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University of Louisiana-Lafayette champion waterskier dead at 18
nypost.com ^ | May 19, 2023 | Alec Gearty

Posted on 05/19/2023 12:16:17 AM PDT by lowbridge

A top-ranked Canadian waterskier who attended the University of Louisiana-Layfayette “suddenly” died at 18 years old on May 6, the university announced. 

Freshman Micky Geller studied kinesiology and marketing while he was on a full-ride waterskiing scholarship with the national champion Ragin Cajuns.

While Geller’s cause of death was not revealed, Water Ski Canada said the standout athlete “died suddenly.”

“It is with great sadness that the University will lower the University flag to half-staff in memory of Michael Arthur ‘Micky’ Geller on Thursday, May 18,” the university said in a statement on Facebook. “His friends and family remain in the thoughts, hearts and prayers of many at the University.”

Geller, a native of Carp, Ontario, was 4 years old when he started waterskiing.

He was later a member of Canada’s junior national water ski team, competing at the IWWF World Championships, the Jr. US Masters Water Ski Tournament, and the Pan American Championships in 2022.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: diedsuddenly; sads; sudden; suddencollapse; suddendeath; suddenly; suddenlydie; suddenlydied; suddenlydies; suddenlydying
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1 posted on 05/19/2023 12:16:17 AM PDT by lowbridge
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It deems the university does require covid vaccine shots

Student Vaccination Requirement

All UL Lafayette students (except dual enrollment students) must receive the COVID-19 vaccine or submit a request for exemption to avoid a registration hold on future semesters.

https://louisiana.edu/covid-19/information-students


2 posted on 05/19/2023 12:20:48 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

Like Walter Duranty said, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.....You can’t depopulate the world of poor and blacks, without killing off a few good people.....


3 posted on 05/19/2023 12:22:25 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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4 posted on 05/19/2023 12:33:22 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: lowbridge
"waterskiing scholarship"



WtF!?
5 posted on 05/19/2023 12:55:55 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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WtF!?

In addition to the biggies of football, basketball and baseball, colleges also compete in a variety of olympic sports.

6 posted on 05/19/2023 1:12:31 AM PDT by fso301
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To: lowbridge

‘Died suddenly...’ Uh, huh...if I were under thirty and vaccinated and athletically-inclined; I would be VERY nervous...


7 posted on 05/19/2023 1:20:36 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: lowbridge

Still?


8 posted on 05/19/2023 1:24:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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>> “died suddenly”

An inexcusable cause of death

The debt will be paid


9 posted on 05/19/2023 1:36:59 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lowbridge

I would have given up my 38 year job in a heartbeat if they had mandated the vax.


10 posted on 05/19/2023 2:24:51 AM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: lowbridge

“he was on a full-ride waterskiing scholarship”

While nobody ever wants this kind of thing to happen, I’m surprised at how there is such a thing as a full-ride waterskiing scholarship in the first place.


11 posted on 05/19/2023 2:54:56 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: roving

My company mandated the vax even for people working from home. I told my manager “let me know when my last day will be”. They quietly didn’t make an issue with me.


12 posted on 05/19/2023 3:02:38 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: lowbridge

That’s it? Just another glowing obituary of a young athlete in his prime with no mention of the cause of death other than ‘died suddeny.’ Big Pharma is like the emperor who has no clothes - no one dare mention the obvious and so the public psychosis continues.


13 posted on 05/19/2023 3:16:12 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: lowbridge

Vax Populi


14 posted on 05/19/2023 4:47:06 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know, but the requirement is still listed on their website.


15 posted on 05/19/2023 4:48:43 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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Micky Geller
16 posted on 05/19/2023 4:57:11 AM PDT by deport
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To: who knows what evil?

The vaccines kill a lot of people—but it is a small percentage of people who took them.

The risks outweighed the dubious benefits imho—and folks who mandated them (like universities) do deserve Nuremberg trials as well as civil suits from the families from anyone injured or killed by the mandated vaxxes.

We do not need to exaggerate to make the critical points.


17 posted on 05/19/2023 5:02:35 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: lowbridge

Could be the jab, suicide or an overdose—so far as we know.


18 posted on 05/19/2023 5:04:59 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: cgbg

A small percentage of people of who took them?!?

In Africa, sure.

But in North America the percentage taking them was unfortunately high.


19 posted on 05/19/2023 5:06:21 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: iontheball
That’s it? Just another glowing obituary of a young athlete in his prime with no mention of the cause of death other than ‘died suddeny.’ Big Pharma is like the emperor who has no clothes - no one dare mention the obvious and so the public psychosis continues.

Yep. And ditto for election fraud.

Kari Lake's trial has revealed that nearly 500,000 mail in ballots had their respective 'signatures' verified in less than 2 seconds. There is footage of one worker merely clicking 'next' on the computer screen and never scrolling down to check the signature. Signature check is the ONLY verification for mail-in ballots, but we're supposed to shut-up if a MAGA candidate has been cheated. Thank God Kari is a fighter. She's bringing this all out in the open, and you can bet it's the same situation in other battleground states.

20 posted on 05/19/2023 5:08:40 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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