{"id":140,"date":"2020-04-09T00:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/the-public\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2020-04-27T01:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:49:58","slug":"logger-athletics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edblogs.pugetsound.edu\/the-public\/?page_id=140","title":{"rendered":"Logger Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This page is dedicated to Logger student athletes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collegiate sports can be immensely powerful experiences of transformation as well as necessary for the daily regulation of mental and bodily health for its athletes. Many of us at the University of Puget Sound have lost our competitive seasons due to the coronavirus outbreak, leading to an additional host of challenges on top of quarantine. For the seniors, it is particularly heartbreaking, as many competed in their last sporting event without knowing it and have lost the opportunities that they have been working towards for the past three and a half years. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a place where Logger athletes reflect on their time playing and racing for the Loggers, share their thoughts on all things college athletics, as well as share some of their current problem-solving strategies and how they are navigating daily life and their identities without their sports. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third week’s Op-Ed:<\/strong> Club Sports Suffer From Budget Bureaucracy: The COVID toll on Student-Governed Athletics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Emma Piorier | Click above to read article<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This example highlights a larger question of structure; should student government be in-charge of managing a huge sector of student athletics? To me, the answer is clear. Club sports need the University to develop an independent governing system to reduce the toll on ASUPS and on club sports and alleviate the unfair representation that both student athletes and other non-athletic club participants face from being lumped into the overarching title of \u201cclub\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Week’s Op-Ed: Regard the Mountain: Remembering Logger Crew<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Monica Schweitz | Click above to read article<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coronavirus outbreak has caused sports, professional and collegiate alike, to postpone or cancel their seasons. For seniors in college, classes and even graduation are going digital, but there is no way to continue their sports. This means an early and unexpected end to their student athlete experience and identity, which, for many, is a confusing and painful transition. Nevertheless, if sports teach us anything, it’s that you need to rely on your team and have faith in yourself during times of adversity. This article is a student athlete’s reflections on her time as a rower at the University of Puget Sound. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logger women at Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships (WIRA) 2019<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1st Week’s Op-Ed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slim Pickings: Why Student Athletes Need Priority Registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By George Jackson IV | Click above to read the article<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student athletes are required to commit a significant amount of time preparing for and participating in University sponsored athletic events. Practice schedules both during the competition season and the off-season pose significant scheduling and time-management challenges for student-athletes. Priority registration would permit student athletes greater flexibility in scheduling courses as well as making it easier to schedule some courses during their non-competition semesters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n