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KU students from Colorado face question of allegiance
By Traci Miller
Special to the Kansan
When Kansas beat Colorado in 1995, Justin LoBurgio, Littleton, Colo., senior, had to call his friends and rub it in.
The last two years, his friends have returned the favor by calling him and throwing defeat in his face when Colorado beat the Jayhawks.
Every year, approximately 350 Colorado students go to school at the University of Kansas, according
to Office of Institute Research and Planning figures.
These KU students have to decide which side to sit on and for whom to cheer.
"KU is my school, so I would sit on the KU side," said Diane Gillette, Colo-
san Diane Glicette, co. rado Springs, Colo., junior. "I did grow up in Colorado, but its schools were so expensive, and out-of-state tuition for KU cost about the same. KU is a good school, and I didn't want to go to school where the rest of my high school friends did."
Sometimes students choose to cheer for Colorado.
sometimes students choose to cheer for Colorado. "I will sit in the KU stands, but I will be rooting for Colorado," said Daniel Olson, Loveland, Colo., freshman. "I don't feel like I am betraying Colorado for sitting in the KU stands."
For some Coloradans, the University has become their home, and they do not think about being from Colorado anymore.
Laura O'Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo., freshman, said that she came to the University to get
away from her friends and that it felt more like home than Colorado.
"I would sit on the KU side," she said. "I don't feel like I am betraying Colorado by cheering for KU, because I go here, and I feel like I live here."
Where to sit also is a decision that students from Colorado must make.
"I am not sure where I am going to sit," said Courtney Burbridge, Denver senior. "I usually just sit wherever, but I am not a die-hard Colorado fan. I don't feel like I am betraying Colorado at all by cheering for KU."
Burbricla said she also decided not to attend school in Colorado because she wanted to get awav.
"I chose KU because I knew I wouldn't go to class as often in Colorado, and I needed to get away," she said. "Plus, KU had a better graphics program than Colorado."
Last year, Colorado beat Kansas in football. LoBurgio said this was not what he had hoped would happen.
"I was kind of mad about the outcome last year, because I got heat from people back home, and they threw it back pretty hard, because when KU won I called them and rubbed it in," he said.
LoBurgio said that all of his family was from central and northeast Kansas and that he grew up wanting to go to the University of Kansas.
"I am definitely going to sit in the KU student section," he said. "I never liked any Colorado sports. When rooting for KU, Colorado fans are annoying."
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