Rudy

As a Hoosier, I grew up with the story of Rudy, the story of the kid whose big heart made up for his small stature. Rudy isn't just an inspirational story about how a small kid can play football for his dream team, Rudy is a great lens through which to examine integrative theories.
Just as ecology suggests that HESA professionals adapt to fit the environment of their students, prioritizing differently in order to best serve different populations, Rudy changed his priorities to fit the most desirable outcome - being a football player at Notre Dame.
As a child watching television with his family, Rudy exhibited behaviors that suggest he was in Baxter-Magolda's Phase 1. After he expressed interest in playing football and was laughed at by his family, he visibly deflated. in not pressing the issue, he could be seen as following the path laid out for him by his authority figures. He doesn't give up on his dream, though, and when he is presented with a Notre Dame jacket, this seems to fit with Phase 2. He doesn't let someone else dictate all of his actions and begins to pursue his old dream. When Rudy actively seeks out admission to Notre Dame and tries to become the assistant to the groundskeeper, he is exhibiting behaviors from Phase 3. He is choosing Notre Dame football over all external conflicting viewpoints. This is his dream and no one can take it away from him. As Rudy grows up and is exposed to different environments, he adapts his behaviors for the best chance of achieving his desired outcome. This has nothing to do with his race or gender, though he would have had a much harder time playing college football as a woman of any race, but rather to do with his environment.