Home Came To Me Last Weekend

Last weekend was a great weekend. My sister Renee, who is quite the traveler, decided to come visit me. I hadn't seen her for almost 5 months, so it was very nice to see her. I kind of felt bad because I completely took advantage of her having a vehicle, having her take me to run errands on the first and last day she was in town. I also got to eat at the Little Apple Brewing Co., one of my favorite steak places ever.

Probably the highlight of the weekend was going to the K-State/Missouri football game on Saturday. It's quite amazing to see the color purple completely covering the stadium.

Tailgating is obviously huge here. I was told at school the next week that most of the stadium's parking lots were filled by 10 am, and the game wasn't until 2:50 pm.

The man with the white hair in front of the team is Bill Snyder (the stadium is named after him, with good reason). This man singlehandedly pulled K-State out of the depths of mediocrity, twice. He will definitely be a hall of fame college football coach. We are now currently ranked 17th and 18th in the college football rankings, and will hopefully be undefeated when we play Oklahoma on the 29th.

It's amazing to see the pride in this school, and I can say that while I am not from Kansas, I feel a sense of belonging here to this university. I have nothing but good things to say about KSU and being K-State PROUD!

This is our mascot, Willie the Wildcat. From what I've heard, the identity of the person who is the mascot is kept under wraps. He is not allowed to tell anyone. If you're asking yourself why is he wearing biker gear, that's because that day was Harley Day, so he rode in on a harley.

On Sunday my sister and I went to the Sunset Zoo here in Manhattan. It's funny because while being in a smaller town, it actually has pretty cool animals including bengal tigers, red pandas and sloth bears. There were other animals too.

This bird didn't move once. It looks like the William Howard Taft of birds.

I was surprised to see one of my favorite animals, the otter. These were quite a bit smaller than the sea otters one would see at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

All in all it was a great weekend. Renee got to see a little bit more of where I live, we got to see the Wildcats beat Mizzou and we got to go to the zoo.

Around Campus

So last week I decided to take some more pictures from KSU's campus to show all the people back home some more.

This wasn't actually taken by me, but by my partner in my agriculture communications class, but I liked it.

This is Anderson Hall. It's the admissions building here on campus. Every building on campus has these stone walls, making campus look like a castle or a fortress, which is pretty cool in my opinion.

This is probably my new favorite picture. I came across this walking back from class.

KSU also has lots of wooded areas. This is part of the nature area in the southeastern area of campus.

I'm sure I'm not one of the only people intrigued by the sheer amount of the squirrels and rabbits around here on campus. Every time I see one I just want to yell "squirrel!"

I found this sign on the ground, and I couldn't agree with it more.

This is the most puzzling piece to KSU in my honest opinion. This is the sundial in the middle of the quad, between the buildings for the library, College of Agriculture and the Department of Art. On it is a picture of the grim reaper holding his scythe with the phrase "Grow Old Along With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be". I think I found something to research here on campus on my down time. Let me know what you think it means in a comment.