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Article: Honing athletic skills, academics at community colleges: athletic programs build community and help mold a student's identity.(community college forum)
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- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- May 28, 2009
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Six seconds are left on the clock. A timeout is taken by the home coach, ready to strategize the next offensive play. The band loudly plays the right song as the cheerleaders perform partner stunts. The crowd is divided with the hometown group--the overwhelming majority of the audience--clapping, yelling chants and stomping their feet; the other team's fans are quiet, waiting nervously with anticipation. The horn blares, and the ball is inbounded to the point guard who dribbles around a high screen, turns toward the basket, and shoots a three-point shot from the top of the key.
As the clock winds down to zero, the ball hits nothing but net. A loud cheer ascends ...