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Letter from the Editors Dear readers, Thank you for taking the time to read our magazine created from hard work and dedication over several months. As we worked more and more with Adobe programs like InDesign and Illustrator, we gained lots of knowledge on how to make visually appealing and interesting layouts for magazine pages. The pages that you will see were edited and adjusted many times to make them the best versions possible.

Although we all shared a common interest and knowledge in sports and health before the creation of this magazine, we learned even more significant information by conducting interviews with professionals for feature stories and doing online research for ASFs (alternative storyforms). There was a lot of work to do, but we enjoyed the process.

We hope you enjoy reading and looking at our magazine and hope that you learn something new and interesting from it. We are very proud of our work and we are very excited to share it with you. Thank you!

Sincerely, The Active Culture Editors

Page by Max Domel This carrot is the end sign for all of our health-related feature stories.

Carrots are a healthy food and are a part of a great diet. Graphic by Neha Deosthali.

This dumbbell is the end sign for all of our sports-related feature stories. Dumbbells are used by many athletes to gain muscle and stay in shape. Graphic by Neha Deosthali.

Soccer is increasing in popularity in the U.S. More information on Page 32.

Courtesy of Major League Soccer.

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Feature Stories Healthy and Alive

How people stay healthy and in shape in the chaotic atmosphere of American life.

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Student Athletes 101

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Kicking off Neighborhood Sports

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The Scoop on Scooters

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U.S. Gets a Kick Out of Soccer

The hectic and strenuos lifestyle of student athletes and how they manage it.

Neighborhood sports and the goal of coaches with the development of young athletes.

The rise of the rentable scooter industry in Austin and how it will impact the city.

The increasing popularity of soccer in the U.S. as more fans gravitate toward the sport.

Pages by Wyatt Gay

Infographics Tips to Stay Healthy

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5 Most Common Injuries Among Athletes

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Top 5 Excercises for the Top 3 Sports

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The Grocery Problem

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Top 10 Most Popular Soccer Teams in the U.S.

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Meet the Creators Neha Deosthali - Layout Editor Neha is a freshman at LASA. Sports and health have always been an important part of her life. Neha plays basketball for LASA and participates in dance outside of school. Neha also loves to stay active by hiking, running and spending time outside with her family and friends. Neha likes to write stories and her favorite subjects in school are Art and Biology.

Max Domel - Feature Editor Max is a freshman who writes for the LASA newspaper the Liberator and plays select club and school soccer. He plays at River City Rangers in Austin, Texas but his favorite professional soccer team is Arsenal FC. Soccer is a big part of his life and he enjoys not only playing and watching the sport but writing stories about it as well. His favorite classes are Geometry and Spanish and he enjoys playing soccer, listening to music and being with his friends and family in his free time.

Brynn Lampert - Copy Editor Brynn is a freshman who swims for the LBJ swim team. In addition she swims for Longhorn Aquatics. When she’s not swimming Brynn loves to paint, learn new songs on the piano and FaceTime her friends. Her favorite classes are Biology and Spanish and she hopes to become a cardiothoracic surgeon when she’s an adult.

of Active Culture Lyle Morris - ASF Editor Lyle is a freshman at LASA who leads a very active lifestyle.

His favorite things to do include hanging out with friends and riding scooters. He has recently developed a great interest in the scooters used in downtown Austin. Lyle also likes watching TV and sleeping in his free time. His favorite classes are robotics, science and Ezine.

Wyatt Gay - Photo Editor Wyatt is a freshman at LASA who wrestles for the LBJ wrestling team. When not on the mat, he enjoys watching movies, American football and basketball, and likes to hang out and play basketball and football with his friends.

His favorite subject in school is math.

Photos by Izzy Held

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Vanessa Borunda, a fitness trainer at Ignite FItnez, enjoys her time lifting weights at the gym. Courtesy of Vanessa Borunda.

HEALTHY AND ALIVE

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By Neha Deosthali

uring the day, one may see people going for a run, walking to work, eating home cooked meals, or going to a restaurant, and these things, people do regularly, play a big part in

staying healthy.

Health has to do with the relationship people have with their bodies, food, and exercise. It’s important to recognize these behaviors because it can help one

explore the areas of their lives that may be lacking attention or may be given too much attention.

Tina Laboy, an Austin dietician, explained the aspects of health one should focus

on.

“So it would be food, body relationships, exercise, sleep habits, hydration, social life, self-care,” Laboy said. “You know that whole kind of a package.”

Vanessa Borunda, a fitness trainer at Ignite Fitnez, believes many people try to have a healthy lifestyle because it feels good, it makes people happier, and more confident.

“About six years ago I was that very unhealthy i n d i v i du a l , ” Borunda said.

“I would...put anything into my body. And the reason, essentially, was...my confidence wasn’t there. I just didn’t feel comfortable. I finally realized I didn’t want to be this unhealthy individually.

I wanted to have confidence, I wanted to feel beautiful again and I felt, before, I wasn’t for such a long time.

And after losing over 65 pounds and keeping it off I had never been so happy, so much more confident, and I never felt so good about myself.”

It feels good to be healthy, for one to take care of

themselves, to have energy, for one to put a positive effort into their life, and to get validation from it.

Staying healthy is kept up most effectively when the concept is understood properly. Laboy believes that today, “health” has a very subjective definition and when trying to stay healthy, many people may actually be harming

themselves.

“So they’re almost tethering on that angle of being too extreme,” Laboy said. “They’re putting so much focus into food specific, and trying to eat so healthy that they’re actually causing themselves to be unhealthy.”

It is very important for one to not over exert themselves and to make sure that they

are getting enough rest and nutrients along the way.

With health, people should engage in what feels good because that is what drives the motivation of wanting to take care of themselves.

Sleep is a crucial aspect of staying healthy. According to Laboy, children in their adolescence and teens should get about 9-10 hours of sleep while adults are recommended 7-8 hours of sleep. Sleep improves mental health, and is the best way to recover from workouts, illness and other strength limitations.

“Not having enough time to work, do exercise, or prepare for exams is not a great reason to not get enough sleep,” Chaitanya Gharpure, a finisher of the Ironman Triathlon, said. “It actually affects you more because it affects your brain function, your physical function, and everything.”

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Vanessa Borunda training at the gym. Courtesy of Vanessa Borunda.

staying healthy.

“You cannot expect to stay fit without exercising and just dieting, and the other way around,” Gharpure said.

“You can’t expect to stay healthy by just exercising a lot but eating a ton of sugary and oily foods.”

Borunda believes that ideally, people shouldn’t consume unhealthy food like pizza, hamburgers, and fries which are known as “empty calorie” foods. The

calories gained from these foods don’t benefit the body in any way.

Z “Foods such as oatmeal, eggs, egg whites, fruits, berries … as well as beef, ground turkey, white rice; things like that [should go] into your diet to make sure that you’re fueling your body the right way,” Borunda said.

There is also a concept called intuitive eating which is a method that helps make sure people are eating healthy and giving themselves unconditional permission to eat anything the body needs in a balanced manner. “[Intuitive eating] is saying that there are no good or bad foods. Yes, some foods may have more nutritional value than others, some are more calorically dense than others; but there really aren’t any good or bad foods,” Laboy said. “So you can eat all foods, but you have to connect to your body. If your eating unbalanced, typically you’re gonna recognize that that isn’t making you feel physically well.”

Laboy believes that a healthy eater can eat salads, Z proteins, and grains but they can also enjoy cookies, ice cream, a n d pizza. It’s all about having balance with food choices and moderation with unhealthier ones.

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when one understands how such as insulation, and food affects their body. There hormone regulation. are many things we gain from Another step in staying food like the biomolecules healthy is exercising we need to survive. There regularly. are carbohydrates which “I think exercise and eating are the sugars in the body and affect “If your eating unbalanced, the blood sugar which influences typically you’re gonna how we feel. The recognize that that isn’t next biomolecule is proteins, which making you feel physically have many roles in well.” the bodies related to muscle health - Tina Laboy, Austin dietician. and cell repair, and affects blood sugar, as well, by creating glucose food are like two sides of the through gluconeogenesis. same coin,” Gharpure said.

There are also Lipids, more People live a healthy commonly known as fats, lifestyle not only when they which affect brain health are getting enough sleep and and perform various roles eating balanced meals but also when exercise becomes a crucial part of their lives.

Exercise releases endorphins which are chemicals that trigger positive feelings.

That’s why, exercise makes people happy and helps deal with stress and depression.

Exercise also helps people stay fit by stimulating proteins that improve brain function. It lowers blood sugar levels and allows insulin to work better, Tina Laboy, a dietician in Auslowering the risk of heart tin.Courtesy of Tina Laboy. diseases, high cholesterol

and heart attacks.

“I don’t believe that someone can’t find 15 minutes or 30 minutes in the whole day,” Gharpure said.

“In the end, I think it ends up on how you prioritize things.”

There are many ways to incorporate exercise into a daily routine.

Instead of taking the elevator, one could take the stairs or try going for a walk during one’s free time. Another way is to be active with friends and family. Exercising with other people is a more fun alternative than doing it alone.

“I feel that people who feel that they’re not confident, that feel that people find them unattractive, or they’ve been broken down so many times, being healthy is going to be best for them because they’re going to regain what people have said in the past and prove not just to other people, but prove to themselves that they are so much better than what other people tell them,” Borunda said.

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Get about 6-10 hours of sleep each night. Sleep improves your mental health and decreases inflamation.

Eat intuitively; give your body what it wants to eat in a balanced manner.

Don’t stalk up on junk food, but eating a cookie once in a while won’t hurt.

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Do everything in moderations, and have a balanced lifestyle. Create a balance between work, play, and rest.

Get regular medical checkups. Getting regular checkups can help you aviod illnesses and have a healthy life.

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Exercise reguarly. Exercise can improve physical and mental health. If done properly, exercise can also be enjoyable.

Drink pleanty of water everyday. The general recommendation is about 2 liters for woman and 3 liters for men. Water helps cleanse your body.

7 HEALTHY Respect and take care of yourself.

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Popular movies such as

“Remember the Titans” and “Friday Night Lights” are centered around the hectic and active lives of student athletes. Between an early wake up call for morning practice, a long exhausting

also to pursue their passion.

The hardest decision to make is how to find a balance between excelling in their sport and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

To optimize training times, pre-training workouts are often preferred

can be helpful for athletes who train first thing in the morning as they have not been warmed up throughout their day.

More specifically, world renowned boxing trainer Richard Lord of Richard Lord’s Boxing Gym

“What separates the great athletes from the good ones is just coming to more practices and putting effort towards each one.”

-Will Licon, University of Texas swimmer day of school, and hanging out with friends, sometimes there’s just no stopping for these athletes. Student athletes are frequently told that school comes first but

by athletes to ensure an efficient training session.

UT professional swimmer, Will Licon, explained that it’s a great way to prepare yourself before you go to practice. Tips such as this

Will Licon holding his Longhorn sign in the air after winning his race.

Courtesy of SwimmingWorld.

explains techniques he and his athletes complete.

“Everyday we do a series of abdominal stretches and workouts for around 30 minutes before starting,” Lord said.

As much as these professionals stress having efficient pre-training workouts, what athletes do after training is crucial as well.

“After practice, I usually try to get food in my system as quick as possible just to kind of help your body recover,” Licon explains.

“If you don’t do that you’ll definitely feel the effects of it the day after.”

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Even after an everlasting day at school, a student athlete must continue their day and show up to their sport in the most optimal conditions. Over time, there have been many debates among athletes about whether attendance, or effort is more effective.

“Quality is very important,” Lord said. “If you’re training four hours of a not quality workout, then you will not get benefits from it.”

However, Licon said what separates great athletes from good ones is simply coming to more practices and putting effort towards each one, which is easier

said than done. A common side effect from training this way is known as becoming “stale” and “burned out.”

A tricky part for a student athlete is finding the fine line between overworking themselves and pushing past their comfort zones to achieve positive results.

“My coach, Eddie Reese, will break us down to the point where we’re broken and we can’t handle anymore, then he’ll find a way to push us over our comfort zone,” Licon said. “It’s when he does that, that we learn so much about ourselves and how much our bodies can handle. That’s where I truly

believe a lot of improvement comes.”

With the direction of improvement comes self confidence, an often overlooked aspect for hard working athletes. Meditation teacher Sheila Singh said that self confidence can be defined as how an athlete carries themselves, thus having a confident portrayal of oneself will result in positive results.

“People come in here and can not be confident at all,” Lord explained. “They have no idea what they’re doing… but after they’ve been here a couple weeks and they start to master things, the

Richard Lord sitting in his office full of pictures and awards from his boxing career. Photo by Brynn Lampert.

confidence level just shoots up. I see it help them out immensely.”

One can only imagine the amount of stress a student athlete is undergoing given the amount of tedious tasks they are asked to complete.

“It can keep it [one’s body] in a more elevated, more activated level,” Singh said.

“When we’re stressed, the nervous system will be in a more constantly activated state where you’re operating from a fight or flight and its very resource, energy intensive. This is why people can feel extremely exhausted if they are operating even with a baseline stress.”

According to Lord, sleep is the healing and recuperating time for aspiring athletes.

Sleep is to not be overlooked since it is the recovery time from the workout which is a major tear down on the body.

Once a student athlete has struck the equilibrium between school and sports, they can then weave in some time for friends, but it is often difficult to find this time.

“I don’t think you’ll talk to one student athlete who’s trying to pursue their sport seriously who has been

A few athletes training at Richard Lord’s Boxing Gym. Photo by Brynn Lampert.

able to do everything they wanted to do socially,” Licon said. “It’s a price you have to pay being a student athlete growing up.”

Singh has recommended a helpful tip.

“Just be organized about how much time you’re allocating for your subjects and around your commitments to sports,” Singh said. “Trying to make rest is a priority as well.”

As Licon was growing up as a student athlete, he recommended to make sure that one is content with the sport one is pursuing.

With all these factors in mind, Singh said the only way a student athlete can live a healthy life is to be very compassionate to oneself as

being too self critical will often have a negative impact.

Growing up as a student athlete can be a tough and tedious job to pursue.

However, the hard work and dedication always comes served with a positive component and it is very important to not overlook this fact. The life these student athletes live is quite hectic and very self disciplined but with the correct balance, these choices can come together resulting in a uniquely positive life experience.

“At the end of the day, make sure you’re doing something you actually enjoy,” Licon said.

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Most Common Injuries Among Athletes Athletes

By Brynn Lampert

ConcussionCaused by any activities that undergo a hard hit to one’s head. Concussions should never be taken lightly, so please see a medical professional as soon as possible. This injury can best be treated with rest and decreased activities that include physical and mental stress.

ACL Ligament Tear or StrainCaused by running activities such as quick pivoting or changes in direction. Complete ACL tears requires surgery, a few months of recovery, and physical therapy whereas an ACL strain only requires rest and ice for 5-7 days.

Tennis/Golfers ElbowCaused by repetitive, harsh gripping activities. Best treated by rest and ice applied to inflamed areas. Doctors will commonly suggest a brace and stretching activities for elbows.

Hip Flexor StrainCaused by running activities such as sprinting, jogging, running inclines or sudden, repetitive turning. This injury is best treated with ice and rest, along with ankle and hip flexor stretches before bed.

Shin SplintsCaused by a sudden increase in mileage for runners. This injury is best treated by rest and ice for 3-5 days. Shin splints can be prevented by a gradual increase in mileage and wearing shoes to fit one’s arc type.

Sources: LiveWell, New Mexico Orthopaedics, WebMD

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Kicking Off By Wyatt Gay Neighborhood Sports

A Panther player (center) runs for a first down while a Patriot player pulls his flag in a game between two WAYA teams.

Courtesy of WAYA.

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n early fall, as the school year begins and sports’ seasons kick off, many people enroll in community leagues. Neighborhood sports are a major part of the lives of children, teenagers, and parents from the time a kid can throw a football or shoot a basketball all the way up until high school and college, if they choose.

The North West Austin Youth Basketball Association

(NWAYBA) and West Austin Youth Association (WAYA), both neighborhood sports leagues in West Austin, provide activities for the community.

WAYA offers both boys and girls the opportunity to play a variety of sports, including football, baseball, lacrosse, volleyball, soccer, and basketball, while NWAYBA is solely a basketball organization.

Blade Onofre is the athletics

director at WAYA, meaning his job is to organize the sports leagues and to make sure that everything is ready for game day. WAYA’s mission is to teach young athletes how to take what they learn on the field and court and apply it to real life.

“Our mission is to fulfill the potential of young athletes and young children both on the court, on the field, and outside of sports, to teach them

to be good people, good understanding how to teammates, respectful rebound,” Perkins said.

“Our mission is to teammates,” Onofre said.

What many coaches Onofre tries to use and parents love is to fulfill the potential of sports to teach kids to see their kids enjoy be positive and to teach learning the sport. For young athletes and them life skills that are many coaches, including needed to be successful Perkins, their biggest goal young children both on outside of sports. In is to teach kids something neighborhood athletic new so that they can the court, on the field, organizations, it is more experience the sport with important to the coaches a greater capacity. and outside of sports; to teach kids positive “My goal is to messages than it is to win. give everybody the to teach them to be Jon Perkins is a opportunity to experience coach and the rookies basketball and figure good people, good commisioner, the league out whether they like teammates, respectful for first and second it or not in a really safe graders, at NWAYBA environment,” Perkins teammates.” and is responsible for said. ”The big thing that creating the teams and we work on is...learning -Blade Onofre, athletic game schedules for the how to do something you league and ensuring didn’t know how to do director at WAYA that everything runs before.” smoothly. Perkins Coaches in describes his neighborhood favorite parts sport leagues try about being a to provide every commissioner kid with the and coach and opportunity to why he likes play and enjoy coaching for sports in the a neighborhood safest environment sports league. possible. It is “I love the their goal to fact that you give every kid get kids that equal playing have never time and to give dribbled and by every kid ample the end of the opportunity with season they’re the ball. understanding A Panther player (right) runs for touchdown while a Patriot player (left) ties to “We want man to man pulls his flag in a game between two WAYA teams. them at the end defense; they’re Courtesy of WAYA. Active Culture - 19

A basketball player on the orange team goes up for a contested layup while a yellow player tries to block the shot in a game between two WAYA teams. Courtesy of WAYA.

of the season to say ‘I really like this’ or ‘no, I don’t like this at all,’ but in a way where they had a great opportunity to play,” Perkins said.

Many coaches at the younger levels wish to give kids the opportunity to experience the sport. Perkins said it isn’t about winning, especially when the kids are first and second graders; it’s about getting the kids to try something new.

“We still see kids coming

back year after year, choosing NWAYBA over those kind of select leagues because they like the league,” Perkins said. “It’s... the love and fun of the game.”

Many kids, when given the option, choose neighborhood sports because of the relaxed environment in which they can participate in sports, according to Perkins. They wish to play in leagues that are more focused towards learning and fun than those that are focused towards

winning.

Michael Toolin is also a coach and commissioner at NWAYBA, but unlike Perkins, he works with third and fourth graders as the juniors commissioner. His job is to organize the league and make sure it runs efficiently. Toolin described what he hopes players gain from their experience at NWAYBA. “They have fun, they made some new friends; that’s what I

The catcher catches the stike thrown by the pithcer in a baseball game between two WAYA teams. Courtesy of WAYA.

hope they take away. If they all want to come back and play, you did a good job,” Toolin said.

Coaches and employees at places like NWAYBA are dedicated to ensuring that kids enjoy playing sports. Onofre, Toolin, and Perkins agreed that sports are supposed to be enjoyed and the experience playing on a team with peers is meant to be cherished. The goal of coaches is to make sure kids have such a good time playing that they want to come back and play.

“We have plenty of kids

“They

have

fun,

they made some new friends; that’s what I hope they take away.

If they all want to come back and play, you did a good job,” Toolin said.

-Michael Toolin, Juniors Commsioner at NWAYBA

who come here on the regular who I have made relationships [with], you get to know them, you get to know their names, you get to play basketball with them,” Onofre said.”Just knowing that you have a positive impact on a kid; it means a lot. If your just befriending a kid and playing a game of pick up with them, it means a lot and if you can instill some positive values; reminding them to be good teammates and be positive.”

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Top 5 Excercises for the

Top 3 Sports

These are the top five excercises for football, basketball, and baseball, the top three sports in America, as recomended by three electronic magazines We Are Basket, Men’s Journal, and The Athletic Build.

Each list contains excercises and lifts designed to work different muscle grooups to improve athletic performance in that sport.

By Wyatt Gay

Basketball Lateral lunge Squats Romanian deadlift Pullups Bench press

Baseball

Backward lunge Drop Lunge Mini-Band Lateral Walks Sprinter Starts Split Squat

LBJ

LBJ

Football

Cleans Squats Bench Press Chin ups Romanian Deadlift

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The Scoop on Scooters

By Lyle Morris

“The scooter has the potential to solve the first and last mile problem in mass transportation.”

- Lime, scooter company in Austin

In early 2018, companies deployed dockless electric scooters in Austin. One of the most popular companies in Austin is Lime. These scooters are fast-moving two-wheeled rental vehicles that are increasing in popularity, but there are concerns about the safety of the scooters.

“The bicycle [and scooter] has the potential to solve the first and last mile problem in mass transportationsomething we’re currently solving poorly with cabs, car-share, and other forms of carbon,” Lime said in a press release.

Katie Deolloz, the president of Bike Austin, mentioned how the dockless electric scooter seems

There’s an increasing popularity in using scooters to travel in Austin. Courtesy of Lime.

Electric scooters are avaliabile at many street corners in Austin. Courtesy of Lime.

to be transforming the Austin transportation system.

“Bike Austin absolutely supports multiple forms of mobility,” Deolloz said. “Micro Mobility is a huge component in the evolving transportation landscape. Scooter companies are just one piece of the puzzle.

So it’s not a one-size-fits-all thing and I’m definitely supportive of [the scooter companies]”.

One of the Lime-S’ main selling point is their ease of use, according to the Lime website, the only requirements someone has to meet in order to rent a scooter is to have a smartphone and a valid credit or debit card.

“Scooter’s are really important because they’re fun, they’re easy to access,” Deolloz said.

But the ease of access may not be a good thing.

“Dell Seton Medical Center … has treated nine severe traumas related to scooter injuries since May. Five of those injuries were serious head injuries,” a Seton Healthcare Family spokesperson said.

As with all new technology, the long term repercussions of the change are not able to be immediately measured, so these numbers might not accurately represent the true extent of scooter injuries.

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people like me who are advocating and making very clear that whatever danger that there is, that it’s more prestige than real,” said Deolloz. “In fact, in Austin there there have been zero fatalities related to scooter use.”

“The problem though and I’ve said this over and over again is that you see people riding scooters on sidewalks and that’s typically indicative of bad street design” said Katie Deolloz.

“I do recognize that there is a problem with people operating scooters that can go up to 15 miles an hour on a sidewalk where there are people who are maybe moving at 3 miles an hour and not anticipating.”

Deolloz said, “They don’t hear it or they make a sudden movement. Do I think there’s a potential for conflict there? Absolutely.”

She suggests there are some steps riders can take to mitigate the risks to themselves and other people.

“If there are a lot of people walking in that same shared space get the heck off the scooter and just walk for a few feet or go into what is currently used as a bike lane” Deolloz said.

For a long time, Austin has had the B-cycle system for renting transportation vehicles and devices.

These have been hubs where one can rent a bike from and later on return the bike to any station around Austin. For many people, dockless transport is much more convenient.

“The beauty of the dockless is that you don’t have that encumberment and you have the opportunity when you finish your trip just lock the bike up [and] your done” Deolloz

Scooters are becoming a more popular mode of transportation.

Courtesy of Lime.

Lime-S scooters require almost no learning to ride. Courtesy of Lime.

explained.

The dockless system also has many economic benefits and the number of scooters can be adjusted incrementally and moved around as needed, something that a dock system like the B-cycle just can’t do.

“It’s really really expensive to install a [B-cycle] station and then all the cost involved of maintaining the fleet and rebalancing the fleet and all of that so there’s a lot there. But mainly that install is pretty expensive the other challenge is that there’s just not enough of those stations,” Deolloz said.

“They’re saying at the University of Texas Campus right now where they have upwards of 20 Ride for bike per day… If a bicycle ended up with two rides per day that would be considered acceptable.You can imagine if it’s having upwards of 20 trips per day, then that means that you don’t have enough bicycles available and that’s a problem in

the sharing economy” Deolloz said.

Dockless scooters have filled the need for true last mile transport, meaning they are ideal for taking people that last mile to their house. People will no longer have to return bikes to stations and walk home from there. Nowadays, a dockless scooter can be parked on the sidewalk right outside your house.

However, scooter injuries still happen, so there’s still room for improvement. Deolloz believes that it is the city’s responsibility, not the companies, to make that improvement.

“I think what we need to see is a redesigning of our streets for people not cars” said Deolloz.

“We have protected bike lanes, but what they really should be are wider, slower mobility lanes”.

“So basically this idea of having kind of a separated place where you have people that are moving it closer to 2

to 4 miles per hour so those are at sidewalk speed and then in another lane you have somewhere that is for vehicles moving 5 to 15 miles per hour.

You have a slower Mobility lane or active transportation laying or something like that where you have bicycles and scooters in that sort of thing and then outside of that you have your streets design for vehicular traffic that’s in the 15 to 25 mile hour per hour range so I think that maybe what we need to do is to create a new state for shared Mobility,” Deolloz said.

In addition, the creation of a third mobility lane would encourage the use of non-car transportation. “[Safety] isn’t just what is the mode of transit is, it’s the infrastructure designed” Deolloz said.

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23.5 Million

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U.S. Gets a of So

By Max Domel

A crowd of U.S. soccer fans wave the American flag before kickoff against Nigeria in June 2014. The U.S. Men’s team went on to win 2-1. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense. Photo by Terrence L. Hayes.

a Kick Out occer Since the 1990s, soccer has been steadily increasing in popularity in the United States. In late 2018, Americans are wearing soccer jerseys and talking about soccer as much as American football highlights from the past Sunday and how many points the Golden State Warriors put up in their last game. Amazing top corner shots, beautiful passing and skill moves like the nutmeg or elastico are the new hail marys, dunks and home runs.

The Portland Timbers play against the Columbus Crew in front of a full audience at Providence Park in Oregon for the opening match of the 2016 Major League Soccer season. Courtesy of the U.S. Air National Guard. Photo by John Hughel.

Soccer is currently the most played and most viewed sport in the world due to heavy participation and support in major European and South American soccer countries but the popularity of the sport in America has yet to reach an equivalent level.

Sports like American football, basketball and baseball still dominate American culture through

tradition and its historically older, larger fan base.

Nick Barbaro, sports columnist and writer of “Soccer Watch” for “The Austin Chronicle,” said it will take time for soccer to surpass the top American sports.

“Old American football will still be number one in Texas and the U.S. in general, but I think that’s sort of going

away,” Barbaro said. “It’s hard for many sports to break into the big three or four in the U.S. It’s hard to get people’s attention.”

However, as players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, teams like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United and video games such as EA Sports’ FIFA have found their way into the hearts of

many young Americans, the leagues and tournaments in SoccerShots Austin, popularity and development such as the English Premier where we introduce soccer of soccer has increased.

League and the World Cup to children ages 2-8, grow Americans have found new and the overall culture that over the past ten years from love for soccer’s various skill comes with it, according to 400 children per season to moves, too. Many players and Bennett. Even the United over 3000,” Russ said. “I have fans alike love the nutmeg, a States National soccer teams also watched the MLS have a skill requiring a player resurgence with urban to kick the ball through core stadiums and a the defender’s legs and “I moved here twenty-five years ago fast expansion into new other moves like the markets.” and back then football was a joke of elastico which is a swift Russ also explained cut made by one foot to a sport. It was seen as lesser, inferior, how Americans haven’t switch the direction of an embarrassment. No one cared for gravitated towards the ball. soccer due its lower it.

Just to see what’s flourished here.”

Roger Bennett, soccer scoring games and - Roger Bennett, Men In Blazers Podcast and slower scoring pace. journalist and co-host of the podcast and TV Show Co-Host “In America, we television show “Men are still in love with In Blazers” on NBC, has the idea of sports that seen the response to soccer in and the American soccer score a lot of points like America dramatically change league, Major League Soccer basketball and football. A over time.

(MLS), have experienced an 0-0 tie with beautiful play “I moved here twenty- increasing fan base. is still not enough for the five years ago and back Barbaro has noticed a [over energetic] brains of then [soccer] was a joke of distinct change in how soccer Americans,” Russ said. a sport,” Bennett said. “It has been broadcast.

Barbaro thinks soccer was seen as lesser, inferior, “The difference in the has already exceeded the an embarrassment. No one media from what it was 30 popularity of some sports cared for it. Just to see what’s years ago is huge,” Barbaro and believes in a promising flourished here. I’ve seen said. “You can watch German future for soccer in the U.S. what’s happened in Atlanta and Italian league one soccer “It’s probably already with 70,000 fans. Wayne on TV now. You can see this passed hockey,” Barbaro said.

Rooney in D.C. with a packed stuff everywhere.”

“Baseball is an old people’s house. I watched the women’s As youth soccer coach sport. Soccer is certainly a team travel across the country and owner of SoccerShots young people’s sport. Kids to packed audiences.”

Austin, Eddie Russ has seen these days are playing and Over time, Americans soccer change through both following soccer. It’s definitely have gained a greater youth participation and on a growing.”

Pages by Max Domel interest in the gameplay national level of play. of the sport, international “I have seen the enrollment Active Culture - 33

Top 10 Most Popular EPL Teams in the

By Max Domel United States 1. Manchester United FC

(73.6M American fans)

MANCHESTER

2. Chelsea FC

(47.7M American fans) 3. Arsenal FC

(37.9M American fans) 4. Manchester City FC

(34.9M American fans)

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CHELSEA

5. Liverpool FC

(31.7M American fans) 6. Tottenham Hotspur FC

(10.1M American fans) 7. Leicester City FC

(6.5M American fans)

FOOTBALL CLUB

Arsenal

8. Everton FC

(3.09M American fans) 9. Southampton FC

(3.05M American fans) 10. West Ham United FC

(2.2M American fans)

The English Premier League is the most popular league in the U.S. Measured by registered American supporters online. Source: Stadium Maps

Top 10 Most Popular MLS Teams in the United States 1. Atlanta United FC

(Average of 48.2K fans/match) 2. Seattle Sounders FC

(Average of 43.6K fans/match) 3. Toronto FC

(Average of 27.6K fans/match) 4. Orlando SC

(Average of 25.0K fans/match) 5. New York City FC

(Average of 22.6K fans/match)

Seattle Sounders FC

6. LA Galaxy

(Average of 22.2K fans/match) 7. New York Red Bulls

(Average of 21.17K fans/match) 8. Portland Timbers

(Average of 21.14K fans/match)

TORONTO

9. Minnesota United FC

(Average of 20.5K fans/match) 10. Montreal Impact

(Average of 20.0K fans/match)

Measured by average attendance per game for each Major League Soccer team. Source: Statista Active Culture - 35

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Across: 1. A molecule consisting of 2 hydrogens and 1 oxygen 2. The last name of the most decorated olympic swimmer/athlete 3. The equal distribution of components 4. A vegetable full of rich nutrients that resembles a tree 5. A group of fruits that have many antioxidants and are generally round 6. Your _______ are met when you put effort into your work.

7. An excellent source of fats 8. If someone is in good ______, they are in a good conditon.

9. A mineral in one’s body that helps balance the amount of water, popular to be present in sports drinks such as Gatorade and Red Bull.

Down: 1. When one does not work and is not stressed.

2.An excellent source of carbohydrates 3. The average person should eat about 2000-2500 ______ per day.

4. A rapidly growing sport that is played with a black and white ball.

5. Take me out to the_____game 6. An athletes’ mentor through the process of improving.

7. Some athletes can train in a _____ ______ to improve their muscle capacity.

8. When an athlete goes all out the go into ______ mode 9. the minimum amount of hours of sleep a student should get 10. A physical major setback in an athlete’s life

Across: 1. water 2. phelps 3. balance 4. broccoli 5. berries 6. goals 7. avocado 8. shape 9. electrolytes Down: 1. rest 2. pasta 3. calories 4. soccer 5. ball 6. coach 7. weight room 8. beast 9. eight 10. injury

Photo by Izzy Held

Special Thanks Nick Barbaro Roger Bennett Vanessa Borunda Katie Deolloz Kevin Garcia Chaitanya Gharpure Tina Laboy Will Licon

Lime Richard Lord Blade Onofre Jon Perkins Eddie Russ Sheila Singh Michael Toolin WAYA