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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death."
Sam Snead
FACT OF THE DAY
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many times does the average Major League baseball rotate after it leaves a pitcher's hand and before it hits the catcher's glove?
A: The average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
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MORNING BREW
BIG12
The Big 12 will have a new look in men's basketball next season and not just because Ne-
New head coaches NBA draft stirs up men's basketball
Exercise to cope with stress
finals are upon us. For some students, this next week will be the first time they worry about a class
Fidents, this next week will be the first time they worry about a class or perhaps even show up. For other pale, trembling students, this is the season they have been worrying about all semester. Either way, it's the end to a semester filled with knowledge and beer.
When stress hits you and that paper seems unwritable or that long list of terms seems unmemorizable it isn't the time to stress-eat or curl into a ball crying. It is the perfect time to exercise.
All year long I've been writing about other people and their pursuit of physical perfection, and I've honestly let my own physicality slip a little. I used to run eight miles a day and now I can barely suffer through three.
When I'm out there in the bitter heat sweating through my tank top, blisters forming on my blisters and gnats getting stuck in my teeth I wonder why I'm doing this. I'm not ever going to be as fast as Jamaal Charles or have Lebron James' mad ups and I will probably never fit into a size 2. My little workout doesn't include thousand of fans cheering my name while wearing "Anderson" across the back of my
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON sanderson@kansan.com
T-shirts. (Though I do get the occasional passby who asks me if I'm all right and if I need some water or a stretcher).
It's not about fanfare. It's about the self fulfillment and a kind of peace you get when you've finished your workout. Your mind is alert, your face is flushed, and honestly no amount of homework could be worse than the hell you just put yourself through.
In this week of stress and doubt, it is important to give your body the release it needs. Exercise is a break from the stale lights of the library and the tiny text of your stats book. At the time it may seem like an extra chore and there may not be a crowded Allen Fieldhouse to cheer you on. But by
And it's not just me that thinks that. Various studies have shown that exercise, unlike alcohol or sugary junk food, does heighten brain function and can help you study. I'm not saying that if you run a mile before your physics test it will guarantee you an A, but after long hours spent in the library it couldn't hurt.
the end of the workout you will have a brain surging with blood, endorphins, and energy after some much needed time away from your flashcards.
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
Billy Gillispie takes over at Texas Tech, Lon Kruger at Oklahoma and Frank Haith at Missouri. Texas A&M's job is open for the third time in seven years after Maryland hired Mark Turgeon.
-The Associated Press
The coaching shake-up is the most significant in the conference since 2006, when six schools had first-year coaches. Only the Atlantic Coast Conference has had as many coaching changes this year.
FOOTBALL
Bison return to Kansas for Bowl
Kansas' lineup.
TODAY
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota State University football team is heading back to the state of Kansas to face an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision school.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
FRIDAY
No events are scheduled for today
Baseball
vs. Alabama A&M
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Four of the remaining 10 teams will have new head coaches and underclassman declarations for the NBA draft will leave Texas with no returning starters and take three players out of seven-time defending champion
Track
Big 12 Outdoor
Championships
All day
Norman, Okla.
braska and Colorado are leaving.
SATURDAY
Baseball
vs. Alabama A&M
2 p.m.
Lawrence
vs. Alabama A&M
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Track
Big 12 Outdoor
Championships
All day
Norman, Okla.
Women's Rowing Conference USA Championship All Day Oak Ridge, Tenn.
NDSU upset Kansas 6-3 to open last season. In 2013, the Bison will play Kansas State in Manhattan.
Athletic director Gene Taylor tells the Forum newspaper that NDSU will get a $350,000 guarantee from Kansas State for the game.
-The Associated Press
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