Volume 124 Issue 128
kansan.com
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
{From the Editor}
when I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do (after I cuss out my alarm) is flip my W
laptop open and check Facebook, then Twitter, then my email and then Twitter again to see if anyone has had anything to say within the past few minutes.
It turns out Twitter is the perfect site for me. I imagine that my account is proof that the world revolves around me and that people wait on the edge of their seats for my next tweet. The world needs to know about the fact that someone has caught me checking myself out for the third time that week or that I'm on my 12th cup of coffee that day. Next thing
I know, it's four in the afternoon and all I have done all day is sit around in my underwear updating my twitter account, claiming I'm being "social." In reality my twitter feed is proving to the world that the only real relationship I have is with my bed and a box of stale Cheez-Its next to me
Okay, that has never actually happened to me, but I guarantee this is someone's reality. Yes, I love Twitter, but I don't let it replace actual interactions with my friends. I don't think that just because I have 837 friends on Facebook (impressive, right?) that I am one of the most popular kids on campus. In fact, I'd bet you a fraction of that number would actually come running if I posted a status about choking on a Cheez-It.
These sites are not actually supposed to catalog every moment of our lives. Use social media to express yourself but limit the time you spend on the web. Flip ahead to our cover story, on page 8, to see how to use popular social media site Pinterest in a positive way.
NADIA IMAFIDON EDITOR
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
All in the family
EDITOR *** NADIA IMAFIDON
ASSOCIATE EDITOR *** LINDSEY DEITER
DESIGNERS *** EMILY GRIGONE, ALLIE WELCH
LOVE *** SASHA LUND, ALIZA CHUDNOW, RACHEL SCHWARTZ
SCHOOL *** ALISON BOND, MEGAN HINMAN
CAMPUS + TOWN *** KELSEA ECKENROTH, JOHN GARFIELD, BRITTNEY HAYNES
ENTERTAINMENT *** KELSEY CIPOLLA, RACHEL SCHULTZ, ALEX TRETBAR
PLAY *** SARA SNEATH, RACHEL CHEON
CONTRIBUTORS *** MICHELLE MACBAIN, LANDON MCDONALD
CREATIVE CONSULTANT *** CAROL HOLSTEAD
WHAT'S HOT THIS WEEK
THURSDAY APRIL 5
WHAT: CAMPUS MOVIE SERIES: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
WHEN: 8 P.M. TO 10 P.M.
WHERE: WOODRUFF AUDITORIUM, KANSAS UNION
WHY YOU CARE: TAKE IN AN INEXPENSIVE FILM AFTER A LONG DAY OF CLASSES. $2
WITH KUID.
FRIDAY APRIL 6
WHEN: 7:30 P.M.
WHAT: EMU THEATRE'S 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
WHERE: LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER, 940 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
SATURDAY APRIL 7
WHERE: DANCEHALL & CENTER, 940 NAMESHIP ST.
WHY YOU CARE: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE ONE ACT,
WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR THE NEXT. $6 TICKETS.
WHAT: THE CRUMPLETONS
WHEN. 7DM
WHERE: JAZZHAUS. 926 \% MASSACHUSETTS ST.
WHY YOU CARE: BECAUSE COLLEGE STUDENTS LOVE TAKING OUT THEIR FRUS.
TRAIZON ONS A CLASSE ROC COCURE CET 5 $ TICKETS.
TRAIZON ONS A CLASSE ROC COCURE CET 5 $ TICKETS.
SUNDAY APRIL 8
WHAT: EASTER
WHEN: ALL DAY!
WHERE: WHEREVER YOU WANT
WHY YOU CARE: BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR EXCUSE TO BE A KID AGAIN AND GO ON EASTER HUNTS.
MONDAY APRIL 9
WHAT: EVE 6, GREENVILLA
WHEN: 7 P.M.
WHERE: GRANADA, 1020 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
WHY YOU CARE: AMERICAN ROCK BAND EVE 6 RELEASED THEIR MOST RECENT
ALBUM SPEAK IN CODE THIS YEAR.
WHAT: EVE 6, GRENADINA
TUESDAY APRIL 10
WHAT: LASTLECTURE SERIES: MOVIES, PASSION, AND MAKING A WAY
WHEN: 8 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
WHERE: KANSAS UNION, ALDERSON AUDITORIUM
WHY YOU CARE: KEVIN WILLMOTT, PROFESSOR IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES,
DISCUSSES WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS RANDY PAUSCH'S BEST SELLER "THE LAST LECTURE."
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11
WHAT: KU SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS JAZZ COMBOS I-VI (CONCERT)
WHERE: LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER, 940 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
WHY YOU CARE: TAKE IN A FREE JAZZ CONCERT PUT ON BY YOUR PEERS.
My life shouldn't be entangled when watching a ball game.
I applaud the majority of Kansas fans who handled the loss Monday night gracefully. Losing in the National Championship game hurts, but Kansas fans took the loss in stride and turned a negative into a positive by showing united school pride.
Other aspects of life exist beyond sports. Sports are just games and sheer entertainment. Sports can be a way of life, but not the way of life. Your life, which consists of family, relationships, finances, sustenance and career aspirations, is more important than whether or not your team wins a ball game.
The Kentucky basketball players and coaches deserve the NCAA National Championship, but the Kentucky basketball fans don't deserve it, even though it's only a pittance of bad apples that ruined a good tree. Their classless acts during Final Four weekend in Lexington, Ky., are an embarrassment to sports and society.
giving the same Good Friday on from practice because of a physical week that they had endured. The players will be in full pads for the rest of the spring, except for the April 13 practice. Instead of full pads, players will wear only helmets and shoulder pads.
For the season's third practice, the Jayhawks worked inside of Memorial Stadium. The move from the practice field was because the team hosted recruits on campus for "Junior Day." The Saturday practice marked the first time the team practiced in full pads this spring and under coach Charlie Weis.
PLAYERS PRACTICE INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM
Edited by Jeff Karr
COACH WEIS RETURNS FROM NEW ORLEANS
Weis returned from New Orleans Tuesday. After Monday's practice, he flew down to support the men's basketball team in the National Championship game.
missed from the team for a violation of team rules. He was a first team all-district,all-area and all-city selection his senior year of high school. Green redshirted last season.
DEFENSE WILL PLAY
A BASE 4-3
At his press conference last week, Weis announced the defense listed in the initial depth chart was a 4-3 base defense. He said this does not mean they will always play with four down linemen and three linebackers, but that they will also show some different formations. Most of the time, though, the personnel on the field will translate into the 4-3.
MAURA SWITCHES POSITIONS
Sophomore Brian Maura is the only player to switch from one side of the ball to the other now that Weis and his staff have moved him from receiver to safety this spring. Maura played in four
FOUR PLAYERS LIMITED IN THE SPRING
in January, in last week's press conference, Weis said he was informed that the case would be presented before the caseworker left his office last Thursday. The Jayhawks should have the result soon. If McCay's waiver request is granted, he will be allowed to play immediately. If he isn't, he will have to sit out one year before being able to play for the Jayhawks.
- Edited by Christine Curtin
Sophomore running back Brandon Bourbon, junior defensive tackles John Williams and Kevin Young and Maura will be limited during this spring practice season. Weis said at last week's press conference that none of the players are out for the spring, but will be limited in the contact drills.
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Running back James Sims swiftly moves to avoid getting tackled. Coach Weis has been changing things up during spring practices this semester.
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