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The game of lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States today, with increases in participation of up to 80% in the past decade. This increase in participation has led to an increase in concussions diagnosed for both men's and women's lacrosse. With the number of diagnosed concussions on the rise, there is an increased reliance on trained medical professionals, coaches, parents and athletes to help in the recognition of symptoms. Many concussions still go unreported or undiagnosed either on purpose or as a function of inadequate medical coverage and knowledge of signs and symptoms by coaches, parents and athletes. Currently every state has some form of concussion legislation and are working towards improving the laws surrounding management of concussion as well as the educational requirements for medical professionals, coaches, parents, athletes. There is minimal evidence to suggest that educational materials and legislation impact overall athlete safety or the ability to recognize a symptomatic athlete. However, through further development of legislation and educational materials we can impart a change in the way we view concussion as a society, giving legitimacy to concussions as a true injury. The current study used a descriptive survey to examine concussion knowledge level of middle school and high school lacrosse coaches for men's and women's lacrosse. The results will be utilized to develop educational materials for coaches and impact state legislation surrounding concussion.

The MFA in Writing program's Digital Storytelling course, taught in spring 2016 by Faith Adiele, brought together graduate writers, artists and makers to hone their narrative skills and develop their own digital projects. The Bay Area is the center of electronic and digital literature (literary work created exclusively on and for devices with screens) and storytelling, but while the dazzling technologies may be new, interactive storytelling is one of the earliest forms of human interaction. We explored e-lit's antecedents and traditions, ranging from non-Western traditions like the griot, talk-story, and testimonio, to the democratized oral history movement of the 1970s; from the physicality of Book Arts to platforms and networks that offer open-source, global activist alternatives to pricey technology. The course was open to all grad students and had participants from Architecture and Design MBA. They received training from Yosmay del Mazo of StoryCorps, Thaddeus Howze of Quora, Chieh-Ju Pai in the Film Dept, with additional support and training by digital scholarship librarian Lisa Conrad. This was an attempt for writers/artists/makers to speak a shared language across the college, and heralds the beginning of further college-wide collaborations.