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HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is an 8
Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Cash flow improves nicely. Enjoy this lucrative phase. Take advantage and keep accounting current. Record where the money's coming from and where it's going.
No more procrastination. Tackle a personal challenge. You're stronger for the next two days, with the Moon in your sign. Things go easier, and you're especially suave and debonair. Someone's paying attention.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
You're especially sensitive and intuitive today and tomorrow. Get quiet and listen to the unspoken clues. Contemplate your next move. Something's coming due. Worry wastes time. Review priorities, and plan the steps to take.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
A friend comes up with a new money-making scheme. Shipping or mechanical delays could disrupt the plan. Support their game and they'll be there for you. Encourage and propose solutions.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015
Leo (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 9
Crazy dreams seem possible. Take on more responsibility over the next few days. Forge ahead with a career upgrade. Assume leadership. Talk over the possibilities with your partner and friends.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Craft your itinerary over the next two days. Make plans and reservations. Research the best prices and locations. Expand your territory and your mind. New opportunities for adventure present themselves.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Attend to shared finances over the next two days. Manage accounts and file documents. Prepare to negotiate carefully. Keep insurance, fees, bills and policies current.
Negotiate for the long run. Let a strong leader take charge. Listen graciously. Your partner really shows up over the next two days. Your admiration grows. Share your appreciation.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
It's getting busy. Add elegance to the proceedings by dressing professionally. The pace quickens. Put your back into your efforts. Follow the rules. Provide value. Over the next two days, work to get your ideas into action.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Play the game you've been practicing. Apply your creativity to artistic pursuits. Make decisions about color and design. Spend time with family, and relax with hobbies, sports and amusements.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8
Stay close to home for a couple of days. Get into interior decoration and style. Plan a project, and put together a budget before you shop. Household matters need attention.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
You're extra brilliant for the next two days. Dig deeper into a favorite subject. You feel like you're emerging from a cocoon. Talk about a transformation you're experiencing. Share it with someone who could benefit. Teach what you're learning.
Stalking gets ridiculous in 'Boy Next Door'
THE BOY NEXT DOOR/LIONSGATE
The only believable plot point of "The Boy Next Door" is that a vulnerable suburban mother going through divorce could be seduced by her ripped young neighbor in a moment of weakness. The lead up to that plays like a melodramatic, annoying daytime soap opera. The beefcake's immediate, insane obsession that follows is rooted in abusive relationship dynamics but mostly feels like absolutely ridiculous schlock. However, it's so over-the-top preposterous that it does provide a little bit of silly fun.
Jennifer Lopez is sultry as high school classic literature teacher Claire Peterson, separated from her cheating husband (John Corbett) and caring for her effeminate teenage son Kevin (Ian Nelson). When the muscular and charming 19-year-old Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman, who's in his mid-20s and clearly looks it) moves in with his elderly uncle next door, he helps Kevin with manly stuff and discusses "The Iliad" with Claire, and in turn she develops a crush on him.
Hesitant to accept her husband's attempts to get back together, she makes the mistake of giving in to Noah's sexual advances one lonely, wine-filled night and a steamy sex scene ensues. She regrets it the next morning and dashes Noah's dreams of it turning into more, so beginning his unsubtle unveiling as a psychopathic, manipulative, violent stalker who terrorizes Claire to no end as he tries to force her to be with him.
This kid is savagely crazy.
He starts out simply unnerving Claire with threats to reveal their secret and making sexual innuendos in front of her husband and son, but he quickly ramps up his intensity. Before long he covers her entire classroom in photos of them having sex from the video he secretly recorded. Then he gets really dangerous, taking extreme, forced actions to move the story to an outlandish climax.
First-time writer Barbara Curry's script, filled with sneer-worthy clichés, radical behavior and two-dimensional characters, requires such a high level of suspension of disbelief that the only thing grounding it in a semblance of believability are similarities to real abusive relationships: the exertion of control, the raging anger and the victim being trapped in the situation. Those are then extrapolated to the degree of an 80s horror B-movie dressed in modern cheap clothing.
J-Lo endears with her strength, charisma and beauty enough to keep viewers going along through her struggle, while Guzman tips into childish tantrums and immature
entitlement too often for his malicious intent to feel more threatening than bratty. Director Rob Cohen stitches together some demented and outrageous elements to make
"The Boy Next Door" at least watchable, if ludicrous, once the obsession kicks in, but never worthwhile.
— Edited by Kayla Schartz
One student's thoughts on Obama's speech
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley
Gari Jones, a junior from Chicago, was chosen to stand on stage behind President Barack Obama during his speech on Jan. 22 at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Jones is majoring in social welfare and said he was recommended by Professor Alice Lieberman. Deans of each school within the University
were allowed to invite students from their respective schools to stand behind President Obama during the speech. Jones said he was thrilled to be chosen to represent the School of Social Welfare, as well as have the opportunity to speak with fellow representative students in the School of Social Welfare. Jones shared five points that resonated with him from Thursday's speech.
FIVE TAKEAWAYS:
1. "The first thing I took away was how funny he was. I really liked that he incorporated that into his speech. I like that he used people and used his fingers to point and incorporate members of the crowd. I like that he looked at everybody and made sure he collected his thoughts."
2. "I like his ideas and I think he has a good plan to figure out what needs to be done, and he's going to take care of things. I think child care is very important. I liked when he had (senior) Alyssa (Cole) come up there and talk about what she's been through
and some of the hardships she's going through. I think addressing parents in college is important because she's taking the steps to make her way and be as successful as possible so she can raise her kids to be successful in their lives, so that really hit home for me."
3. "The third takeaway I had was how great he was to have at KU, and how grateful he was to have students sitting behind him, working hard and fulfilling their goals so they can be successful."
collected he was. He was very confident and very relaxed. He didn't seem like he was worried about anything. He wasn't rushing, and he was sure to take his time."
4. "The fourth takeaway I got from Obama was how laid back and chill, calm and
5. "The fifth and final takeaway I have was how he seemed to engage everybody and keep everyone into his speech. It didn't seem too long or too short. I do wish he would have talked more, but that's just something I took away from it. I just loved having him here. The last president hasn't come for [maybe] a hundred years, so it was great having him at KU."
— Edited by Samantha Darling
QUICK QUESTION
A few days ago, KU Hillel hosted its Welcome Back Shabbat. The Kansan caught up with friends Ryan Kass and Ariel Silverman, two fresh men who attended the event and are involved with KU Hillel and Jewish life here at the University to ask them about future involvement with the organization.
Kansan: Do you plan on being more involved with KU Hillel while you're here at KU these next few years?
"I don't really intend on getting involved in the leadership of [KU Hillel], but I do intend on going to the events and the dinners and maybe a couple Shabbats here and there, but I'm nowhere near as involved as Ariel."
RYAN KASS Freshman from Calabasas, Calif.
"Yes. I'm doing a freshman leadership series, so I'll be there every week, and I'll be there at least twice a week for Shabbat and the series, and then hopefully I can get an internship working with them within the next year and a half."
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ARIEL SILVERMAN Freshman from Overland Park
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