Ashby, April. "Why Steroids Have No Place in Sports." Marquette University Law School. Marquette University, 20 Oct. 2010. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
This is an article by a teacher in Marquette Law School. It talks about how steroids affect your body negatively. You can be supseptible to serious health repercussions, including affected liver, endocrine, and reproductive function, tumors of the liver and kidneys, heart conditions, and psychiatric symptoms. Overuse or counterfeit steroids lead to these. Sports athletes even if given the properr dosage will take one more. Also doping affects the integrity of sports.
The viewpoint repeats the opinion about integrity but brings the medical standpoint also.
VETTING THE SOURCE: April Ashby is a graduate of Marquette University Law School. She also received the Sports Law Certificate from the National Sports Law Institute and served as a member of the Marquette Sports Law Review. She is co-owner of Stellata Collective, a social media consulting and web design firm
Monday, October 21, 2013
WriteUps #6
Loumena, Dan. "John Rocker: Baseball Was More Entertaining in Steroids Era." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2013. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
This article is uses the words of John Rocker, a former baseball player. He says that baseball is more interesting with steroids. He says not to think of it ethically because the people paying for tickets don't actually care. They want to see monster homeruns and really fast pitches.
Another article talks tries to talk about how consumers really feel when attending a baseball game. This should be used as a survey to find out what people want to see.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Dan Loumena is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and John Rocker is a former Major League pitcher and former steroid user.
This article is uses the words of John Rocker, a former baseball player. He says that baseball is more interesting with steroids. He says not to think of it ethically because the people paying for tickets don't actually care. They want to see monster homeruns and really fast pitches.
Another article talks tries to talk about how consumers really feel when attending a baseball game. This should be used as a survey to find out what people want to see.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Dan Loumena is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and John Rocker is a former Major League pitcher and former steroid user.
Writeup #5
Smith, Michael F. "What If Novelists Took Steroids?" New York Times 11 Aug. 2013: SR5. New York Times. New York Times Company, 10 Aug. 2013. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
The author describes what it would be like to take steroids and if he would if it were available. He explains the whole process of being pressured into taking, becoming one of the best writers in the world, writing bestseller after bestseller. But then he describes the fall from grace, the discovery of the usage. He decides that he wouldn't take them because when you take steroids you know it will end badly but if you don't anything could happen.
This editorial shows how steroids always ends badly and in shame for one who takes so you are better off playing sports clean and keeping your reputation in tact.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Michael Farris Smith is a novelist from Mississippi. He has been awarded the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction, the Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature, and the Brick Streets Press Short Story Award. His short fiction has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and his essays have appeared with The New York Times, University Press of Mississippi, and more.
The author describes what it would be like to take steroids and if he would if it were available. He explains the whole process of being pressured into taking, becoming one of the best writers in the world, writing bestseller after bestseller. But then he describes the fall from grace, the discovery of the usage. He decides that he wouldn't take them because when you take steroids you know it will end badly but if you don't anything could happen.
This editorial shows how steroids always ends badly and in shame for one who takes so you are better off playing sports clean and keeping your reputation in tact.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Michael Farris Smith is a novelist from Mississippi. He has been awarded the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Transatlantic Review Award for Fiction, the Alabama Arts Council Fellowship Award for Literature, and the Brick Streets Press Short Story Award. His short fiction has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and his essays have appeared with The New York Times, University Press of Mississippi, and more.
Writeup #4
Smith, Chris. "Why It's Time To Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 24 Aug. 2012. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
Mr. Smith says that even with all these tests for performance enhancing drugs and harsh penalties for taking, steroids is not going away in professional sports. He believes that if steroids were just legalized, then everyone would take them and there would be a higher level of competition. From a business standpont, steroids would help sports like in the case of the homerun chase between noted users Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. When they were chasing the single season homerun record, games and merchandise were sold out and baseball was exciting. The definition of what is a performance enhancer is very confusing and getting rid of steroids would relieve the people in charge of deciding of their confusing jobs. Steroids affect health but so does playing professional sports. Making PEDs legal would lead to proper distribution and regulation. Steroids affect those entered into the Hall of Fame because of suspicion that everyone took but if they are legal, then there is no shadow. Baseball has changed so much in the past 100 years that you can't compare eras. Athletes are going to take sterois anyway so might as well make them legal.
This viewpoint refutes the Hall of Fame point made in the New York Times article. It says legalizing steroids wouldn't change the Hall of Fame because the different eras of baseball have all changed. Just like they raised the pitchers mound to give the batters a better chance, steroids gives everyone a fair chance because everyone is doing it.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Chris Smith is a reporter for Forbes Sports. He covers the business of sports.
Mr. Smith says that even with all these tests for performance enhancing drugs and harsh penalties for taking, steroids is not going away in professional sports. He believes that if steroids were just legalized, then everyone would take them and there would be a higher level of competition. From a business standpont, steroids would help sports like in the case of the homerun chase between noted users Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. When they were chasing the single season homerun record, games and merchandise were sold out and baseball was exciting. The definition of what is a performance enhancer is very confusing and getting rid of steroids would relieve the people in charge of deciding of their confusing jobs. Steroids affect health but so does playing professional sports. Making PEDs legal would lead to proper distribution and regulation. Steroids affect those entered into the Hall of Fame because of suspicion that everyone took but if they are legal, then there is no shadow. Baseball has changed so much in the past 100 years that you can't compare eras. Athletes are going to take sterois anyway so might as well make them legal.
This viewpoint refutes the Hall of Fame point made in the New York Times article. It says legalizing steroids wouldn't change the Hall of Fame because the different eras of baseball have all changed. Just like they raised the pitchers mound to give the batters a better chance, steroids gives everyone a fair chance because everyone is doing it.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Chris Smith is a reporter for Forbes Sports. He covers the business of sports.
WriteUps #3
"Shutout in Cooperstown." Editorial. New York Times 11 Jan. 2013: A22. New York Times Company, 10 Jan. 2013. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
This editorial from the New York Times explains the effect of steroids on the Bseball Hall of Fame where the greatest basbeall players of all time are enshrined for all of eternitiy. There are many alcoholics and bad personalities already entered into the Hall of Fame who just have the stats required to get in. But steroids affects a lot more than statistics. It affected both people using and the clean ones. The users set the highest standards so the clean/ already solid players didn't look as good statistically against them and the journeymen who had to use steroids just to stay in the league and risk their health. It also affected people who may not have done steroids but have the shadow lingering over their heads. In conclusion, to lessen the incentive of steroids and further baseball from the steroid culture, do not allow these cheaters in the Hall of Fame.
This editorial doesn't focus on the cheaters themselves but on the people they affect. Steroids affects from clean players to those who are barely staying in the league. The Hall of Fame should be a representative of statistics that a baseball player accrued over his playing years. But a steroid user's negative externalities should be taken into account as well.
VETTING THE SOURCE: The New York Times Editorial Board is composed of 19 journalists with wide-ranging areas of expertise. Their primary responsibility is to write The Times’s editorials, which represent the voice of the board, its editor and the publisher. The board is part of the Times’s editorial department, which is operated separately from the Times newsroom, and includes the Letters to the Editor and Op-Ed sections.
This editorial from the New York Times explains the effect of steroids on the Bseball Hall of Fame where the greatest basbeall players of all time are enshrined for all of eternitiy. There are many alcoholics and bad personalities already entered into the Hall of Fame who just have the stats required to get in. But steroids affects a lot more than statistics. It affected both people using and the clean ones. The users set the highest standards so the clean/ already solid players didn't look as good statistically against them and the journeymen who had to use steroids just to stay in the league and risk their health. It also affected people who may not have done steroids but have the shadow lingering over their heads. In conclusion, to lessen the incentive of steroids and further baseball from the steroid culture, do not allow these cheaters in the Hall of Fame.
This editorial doesn't focus on the cheaters themselves but on the people they affect. Steroids affects from clean players to those who are barely staying in the league. The Hall of Fame should be a representative of statistics that a baseball player accrued over his playing years. But a steroid user's negative externalities should be taken into account as well.
VETTING THE SOURCE: The New York Times Editorial Board is composed of 19 journalists with wide-ranging areas of expertise. Their primary responsibility is to write The Times’s editorials, which represent the voice of the board, its editor and the publisher. The board is part of the Times’s editorial department, which is operated separately from the Times newsroom, and includes the Letters to the Editor and Op-Ed sections.
WriteUps #2
Lee, DeborahGriswold, Ann. “Counterpoint:
Athletes Should be Tested for Drugs.” Points Of View: Drug Testing For Sports (2011): 3. Points of View
Reference Center. Web. 14 Nov. 2011
Don’t allow
athletes to break the rules in a painfully obvious way. Steroids are illegal
and should not be tolerated. To protect the integrity, you must test. There are rules in professional sports that must be followed to maintain fair competition. Steroids give you an unfair advantage so they should be illegal. It is that simple. If you don't want to be tested, then don't play professional sports. The constitution does not apply because there is a contract signed by athletes that is voluntary that they won't take illegal substances. If anything, there is legal fraud because the paying audiences expect that everyone is playing clean.
This counterpoint to writeup 2 refutes the constitutional argument brought by writeup 1. It says that since it is voluntary to play professional sports, it is not unconstitutional.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Points of view reference Center is a database that contains many viewpoints to help students develop research and opposite editorial essays. It is supported by the Binghamton library.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Points of view reference Center is a database that contains many viewpoints to help students develop research and opposite editorial essays. It is supported by the Binghamton library.
WriteUps #1
1) Jacobs, W. E.Newton, Heather.
"Counterpoint: Athletes Have The Same Rights As All Other
Citizens." Points Of View: Drug Testing For Sports (2011):
3. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 14 Nov. 2011
The author
states that drug testing in sports violates the 4th and 5th
amendments. Drug testing is against the assumption that you are innocent until
proven guilty. He compares the random testing and searches are equivalent to a
police state who invade privacy. Professional athletes are given the same drug
tests that are given to prisoners and criminals even though athletes do not
harm society. There are still steroids going around in sports today even with
all the mandatory drug testing. The high profile cases of Barry Bonds and Roger
Clemens were the big breakers in the steroids in baseball cases and even in
other sports like Track and field and cycling have had their share of users.
Drug testing is only common with athletes and not with other professionals in
other industries even though some of those individuals probably also take
drugs. And athletes in professional and school sports not only are tested for
steroids but also recreational drugs, which do not affect performance. The
author believes that these are invasive tests and it is wrong that athletes are
singled out and presumed to be guilty until proven innocent.
This editorial is of the anti- steroid testing opinion. It brings a legal aspect to this argument saying that drug testing is akin to breaking the constitution.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Points of view reference Center is a database that contains many viewpoints to help students develop research and opposite editorial essays. It is supported by the Binghamton library.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Points of view reference Center is a database that contains many viewpoints to help students develop research and opposite editorial essays. It is supported by the Binghamton library.
WriteUps #9
Verducci, Tom. "To Cheat or Not to Cheat." SI.com. Time Inc., 29 May 2012. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
This article was published in Sports Illustrated. It is the firsthand account of teammates in the Minnesota Twins' organization. 4 similar pitchers for the Fort Myers Miracle who were working up the ranks of the Twins. Only one ever made it to the big leagues. His name was Dan Naulty and he was also the only one who took steroids.
This article shows how using steroids actually affects other people's careers. Dan Naulty went from a skinny boy throwing 80 mph to a buff man throwing 95. He beat out multiple clean players for a spot on a roster all while cheating. This story can be used to back up the argument that users affect clean players' lives.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Tom Verducci is an Emmy award winning writer for Sports Illustrated who writes primarily about baseball and is a broadcaster.
This article was published in Sports Illustrated. It is the firsthand account of teammates in the Minnesota Twins' organization. 4 similar pitchers for the Fort Myers Miracle who were working up the ranks of the Twins. Only one ever made it to the big leagues. His name was Dan Naulty and he was also the only one who took steroids.
This article shows how using steroids actually affects other people's careers. Dan Naulty went from a skinny boy throwing 80 mph to a buff man throwing 95. He beat out multiple clean players for a spot on a roster all while cheating. This story can be used to back up the argument that users affect clean players' lives.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Tom Verducci is an Emmy award winning writer for Sports Illustrated who writes primarily about baseball and is a broadcaster.
Mission Accomplished? Blog
This Op-Ed paper by Marissa Wolfe is about sexual abuse in the army. There are high suicide rates in women in the army from unreported cases of rape and from verbal abuse after reporting rape. The US government has set up a department for reporting posttraumatic stress disorder called the Department of Veterans Affairs. But it doesn't accept even half of rape cases. They make reporting a case of sexual trauma very difficult to prevent someone from lying. Women are constantly in fear that people don't believe them. And sometimes, as in the case of Aimee Sherrod, the cases are not kept confidential. Sherrod was tormented by her superior. A new bill was introduced to "relax the requirements for proving the occurrence of rape or sexual assault that make it difficult to receive benefits and coverage for medical care." There are many cases where there have been no available counseling.
Ms Wolfe believes the Department of Veterans Affairs should be doing more to assist sexually abused women after war. It is good to prevent people from falsely reporting rapes but they made it way too hard for women. They should able to report right after the assault. There should be more psychological outlets for these women. The VA should better integrate the army women into society.
I agree with Ms. Wolfe. All men and women in our army should feel safe and protected, especially in something as secure as the US army. Rape should in no way be taken lightly. Rape has been a highly debated topic like in the Steubenville rape case and stand up comedy. The army is protecting our freedom so we should protect our servicemens freedom.
Ms Wolfe believes the Department of Veterans Affairs should be doing more to assist sexually abused women after war. It is good to prevent people from falsely reporting rapes but they made it way too hard for women. They should able to report right after the assault. There should be more psychological outlets for these women. The VA should better integrate the army women into society.
I agree with Ms. Wolfe. All men and women in our army should feel safe and protected, especially in something as secure as the US army. Rape should in no way be taken lightly. Rape has been a highly debated topic like in the Steubenville rape case and stand up comedy. The army is protecting our freedom so we should protect our servicemens freedom.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Topic Proposal
Recently, the
issue of the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports like baseball has
been a predominant topic nationwide. On
one hand, some argue that steroids are good for the game. They are better
because it is more entertaining to watch players who are at their physical,
muscular peaks play against each other. The more homeruns are hit, the more
money teams make because of higher attendance ratings. On the other hand,
however, others argue that steroids should be banned from baseball. People say that steroids ruin the integrity of
the game and cheat clean players who will never be as good as ‘roided up
players. Also steroids are bad for your health. In sum, the issue is whether
steroids should be allowed through a business standpoint or if they should be
banned from an integrity standpoint.
My own view is
that steroids should be banned. Although personally I would not mind seeing
games where the strongest men hit and throw the ball as hard as humanly
possible, I know that it is morally wrong to allow the usage to run rampant
through sports. It would be unfair to those who wouldn’t use steroids and we
can’t stand by and watch sports players destroy their bodies for our
entertainment. This issue is important because baseball is our national pastime
and there have been records set over the past 200 years. If cheaters were to
break these, it would destroy the set clean image the sport has for itself.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
WriteUps #8
Vincent, Fay. "Tell the Baseball Druggies: Strike One, You're Out." Wall Street Journal. News Corp, 4 Aug. 2013. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
This opinion piece basically repeats everything I've previously mentioned. HGH has adverse long term effects. He calls for tougher punishments for first time abusers.
This article isn't really helpful because it doesn't give a reason for why steroids should be banned. Just mentions that users should be given harsh punishments.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Fay Vincent is a former commissioner of Major League Baseball. He also called on baseball to delve more into the steroid problem.
This opinion piece basically repeats everything I've previously mentioned. HGH has adverse long term effects. He calls for tougher punishments for first time abusers.
This article isn't really helpful because it doesn't give a reason for why steroids should be banned. Just mentions that users should be given harsh punishments.
VETTING THE SOURCE: Fay Vincent is a former commissioner of Major League Baseball. He also called on baseball to delve more into the steroid problem.
Rogerian Rhetoric Summary/ Response
The author Douglas Brent wants to explain what Rogerian Rhetoric is and what it offers to argumentation that makes it so popular. He goes in depth into the history and outlines the basic principles of it. It was created by therapist Carl Rogers. Both therapy and rhetoric try to induce change through verbal means. Rogers discovered while in his early stages of being a therapist that you can't convince people about ideas through just rational arguement. Rather a therapist should stay passive and use "restatement." The therapist repeats the words that the patient just said then offer probes to get the client to continue talking and expressing feelings. One uses empathy to facilitate conversation. there are 4 stages. 1. An introduction to the problem and a demonstration that the opponent's position is understood. 2. A statement of the contexts in which the opponent's position may be valid.
3. A statement of the writer's position, including the contexts in which it is valid.
4. A statement of how the opponent's position would benefit if he were to adopt elements of the writer's
position. If the writer can show that the positions complement each other, that each supplies what the
other lacks, so much the better.
I do believe that Rogerian Rhetoric is one of the best ways to have a civil argument. Too many editorials I see are just biased opinions by yelling columnists and citizens. Rogerian rhetoric gives some civility to an argument. By repeating the argument of your opponent until his satisfaction, you begin to hear his point of view more than if both of you just yell at each other. Finding common ground is important in all aspects of life especially during debate. It is good to see both sides of a story before making an opinion.
3. A statement of the writer's position, including the contexts in which it is valid.
4. A statement of how the opponent's position would benefit if he were to adopt elements of the writer's
position. If the writer can show that the positions complement each other, that each supplies what the
other lacks, so much the better.
I do believe that Rogerian Rhetoric is one of the best ways to have a civil argument. Too many editorials I see are just biased opinions by yelling columnists and citizens. Rogerian rhetoric gives some civility to an argument. By repeating the argument of your opponent until his satisfaction, you begin to hear his point of view more than if both of you just yell at each other. Finding common ground is important in all aspects of life especially during debate. It is good to see both sides of a story before making an opinion.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Analyzing editorial and opinion pieces
This article explains how to analyze editorials and opinion pieces as stated in the title of the article. The purpose for these types of pieces is to communicate to each other what our opinion is on current events and what steps we think we can take to solve such dilemmas. It is public writing. Writers will try to appeal to emotion/pathos and try to persuade to agree with their beliefs. They also reflect your community and intellectual values. The article brings an example of a broadside which was what an opinion piece looked like back in the 1700s. It is much longer. It then brings a modern editorial piece written by a college student in Hawaii. The article doesn't have much of the 3 appeals of rhetoric. He doesn't have real authority other than living in Hawaii where the topic of his editorial is based. He doesn't show too much fiery emotion for the topic other than one or two sentences. Then tips are given for imposing a strategy for composing ethos. Sometimes an editorial can show both opinions without drawing an actual conclusion. Then two articles about affirmative action are brought. You must learn to analyze the opposing opinion so you don't seem too biased. Pick a topic that is important to you and one that is relevant.
TSIS
Pages 1-51 in They Say I say discuss the proper way to respond to another person's opinion. The intorduction encourages you to state the opposite opinion in your argument to idetify to the reader or audience who or what you are responding to. You must state the "they say."All the chapters offer templates to follow for introducing your or an opposing view or for implying something into your argument. The book belives templates are the best way to practice even though some individuals think that it takes away creativity.
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About Daniel Shuster
I am an 18 year old attending Binghamton University. I was born in Staten Island, NY from a Belizean mother and Israeli father. My hobbies include baking, reading and looking at pictures of cats on the Internet. This blog will be used to work on my Op-Ed paper that is due and to write homework posts. My favorite television shows are Parks and Recreation & It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I've never considered myself much of a writer but I hope to improve.
I am an 18 year old attending Binghamton University. I was born in Staten Island, NY from a Belizean mother and Israeli father. My hobbies include baking, reading and looking at pictures of cats on the Internet. This blog will be used to work on my Op-Ed paper that is due and to write homework posts. My favorite television shows are Parks and Recreation & It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I've never considered myself much of a writer but I hope to improve.
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