Life skills
Etiquette course needed for all
Athletes have quite a bit on their plate managing both their commitments to school and their respective sports. But after Tuesday, approximately 100 athletes will have something else to add to that.

They will be able to use the proper fork for their salad, main course and dessert. They will have an idea of how to act professionally at a job interview. They will learn skills that will prepare them after they graduate.

Pauline Hyman has coordinated the program called CHAMPS Life Skills Etiquette Seminar. The seminar is part of a series of events sponsored by Athletic Academic Services.

She said the program wants to focus on helping athletes with time management, academic and professional skills.

These skills are valuable and needed for all students, not just athletes.

The university should provide a required seminar so that all students can take part in an etiquette crash course.

Graduating seniors are offered a similar, optional seminar each January, but it is only offered to seniors and turnout is low because of a lack of publicity.

Students may remember the doctrines of Aristotle and Plato, they might even remember that a term paper needs a thesis sentence, but if an etiquette course was required, they would know how to properly eat a five-course meal or choose the right type of wine at a black-tie event.

The university is getting paid a substantial amount of money from students for its services, but a service that needs to be provided is an etiquette course.

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