My Second Graduation
May 30th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: College, Friends, Kansas
I am looking forward to graduation this year. I will be walking down Campanile Hill into Memorial Stadium with the University of Kansas class of 1988. I walked down the Hill last May, too. But, this year will be much better. Last year I spent my graduation week with my parents, brother and Uncle Mac. My grand father Creighton was their, too. I was joining parents and grandfather as a Jayhawk alums — fifth generation on my mom’s side, third [...]
Read more...Pissy Rivers
March 26th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
Tags: College, Friends, Kansas
I wrote this post at the beginning of basketball season. The season didn’t play out as I’d hoped. Now, I am an enthusiastic fan of the K-State Wildcats. Ask my kids what our rules are about who to cheer for in a game and they will tell you. KU first, Big-12 second, never for Mizzou. * * * The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team is kicking off the official start to a new basketball season with the 25th Annual Late [...]
Read more...Best Vacation Ever
March 25th, 2010 by John Creighton in Snapshots
It was the greatest vacation I ever had. Impossible to replicate. So good, I never fully divulged my semester of fun and relaxation to the people who helped to pay my tuition. I certainly didn’t write about my daily routine on my graduate school applications. But, it was a great four months. Nineteen eighty-six was the peak of my undergraduate career at the University of Kansas. I was on the go ‘round the clock, had several once in a lifetime [...]
Read more...Bobby Knight: Spokesman for Civility?
January 21st, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Civility, College, Sports
I watched Bobby Knight and Brent Musburger call the Kansas State-Texas basketball game on ESPN Big Monday this week. Number nine ranked Kansas State upset number one Texas 71-62 – though a home victory by one top ten team over another is hardly an upset. Kansas State fans began to chant in celebration late in the game as victory became imminent. Bobby Knight took issue with their chant. The Kansas State fans were yelling, “Over rated; Over rated,” indicating their [...]
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