First Place in the North!

So my life has been pretty hectic lately. I feel like I have a lot to update about but I don’t have time so I will give you a little bit of information in a lot of different areas. Since my last update,

1. I was asked to join the advisory board for K-State Proud. K-State proud is a really cool foundation on campus that could take a while to explain. Basically, K-State proud raises money for scholarships. These scholarships are given to students have used up all other forms of financial aid and are at risk of having to leave K-State. What makes this so cool is that all the money raised is from Kansas State students. It is a students helping students fund. Money is raised by selling K-State Proud T-Shirts that students wear to a nationally televised basketball game. Last year we raised over $100,000 and our goal this year is $115,000. I am honored to help make important decisions on an awesome campaign as a Freshman. Here is a link to the website for more information www.k-stateproud.org.
2. I went to Lawrence. Despite the fact that it was Lawrence, I had a really good time. I hung out with some awesome people that I missed a lot. We had a really good time just hanging out and playing kickball on the roof of a parking garage.
3. Our football team pounded Texas A&M. I had so much fun watching us dominate A&M. The crowd was so loud and created an awesome atmosphere to be a part of. Then we beat Colorado the next week! It was homecoming and our defense came to play!
4. KU lost to Colorado! KU lost to Oklahoma!
5. KSU took over first place in the Big 12 north and now sits atop the North comfortably.
6. I went to the KSU President’s Residence with Quest. We were able to talk with him about his vision for KSU because he just became President this year. He and his wife are a very dynamic duo and fun to be around. Before we left we took a picture with them and I saw a swing attached to a tree in his backyard. I asked if he had ever swung in it. He responded with a “No” and chuckled. I asked him if I could swing in it and he said that would be fine. So I ran over to his swing and had a ball. He thought I was funny and enjoyed it. He tweets on twitter a lot and actually tweeted about Quest visiting him. He tweeted, “We enjoyed visiting with about 40 freshman students who were inducted into Quest – a freshman honor group – they even tried out the swing!” You read that right, he tweeted about me! This may be the highlight of my entire college career. You should follow him on twitter, http://twitter.com/kstate_pres
7. This past weekend I went to Westminster Woods for Eastminster’s middle school retreat. I had an awesome time being a leader and loved being at the woods!

As you can tell it has been a busy time for me with a lot of cool experiences. If I forgot to mention, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY IS LEADING THE BIG 12 NORTH!!!!!!!

Fall Break

So I think this idea of “fall break” is a little misleading. I had monday off of school. That is what they are calling a “fall break,” I think it is a little ridiculous. Luckily, starting next year we get an entire week off of school. Oh, if you haven’t gathered my fall break was this past weekend and it was a good time despite the length of it.

I stayed in Manhattan on Friday night and went to the KSU versus Texas volleyball game. Now, Texas is the number 2 team in the country and  I understand why. The main reason why they are amazing falls on one outstanding player. She is 6’4″ and is the three time NCAA high jump champion. So first off she is freakishly tall, plus she can jump out of a building. That is scary. Needless to say, KSU was defeated in 3 games but we put up quite the fight.

My weekend was centered around the football game taking place at Arrowhead Stadium. Iowa State versus Kansas State. Most people saw this as the battle to see who would be the worst team in the Big 12, but I think Colorado might have that spot covered. The game was actually pretty amazing and I couldn’t tell these were “two of the worst teams in the Big 12.” If you didn’t hear, Iowa State scored with seconds left to be down by one needing an extra point to win. K-State jumped up and blocked the kick to win the game by 1 point. If that isn’t drama, I don’t know what drama is. It was so fun to be surrounded by so many of my peers jumping around celebrating a much needed victory. Oh, by the way we had pretty awesome seats. Here is a picture presentation of Matt and I’s trip.

It made my weekend pretty awesome. After the game, I went home which was great. I got to see lots of awesome people and catch up on their lives. Life is great. I will update you on more soon.

GO CATS!!!!!