what it's like
TO FLY IN A FIGHTER JET
Imagine you're sitting in the cockpit of a T-38 Talon fighter jet, thousands of feet in the air and pushing over 300 mph. Your hands are sweaty, your heart is pounding, and the force of every bank and dive throws you back into the seat. Then the pilot offers you a chance at the wheel.
Anderson, Topeka senior, got the chance to ride along with the 435" "Black Eagles" Fighter training squadron in San Antonio, Texas, last semester he was with the KU Air Force ROTC. He and three other cadets rode along on a training flight, experiencing the thrill of flying in a fighter jet and even mock dogfighting.
lared Anderson knows the feeling.
Anderson even got the chance to pilot for a short time while flying in formation. He was nervous, he says, worried about impressing the pilot, knowing that the lightest touch of the joystick would send the plane off course. He says the feeling was exhilarating "It's probably like the coolest thing I've done in college," he says.
Josh Anderson takes to the sky.
- Chris Bell
wescoe wit
Girl I: Wait, you're going to be pregnant for the next nine months?
next four minutes
Girl 2: I know, right. I guess that's the way it works.
**Guy 1:** (Singing)
**Guy 2:** Dude, you don't even know the lyrics.
**Guy 3:** I was in band in high school, not choir. My voice isn't my instrument.
**Guy 4:** But still.
**Guy 1:** What is this? American Idol!
Girl 1: (eating fruit) It's shocking at first.
Girl 2: (pause) There's a sock in my purse.
Girl: Um, so I totally just farted.
Guy: Yeah, you're my girlfriend. And my girlfriends don't fart.
Guy I: I saw the Hannah Montana movie with my little sister this weekend.
**Guy 21:** I'm judging you for that. Is it wrong that I think she's sort of hot?
Girl 1: (pointing at guy) What about that guy?
Girl 2: No. I don't like Grizzly Adams-looking guys,
either.
Guy 1: I want to make sweet love to Ron Paul.
Guy 2: (pause) Um, isn't he against the gays?
- Elise Stawarz
how we met
FROM OTTAWA, WITH LOVE
Jennifer Harnes and Peter Metzger
Gina Souders
They both lived in a town named Ottawa, but were hundreds of miles apart. More than two years ago, Jennifer Harnes, Ottawa, Kan., junior, joined the blog ring"Ottawa may suck but the band rocks." Peter Metzger, who lived in Ottawa, Ohio, messaged Harnes, thinking she was a fellow high school band member.
Harnes and Metzger, a sophomore at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Ind., soon realized their misunderstanding—a misunderstanding that led to chatting online and talking on the phone. As they got to know each other, they learned how similar their beliefs and interests were, and it wasn't long before their conversations were lasting for hours.
Harnes and Metzger met in person for the first time in December, and the couple made their relationship official on New Year's Eve—an easy way to remember your anniversary, Harnes says.
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interesting fact: After the song "Penny Lane" became a hit, the street signs for the actual Penny Lane in Liverpool disappeared so often that the town reverted to simply painting 'Penny Lane' on the buildings. www.eskimo.com/bpentium/facts.html
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