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Semester starts with carnival-themed fun
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on January 23, 2012
if you happened to notice large groups of people walking into Canavan on Wednesday night and decided not to check it out, you missed out on free food, games, raffles, and flying pies. the Office of Residence Life (ORL) kicked off the spring semester with a full-on carnival in Stevens’ very own gym.
when entering the gym, an ORL information booth greeted the students. here, packets were provided containing information about applying for housing, which is a great tool, especially for freshmen and those applying for upperclassmen housing for the first time.
the event was hosted by the entire ORL department. each area of campus actively participated in planning the event and it could not have been such a success without the hard work put in by the Area Coordinators and Assistant Area coordinators. Many Greek organizations also participated, creating their own games and booths to be set up around the gym.
the largest game consisted of a blow-up race track in which students sat on motorized toilets to compete against each other in the “Toilet Bowl Derby.”
“I’ve never ridden a toilet before,” Angela Atura stated after being beaten by her friend Jamie DeGennaro. “It was definitely a new experience,” DeGennaro agreed.
Another interesting game was hosted by the Stevens Campus Police. Students wearing “beer goggles” were told to walk along a straight line on the floor. “I was very dizzy,” Matt Witkowski stated after his walk, but agreed he had a good time.
Two of the more intense games of the night both featured pie. First, students were given a chance to throw whipped cream pies at RAs and RCs. when asked what it felt like to be pied in the face, RA Devon Chin replied, “It felt delicious.”
Later, the pie eating contest was held. Tina Ney, a freshman, won against four guys. “I’m on a diet, but… I won!” she said laughing. Her pie-eating was so intense that she even chipped one of her front teeth.
Another intense game was the Duckpond. Students placed their head down on a long set of tongs and spun around in circles, similarly to spinning around on a baseball bat. the participants then had to run to a kiddie pool and retrieve a duck with their tongs, run back, and place it in their bucket. the first to three ducks won the race. Dale Dombrowski and Alecia Hart demonstrated extraordinary duck-grabbing abilities, but Dombrowski provided a unique strategy: he was able to pick up three ducks at once with his tongs and win before Hart had placed her first duck in her bucket. Hart hoped that “everyone enjoys the carnival,” especially after all the hard work she and the other staff put into it.
the Snowball Scatter was also a dizzying game. Students were spun around several times, and then given four tennis balls to throw into buckets of various sizes, each with a different point value. several students, unable to focus on where they were throwing, managed to get their balls into the buckets by bouncing them on the floor in front of each bucket. the total number of points collected earned the student an equivalent number of raffle tickets.
several of these game tables allowed students to win raffle tickets to be entered in a drawing. Prizes from the bookstore were donated by RHA, Johnny Rocket’s, Pommes Frites, and Fleet Sports Store. They included a 500GB hard drive, mini flash drive, Stevens attire, $100 in gift cards to Pommes Frites, several gift cards to Johnny Rockets, and many more. RHA also provided cotton candy and apples for students to create their own caramel apples.
there were many other booths as well: a photo booth, face painting with the Lore-El Residents, caricatures, video games provided by C2GS, live music provided by WCPR, a prize wheel, two fortune tellers, a Sol Caribe Restaurant station, spin art, a beanbag toss game, an ORL treasure hunt, horse shoes, mini golf, a dart toss, a fast pitch game, and a how well do you know your roommate game booth. “I’m getting a fish!” Katie Achilles stated at the airbrush tattoo booth. After several other girls also said they wanted fish, she concluded that “Fish is the new black!”
the Office of Residence life would like to thank the RA and RC staff for all their hard work and support planning and coordinating the conference. They would like to thank Phi Sigma Kappa, Theta Phi Alpha, Sig Ep, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Sig and others who both worked the carnival overseeing booths and helped with set-up and clean-up, RHA (Resident Hall Association) for donating prizes, and providing cotton candy and candy apple station, Campus Police and Athletics for their support and assistance at the conference, and also C2GS for providing video games.
Overall, the Winter Carnival was a huge success. the free Qdoba and cotton candy were clearly crowd favorites, the various activities provided something for everyone to enjoy, and some people even danced a little to the music. by the end of the night, well over 1,000 students attended the carnival. every semester ORL seems to do more and more at their events, so who knows? maybe next year they will even provide a Ferris wheel and carousel ride!
Semester starts with carnival-themed fun
Utah State coach gets team logo tattooed on back
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on December 27, 2011
Y’all already know how we feel about the ridiculous ticket allotment many bowls force the two bowl-bound schools to purchase. For BCS bowls, those allotments are usually around the 17,000 number.
The school — and their conference, depending on the policy — ends up having to absorb whatever tickets aren’t sold. But at least with fan purchases there’s a chance, albeit slim, for a return on investment. One area where there’s zero return is paying the expense for what supposedly makes the bowl experience, well, an experience.
The bands and cheerleaders.
The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that LSU projects to spend somewhere just under $450,000 to send its band and cheerleaders to new Orleans for three days for the BCS national championship. That’s $450k in travel, lodging, meals and tickets — 529 tickets for the marching band to be precise. At $350 a pop.
“We want the band there, but they take up 500 tickets,” LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said. “We have to buy those tickets, and tickets for this game are unbelievably expensive.”
Alabama didn’t reveal the costs associated with sending their band and cheerleaders to the game (although a UA representative said the school needed 539 seats), but the Advocate figures that number to be similar.
To summarize, that’s nearly 1,100 seats and $1 million in essentially sunk costs.
“If we spend more, it’s our fault,” Alleva said. “If we spend less, we make money.”
True. The bowls often force schools to purchase ticket allotments; they do not, however, dictate how a school must use that allotment.
“But in a lot of bowl games, it’s a losing deal.”
Abandoning the search for sporting perfection
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on November 21, 2011
Decision reviews, video replays and goal-line technology ruin the spectacle of games, and reduce them to clinical, quasi-legal inquiries. It is time for the myth of ‘getting it right, 100% of the time’ to be abandoned so we can see more sport, and less painstaking deliberation.
Referees and umpires do not need to be right 100% of the time. It’s a myth created not by fans of the game, but by the people who hold the most control and the least understanding of sport: the administrators.
Decision reviewing comes from lawyers being given the ability to apply their narrow thinking to the joyous unpredictability of a sporting contest. It has no place in sport.
Whether a try is a try, or whether a batsman is out does not need to be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
The most baffling thing about this logic is that these endless reviews do not avoid controversy or incorrect decisions.
The video referee in rugby league is mired in ‘interpretation’ and ‘benefit of the doubt,’ whose meanings are neither clear nor consistent.
It seems likely that we will soon be debating the interpretation of the word ‘interpretation.’
In cricket, the controversy is over camera angles and the accuracy of hawk-eye. on an LBW appeal, it appears now that the umpire’s decision is just a starting point for deliberations.
If you want evidence of legal thinking surpassing common sense in the administration of sport, go back and look at the last few overs of cricket’s 2007 World Cup Final.
It is farcical, and leads me to imagine the sporting contests of the future. when a try is scored in the last minute of the NRL grand final, the two teams fiercely debate the meaning of the decision in Manly v Parramatta (2008) 164 CLR 335 on the meaning of ‘corner post.’
Cronulla’s barrister will deny the quality of this judgment as a binding precedent, because it was not made a unanimous decision of the full bench of the video referee or ‘regulatory articulation tribunal’.
Then the match is suspended as Penrith seek leave to appeal to the High Court.
No, you’re right, that scenario isn’t realistic. Cronulla in the NRL Grand Final? Preposterous.
Sport has survived up to this point as the spectacle which enthrals us without a sub-committee forming to discuss every contentious decision. the unpredictability of officials is part of the reason it enthrals us so.
The Geoff Hurst goal which decided 1966 World Cup final is still today debated in bars and stadiums around the world, indeed it is a legendary moment in sport.
For every English supporter who claims this as a glorious moment, there is one who sees Diego Maradona’s ‘hand of God’ goal from behind a veil of red mist.
Where German sympathisers may disagree with the assessment of Hurst’s goal as a great sporting moment, they would likely see Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal in last year’s tournament as a triumph for natural justice.
The world game is yet to fall under the spell of the 100 per centers, but it appears it is a matter of time.
What these legal types will never understand is that sport embraces natural justice; their intervention is not necessary.
They stand behind the argument around ‘well you’ve got the technology there, doesn’t do any harm to use it’. but it does do harm.
A video referee calling for so many replays that both sides of the crowd howl in contempt does the game harm. Cricketers only half celebrating a wicket because it is pending review does do the game harm.
Removing the drama of a commentator shouting ‘…but the referee’s given it!’ after a dubious goal would remove one of the great provokers of passion from football.
There are a set number of umpires or referees on the field, and their decision is final. Remember that ideal, which parents taught their children?
To maintain its purity and excitement, sport must abandon this frivolous pursuit of perfection, and embrace the fact that unpredictability is part of the magic of sport: the reason we watch, talk about and love it.
NFL Temporary Tattoos for the Super Bowl
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on November 12, 2011
The Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated sporting events every year. from the way the excitement builds up leading to the event, it would look like the event is held once every century. A lot of people watch it and it doesn’t matter if it’s their team that’s playing or not. They’ll either troop to the stadium or invite a few friends over and order some wings for a Super Bowl party. In fact, saying that a lot of people watch it is an understatement. In 2010, 106 million people were glued in front of their TV sets to watch the new Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts. Yes, that’s the most-watched show on American TV…ever!
NFL Advertising – more Than Just Temporary Tattoos!
The Super Bowl also features a popular sideshow – the commercials. during this sporting event, companies pull out all the stops to make sure that they get to play their commercials during lulls in the game. They’ll come up with the most viral commercials in order to capture the attention of the viewers. Judging from the views that they’re getting on YouTube, it’s safe to say that they succeeded.
The Super Bowl is also home to the most hardcore fans. You’ll see fans wearing NFL temporary tattoos at the game in addition to the usual garb of the team’s jersey and a little face paint. This is why a lot of teams are putting out custom fake tattoos designed after the team. They know that there are a lot of fans who are looking for things that can help them show their support for the team.
If you order the NFL temporary tattoos from a trusted manufacturer, you can be sure that they’ll look as if they’re real. can you imagine the looks that you’re going to get from fellow fans if you show up at the game with a “tattoo”? They’ll think that you’re a hardcore fan which you are and you have the body art to prove it. Just make sure that you do something unique if you’re ordering them. after all, the sports teams logos are copyrighted and they wouldn’t want you copying them directly.
You don’t have to be in the NFL or other big sporting leagues in order to take advantage of custom fake tattoos. You have to know that they work no matter how big or small the market is. This is because they’re very versatile. In fact, there’s actually more reasons for you to use them. You can use them as a marketing strategy to help increase your team’s fan base. You can also use them to raise team spirit. This is why NFL temporary tattoos are very popular. They raise the spirit of the team and their fans.
Companies can also take advantage of the popularity of sports by advertising or marketing their products or services at games. while advertising at the Super Bowl may be too expensive for most companies, there are a lot of smaller leagues where they can advertise. This works perfectly for local businesses. For example, you can team up with popular players, team or league in the area where your business is located. You can have custom fake tattoos made and you now have a marketing tool that a lot of people in your area will see. It’s not the Super Bowl, but you’re highly-visible to your target market with local use of custom temporary tattoos.
Eels look to NFL as hope for Hopoate
Posted by Metro in Uncategorized on October 23, 2011
AAP
Parramatta are confident will Hopoate can emulate the success of NFL stars who have completed Mormon missions when he joins the NRL club at the conclusion of his religious sabbatical from the game.
The Eels announced on Thursday that the 19-year-old NSW winger will link-up with them in 2014, less than a week after helping Manly to the premiership.
Hopoate signed a lucrative two-year deal starting at the end of his mission in Queensland, believed to be in the region of $500,0000 a year.
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However, doubts have been expressed about whether he can return to the game at the same level as when he left, with little evidence of success from other players who have followed a similar path.
His uncle, Albert Hopoate, left Sydney Roosters for a mission in 2008 but failed to recapture his best form upon his return and now plays NSW Shute Shield rugby for perennial strugglers Penrith Emus.
Exciting Gold Coast winger Jordan Rapana also shelved his burgeoning career to take up a missionary role in the UK in 2008 but failed to pick up an NRL club, before agreeing to a deal with the Western Force Super Rugby team for next year.
Parramatta chief executive Paul Osborne said plans have been devised by the club’s physical performance staff to ensure Hopoate returns in the best possible shape, and believes staying in Australia works in his favour.
“He doesn’t need to adapt to another country’s food, his access to training facilities is a lot simpler, and the climate is similar,” Osborne told AAP.
“So in that respect it’s a very manageable task from a physical performance point of view.”
Osborne believes the signing is a calculated risk and revealed the club’s coaching staff researched athletes in the United States before completing the deal.
“We looked at quite a few different sports and particularly in the NFL and there were plenty of examples of young players coming out of college and embarking on their mission, before entering the draft,” he said.
“There was no hesitation from some of the top franchises in the NFL in snapping them up, and a lot of them went on to complete long and successful careers.”
Among those include offensive lineman Edwin Mulitalo, who embarked on a two-year mission in Idaho before joining Baltimore Ravens in 1999 and won a Super Bowl that year.
Washington Redskins’ current back-up quarterback Paul Kruger spent two years in Portugal from 2004 ahead of being drafted in the second round in 2009.
A similar path was taken by St Louis Rams linebacker Brady Poppinga, who was part of the Green Bay team that won the 2010 Super Bowl having spent two years in Uruguay from 1999.
Osborne said the Eels earmarked Hopoate as a possible signing at the start of the season with only three first grade appearances under his belt.
“It’s great for us to attract a player from a premiership-winning club as strong as Manly, but I think he just wanted to be part of what we are building here and get the chance to work under Steve Kearney,” he said.
Hopoate will be joined at the Eels by two of his younger brothers, who follow him from Manly, but Osborne denied that the trio’s father, the controversial John Hopoate, would be given a role on the club’s coaching team.
