THE STUDENT VOICE OF YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1931 Thursday, September 19, 2019 FACEBOOK.COM/YSUJAMBAR TWITTER.COM/THEJAMBAR THEJAMBAR.COM NFL Legend ‘Jaws Up’ Students Ron Jaworski talks to a group of Youngstown State University students about his playing career and his transition into broadcast media. Photo by Brian Yauger/The Jambar BRIAN YAUGER you’re wearing.” “I prepared about 90 hours a week, but you’re not just Jaworski credits former Penguins coach Dwight “Dike” Beede preparing for football, you prepare for everything,” Jaworski Ron Jaworski is a Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer and for convincing him to attend YSU. Or, more accurately, Beede said. “Every Tursday morning, we had a person at ESPN and former ESPN broadcaster, but there’s one other thing he wears convinced Jaworski’s father. we’d go down the list with fip cards.” like a badge of honor: being a graduate of Youngstown State “When I was recruited by Dike Beede, he recruited my dad,” During his speech, he recalled a time when he was in the same University. Jaworski said. “I drove down with my dad from Lackawanna position as the students in the crowd. Former NFL great Frank Jaworski returned to his alma mater Friday to give a lecture [New York], and I spent time with some of the other assistant Giford, who also moved into broadcasting after his playing about “preparing for a life in sports media,” a path Jaworski coaches, toured the campus and all the facilities. Te head coach career and was a staple on “Monday Night Football” from 1971 began walking in 1976 when he was the sports director of a worked my dad over. He convinced my dad that this was the to 1997, visited YSU while Jaworski was attending and left a morning show in Los Angeles while playing for the Rams. place to go.” lasting impact on him. His most notable stint in sports media was the fve years he Looking back, he couldn’t be happier that Beede convinced “I was sitting out in the audience listening to Frankie and spent as the color commentator for ESPN’s “Monday Night his father that he should become a Penguin. the stories that he told about his playing days and his career on Football.” “Youngstown State not only played a signifcant part in my ‘Monday Night Football,’” Jaworski said. “I was motivated by Te former Eagles quarterback started his talk with a laugh, success as a football player, but more importantly, they played a Frank Giford. I was enamored with Frank Giford. In the back teasing a student in the front row wearing a New York Giants major part of my success as a person,” he said. of my mind, all the things he talked about to me are a lot of T-shirt. Troughout the speech, he continued to give the Jaworski told a story of how much preparation he did going things I’m talking about to you.” student playful jabs. into a week of “Monday Night Football.” Citing pronunciation After sharing his wisdom with the crowd and answering “I just have one question,” Jaworski said to open his lecture. as one of the most important aspects of his job, Jaworski questions about the business, Jaworski took photos with and “How did you allow this New York Giants fan to sit in the front referenced Packers defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila as a signed autographs for the attending students. row? My arch rivals. 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Photo by Rachel Gobep/The Jambar RACHEL GOBEP Members of Youngstown State University’s nationally ranked has been on the team for three years and said it has been his a part of the Constitution Day celebration to help “further the moot court team had the opportunity to present arguments for most rewarding encounter at YSU because of the life skills that pursuit of justice.” a case problem as part of a Constitution Day celebration in front are taught. She said the team’s national ranking tells her she will see some of a jam-packed audience in Tod Hall on Tuesday afternoon. “Te communication skills, the ability to handle questions of them in future courtrooms. Te team is ranked ffth in the nation in the American Moot from individuals and be able to craft your argument. Tose are “Tey’re real litigators in the making,” she said. Court Association behind the United States Air Force Academy all skills that are transferable to any career that you want to go Abdelrasoul said being ranked ffth in the nation is a lot of and the University of Chicago. into, specifcally law school,” he said. pressure for the team, but it is motivating. Moot court is a simulated argument in front of the Supreme Abdelrasoul had the opportunity to argue in front of the “I think it has kind of lit a fre under us,” he said. Court of the United States where participants are given a judges with his teammate, Michael Factor, a sophomore political Abdelrasoul said he believes Slipski is the best moot court fctional case each year with a set of real supreme court and science major. coach in the nation. federal circuit court opinions. Ron Slipski, the team’s coach and a lecturer in the department “What he does for our team is remarkable, and he really Participants have about 15 to 20 cases to work with divided of politics and international relations, said through arguing on deserves all the credit. I would be nothing without him,” he among two issues. Te teams consist of two partners that address Constitution Day, students had the opportunity to answer said. one issue on both sides and act it out in front of the Supreme tough questions. Slipski said the team’s ranking makes him emotional, and it Court. “Tey’re all top-notch jurists. So, in preparing for competition, has everything to do with the students’ work ethic. Samantha Fritz argued along with her partner, Jacob Tomory, that’s what you want. You want the tough questions,” he said. “I’m a YSU grad. Youngstowners have this bad attitude about in front of various Ohio judges from the Ohio Supreme Court, For Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine, it was the themselves, and this proves that attitude wrong,” he said. federal district court and the Seventh District Court of Appeals. second time he judged moot court students. DeWine said when Tomory and Fritz are both senior philosophy and political he came to the university two years ago, he was impressed by the science majors, and Fritz said she is fortunate to have the students’ abilities. opportunity to present arguments to judges of such high caliber. “It’s really impressive … You watch the quality of some of “It is probably one of the coolest things that I’ve ever been these students. Quite frankly, they can stand up with many of able to do as an undergrad, being able to have access to these the lawyers we have in front of us in the Supreme Court,” he resources … I don’t think that I would be able to have this said. opportunity if I didn’t come [to YSU],” she said. In DeWine’s opinion, the students have composure, a strong Tis is her fourth year on the moot court team, and she said work ethic and the ability to think on their feet. when it comes to personal growth, the forensic activity has “I think if they choose to, they’ll be tremendous lawyers, The moot court team at Youngstown State University is ranked litigators and oral advocates,” he said. ffth in the nation in the American Moot Court Association. Photo helped her deal with nerves and anxiety. by Rachel Gobep/The Jambar Moataz Abdelrasoul, a senior political science pre-law major, U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson said she wanted to be 4 THE JAMBAR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 NEWS YSU Graduate Finds Hidden Passion for Nonprofit Engagements Through AmeriCorps Service Tyler Poulakos, a YSU alumnus, smiles wearing his AmeriCorps T-shirt.