Since there seems to be a clamoring for news from Manhattan among the K-State diaspora, I offer a weekly summary of the news that caught my eye each Sunday.
This week I will limit the scope of my focus to today's paper, but in the future, if I remember and my wife doesn't mistake the pile of old news for a recycling pile I will bring you the full week's update.
Today's Merc:
Back to Campus Insert Sports F3---
"Badminton is big among KSU's Asians"
Up to 90 percent of the K-State Badminton club members are students from Asia. Jing Han, doctoral student at [sic] human nutrition department and club president, though the reason Americans are reluctant to play might be in underestimating the intense energy required to play badminton.
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"Chinese education is very stressful and we don't have free time, especially in high school."
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"College is paradise for us. We can wear whatever we want."
Campus Insert People C1
"Get to know oscar Weber"
"If things go right, we should be be one of the top 25 teams in the country, now you got to go prove it."
Q: "have you and your team set a goal for the upcoming season"
...."I think when they come back [from Brazil]; I'll have a little better feel of what the goal should be as a team. But right nos it's taking what they did, taking it a step further than what they did a year ago."
Q: "In the limited time you've been with the team, do you see a ceiling on what they can do? Is it sky's the limit?"
"I don't know about sky's the limit, but I think we have a chance to be very good. To have a successful team in college, to me, you got to have experience, and we do have experience."
Q: "In your limited relaxation time that you find, what do you like to do?"
"One, I want to be around my family, as a coach you don't get that opportunity much, you're gone s much, your days are long and that free ime is very valuable, you hope that you can really have quality time when you get those free days. But (my family) love the beach; I like the water, I like the beach and the walk, to just swim and to, just relax. That's my favorite thing whether its Florida or the beach in South Carolina, just get bikes and ride. Just kind of relax and enjoy each other. Ironically, people think I'm nuts, one of my favorite, relaxing things is to cut the grass."