Steroid Use in College

In sharp contrast to the past, the use of steroids in college has drastically declined, but it is still a problem.  According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the use of anabolic steroids among college athletes has drastically dropped over a period of 5 years.  Though the decline is drastic, the problem is still imminent among the college community.

Wednesday Assignments

Ok, here are my assignments for wednesdays class.

The first site i examined was AirCongress.com and from the get go this looked like a simply set up site. It seems slanted towards the right side of politics and isnt set up like a real news site at all. It looks like more of a blog than a news site that really tries to be one.

The second one I examined was OurMedia.org, which with the .org it is an orginazational website, which would make it seem like a site to trust. Upon opening it you see a whole bunch of lines and podcasts and music and it makes you think that wow, is this really a news site? Deff would say that this is a democratic site.

The third site i looked at was mediastorm.org and once agian we find a site where the .org is used. This is the site that actually is a non biased media outlet. Run by the Washington Post, it offers indepth looks at real news media stories and news that was prevelant to todays world. It really didnt slant either way, it was more balanced that most

The fourth site reviewed was salon.com, the true left centered site. Filled to the brim with Obama stories and pro Clinton advetisements and stories that would make any Republican cringe. Some crdible news stories but mainly just pro democrat things dominate this site that is hard to focus on at times with the color of the font and the flashing videos

Holy Cow! Who called that??

Well this has been an interesting Bowl season hasn't it?  Starting off with the new MagicJack Bowl, (how many more of these things are we gonna have?) South Florida used home diamond advantage to hammer Memphis, not like this was an upset, but point out the redundancy of the bowls, how long until we see the how many people can you name.com Bowl?  anyway, in the realm of upsets we look to the top spot, the Sugar Bowl.  Alabama, fresh off their loss to Florida in the SEC Championship was supposed to beat the ever living tar out of Utah and send them back to Bringhamville crying.  Well apparently they missed the memo saying that because they showed up to play, beating the Crimson Tide 31-17.  Utah quarterback Brian Johnson shook off early jitters to solidly lead the Utes down the field and shock the partisan Tide faithful in NoLA.  But all is not lost in Tuscaloosa, afteral, they may get to play Vandy next year! Speaking of Vandy, the mighty Commodores actually made a bow game this year, first time since 1982, all be it the Music City Bowl, 6 miles from their campus in Nashville.  The drew the tough ACC opponent Boston College and their tough defense.  Vandy started off holding BC on defense and marched down the field for 2 field goals, but BC led 7-6 at the Half after a quick strike score.  The tide turned in the 3rd quater when a Vandy punt was touched by a BC player and recovered in the endzone byt Vandy for a TD.  BC scored to take a 14-13 lead, but Vandy drove to the 35 where Brian Hanfeldt hita 47 yard field goal to give Vandy the 16-13 lead for good.  BC had a chance late, but their hopes were dashed by a Myron Lewis interception and Vandy won their first bolw game since the 1955 Gator Bowl.  Soak it in Vandy, you never know when it will happen again.  Well, that about wraps it up for me today sports fans, nex titme out we'll review the National Championship and talk a little about hockey.