Jon Weinberg '13 weighs in on the death of the "scholar athlete" and "amateur" sports in the NCAA.

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Activewear, an often neglected and under-glorified arena of the fashion world, has carved a clever niche in the fashion market — high-end designers such as Yohji Yamamoto and Stella McCartney have lent their names to spandex cuts and flouncy hoods for the sake of 300 percent markups. Though the shrewdly draped tops and stitched pants have their appeal, I often wonder who pays top dollar for something they will sweat profusely in for about two hours maximum and end up (hopefully) washing right after?

When making an important life-altering decision, I like to pretend that all of my options were trapped on a desert island, engaged in a Battle Royale of theoretical proportions. It’s a methodology that has been passed down in the Scarselletta clan for generations; it’s how my sister decided to go blonde, and how my mother chose which children to keep.