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Listen up, sports fans. There's a new sport that's growing in popularity. It can be played alone or in teams, it can improve your hand-eye coordination, and you don't need a bat or a ball; all you need is a cup. Well, 12 cups, actually. Sport stacking, the official title of the sport of cup stacking, is making its way to elementary schools in the Pittsburgh area. Competitive stacking, using regulation cups that resemble the plastic tumblers you might use on a picnic, has been on the rise for the past 10 years. There are world records and world champions,...

How to Avoid High School Gym Class in the USA Hate going to gym1, but need to pass it to graduate2? Need to find a way around this requirement? If your school is run as 'efficiently' as this Researcher's was then this should be no problem. Of course, it may not be immediately apparent. The first thing that you need to remember is that the gym teacher(s)3 is (are) your enemy. In order to defeat an enemy, you need to study them. Ideally this should begin during your freshman year4. Before you plan your escape, you should determine why you...

Lisa Lewis, a health professor, heard her two sons talk about how bad their high school P.E. class was, so she went to see for herself. "It's been terrible," she said. The teacher was a basketball coach, and "that's basically all they did -- play basketball between 40 and 50 kids." Many students, especially those who weren't athletic, just stood on the sidelines of the disorganized game. Physical education experts say there's little accountability for P.E. teachers in most schools. They say the classes are often poorly run, and students don't spend much time in them anyway -- even as...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. The University Faculty Senate will discuss whether Penn State should continue to mandate the Health and Physical Activity (GHA) requirement at its meeting next Tuesday in Harrisburg. Currently, students must take three GHA credits to graduate. Dawn Blasko, Senate secretary, said this week's Senate report reviews the GHA requirement, benchmarking Penn State with other Big Ten and state universities. According to the report, studies show most other schools do not require students to take health and physical education courses. Blasko said the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education, which formed the report,...