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How about the team kinda teachs the young guys here. tell us things we shoudl know what to do what not to do not just in running but in college alone. this is kinda just a convo thing and for us young gus to get to know the older guys.
 

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FrankenStine said:
How about the team kinda teachs the young guys here. tell us things we shoudl know what to do what not to do not just in running but in college alone. this is kinda just a convo thing and for us young gus to get to know the older guys.[/QUOTE

ok, you're going to have to try again, maybe rephrase this? idk what the F you are trying to say...
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hahahaha thats hilarious smiley i was going to say something such as, "Um, learn how to use proper punctuantion in a sentence." No but in all seriousness good idea for a thread. I believe Mr. FrankenStine is attempting to start a thread where upperclassmen give advice on anything running or school related.
 
My Advice - worth very little...

After running track and cross country in college for 4 years, going to college for 4 years (graduating in that time) and working part time at the hospital I would like to think I have a pretty good idea of what you need to do to stay headed in the right direction. We all know running will only take us so far in life (for most of us, it won't take us any farther than the stage we are stepping on right now), the ultimate goal being to graduate and move on to the next step in your life whatever that may be for you (i.e. grad school, law school, med school, race car driver, a real job, stay at home father). Anyways heres my advice - for whatever it's worth...

1. Have Fun - Your time at Indiana State will go very fast so enjoy every min. of it. I don't mean go out and party your college carrer away either, sure a little of that never hurt anyone but their is so much more to college. Enjoy everyday you get to go practice with your teamates at one of the top division 1 programs in the country.

2. Stay Out of Training Room - The biggest key to your success as a college runner in my mind is staying healthy. If you are able to do the necessary things to keep your legs fresh and your body healthy then you can have the consistant training that is going to be necessary to have a college carrer. Look the folks in the training room are some of the best in the country as well, but don't EVER be that guy that goes to the training room and hangs out. Look heres the thing about college their is always going to be someone who can step in for you and take your spot at any moment, this is not high school anymore you are no longer the man and you may never be the man again. You have to do something to seperate yourself from everyone and one thing I was able to do for 4 years was stay away from the training room. Not that I didn't have injuries (when I did I went in their got my ice and treatment and went home) I just was able to tell the difference between soreness and an acutal injury. I missed 2 college meets in my carrer, 1 due to injury and another due to violating team rules.

3. Get Your REST - You have to go to bed at a decent hour if you want to prefrom well in the classroom and on the track that's common sesnse. Ask Keeney about this one - he does a better job than anyone at going to bed a decent hour. Some of the guys go to bed at what (3 or 4 in the morning) usually up playing video games or just shooting the shit but I never understood how they did that? Does not make a whole lot of sense to me.

4. Soak It In - Look you have made it to the top - you are running with the best of the best everyday. You will go go meets (Drake Relays, Sea Ray Relays, Meyo Classic) a couple of my favorites and run against the best competition in the nation. You are about to experience a once in a life time moment for the next 4 years, take a step back to fully appriciate what that means. I guess having the oppertunity to step on the track and run against guys who have ran in the Olympics (Christan Smith anchor for Kansas State at the Drake Relayes my freshman year) or Tyler Mulder (Indoor National Champion and Aboslute All-American, who I baet indoor my sophmore year when he lost his shoe in the prelim), trust me these will be memories that will last a life time and when it's all said and done when you run your last meet (you never know when that will be) be able to back and truely appriciate what you have accomplished. We are are a select few that get this chance in life.

5. Take School Slightly More Serioues Than Me - I rarely would ever miss a class (just no reason to miss class in college) but I never really put the effort into my studies that I should have. Maybe it was becuase I was trying to ballance a job, track and school at the same time - but I wish I would have put a little more time into my grades than I did. College is really not all that hard and it will be over before you know it, my advice is to turn your work in on time and go to class and you should be alright. But understand that once college is over those are your grades forever - if you want to get into grad school or something like that you better have made the grades your FR, SO and JR year to do it.

I guess these are just the 5 things that I would say are most important in my mind having just finished college. Hopefully you can take something from this, but again everyone is different,"to each his own".
 
Morgan said:
After running track and cross country in college for 4 years, going to college for 4 years (graduating in that time) and working part time at the hospital I would like to think I have a pretty good idea of what you need to do to stay headed in the right direction. We all know running will only take us so far in life (for most of us, it won't take us any farther than the stage we are stepping on right now), the ultimate goal being to graduate and move on to the next step in your life whatever that may be for you (i.e. grad school, law school, med school, race car driver, a real job, stay at home father). Anyways heres my advice - for whatever it's worth...

1. Have Fun - Your time at Indiana State will go very fast so enjoy every min. of it. I don't mean go out and party your college carrer away either, sure a little of that never hurt anyone but their is so much more to college. Enjoy everyday you get to go practice with your teamates at one of the top division 1 programs in the country.

2. Stay Out of Training Room - The biggest key to your success as a college runner in my mind is staying healthy. If you are able to do the necessary things to keep your legs fresh and your body healthy then you can have the consistant training that is going to be necessary to have a college carrer. Look the folks in the training room are some of the best in the country as well, but don't EVER be that guy that goes to the training room and hangs out. Look heres the thing about college their is always going to be someone who can step in for you and take your spot at any moment, this is not high school anymore you are no longer the man and you may never be the man again. You have to do something to seperate yourself from everyone and one thing I was able to do for 4 years was stay away from the training room. Not that I didn't have injuries (when I did I went in their got my ice and treatment and went home) I just was able to tell the difference between soreness and an acutal injury. I missed 2 college meets in my carrer, 1 due to injury and another due to violating team rules.

3. Get Your REST - You have to go to bed at a decent hour if you want to prefrom well in the classroom and on the track that's common sesnse. Ask Keeney about this one - he does a better job than anyone at going to bed a decent hour. Some of the guys go to bed at what (3 or 4 in the morning) usually up playing video games or just shooting the shit but I never understood how they did that? Does not make a whole lot of sense to me.

4. Soak It In - Look you have made it to the top - you are running with the best of the best everyday. You will go go meets (Drake Relays, Sea Ray Relays, Meyo Classic) a couple of my favorites and run against the best competition in the nation. You are about to experience a once in a life time moment for the next 4 years, take a step back to fully appriciate what that means. I guess having the oppertunity to step on the track and run against guys who have ran in the Olympics (Christan Smith anchor for Kansas State at the Drake Relayes my freshman year) or Tyler Mulder (Indoor National Champion and Aboslute All-American, who I baet indoor my sophmore year when he lost his shoe in the prelim), trust me these will be memories that will last a life time and when it's all said and done when you run your last meet (you never know when that will be) be able to back and truely appriciate what you have accomplished. We are are a select few that get this chance in life.

5. Take School Slightly More Serioues Than Me - I rarely would ever miss a class (just no reason to miss class in college) but I never really put the effort into my studies that I should have. Maybe it was becuase I was trying to ballance a job, track and school at the same time - but I wish I would have put a little more time into my grades than I did. College is really not all that hard and it will be over before you know it, my advice is to turn your work in on time and go to class and you should be alright. But understand that once college is over those are your grades forever - if you want to get into grad school or something like that you better have made the grades your FR, SO and JR year to do it.

I guess these are just the 5 things that I would say are most important in my mind having just finished college. Hopefully you can take something from this, but again everyone is different,"to each his own".
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i agree with all of this, except don't go to school to be a race car driver. there's no major for that. but my advice would be to watch van wilder, that should teach u everything u need to know.
 
No major for racing cars?!

Not that everyone should pursue it but Ryan Newman's (Purdue Univ.; 2001 AB - Vehicle Structure Engineering) major seems to be quite appropriate!

The best education for racing is seat time. (helps to have a patient, deep pocketed sponsor AND be on a team w/ the resources)
 

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4Q_iu said:
Not that everyone should pursue it but Ryan Newman's (Purdue Univ.; 2001 AB - Vehicle Structure Engineering) major seems to be quite appropriate!

The best education for racing is seat time. (helps to have a patient, deep pocketed sponsor AND be on a team w/ the resources)
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hmmm, i would just watch talledega nights if i wanted to become a nascar driver. hollywood can teach us everything :violent: why do we have this smilie?
 
Why would anyone drive NASCAR?

You might want to include Days of Thunder in order to have a complete knowledge base before embarking on an NASCAR career...

Personnally, I'd rather watch:

Grand Prix - 1966
Winning - 1969
Le Mans - 1971

and don't forget

Spinout - 1966
Speedway - 1968
Clambake - 1967 (in case unlimited hydroplanes are your thing) Thunder on the Ohio!

and

VIVA LAS VEGAS - 1964 (for Ann's hot pants alone!)
 
ha ha...yea i sisnt do a god job but. morgan had the idea....thanks alot.
 
Seriously though Stinefeld your sentences suck right now you might want to proofread before posting.
 

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Ha ha. Im not catholic. Sorry for the bad typing. I have a new computer and im not used to typing on it yet. It will get better i promise!
 
I think it is time to get this thread back to where Stinefield wanted it to go and not a roast fest on him.

I think school pride is a big one you have to come into ISU and be proud to be a tree. You can even get a shirt with that slogan on it. It means a lot you are proud to be going to ISU, you are proud to be wearing blue and white, and you are proud of representing ISU on and off the field.

With school, It will be a lot different than High School. You will have a lot more out of class work. You will have group projects and papers that are assigned the first or second week of school and then not due to the end of the semester. With those I would say be smart and don't wait to the last week to do it, Spread it out.

Buying books I know some of you (freshman/new students) have already bought your books but what I try to do is to what till I go to class to see if the teacher is even going to use the book. If they are I will see if I know anyone in the class then share with them. I also buy most of my books online at amazon.com

That is all I have right now I might think of some other stuff later.

We are here to help and here to make this transition from HS to college as easy as possible so feel free to ask any questions.

P.S. Keeney why don't you stop hating on Stinefield and help him out. I know you have a lot of wisdom to tell these Freshman. Keeney you know you are my boy,But seriously help them out. Ha Ha
 
Hey not I'm not hating on him, I'm trying to compel him to fix his grammar and punctuation haha. No but great advice Schulz, I second everything you said above. My biggest pet peeve is: GO TO CLASS! Freshman, you will come to ISU and soon realize that everyone around you will skip class from time to time or very frequently. Then, it will become easy for you to do the same, and you will justify your decision to skip class by saying things like, "Oh the professor doesn't take attendance..." or "I'll learn more by studying on my own." Now, maybe these two things are true. However, still go to class. You never know what you are missing out on. The professor may give a pop quiz. I've also had professors tell us on days when many people skipped to simply write our name on a piece of paper and turn it in for some points. And no matter how much you think you may not learn much from the class, I promise you that you will learn something new every time you attend a class.
 
Thanks guys. Thats the kind of advice i was looking for. My grammer isn't that bad (normally) i get lazy sometimes. I can take a joke and i can always accept help. Smiley likes to instigate the picking on Stinefield but its all good!
 

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