Thursday, April 3, 2008
Students attending the Final Four will have to set aside time to study before their trips or while in San Antonio to stay caught up.
In 1988, classes were canceled the day after the basketball team won the national championship, but Chancellor Robert Hemenway has not yet said what he would do if the Jayhawks win this year’s title.
Regardless, KU students said they would still have tests and homework due in their classes other days next week.
Students said they did not mind skipping some of their classes for the games, but that they would have to leave San Antonio early or miss out on Final Four festivities and sightseeing to study for others.
Whitney Worthington, Austin sophomore, said she was flying to Austin on Thursday . She said she would then drive to San Antonio, which is about two hours from Austin. Worthington said she had a presentation on Monday so she would return to Lawrence Sunday afternoon.
Worthington said she would only miss one class while she was on her trip, but she had forced earlier deadlines on herself to make sure she finished all her homework before her trip. Worthington said games were stressful enough and that she did not want to worry about homework, too.
Worthington said she was most excited for the University of Kansas Alumni Association’s pep rally. She said she was told that in 2003 there were too many people at it and the Alumni Association had to kick people out. She said she went to the alumni tailgate for the Orange Bowl and that she was told it sold out as well.
Alan Fogelman, Olathe senior, said if Kansas won the first game, then he and his friends would celebrate on the San Antonio Riverwalk, but Sunday he would have to write a paper.
Fogelman said he had to skip his two-year anniversary with his girlfriend this week as well to study, but he said she understood because she was going to the Final Four as well.
Scott Perlmutter, Fresno, Calif., senior, said he had two tests next week, but that he did not know when he would find time to study for them.
He said he was driving and that he and his friends would arrive in Austin at 3 a.m. on Saturday. Perlmutter said the girls in his group would participate in the 5k or 3k run at 8 a.m., and ticket pick-up was at 9 a.m., so he would not be getting any sleep for several days.
Mark Arehart, Omaha, Neb, freshman, said when he was in San Antonio his only concern would be having a memorable trip. He said he would try to hang out with as many Kansas fans as possible and to take his seat early so he could watch the teams practice and take in the entire experience.
“I’m not really concerned at all with schoolwork,” Arehart said. “I may realize when I get back, but right now I’m just really focusing on getting to the Final Four.”
—Edited by Sasha Roe
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