Iowa Women's Gymnastics against Ohio State

Sports Blog: Amy Center
Iowa Gymnastics February 6, 2010:
The gymhawks competed against Ohio State, if I say so myself, they rocked it. They went into that meet with every intention to win and then did it. The U of I gymnastics team has had a rocky start of the season, but hopefully things will start to turn around after getting their season high this weekend.
They started on the vault, where every one of the girls hit their vaults. Junior Becky Simbhudas got the high score of a 9.9 and Sophomore Annie Szatkowski pulled out her first big vault of the season. They moved to the bars where once again, the gymhawks pulled it off. They had one minor mishap but were able to work around it and keep trucking along. Simbhudas took the lead with a score of a 9.9 followed by Junior Houry Gebeshian with the next highest score.
On the balance beam every hawk hit again. They all transferred their hard work from practice to the competition floor. The team looked unshakeable on the four inch wide balance beam. Sophomore Jessa Hansen had a stellar routine that look flawless, scoring a solid 9.85. Simbhudas and Gebeshian also had high scores on the beam.
As the meet ended with the floor exercise, this Iowa crowd was beaming. There cheers and excitement flowed to the gymhawks to finish up the great meet. The hawks succeeded on having all solid routines on the floor exercise. Senior Jenny Donar scored a career high of a 9.8 along with two other girls. Gebeshian won the event with a 9.85 while Hansen received second with a 9.825.
The hawks went hard at it but still have a few kinks to remove before the next weeks meet in Chicago. They had a great performance, but according to their coach Larissa Libby, they still have a lot of work to do. The gymhawks meet against Ohio State will be aired on the Big10 network February 13, 2010 at 6 p.m.

University of Iowa Sports

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Amy

BEAR ESSENTIALS

As an avid viewer of Man Vs Wild, I am starting to see a bad trend developing for the future shows. For anyone who hasn't seen the show, it centers around Bear Grylls, a former SAS (British Special Forces) soldier, being dropped in the shittiest surroundings possible and survive using the land and his wits.

The show, now in it's third season, had two episodes in a row that didn't involve Grylls going into any wilderness. In one, he went to a war torn city in Eastern Europe to survive for days. The other show told about the tribulations his camera crew goes through to film Man vs Wild.

This made me think that after doing three seasons of the show, there are no more places in the wild for him to go that aren't somewhat similar to previous ones he has went to. Could it actually be possible that there isn't enough wilderness left to keep doing shows for more seasons? With only about eight new episodes left in this season, this question may be answered if a fourth season is picked up by The Discovery Channel.

During the three season the show has been on, it has become one of my favorite things to watch on television. It is vastly entertaining and viewers can also learn some things as well.

10 Things I Have Learned Watching Man vs Wild:

10. In wet or icy conditions, terrain can become "slippy" (British version of slippery)

9. A large animal carcass can be used as living quarters/tent/sleeping bag (May not smell good)

8. Scorpions only have about 10 calories each (Detach stinger before eating)

7. Large grasshoppers have even less calories than scorpions, so you need at least 30 for a meal(Detach head & legs before eating)

6. Swamplands suck to walk through (Many of the things there will poison or eat you)

5. A flint can save your ass in the wild (Can also be used to light people's cigarettes in public)

4. Weather conditions in the Midwest are great (10 below zero & 95 degrees are mild)

3. Salads can be made from dandelion greens (Don't eat toxic yellow flower)

2. Drinking your own piss can be a life saver (May not be tasty)

1. Water doesn't have to be drank, it can be taken in enema form (May not be comfortable)

OFFICE OVERLOAD

The Office probably ranks as one of the most popular television shows on college campuses. And there is a reason. At last count, I found 31 episodes of reruns in a week's time on Fox, NBC, and TBS. I guess its not hard to become popular with that kind of viewing exposure.

The thing I don't get when I hear people talking about the show, is the characters they just love. Time after time, I listen to viewers having conversations about Michael, Jim, and Pam. Are you kidding me?

Michael's character is set up to be the ultimate douche bag and he does a good job of this. But how far can you take one guy's moronic behavior and vast stupidity? At this point, it feels like writers are really struggling for new things for Michael to screw up.

Jim and Pam really don't even seem like tv show characters to me. These two are the people you run into every day. Jim's only redeeming quality on the show is when he is messing with Dwight. Pam virtually does nothing of interest on the show. Now she's pregnant, so this storyline should make her even more irrelevant than she already is. I don't know how these two became favorites to the viewers.

I feel that DWIGHT SCHRUTE is the anchor of The Office. He is by far the most noticeable character and stands apart from the rest of the staff. He is hardcore and always can come up with a great solution to problems (some may not work). This is the guy that ups the entertainment aspect of every show. Dwight, you are the man.

Another character that has won me over is Creed. But viewers are lucky to see him get more than one minute of face time per episode for a cut away to him. This is an injustice. I feel there should be shows based around his creepy, take-no-shit attitude. Creed needs more air time for viewers to get to the bottom of his secretive nature.

I was really never a watcher of The Office until I came to college and almost couldn't not watch it while with friends (I now know that there are 7 episodes on TBS every Tuesday night). During these viewings, people tell me, "You just like the assholes on the show (Dwight & Creed)." Well, next time your out in public, see what kind of people catch your attention: Ones that sit around and talk normally, or those who are loud, eccentric, and crude. My money is on the assholes.