User:Argsoccer15
I am on the soccer team at Cal Poly Pomona. I'm a Kinesiology major with an emphasis in Exercise Science. I'm currently a third year.
School[edit]
Cal Poly Pomona is a university in Pomona,CA. Cal Poly Pomona began as a satellite campus of the California Polytechnic School (today known as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) in 1938 when a completely equipped school and farm in the city of San Dimas were donated by Charles Voorhis and his son Jerry Voorhis. The satellite campus grew further in 1949 when a horse ranch in the neighboring city of Pomona, which had belonged to Will Keith Kellogg, was acquired from the University of California. Cal Poly Pomona, then known as “Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis”, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo continued operations under a unified administrative control until they became independent from each other in 1966.
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| Motto | Latin: Instrumentum Disciplinae |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Application of Knowledge |
| Type | Public, Space grant [1] |
| Established | 1938 (as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit in San Dimas, California)[2] |
| Endowment | US$ 50 million[3] |
| President | J. Michael Ortiz[4] |
| Provost | Marten L. denBoer[5] |
Academic staff | 1,845[6] |
| Students | 22,273[7] |
| Undergraduates | 20,090 (18,067 full time)[7] |
| Postgraduates | 2,183 (1,450 full time)[7] |
| Location | , , 34°03′23″N 117°49′18″W / 34.05639°N 117.82167°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 1,438 acres (582 ha) [8] |
| Newspaper | The Poly Post |
| Colors | Green and Gold [9] |
| Nickname | Broncos |
| Affiliations | AASCU California State University WASC. |
| Mascot | Billy Bronco[10] |
| Website | www.csupomona.edu |
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, or Cal Poly Pomona, is a public university located in Pomona, California, United States. It is one of two polytechnics in the 23-member California State University system.
Cal Poly Pomona ranks 7th among public Western Colleges in U.S. News & World Report's 2011 issue of "America's Best Colleges", and 32nd when the category includes both private and public universities.[11] U.S. News & World Report also ranks Cal Poly Pomona as 4th in ethnic diversity, 8th in least student indebtedness at graduation, 8th in most international students, 6th in lowest acceptance rate, 4th in freshmen retention rate, and 10th in highest graduation rate for public Western colleges.[11] The report also listed Cal Poly Pomona as 45th in economic diversity, and 59th awarding need-based aid for both private and public universities in the West.
Hobbies[edit]
Running is a hobby many people perform. Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground. This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the legs in an inverted pendulum fashion.[12] A characteristic feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring-mass mechanics, is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride occur simultaneously, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity.[13] The term running can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting.
Running can assist people in losing weight, staying in shape and improving body composition. Running increases your metabolism. Different speeds and distances are appropriate for different individual health and fitness levels. For new runners, it takes time to get into shape. The key is consistency and a slow increase in speed and distance. While running, it is best to pay attention to how one's body feels. If a runner is gasping for breath or feels exhausted while running, it may be beneficial to slow down or try a shorter distance for a few weeks. If a runner feels that the pace or distance is no longer challenging, then the runner may want to speed up or run farther.[citation needed]
Weightlifting can be a hobby for some people. It is done to gain muscular strength and muscular endurance. Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, either for the purpose of competing to determine which competitor can lift the most, or for the purpose of promoting health, fitness, or development of a muscular physique. The strength-based sport of lifting weights is also referred to as powerlifting. A version of this sport, Olympic weightlifting, is a regular part of the summer Olympic Games.
Music[edit]
Country is a type of music. Popular artists include Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Tim McGraw. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. In 2009 Country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute.[14]
Hip Hop and Rap is another type of music. Hip hop music, also called hip-hop,[15][16] rap music[16][17][18] or hip-hop music,[16][19] is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.[16] It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, breaking/dancing, and graffiti writing.[20][21][22] Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.
Sports[edit]
Soccer is a game played with your feet. There are 11 players on the field at a time. The purpose of the sport is to get as many goals as you can without touching the ball with your hands. There are a number of positions. There are forwards, midfielders, defenders, and goalkeepers. In typical game play, players attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling, passing the ball to a team-mate, and by taking shots at the goal, which is guarded by the opposing goalkeeper. Opposing players may try to regain control of the ball by intercepting a pass or through tackling the opponent in possession of the ball; however, physical contact between opponents is restricted. Football is generally a free-flowing game, with play stopping only when the ball has left the field of play or when play is stopped by the referee for an infringement of the rules. After a stoppage, play recommences with a specified restart.[23]
Association football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the Laws of the Game. The game is played using a spherical ball (of 71 cm (28 in) circumference in FIFA play), known as the football (or soccer ball). Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw.
- ^ "California Space Grant Consortium Affiliates". California Space Grant Consortium. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ "Tracing Cal Poly's roots". Cal Poly Pomona University Library. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ "Annual Report 2010-11" (PDF). Office of Public Affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ "Welcome to Cal Poly Pomona". Office of the President at Cal Poly Pomona. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Office of the Provost". California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "Explore Campuses - Campus Facts - Cal Poly Pomona". California State University. 26. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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- ^ "University Typefaces and Colors". California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Office of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "Get the Bronco Spirit!". California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ a b "Best Colleges 2010". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
- ^ Biewener, A. A. 2003. Animal Locomotion. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-850022-3, books.google.com
- ^ Cavagna, G. A.; Saibene, F. P.; Margaria, R. (1964). "Mechanical Work in Running". Journal of applied physiology. 19: 249–256. PMID 14155290.
- ^ ARRP Bulletin. Vol. 53 No 1. "50 Minutes on the Road. Betsy Tower. page 50. citing Communting in America III and Abritron.
- ^ Merriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from merriam-webster.com: A subculture especially of inner-city youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.
- ^ a b c d Encyclopædia Britannica article on rap, retrieved from britannica.com: Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling (music and sounds extracted from other recordings), is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying (turntable manipulation), graffiti painting, and break dancing.
- ^ AllMusic article for rap, retrieved from AllMusic.com
- ^ Harvard Dictionary of Music article for rap, retrieved from CredoReference
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica article on hip-hop, retrieved from britannica.com: Hip-hop, cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s; also, the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement’s most lasting and influential art form.
- ^ Kugelberg, Johan (2007). Born in the Bronx. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7893-1540-3.
- ^ Brown, Lauren (February 18, 2009). "Hip to the Game – Dance World vs. Music Industry, The Battle for Hip Hop's Legacy". Movmnt Magazine. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ Chang, Jeff (2005). Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-312-30143-X.
- ^ "Laws of the game (Law 8)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.