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...Boo who?
March 9th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Civility, Kansas, Public Leaders, Sports
When is it appropriate to boo the President of the United States? Let me back up and ask when is it appropriate to boo anyone? The purpose of catcalls such as boos is to convey contempt or disapproval punctuated by an exclamation point. In other words, when we want to make it unambiguously clear that we don’t like someone or don’t approve of their actions, we boo. We are most accustomed to this type of heckling at sporting events. Crowds [...]
Read more...Game Day
March 3rd, 2010 by John Creighton in Photo Per Day
Phil Priebe and I witnessed KU beat K-State to clinch the Big 12 conference title outright. It’s hard to top a night in Allen Field House.
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