THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
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THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
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Dear KU: Thank you. The good, the bad, the ugly, the wonderful.
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"Ease on down the road" to Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park's first 2015 summer show. "The Wiz!" Begins June 5.
I wonder how much of my life I have spent filling out bubbles on scantrons.
Why is the media fixated on black versus white in Baltimore? Nothing in this world is black and white!!!!
As a young witch, having the Campanile play Harry Potter is deeply satisfying.
Don't even care how my presentation goes, I'm ready for summer.
Sellards Schol Hall has an average GPA of 3.55. Highest out of all 12 schol halls!
Senior group projects: where everyone is so lazy, a Google doc is created and you don't meet your group until presentation day.
If I had a dime for every parking ticket I got while at KU, I could pay for one of them.
I liked dad bods before they were cool.
"Tells secret into a bubble like Spongebob* "Pops" "Missy, you're my favcite person."
Hey KU, it's May figure out the air situation in Fraser I feel like I'm already laying by the pool... IN CLASS
Didn't Grow KU promise the students better Wi-Fi connections this year? What happened?
Feeling like I'm living in Seattle with all this rain we've been getting!
Working on all these last minute papers is making my head spin...so much for procrastinating.
Is it Stop Day yet?
I want to see Bernie own some fools at Just Dance 3.
So I graduate soon... and then... live my life?
omg YAS MAMA!!!! RBG serving fishy fish realness in the highest court in the land! YAAAAS$SSS!
"Love Is" at the Lied Center this Saturday! Can't wait to see it.
HAGSI Lot bringing it back #tbt #slayyourfinals
Seek all sides in controversial issues
Anrenee Reasor
@anreneer
The 2016 presidential campaign season has already begun. As a
already begun. As a political junkie, part of me likes seeing early coverage, the speculation and Nate Silver's forecasts. But for many others, covering candidates a year before the primary seems ridiculous.
To be bombarded with press tours, books, advertisements and media releases for almost a year and a half is overwhelming. People have already started picking sides: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Hillary Clinton are all officially running. Others favor Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, who are not yet official. What bothers me are the people who automatically dismiss candidates for issues they know little about.
If this were the only incident of this occurring, it wouldn't be a major problem. But I can think of many others where people make unwarranted claims siding with a group without seeking out further information.
For example, Benghazi's mar on Clinton's resume hinders her in many eyes. To them I ask, what happened in Benghazi? Do you know what Clinton did, what her options were? How much information did she have? Was she the only one making the decisions?
When Darren Wilson's name was released, many people automatically assumed him to be a guilty murderer. People declared this before seeing autopsy results, reading the eyewitness testimony, or pouring over the forensic evidence. When the evidence was presented and was insufficient to prove Wilson's guilt, people still exclaimed the trial to be unfair. Riots, marches and unrest continued.
though, proving having more black people in City Council positions and on the police force is not a silver bullet.
With Freddie Gray's case, the evidence pointed toward homicide, so less debate about that verdict arose. Protests in Baltimore still shake the streets
In regards to Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student carrying a mattress around campus, people have blindly supported her crusade. Although it can be argued that Columbia's own justice system failed her by not finding the man responsible, criminal charges were also never filed. By releasing his name, these allegations will haunt him for the rest of his life. People lampoon for Sulkowicz's cause without knowing the full story. What about Paul Nungesser's side? He was cleared of charges, but the media arguably ruined his life.
Columbia's investigation of The Rolling Stone's report on the University of Virginia proves the ultimate point about people not seeking out the full story. By only listening to Jackie's side and not completing a full investigation, the magazine printed a false account. Obviously this does not mean people should withhold their stories for fear of not being believed, but if you are trying to tell a full story or form a more robust opinion, seek out more information.
When you make claims about Ted Cruz versus Jeb Bush, do you know both sides thoroughly? Do you know how each voted while in office? Do you know Hillary's side of the email scandal? Or are you only seeking out information that corroborates your current views?
Only reading sources and stories that already support your views and beliefs really creates a detriment to society and yourself."Many times a story has more than two sides; seek them all out.
Anrenee Reasor is a senior from Thayer studying economics and East Asian languages and culture
HOW DO YOU GET ALL SIDES TO A STORY BEFORE FORMING AN OPINION?
Fatai Obasuyi II Junior Dallas
"I just look at the negative and the positive parts of each party's view."
Daryan Herrick Freshman Haines City, Fla.
"I look at multiple news sources from different political parties. Especially with Ferguson or Freddie Gray because they will be biased toward one side or the police's side."
Isaac Bahney Junior Terre Haute, Ind.
"One thing I like to do especially related to politics is seek out different national news organizations, like MSNBC and Fox since they're at opposite ends of the spectrum. Then I go to CNN and Washington Post because they're more balanced."
Corey Dingess
Sophomore
Overland Park
"MSNBC, Fox, CNN. Like with Wendy Davis, I read some of the filibuster to see its primary form."
"I listen to one radical side, then another radical side, I do my own research, then come up with my own opinion. Even if it conflicts with my religion, I still choose the side I believe is right."
Instagram's new policy promotes gender equity
U unless you are familiar with the breastfeeding
Instagram is following other social media outlets like Facebook in changing these guidelines. By
movement or Instagram's previous community guidelines, you wouldn't know that mothers on Instagram have had their breastfeeding photos removed because they were deemed inappropriate. Instagram has been notorious for taking down such photos due to user complaints. However, that all changed after the popular social media app changed their guidelines on allowing photos of mothers breastfeeding, women's mastectomy scars and
removing the ban on these types of photographs, these online platforms are taking a step forward to gender equity.
The controversy was really brought to light after celebrities, including Alyssa Milano, spoke out about the beauty of breastfeeding and how it shouldn't be deemed inappropriate or disrespectful on social media.
Women all over the world are now speaking out about issues dealing with breastfeeding. This is how movements like the #brelfie and the Free the Nipple campaign have picked up so mucli momentum.
Breastfeeding is a natural and beautiful part of motherhood, yet it has been ridiculed and considered inappropriate because of society's view of women's bodies. It is ridiculous that people can see photos of Kim Kardashian completely nude in a magazine spread
The movement continued to grow after actress Olivia Wilde posed for Glamour magazine while breastfeeding her baby.
and be OK with it,but when a mother posts an image of her breastfeeding her child, people start feeling uncomfortable.
The underlying issue is that social media outlets objectify women's bodies, but then refuse to allow photos of women's bodies being shown in their natural state. That is why changing the photograph guidelines to allow such photos is important.
@NORMALIZEBREASTFEEDING/INSTAGRAM
By allowing these types of photos to be displayed in public, we can start changing how society views women's bodies. The notion that the female body is built for sexuality can change to include the beauty of motherhood. This movement is about more than being allowed to post the photos you want - it emphasizes the importance of normalizing motherhood and nursing.
Social media platform instagram recently its community guidelines to allow pictures of mothers breastfeeding and women's mastectomy scars.
Policy changes like this one are the future for social media and gender equity. Mothers have the right to post photos of them nursing their newborns just as much as anyone else has
the right to post photos of their food or friends.
However, this movement of allowing mothers to post photos of the inner workings of motherhood stretches far past social media. By removing the ban against these types of photos, we are getting one
step closer to normalizing these types of things in the real world, thus making mothers comfortable to feed in public without being ridiculed.
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