me, that’s the least they could be doing.

When I watch college football on Saturdays and see stadiums full of cheering fans paying big bucks for a ticket, I say, what business could a company run and not pay its workers? You would think that I am talking about some Third World country! Pay the players now, please!

Think about this: Most college coaches receive six-figure salaries: large college programs and small programs. Some of these college trainers land shoe contracts, some get radio and television contracts, and many other benefits along the way. Also, if you are a good coach and win games, you will be offered another coaching job elsewhere with more money and higher benefits! Student athletes get nothing and, for me, something needs to be done about it. Pay Players Now!

They will keep telling you that athletes are getting free education, free books, free room and board, and the opportunity for a good college education that will last a lifetime. And that! Pay the players! I see all this college as slave labor! Coaches make a lot of money at the expense of these players. You hear stories about college athletes taking money or charging under the table. You hear these stories of players getting cars and lots of cash, you hear stories of players getting all of this and more aside. You hear that the players’ families got cars and houses to attend that college program. This happens all the time in secret!

Why do players take this money and cars and houses for their families and so much more? Well, one reason is hiring; some college programs feel like they have to offer these things to get a major college recruit. Some college programs (not all) have to give something to get these kids. Some of these players come from poor backgrounds, so these kids making some money is a big deal, especially if the players and their families don’t have any money anyway.

Being a college athlete is very difficult. First of all, the amount of hours these players put in is a lot, every day of every week. They are in class all day, then there is practice after practice, they go to dinner if they can and then they go to study. Now all of this may sound simple to you, but the amount of time these student athletes put in is enormous. So the coaches want more. There could be a movie to study and there could be times when the physical trainer watches them. As a student athlete, you must focus on your studies and your athletic performance or they will try to get rid of you.

College athletics is tough. Sometimes at the end of the day you are exhausted and don’t feel like studying or if they have some kind of study table for the players, you may not be able to fully focus and often your attention is elsewhere. Think of the millions of people who go to work every day. They work long hours and may have long commutes to and from home. I’m sure the last thing working people want to do is put in more hours at work. Most people who work want to relax, maybe have a beer and watch TV and then finish the day. The big difference is that they get paid for service and time and college players don’t.

Most college student athletes do not earn their college degrees, and one of the reasons is the workouts and games they play. There is so much pressure to get it right that something will fall off and that something is your education. College coaches have been known to look the other way when it comes to student athletes and their academics, as long as that player can help win games.

For most college athletes, when their eligibility runs out, college programs no longer need their services. Why would they do it? For 4 years, these college programs have worked to death with these young men and women every day. College programs have gotten everything they could get from these players and a little more. At the college level or at any level, it’s just about winning games and making a lot of money.

Take a look at baseball; If a high school baseball player is really good, he may be offered a contract to sign with a major league baseball team. Sometimes the offer is $ 200,000 and, from what I’ve heard, up to $ 2 million. Now if that high school baseball player takes that money, he will lose his eligibility for college. Some high school baseball players spend the money to attend college, where they can improve, hone their baseball skills, and be drafted back into a major league team. Many high school baseball players take the money and risk trying to make it into the major leagues. Many players never make it to the majors. Some play in the minor leagues for years until they realize their dream of playing in the majors is not going to be fulfilled and they move on to something else.

Once you take that money, you can’t go back and try to play college baseball. The same is true of all other sports. You will have high school basketball players trying to make it to the NBA; you have youngsters trying out for the NFL. Many of these athletes never gave education a chance, and many of those in college never got their degrees.

College athletes struggle with their academics. Many don’t graduate and some just drop out entirely. College athletics is not for everyone and many student athletes can’t do it, so pay the players! Pay them something for all their time and efforts!

When these college programs are played in bowling games and they make millions at the expense of the players and the players get nothing, it’s wrong. When it’s “March Madness” time for college basketball and millions are glued to the television every day for hours and the players are giving it their all, they still get nothing!

Why would paying the players be a problem? Schools are making millions of dollars anyway. This is not Mexico or China where workers are paid $ 1.00 per hour to make billions for some corporation, you know slave labor!

Why do you think players take money from many external sources? Why are players suspended from the team for breaking team rules? Why are college programs put on probation? It is all due to money. You have a lot of players who come from underprivileged backgrounds where there is no money in their families. If these disadvantaged young student athletes had to pay for college out of their own pockets, most would not be in college at all.

Some student athletes come from backgrounds where the education system is not that good. Its school districts are poorly funded and poorly managed. For many student athletes, their outlet is an education with full athletic scholarships. Playing a sport is your future. Many student athletes only focus on athletics thinking that one day they will be good enough to play in the pros. So when money hangs in the faces of some student athletes, the temptation has to be overwhelming!

For many years we have heard stories of players and coaches who have gotten into trouble because of money. We have heard of situations where the NCAA kills entire college programs because players are given money. Why do they do it? Why is money a problem? One reason is that it is easy to get certain types of players from certain backgrounds. Major college programs can only survive with major college players to get paid. We all know that paying college athletes is wrong (established by the NCAA guidelines). But this rule must change now.

If college athletes get scholarships, they can be paid. If players get paid, then I think there would be more college athletes graduating from college because there would be a stronger incentive to work hard in the classroom. Larger colleges pay college coaches more based on their performance, and players should be paid as well.

If the players are paid, this corruption would stop. No more booster-paying players, no more college players selling their shoes, no more college players taking big-money jobs just for working a few hours. It is difficult for a student athlete! Did you know that a non-student athlete can get a job to earn extra money and can work according to their hours, but a student athlete cannot have a job until the end of the school year and there are restrictions on the type of work ? can have.

In the game of college athletics, the rules are not fair for college student athletes! The playing field is not the same. Pay the players!

Is the determination that drives great athletes similar to the determination that drives successful entrepreneurs … and can core values ​​like determination be taught? There is no question that great athletes are born with natural abilities, but I am not talking about natural ability or even skills learned from a good coach. I’m talking about core values ​​like his limitless determination to win, which differentiates a great athlete and separates great athletes from just plain good athletes. Values ​​such as determination, risk taking, and the ability to overcome obstacles that keep great athletes ahead of the competition. Many athletes develop skills and get good at their game, but they lack the drive to be great … just like in business, where there are good managers who seem to lack the drive that could make them successful entrepreneurs. An athlete’s desire to win can be seen in the determination they bring to their game. In most motivational sports stories we hear, it is difficult to tell where the athletes’ skills end and their determination to win begins. To understand how an entrepreneur can apply these same values, we need to separate the technical skills and natural ability of the athlete from the core values ​​that drive them.

We have all heard stories about athletes who overcome great obstacles to achieve their goal. Unfortunately, when you hear these stories, you only hear about a small part of athletes’ lives. That is why these stories often leave you with the feeling that something is missing … sports stories tend to be “suspense” that do not tell you what happened to the athlete later in life. You hear how the athlete achieves his immediate goal, but you wonder what will become of his life once he moves beyond the sports field. The implicit ending in most sports stories is that the athlete will achieve other great things in life, but we know that this is not always the case. Because the story is limited to his success on the court, it cannot be said whether his success was solely due to his athletic abilities or the determination that drove him. To better understand the role that values ​​like determination play, we need to see what happens to your life after your athletes’ abilities fade. Will your determination to succeed bring you new achievements in other areas? We know that some athletes continue to find excellent second careers in business, while others sadly never find more success in life and some even fall into crime once their athletic careers are over. What are the core values ​​that continue to drive some athletes and allow them to be successful in the future? These are the values ​​that we want entrepreneurs to learn.

And while we are missing the end of most sports stories, we may also be missing the beginning. Where did the athlete learn the values ​​that led to success? Like all of your teammates, you may have started to learn youth sports skills and may have had the benefit of dedicated coaches at school. But what gave him that “fire in the belly” that others did not have? Why is there such determination for one person but not for another? Are these the same values ​​that drive some people to escape poor environments and overcome their circumstances while others succumb to their surroundings? At some point in an athlete’s life, he chose to pursue a path to success and learned the values ​​he would need to achieve greatness. We hear about an athlete’s determination, but rarely do we hear the part of the story that tells us where he learned the core values ​​that drive him. If we can see how he learned values ​​like determination, we could learn to teach these values ​​to others. To gain useful insights, we need to understand where the athlete learned the values ​​that drove his success, and then examine how he was able to apply those same values ​​over and over again to achieve serial success both in and outside of sports. Perhaps that would also explain why most entrepreneurs become serial entrepreneurs.

I recently did research for the biography of Dr. George Tinsley. His sports history is tremendous and his desire to win is clear in all that he accomplished on the basketball court while setting records as an NCAA champion. The story of his life is equally tremendous. After his sports career, he was able to overcome many obstacles to also achieve greatness as a businessman and serial entrepreneur. Because the pattern of his serial success was so evident, his biography quickly began to take on new meaning as I was able to examine the values ​​that became the drivers of his life. His story became much more than his sporting achievements. It was about the values ​​that helped him achieve success both on and off the court. It became clear that he would have found a path to success with or without sports. Looking at his entire life, it was possible to see that the values ​​that led him to success in sports had also led to his success in business as a serial entrepreneur.

What I found when looking beyond his basketball career was that the values ​​that brought his athletic success were the same values ​​that led to his business success and that they had been his guides in achieving every goal he set for himself in life. He had learned those core values ​​as a child growing up downtown, even before graduating from elementary school. Her foster mother, though poor and physically challenged, had told her never to let anything or anyone get in her way, that she could achieve whatever she set her mind to. She taught him that he was responsible for his own actions and for what happened in his life. This did not mean not accepting help from others, but rather not depending on others for your success. She taught him to set goals and not to make excuses for failure. She taught him that if he was determined enough, he could find a way to overcome any obstacle. George Tinsley’s life is proof that these values ​​can be taught and his life is an example of what can happen when one applies business values ​​such as determination, hard work, and overcoming obstacles no matter what the challenges are. his life. Your story has a beginning and an end that, when followed, will give others a path to success. You learned to apply these values ​​over and over again no matter what your goal was.

When someone hears the story of George Tinsley, they are not tempted to say that he succeeded because of his natural abilities as an athlete. His sports history only explains a part of his life. Only the consistent application of business values ​​over and over again throughout life can explain your serial success. George Tinsley talks to many student groups about entrepreneurship and the “obstacles to opportunity” they will face in life and teaches them how they can be successful. They may come to hear an NCAA champion speak, but they learn by hearing the full story of his life.

Colorado State University is in such a scenic location that you will always have some outdoor fun planned for each weekend.

Located in the city of American dreams of Fort Collins, Colorado, with a visible view of a mountain range, Colorado State University is a great university by far. Its four campuses – the main campus, a mountain campus, a foothills campus, and an agricultural campus – span more than 5,000 acres of land.

Within the proximity of natural sites, students and can enjoy nature through skiing, hiking, biking, and picnics in the mountains. Of course, Colorado State University is more than just a scenic spot, it is also recognized as the best research center in the entire state. Its strengths lie in the sciences, including biotechnology and engineering. In fact, the university has recently received more than $ 300 million in research funding.

Admissions and financial aid

The application process at Colorado State University is facilitated through online applications. On their website you can find some tips on how to apply online, as well as the standards and requirements for admission.

Student Life

Newly admitted students to the university can choose from the university’s more than 150 course offerings from the following academic programs:

1. Agricultural Sciences
2. Applied Human Sciences
3. Deal
Four. engineering
5. liberal arts
6. natural Sciences
7. Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
8. Natural resources

In addition to the undergraduate and graduate major and minor courses listed in the university’s academic catalog, there are some special co-curricular programs that could serve as supplements for the exploration of knowledge and holistic student learning, such as:

1. ROTC
2. Undergraduate research and creativity programs
3. Honor Societies
Four. Student Government
5. Publications
6. Women’s Studies
7. Recreational activities

Home of the Rams, the University offers many sports programs, including:

1. Basketball
2, Cross country
3. Soccer
4, Golf
5. Softball
6. Swimming
7. Athletics
8. Volleyball
9. water polo

The University has 1,520 faculty members, making it the largest employer in Fort Collins.

CSU is home to 24,700 resident students who hail from all 50 US states and nearly 90 countries around the world.

The library has more than 20,000 books and related documents.

US News and World Report rankings of America’s Best Universities gave CSU its solid Level 2 university ranking.

When Tommy Boone was eight years old, his father installed a pull-up bar at the entrance to the bedroom he shared with his brother. For a full year afterward, Mr. Boone encouraged his sons to develop the ability to do more and more pull-ups. “But after the first year,” Tommy said, “pull-ups became a regular habit for both of us. Every time we went to the bedroom and every time we went out, we did a couple of push-ups and to this day I’m still relatively strong at my age “.

Pull-ups translate into gymnastics and long-term fitness

The chin-up habit that Mr. Boone instilled in his children helped the children develop more and more upper body strength and related sports interests as they grew into adulthood. “In my case,” said Tommy, “the chin-up bar translated into an interest in gymnastics, which in turn led me to Northwestern Louisiana State University, where I competed as a gymnast for four years while majoring in Education. Physical”. To be even more precise, Tommy Boone was an American gymnast in 1966, and the chin-up bar his father installed when he was eight served as a guiding light.

Dad was a lawyer, but …

Occupationally speaking, Boone’s father was a lawyer and state senator who worked with the legendary populist icon Huey (the kingfish) Long, who cast a long shadow on Louisiana politics. “My dad always wanted me to go to law school and follow in his footsteps, so he was a little disappointed when I first announced my intention to study physical education and be a coach,” said Boone.

“On the other hand,” he continued, “my dad was always very aware and sensitive to the importance of physical strength and health, and the chin-up bar at the entrance is a great indicator of that recognition. My studies at Northwestern, Dad He took me aside one day and confessed that he had reconsidered and thought that he might have found something interesting after all. “

From a bachelor’s to a doctorate.

As it turned out, Boone’s speculative vision turned out to be prescient as fitness became a full-blown industry in the 1970s and 1980s. Tommy followed his own dreams of teaching and training, completing his master’s degree at Northwestern, and quickly took a teaching and coach position at Northeast Louisiana State University, in Monroe, LA, in 1968, then acquired a teaching position at the University of Florida. in 1969. He stayed for two years, but despite being encouraged to keep the job, Boone transferred to Florida State University to earn a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology.

Leaping into the future

Jumping into the future, Dr. Tommy Boone has covered a lot of ground since those Florida days. He currently chairs the Department of Exercise Physiology at The St. Scholastica College in Duluth, MN, where he has been from 1993-94. It has also been published so many times (articles, books, websites, blogs, etc.) that, on its own, it could prevent an entire Department from perishing if it really wanted to.

The American Society of Exercise Physiologists

He is also the co-founder and first president of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP), an international group of more than 500 exercise physiologists who are dedicated to rescuing related research from the Ivory Tower and translating it into practical practice to be implemented by real people, in real families, who reside on real streets in real neighborhoods around the real world.

Boone cautions against the dangers of groupthink …

In an insightful essay titled Too Much Groupthink Leads to Conformity and Failure, Boone recounted eight deadly sins of groupthink, including mental protection, stereotypes, self-censorship, rationalization, direct pressure, the illusion of unanimity, the illusion of morality and the illusion of invulnerability. ; All of which works against the odds of finding real solutions to real problems (ie childhood obesity) in today’s world. Groupthink can be a major obstacle to creative problem solving when hierarchies, budgets, and people who are paid to think outside of the box, band together and actively avoid stepping out of their respective comfort zones.

No need to apply comfort zones

In Boone’s own words, “ASEP is not an organization for researchers who want to stay in their own comfort zone. Exercise physiology, in our eyes, is about improving the quality of life for people around the world. If we don’t achieve that, we are losing our goal. ” So hands-on practicality is a quality that’s deeply ingrained in Dr. Tommy Boone’s bones, and most likely he was given a leap into the major leagues when his father installed a simple chin-up bar at the entrance and encouraged your children to learn. the practical lessons of value created by regular work over a period of time.

Practical advice for today’s parents

Speaking of taking the research to the street level, we decided to ask Dr. Tommy Boone what kind of advice he could offer to 21st century parents struggling with issues like childhood obesity and fitness in front of television, video games, and the computers. , cars take them everywhere, and the PE curriculum shrinks faster than you can say. No Child Left Behind? He offered the following advice.

“The most important thing parents can do for children is to model the things you want them to do. Actions always speak louder than words,” Boone said. “If you want your children to eat well, teach them how to do it yourself. If you want them to be physically active, then you better be ready to walk … literally. If you want them to avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs, then lead by example. correct yourself. If you say one thing and do another, you lose all your credibility. And when parents lack credibility, we all lose. It’s that simple, “he added.

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