Volume 124 Issue 113
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
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--make it from Watson Library to Wescoe Beach without passing clusters of chirping young men and women. There's not a class period that goes by that someone doesn't sneak a peek at their cell phone, or give in to the enticing distraction that is social media and pull up Facebook behind their note-taking Word document. After all, if you've seen "The Social Network," you know who created Facebook—a college student. And who did it cater to? College students.
{ From the Editor }
H humans are social animals, and college students seem to be a breed quite their own. You can't
The stereotypical 18-24 year old college student is extremely social, will go to a party or a bar as often as time and the body will allow and has no hesitations voicing his or her opinions to anyone else.
It takes about one day on campus as a college student to see that that generalization just doesn't hold true. Remember that awkward moment when a professor asks a question and the entire class sits there in silence at odds with him or her, waiting for the professor to move on while the professor waits just as stubbornly for some response or sign of life from the students?
Personally, I'm one of those students who has no qualms speaking up and offering my opinion. But after so many seconds of silence, I too find myself uncomfortably squirming, not knowing how to break the self-conscious still that's settled over the classroom.
Why is it that students spent so much of their free time socializing, yet freeze up when offered a legitimate intellectual platform to voice their thoughts and opinions? If this is another question that's answered with silence, check out Kelsea's feature story on social anxiety and how it can affect our relationships, professional and education roles, and our lives. Not everyone needs to be an extroverted genius to be successful, but as the great poet Virgil said, "Fortune favors the bold."
LINDSEY DEITER | ASSOCIATE EDITOR
PHOTO BY VICTOR BERGMANN
All in the family
EDITOR **** NADIA IMAFIDON
EDITOR *** NADHA IMAFIDON
ASSOCIATE EDITOR *** LINDSEY DEITER
DESIGNERS *** EMILY GRIGONE, ALLIE WELCH
LOVE *** SASHA LUND, ALIZA CHUDNOW, RACHEL SCHWARTZ
SCHOOL *** ALLISON 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, LIZZIE MARX
CREATIVE CONSULTANT *** CAROL HOLSTEAD
WHAT'S HOT THIS WEEK
THURSDAY MARCH 8
WHAT: PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE (FILM)
WHEN: 7:30 PM
WHERE: KANSAS UNION, JAYHAWK ROOM
WHY YOU CARE: THE STUDENT COALITION FOR IMMI-
GRANTS IS OFFERING THIS FREE PRESENTATION OF A
STUDENT AND TEACHER FIGHTING FOR EDUCATION IN
TUCSON, ARIZ.
FRIDAY MARCH 9
WHAT: PETER PAN
WHEN: 7 PM
WHERE: LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER
WHY YOU CARE: FOR THOSE OF YOU STILL
SEARCHING FOR "NEVER NEVER LAND."
TICKETS $5-7.
SATURDAY MARCH 10
WHAT: SUMMER AND SMOKE
WHEN: 7:30 TO 9:30 PM
WHERE: CRAFTON-PREYER THEATRE, MURPHY HALL
WHY YOU CAN: THIS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CLASSIC
WHY DO I CANE? THIS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
AMERICAN DRAMA, DIRECTED BY DOCTORAL STU-
DENT BOONE HOPKINS, COVERS LUST, TRUTH AND
MORALITY. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?
SUNDAY MARCH 11
WHAT: THE NOISE FM, PHOTO ATLAS, ARCHIE POWELL
WHEN: 10 PM
WHERE: REPLAY LOUNGE
WHY YOU CARE: THE NOISE FM HAS RETURNED TO THEIR HOMETOWN LAWRENCE. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS
MONDAY MARCH 12
WHAT: KARAOKE IDOL!
WHEN: 10 PM
WHERE: JAZZHAUS
WHY YOU CARE: LIVE OUT YOUR DREAM OF BEING
AN AMAZING SINGER IN FRONT OF A LARGE CROWD
OF PEOPLE THAT WILL LIKELY CHEER YOU ON, NO
MATTER WHAT
TUESDAY MARCH 13
WHAT: INTERNSHIP SYMPOSIUM
WHEN: 5 TO 7 PM
WHERE: BURGE UNION
WHY YOU CARE: YOU WANT A JOB. INTERNSHIPS CAN OFTEN PAVE THE WAY TO MAKE OBTAINING ONE EASIER.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14
WHAT: "RELIGION FOR ATHEISTS"
WHEN: 7:30 PM
WHERE: SPOONER HALL
WHY YOU CARE: SWISS AUTHOR ALAIN DE BOTTON WHO HAS PUBLISHED ON FILM, ARCHITECTURE, PHILOSOPHY, ART AND LITERATURE GIVES A PRESENTATION ON A SECULAR ROUTE TO DEEP FULFILLMENT.
because they are more motivated and ravenous when they play teams that BCS schools.
It's hard for a big name program like Kansas to get motivated to play against a mid-major team even if it's for a trip to the Final Four, as fans saw last season. Not to discredit VCU's performance against Kansas, but Kansas played its worst game of the season, shooting 35.5 percent from the court, 9.5 percent from behind the arc and a paltry 53.6 percent from the free-throw line. Statistically, Kansas was awful, but the team's effort and energy was just as bad. The lajhawks were simply flat and lethargic. They simply overlooked and undermined Cinderella.
If Kansas played against a BCS school instead of a mid-major in last year's Elite Eight game, I firmly believe that they would have played much better and advanced to the Final Four.
The Jayhawks have what it takes to go all the way, but they also did last year. Cinderella is waiting, and Jayhaw Nation hopes that her slipper won't fit this time around.
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on Kansas City and the big 12 tournament.
"Going into the season, a lot of people didn't have faith in us because we lost so much last year," junior guard Travis Releford said Monday afternoon. "But if you think about it, all the guys that are playing, we've been here a while. We know what coach wants and we know how to run the system."
The Jayhawks earned the tournament's top seed for the ninth time in its 16-year existence and are looking to capture their 13th Big 12 tournament championship.
A head-scratching loss to Davidson in December made Bill Self question just how good his team was, but a 16-2 league record and eighth consecutive conference regular season championship re-assorted Kansas as the cream of the crop in the Big 12.
Releford said the team has had something to prove since the beginning of the season because of doubting fans.
The team is 19-2 since that loss to Davidson but Self thinks the team still has room for improvement heading into postseason play.
"I haven't been defending how I was at the start of the season and I feel that going into post-season that I can step it up a lot more," Releford said. "He knows that I can be that guy that can step up and stop someone on the opponent's team."
He's stressed the importance of finding a "defensive stopper" on numerous occasions and admitted his words were a message to a few players.
But the month of March brings more than just on-court adjustments.
Self said great defense was all about a person's mindset, not something a team can just decide to practice one week and magically get better at. He thinks Releford, junior guard Elijah Johnson and senior guard Tyshawn Taylor can all improve defensively.
"I think distractions have
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FOLLOW THE JAYHAWKS IN THE TOURNAMENT
In the short term, the biggest distraction might be the talks of a possible meeting between Kansas and Missouri in the tournament championship Saturday night.
"It would be great," Self said. "Because that means we won two games."
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CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Junior guard Travis Releford drives into the lane during the second half of a game against Missouri earlier this season. The Jayhawks could face the Tigers again in the Big 12 Tournaments.