Today, St. John Fisher College is celebrating the National Association of
Girls and Women in Sports that has honored and encouraged female athletes. I
bet no one can guess how though. Not only are there t-shirts being worn around campus with words
representing qualities of female athletes, but professors are teeter tottering,
yes I said teeter tottering in the center of one of the main buildings. I don’t
know how many other colleges raise money for a cause like this, but HOW AWESOME
IS THAT? I know that I wanted to hop on in on the action, but I knew that it
was not my turn. Instead, I simply dropped my dollar into the donation box and
went to eat lunch. These professors looked like they were ten again on the
playground at school. One guy didn’t even have to lift his feet off the ground
to lift the other professor on the other side. I sure wish I had that ability
when I was ten on a teeter totter, so that I could have avoid being catapulted
like boulders in battle.
Besides the awesome way that the campus decided to honor this day and
raise money to support it, think about how important celebrating something like
this is. I don’t play sports in college, but some time ago women wouldn’t have
even been able to go to college let alone play sports at one. Even playing high
school sports, there was always this stereotype abut female athletes. I never
cared, because I can’t imagine my life without sports. Today I am thankful for
all the brave souls that saw this as a worthy cause and were not afraid to be
the first to step out of the “norm.” Opportunities in sports are popping up
everywhere, even at St. John Fisher College. There are new sports for both females
and males at the club, intramural, and varsity levels. Thank you Fisher and
thank you professors for making this day and this cause something that matters.
Until next time…..Later!!!
Lindsey
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