Valley Stories

[Anthroshock]

I was waiting on a story about Whelliston's trip the WSU.

He gives a rundown of the entire Valley. A little condescending in parts, but there is lot to love in this article.

http://www.midmajority.com/2010/01/valley-stories.php

[shockball]

I got goose bumps reading that. :yahoo:

[ShockTalk]

As Elgin, Kern, Mitch and Watkins from the MVC office helped Whelliston write the article, I hope they read, and take to heart, Kyle's intro paragraph where he says, "as well as a general change in scheduling philosophy, has taken the Valley farther away from its latest glory days than a calendar would indicate."

[HockeyShock]

I just have to reprint it here for posterity, I know everyone read the article.

My first taste of the Roundhouse came in early 2008. I drove down the toll road from the north and happened upon slumbering Wichita, covered in a thick sheet of snow on a New Year's Day night. It took a few extra minutes to get to the Charles Koch Arena due to the weather conditions; I found a space on a remote lot, and walked a quiet half-mile to the gate. "Where is everybody?" I thought. When I entered the building, I got my answer.

There were 17 minutes to go in the first half of the Shockers' game against Illinois State, and the place was filled to capacity. Everybody was standing in front of their seats, wearing yellow, and the contrast between the quiet outside and the ear-splitting noise inside was, well, a shock. Being in the Roundhouse during a game is what it must be like inside a stovetop popcorn kettle. The sound isn't like the dull static roar of the Palestra or the bass hum of Madison Square Garden; it's like a Bombardier Learjet starting up right in your face, one that doesn't take off for two whole hours. Even though more people fit inside, Creighton's arena can't match the decibel level found in that old pressure cooker in Wichita. No arena, anywhere, can.

:clap: :wsu_posters: :yahoo: :clap:[/b]