1968 deaths

Everyone here has heard something about the biggest figure skating scandal there was in the world. Whether you saw the new movie starring Margot Robbie or heard in recent months on the news about this event that took place twenty years ago. I am talking about Tonya Harding. She was a curvy, blonde, woman who was rather poor. Over the many years of her skating career many people in The United States Figure Skating Association have tried to ostracize Tonya from the skating community because she chose

Gabby Douglas, Olympic gold medalist. She is known for being the first African American gymnast to be the Individual All Round Champion at the Olympics. In pursuance of her dream, Gabby Douglas had to sacrifice the things most important to her. This would include leaving her home and family behind to go to Iowa in the interest of training as a serious gymnast at age fourteen. Not only did Gabby Douglas make sacrifices, but her family also had to, financially and emotionally. In fact, most Olympians

Caitlyn Jenner had the courage of a lion when she came out as a woman and accepted the ESPY Award, but her bravery fails at the thought of spending time in jail. Radar Online, September 8, 2015, reported that Caitlyn’s trial is coming and in a worst-case scenario, she might be sentenced to serve some time in jail. Caitlyn talked with Matt Lauer from the “Today’s Show” as they played a round of golf. But that isn’t the most troubling part. She may be charged with misdemeanor manslaughter. If the conviction

1. What is the definition of brain death and why is it important? An organism dies when it loses the power to preserve and sustain its self-organizing organization permanently and irreversibly. This is defined as the irreversible loss of the capacity for bodily integration. Brain death focuses on the death of part of the organism, not the whole (body). Upon further examination, standards published in 1968 suggest that brain death (aka "whole-brain") involves four essential criteria: 1) Lack of

The Summer and Winter Olympic Games alike provide an opportunity for countries to display their athletic prowess and national strengths. However, these competitions are often tainted with the corrupt seeds of politics. A wide variety of dangerous and damaging political power plays make an appearance in each Olympic gathering. In the beginning the Games were designed to be a truce period, but they are beginning to lose this component. Also, in every Games since the beginning of the modern Olympics

Athletes that use drugs while performing in the Olympic games should have some type of punishment. They should not just be able to get away with everything. Even though not every athlete uses drugs while performing, any drugs that is, the ones who do should have to pay the price. When they use drugs while they are performing, they are risking their whole career, and even their life. Athletes should be required to take a drug test if they plan on performing in the Olympics. Athletes that use drugs

Most people know about or have at least heard about the winter and summer Olympic Games that take place around the world every 4 years. The events held at the Olympics exclude the deaf community due to the use of sound to queue the athletes. Due to this issue in 1924 the deaf community started and held their first Deaflympics, exclusively for only the deaf community. The early pioneers of the international deaf sports movement were Eugène Rubens-Alcais of France and Antoine Dresse of Belgium. Eugène

Gustavo Diaz Ordaz became president of the United States of Mexico in 1964, years before the massacre, that took place in October 2, 1968 at ”la plaza de las Tres Culturas” in Mexico city, better known as “Tlatelolco Massacre” (“Mexico 's 1968 Massacre”). It was supposed to be an unarmed peacefull protest, but at sunset the police and military forces equipped with armored cars and tanks surrounded the plaza and began firing into the open crowd. The police fire hit not only the protestors but also

On September 1st, 2006, the International Olympic Committee accepted the bid from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The nation’s government proudly declared the news to the world, and began to prepare their nation to host one of the oldest and most prestigious sporting events in the world. Now that the dust has settled, many are beginning to question whether the hosting of the 2016 Olympic games was a blessing or a curse. The Olympic games are one of the oldest and most

We as humans tend to use large amounts of water on a day-to-day basis in order to satisfy our needs that require the use of the scarce resource. For instance, we use water to clean the dishes, do the laundry, take a bath or shower, water the lawn, and most importantly, to drink. However, it isn’t easy to acquire large amounts of water for a large city such as San Antonio, especially when you are located in an area where you are considered a “drought city”. It is essential that we, not only our city