Student play snooker at the JCR
When we walked around
the campus to find out what most students do during leisure time, I was
surprised to hear things like: watching movies, sleeping, listening to music and
many other things. But sports were not one of them. Even though it is an
obvious choice to spend your free time this way. I am sad to see that sports do
not exist in my school.
We from the Sports desk
went around campus to interview students on this important, but missing piece
in campus life. Some of the answers surprised us. A L300 Computer Science
student, Bello Nana Kwame, said he has been on campus for nearly three years but
he rarely hears about the subject of sports. He thinks that the school shows no
interest in sports. “They are only concerned about the academic welfare of the
students,” he said.
We visited the Junior
Common Room (JCR), a facility on campus for leisure time activities. To our
surprise the place was almost empty. It even looked not well kept and not well
managed. For instance the pool table was used as a sitting place. Some students
we met there expressed a strong desire in sports, but the facility for that
does not catch their interest. "We are only here because our lectures have
not yet started and we want to kill some time,” one of them said. The JCR looks
very small to the students.
The findings of our
Sports desk disappointed us. We wonder why the administration is so focused on
academics and leaving out the physical exercise. Why do they make sports seem
so unattractive? Wisconsin could thrive in sports and have one of the best
teams in the country. We crave for that! Do
you as a student crave with us?
Sports Desk Reporters: Sani Usman,
Emmanuel Hazard
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