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Relocated Rebels

Reporting Assignment # 8

Relocated Rebels
At the University of Mississippi, there are a lot of people that attends the school. The thing that stands out the most is how diverse the campus is. Besides other students on campus most of the diversity is noticeable in the sports department.
There are a lot of different cultures on the teams, but the teams that have the most diverse players are tennis, and track; the boy’s basketball team only has only one person. These students athletes travel far from home just for sports, most of these athletes are from Germany, Sweden, Norway, and Africa.
A lot of people wonder why theses student athletes travel so far away home, when they are not from other states, they are from other countries. Some of the students traveled so far not only because of the sports they play, but because they wanted to try living in a different environment from the ones they are use too.
Since theses foreign students are so far from home, another question people ask is, how they are adjusting to their new environment. Most of the foreign student athletes are upper classmen so they’ve pretty much have things figured out, but the underclass men are struggle just a bit.
I’ve question some of the athletes that are diverse and asked when did they make their decision to leave home and travel so far to a school in another country to play for, and women’s tennis player Vivivanne Vlarr said, “she knew as she got older she wanted to go somewhere else to play, even if it had to be another country she just wanted to see the world.”

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Hardworking Student Athletes

Hardworking Student Athletes

At the University of Mississippi there are a lot of hardworking students, but the ones that are extremely hardworking are the student athletes. They are the most hard working because they do so much, and barely get recognized for what they do. All student athletes are working hard year round not just on the courts, or fields, but mainly in the classrooms, working towards their degrees.
The student athletes are more thorough then ordinary students because they were given scholarship to play a sport but also to excel in the classrooms as well. Athletes do more than regular students, they don’t just have to play a sport and practice daily, they have to also keep their grades up to maintain their scholarship and to be able to compete. The hardest thing a student athlete has to do is to sustain their busy schedules. While other students are sleeping, partying or sleeping in class, student athletes are doing otherwise. Some are up early practicing or up late studying. The athletes’ schedules are always hectic, because they have to juggle at least 16- 18 hours of classes, game or practice and study hall. All must get study hall hours; it depends on how well you’re doing in class.
The place athletes can go to do work or study or get help with work is the Fed Ex student athlete academic support building. At the Fed Ex they also show the athletes how to manage time so they can know when and how to work on their class work.
When asked how hard is it to be a student athlete, and Lauren Hollingsworth member from the track team responded “It’s hard being a student athlete during the season because you miss so much time in school. Also the physical fatigue gets to you after practice which makes it hard to focus on your homework because all you can think about it sleep”. Whitney Hameth Womens basketball player also responded, “It’s hard balancing school, and practice. Also it gets stressful when you have so much on your plate during season”.

Suicide Prevention Walk

“Out of Darkness” Suicide Prevention Walk to be held in November

 Another walk will be held at Ole Miss this November, but for something a bit different than breast cancer, something less widely known. The walk will be held for the prevention of suicide. The second annual “Out of Darkness” walk is being held in order to raise money for suicide prevention and just show those contemplating suicide that people do care, the world does care.        

There are various organizations that raise money for various causes. But one that is more often than not over looked is the organization for suicide prevention. Suicide is a tough word to swallow and a very sensitive subject, however the prevention of it is vital and anything that has anything to do with that should be noted and participated in by everyone. One would think that everyone would love to save a life.

            Hopefully this is the case, this town will find out on the 5^th whether or not that is true. If you or anyone you know would like to join in on this walk or offer financial support, please visit https://secure1.olemiss.edu/tools/userfiles/lcolley-300-9edea4ef-e4fd-4b1b-b6f9-7c7939d046d5.html for more information. To learn even more about suicide prevention, visit http://www.afsp.org/ .