{"id":1301,"date":"2014-10-02T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2014-10-02T19:00:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T23:00:55","slug":"until-the-whistle-blows-wheres-the-school-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2014\/10\/02\/until-the-whistle-blows-wheres-the-school-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Until the Whistle Blows: Where\u2019s the School Spirit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALEX MULHALL –\u00a0STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let me ask you something. When was the last time you went to a game for a team here at Centre? You don\u2019t remember? Seriously? Come on. There\u2019s a game almost everyday. Really? You have no idea? That\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n

Centre\u2019s teams are good. Like, \u201cI\u2019ll be surprised if we don\u2019t win our conference title\u201d good. The men\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s soccer, field hockey, and men\u2019s lacrosse teams all made the NCAA tournaments last year, and that\u2019s just the ones I can name off the top of my head. That\u2019s a huge deal.<\/p>\n

There are about 1,000 Division III teams around the country. Alright, not really, but there are a lot. It\u2019s incredibly tough to make the tournament, and we had four make it last year alone.<\/p>\n

The team records shouldn\u2019t matter, though. Why don\u2019t you want to support your friends? I\u2019m willing to bet that the average student knows a fair number of athletes here at Centre. I mean, there are only about 1,200 of us here, with approximately 40 percent of the student body participating in varsity athletics.<\/p>\n

Unless you just refuse to talk to anyone, you\u2019d really have no choice but to interact with some of the athletes here in some capacity.<\/p>\n

The intimacy of Centre is what makes the games so much fun. When you\u2019re cheering for your favorite Division I team, you don\u2019t have any real personal connection to them. They are one-dimensional people who you do not know outside of the context of sports.<\/p>\n

At Centre, you actually know the players in the game. You are more invested in the stands because their loss is your loss. Their joy is your joy. You get to feel like you\u2019re a part of the team.<\/p>\n

And you know every athlete works hard. You can tell by the dozens of bags of iced taped to calves and shoulders in Cowan. When you blow off a game, what you\u2019re really saying to your friends is, \u201cI know that you\u2019ve put your blood, sweat, and tears into making your team the best it can be, but I don\u2019t care enough about our friendship to support you.\u201d If you sacrificed all of your free time for something you cared about, wouldn\u2019t you want your friends to support you?<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t give me the homework excuse. You have too much homework? Everyday? Unless you\u2019re taking Organic II with Dr. Workman for all four of your classes (which isn\u2019t even possible), you definitely have some free time to go support Centre athletes.<\/p>\n

How hard is it to take a couple hours out of your day to watch Centre Women\u2019s Soccer (CWS) dominate? Or is it too difficult to walk to Sutcliffe and get rowdy in a student section for a basketball game?<\/p>\n

Look, I love Centre. Despite how much I complain about the food in Cowan, the never-ending homework, and the smell of Hillside, Centre is probably my favorite place in the world. I\u2019m not saying I\u2019ve had perfect attendance at every athletic event in my four years here. I\u2019ve picked a nap over a game more times than I care to admit. But, I care about my friends and I care about sports.<\/p>\n

You love Centre, too. I know you do. You wouldn\u2019t be reading our student newspaper if you didn\u2019t care about what was going on here. Athletics are becoming an even bigger aspect of what makes Centre so great.<\/p>\n

Centre athletes deserve to have their effort supported, so quit with the excuses, log out of Netflix, and get out to a game. You won\u2019t regret it and you\u2019re friends who are athletes will certainly appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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