2B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THURSDAY,MAY2,2002
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (May 2). You could do well financially this year without doing a lot more work. Has your value increased due to experience? A change in your income, and possibly in your status, is likely. If you do get a windfall, hold on to as much as you can. The urge to surrender
urge to splurge will be powerful. Also, plan a trip for December.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 7.
Are you working a monotonous job?
Were you born for better things? Don't complain. Keep bringing in the bucks to finance your education. That's your escape route.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is an 8. Venture beyond your old boundaries. If you take the less-traveled route, chances are you'll find a valuable treasure.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is a 6.
You're pretty good at sticking to a schedule now, so why not review your budget? Any bills you could pay off? That'd help a lot.
cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is a 7.
Even though you are under pressure,
you have the power to turn things
around. Your friends and your partner
provide it, and you do the same for
them.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 5. Friends clamor for your attention, but you need to concentrate. A difficult task will not do itself. Meet with friends tomorrow instead.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 9.
You are under pressure to perform, but no problem - you are brilliant. The admiration of a person you respect inspires you to great heights.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22). Today is a 7.
You do not want to turn down a friend's invitation, but it could be smart to do just that. Stay home and fix up your house. Schedule a date for tomorrow.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is an 8. Need a extra money? Take on a side job. A co-worker can show you where to look for extra work. There's no shortage of things to be done.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 5. You have several options if you are low on cash. Your best bet is to take on more work. Do not borrow, and forget about playing the lottery
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is an 8. Make special time for someone you love. Sure, there is more work to be done, but that is always the case. Seize the moment.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 6. Loved ones clamor for your attention, and home is where you would like to be. Any way you can arrange it?
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is an 8. Friends offer practical advice, and you would be smart to take it. Imagination is your strong point, not pragmatism. They will help you achieve your dreams.
Making cancer checks regularly saves private parts from disease
I stopped thinking about my breasts in the eighth grade. They had stopped being such a novelty by then, had stopped being so new. My breasts were (and still are) too little to get much immediate attention — I have come up with talks about them in the street While it looks like more deadly.
The very existence of my breasts was only brought to my mind by various boyfriends, a handful of doctors
teaching me to do breast self-exams for cancer (which I never did), and a friend or two making "itty-bitty-titty" jokes.
It's strange to think that my breasts, a part of my body my boyfriend thinks about more than I do and a part of my body that has never given me any problems more serious than a couple of aches here and there, might someday be a threat to my life. So strange, in fact, that I only began to understand their importance after my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year.
Meghan Bainum mbainum@kansan.com
Because many of us are young at the University of Kansas, it is hard to imagine a time when our bodies, which cause most of us less worry than our cars or classes, might begin to get sick and diseased with ailments beyond the many nasty brands of sexually transmitted diseases.
It is especially hard to imagine a deadly disease growing in areas of our body responsible for sexual function that, until the time of the diagnoses, had given us nothing but joy and pleasure. But it happens all the time.
According to figures from the American Cancer Society, in the year 2001, 40,600 Americans died from breast cancer. Believe it or not, 400 of those breast cancer deaths were men. Another 58,500 Americans died from cancer located in their "genital systems," otherwise known as almost anything involved with your penis, vulva, scrotum, testicles, ovaries and so on.
While it sucks to find out cancer can strike even the areas on the body designated for sexual pleasure and stimulation, self-cancer checks, while oftentimes
being quite pleasurable themselves, can help keep your private parts free from at least one nasty disease. Check out Watkins Health Center or Kansan.com for information on how to breast and testicle self-exams.
And, believe it or not, cancer checks are often done well by a sexual partner — especially one who has been around for a while. Often times a lover has more intimate
experience handling and fondling a scrotum or vulva than do the owners of the parts themselves. So speak up if something seems not quite right with your partner's naughty bits.
Although partner detection is important, it's also important to get everything "down there" checked out at least every three years. For women, a pap test is recommended yearly. The doctor also is the place to go if a lump or questionable area is found on any body part, no matter what the part is used for.
Although cancer is scary and weird to think about, especially in regards to body parts like breasts or testicles, with some time, attention and a little luck, your sexual organs can be your pleasure pals for a long, long time to come.
Check out http://trfn.clpgh.org/bcis/Generalinfo/bse.html to learn how to do a breast self-exam or http://www.acor.org/TCRC/tcexam.html to learn how to do a testicle self-exam.
When looking for roommates, prepare for unavoidable issues
The end of the semester is a stressful time for many students. Even if we are stressing about final exams, term papers and end-of-the-semester projects, we can at least take solace in the fact that it is almost over. Well, for a while anyway.
Adding to this stress is making arrangements for life after finals. Namely, many people are making a mad scramble to find an apartment or other new living space and, for an unlucky lot, a roommate.
space and, for an arbitrary task,
Finding a roommate is a tricky task, and making the
wrong decision can lead to a life of hell. I have been lucky when it comes to roommates and I have, with one exception, gotten along well with my roommates. Out of the five I have had before, only one turned out to be psycho. Unfortunately, it seems most people are not as lucky as me.
enjoyable learning experience and less fighting will occur.
RELATIONSHIPS COLUMN
As a COMS 130 teacher I've heard many speeches about nega-
Be honest — When a problem arises, do not shy away and hope it will stop occurring. As soon as something negative is happening, point it out to your roommate.
A few days after moving in with my roommate my senior year, she told me I needed to take out the trash. I told her I had taken it out three times already, and I figured it was her turn. She replied that taking out the trash was the man's duty. "Well, if we're going by those
James Manning jmanning@kansan.com
heard many speeches about negative roommate relationships. For instance, one student talked about how she made the mistake of rooming with her best friend. She found out that it ended up being too much closeness, and the relationship destructed.
Research conducted by the Residence Hall Association points to her experience as a typical roommate problem. People express more satisfaction in the "random roommate" or "potluck" system of being assigned to live with someone who a student does not know before living together.
will inevitably differ in roommate situations. If these tips are followed, living with someone will be an
standards," I said, "then you'd better get to cooking my dinner, cleaning my bedroom baring my children. Those are the 'womanly duties.'" She took the trash out the next day.
The second best option for most of the students in the survey was rooming with someone who was not a close friend, but an acquaintance with similar values. No matter how the roommate is selected, problems will inevitably arise. Human life is filled with conflict.
Be direct — This was something I didn't do in the example above. Don't drop subtle hints. Come right out and express any concerns.
Be reasonable — Think about the behavior and whether or not it is worth admonishing. Maybe your roommate leaves a wet towel on the bathroom floor — is that any worse than your leaving the cap off of the toothpaste?
Be nice — Just because conflict is present does not mean it has to be aggressive. Most of the time your roommate will be embarrassed about the situation, so when pointing out problems, make sure it is being done with delicacy.
If you are still having problems with a roommate, try checking out How to Survive a Roommate, by James Comer. He's done some excellent research on selecting and maintaining healthy roommate relationships.
Manning is an Emporia graduate student in communications studies. Manning is also a graduate teaching assistant.
'Numbers' lacks decent title, consistency
By Peter Black Movie reviewer
Murder by Numbers is a thriller made up of three mysteries. Unfortunately, only one of the mysteries derives from the plot.
Mystery No. 1 is the cat-and-mouse game between two detectives and two high school students, No. 2 is determining what character Sandra Bullock is attempting to play and finally, mystery No. 3 is where did the producers of this film come up with the title?
The mystery that was actually supposed to be part of the film involves Cassie Mayweather (Bullock), a hard-nosed and jaded detective in a northern California town. She is paired with Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin), a fresh-out-of-school, top-of his-class detective, to solve the case of a murdered woman found outside of town.
As bits of evidence are discovered, the detectives are led toward two suspiciously over-confident high schoolers, Richard Haywood (Ryan Gosling, The Believer) and Justin Pendleton (Michael Pitt II. Dawson's Creek).
The two adolescents act as though they hate each other while in public, but actually share a special philosophy: the only way to truly be free is to live outside the laws.
To make their beliefs more than words, they devise a plan to kill someone so they can experience freedom. Justin is obsessed with forensics and knows the detective process inside and out, keeping the boys one step ahead of the detectives.
Richard is the kid who has everything; popularity, money and sex; however, the one thing he is missing is attention from his parents. As Mayweather and Kennedy work their way through the maze of clues, they begin to close in on the boys and soon find that the real question isn't whether they did it, but who did the actual killing and who did the planning.
The answer to the second mystery is hidden somewhere underneath Bullock's confusing performance. Bullock's character is supposed to be complex and layered, combining a past traumatic experience, her unwillingness to become close to others, a deep commitment to her job and the softer side that she keeps buried. She has the ability to bring all of those qualities to the table, but she does so without transitioning between emotions.
Whenever Mayweather is supposed to be experiencing a different emotion or attitude. Bullock performed it as if it were a completely new character, making the movie far more confusing than the story it is trying to tell.
One mystery left unsolved is why the heck the movie is titled Murder by Numbers?
There aren't any numbers involved in the film.
The only thing that I can figure out is that the murder was committed by two people, but at no point in the film does any of the action or dialogue even come close to giving the title any validity
If anyone thinks he has a solution to this mystery, please e-mail me, because even the best detectives couldn't form any leads on this one.
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