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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Out & About:
Students talk about SOPA and free internet content
// SARA SNEAIn
Opposition to anti-piracy bills known as the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act can definitely reinforce a KU student's appreciation for free online content. On Thursday, Jan.19, the day after online protests against the anti-piracy bills I asked students in Anschutz library and the Underground about free online content they enjoy.
JOSEPH MOBERLY
MANHATTAN
JUNIOR
"I was on Twitter and they were talking about the interesting facts that we'd be missing if we didn't have Wikipedia and a lot of them are absolutely ridiculous. Also, I usually keep up with sports and stuff on the Internet. I'd miss clips and upsets."
JOSH GROVES
OVERLAND PARK
SOPHOMORE
"The coolest thing I've seen on the Internet lately is a replay of Thomas Robinson's alley oop dunk from the Baylor game."
VINAY NATH
MAPLE GROVE, MINN
UNIOR
TEEJAY SUUWADE
AGDS, NIGERIA
"In the last week, I found free shipping online for some clothing I was purchasing."
"I just like reading online a bunch of travel articles. I just read about the rudest cities in America. I just think it's really funny to have access to something like that."
KRISTIN NICHOLS
NEWTON FRESHMAN
BREYAWNA
WASHINGTON
PITTSBURGH, PA
UNIOR
"I enjoy Gizmodo. It's pretty much a gadget guide. It has information about electronics, video games, and everything else in the computer world."
"The best thing I've seen this week was a video on Youtube about religion versus the Bible; like you can have religion outside of the Bible. It really opened up my eyes. Me and my friends sat down afterward and discussed this video for like hours. It was very moving."
"I watch a lot of Youtube videos, like the 'shit someone says' videos. Since I'm from Nebraska, there's like 'shit Nebraskans don't say.' I'd miss random videos of animals being dubbed with peoples"
MEGAN MORRISSEY
OMAHA, NEB
REIMMAN
voices. Also, me and my roommate watch 'Pretty Little Liars' on Hulu. If that wasn't available, I don't know what I would do on Tuesdays."
SALMAN HUSAIN
WICHITA
FRESHMAN
Salman Husain, a freshman from Wichita, "I like watching animal fight videos, like tiger versus lion. In addition, Wikipedia is my go-to study tool. I'm not embarrassed about that. It's pretty essential for me."
MADLINE SCHUMAN
KANSAS CITY
SENIOR
"I was trying to do my homework last night and I went to Wikipedia to find an answer and I almost didn't know what to do. I was like, 'Where do I go now for the answer?' I guess there are different sources, but Wikipedia just has everything. I use it for music facts, movie facts, just anything and everything."
LOGAN GOLLOGLY
SAN DIEGO
SENIOR
Logan Gollogly, a senior from San Diego. "The blackout Google and Wikipedia just did was actually very interesting as far as the protests against SOPA. It was a great
demonstration of social activism online."
KATHERINE
GERSTNER
LAWRENGE
JUNIOR
"I like Wheelofunch.com. It's basically a website where you go on and click this spinny thing. You put in your zip code and it spins around and tells you a random place that you can go eat lunch at. You can even pick the meal, like breakfast or just coffee. Oh, and the Dailypuppy.com. Every day they post a new puppy. That's my homepage."
MIKE SOFIS
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SENIOR
"I watch a lot of Colbert online, especially the recent election coverage. I could see parts of Colbernation.com being cut off."
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face.
"I wasn't meeting people," she said. "I was kind of going through people withdrawals."
Determined to overcome her situation she turned to the Internet. Jankord began to scour through blogs and websites in search of a solution to her problem. Her search first brought her to the 365 Project, an initiative in which participants take one photograph each day for an entire year.
"A lot of people I knew were doing the 365 Project so I decided to do something more original," she said.
Relenlessly, she continued to search until finally she came across something that was new to her and grabbed her attention.
Unlike the 365 Project, 100 Strangers is a project that requires socialization. The first objective of
class", Jankord said. "An elderly couple that I met by Potter Lake told me their life story."
The second half of the project is taking the photo (with permission) of the strangers who shared their story. While meeting new people and collecting the stories of strangers was appealing to Jankord, it was the second half of the project that intrigued her most of all.
She had hoped to be admitted to the School of the Arts to study photography, but was declined. 100 Strangers became an opportunity for her to pursue her love of art as well as to build confidence and overcome the difficulties of meeting new people.
"This project stood out to me because I wanted to do something that involved photography," Jankord said.
Setting out and onto campus
Often times it is this fear of rejection that stunts our bravery and keeps us from meeting new people. Overcoming her nerves, Jankord has continued to collect strangers and has now documented the photographs and stories of nearly twenty strangers.
"I think what she's doing is pretty courageous, daring," Teron Gaumer said after sharing a story with Jankord and becoming one of her strangers.
fing to talk about themselves.
"It was when I got my first rejection that I first got nervous," she said.
She remembers not being very nervous in the beginning.
"It really helped me get out there and meet people," she said.
Jankord is not the only student on campus participating in the project.
Collin Baffa, a senior from
"In day to day life you walk past so many people and you just have a brief encounter, you don't even notice them," he said. "Now I'm stopping people and getting to know them and it's interesting because they're often a lot more friendly than you would think."
According to the 100 Strangers page on Flickr, there are currently more than 7,000 participants.
Baffa, much like Jankord, began the project as a way to grow as a photographer and to break out of social timidity.
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encourage you and you can learn from them."
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For more information about 100 Strangers, including portfolios of the project's participants, you can visit www.100strangers.com and www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers.
TYLER BIERWIRTH/KANSAN
Edited by Anna Allen
Kody Collins, a sophomore from Overland Park, enjoys a non-alcoholic White Russian while dressed in character as "The Dude" during The Big Lebowski night at Jaybowl on Thursday. Students enjoyed free popcorn and bowling while watching the movie.
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