4A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002
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OK, first Little Mermaid 2 and then Peter Pan 2 and now Cinderella 2? What, is Disney running out of ideas or what?
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My best friend's dad just died in a car accident last night, so it might be a good idea to call your parents and tell them you love them, because you never know when you might lose them.
Yes, to further clarify the difference between an air ball and not an air ball, an air ball doesn't hit anything. A brick hits the backboard and doesn't hit the rim. So to the person who corrected the other person, that person needs to be corrected too. By the way, hockey rules.
For those calling in to the Free for All, hockey is one of the most exciting and best sports ever, so leave your big toe alone, and watch some damn hockey.
why are all those mistakes in the paper?
A: It's a simple question, but a difficult one to answer. And people ask me about it often.
This is to the person that grilled Doug Pacey in the Free for All today: when you can write as well as Doug and meet all of his deadlines, then you can complain. Until then try to appreciate one of the best sports writers the Kansan has seen in years. Seriously, we're No. 1 anyway.
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I just saw in the Free for All the guy that proposed to his girlfriend, and it sparked some ideas. Me and my roommate, Steve, have lived together for what, is it it Steve, two months now. I think it's time I proposed to you, Steve. Please respond. Call me back. Please say yes. Bye.
So Alicia Keys won like a billion Grammys, but has any-one ever thought how ironic it is that her last name is Keys, and she plays the piano?
Dave Grummon's perspective column today was the worst editorial column I have ever seen.
Why is it that anyone born after 1980 is considered Generation Y? Is it because somebody was too unoriginal to come up with another name other than the letter after X? Is it Y as in why continue to go on with this life when all I want to do is watch Friends every night? Is it Y as in why continue to reproduce when all we can come up with is Generation Y? Why is that?
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I'm not at KU this semester, and I miss the Free for All so much, but I had to call because I read you every day online, and I just want to say hello to the girls at Sigma Kappa, the girls at 1 East GSP, Angela's 12:30-1:10 French class last semester and how about them 'Hawks? I'm still cheering for you, and I miss you guys so much.
why are all those mistakes in the paper?
A: It's a simple question, but a difficult one to answer. And people ask me about it often.
Nathan Urbauer, will you be my boyfriend?
Drew, in case you're wondering, you're not a point guard.
Qit take the ball down the court.
After Saturday's Rock Chalk show I guess we all know who living organization No. 1. really is.
why are all those mistakes in the paper?
A: It's a simple question, but a difficult one to answer. And people ask me about it often.
Why is it that the women of Alpha Gamma Delta and the men of Pi Kappa Phi don't even get pictured in the Kansan yet the all women's group gets two? I think that's pretty shiesty.
why are all those mistakes in the paper?
A: It's a simple question, but a difficult one to answer. And people ask me about it often.
Just so you know, God treats the righteous and the wicked fairly not in the same way. Meaning that since the wicked screw up, they get jacked, and the righteous get to have a party in heaven so there.
Yes, my roommate is the girl that called about the fish. Well, it's her fish, and she should be lucky I haven't flushed it down the toilet.
So Drew, I've been thinking, are you planning to stay now one more year because we didn't win the Big 12 Tournament? Don't you want to win that before you go to the NBA? I mean come on, how many times do you get to have the perfect season? I mean you have one more year left. Make use of it.
OK, this is March, and I'm in Kansas, but those Jayhawks better not break my heart again this year.
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Can I just say that Eric Borja's editorial about MU is awesome, and I'm so happy to be part of a class basketball program. Rock chalk Jayhawk, Go KU.
This in regards to the Rock Chalk article in the newspaper. I was just wondering if the only organization that participated was the girl show, because I really didn't see any pictures of the other organizations that participated in the Rock Chalk Revue.
TALK TO US
Leita Walker
editor
864-4854 or walker@kansan.com
Jay Krail
Kyle Ramsey
managing editors
864-4854 or jkrail@kansan.com and
kramsey@kansan.com
Clay McCusition
readers' representative
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Kursten Phelps Brooke Hesler
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kphelsp@kursan.com end
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business manager
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Kate Mariani
retail sales manager
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Malcolm Gibson
general manager and news
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864-7667 or malcolm@bansan.com
Matt Ficke
Matt Fisher
sales and marketing adviser
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PERSPECTIVE
Readers' representative answers your most frequent questions
In the past couple of months, I've attended numerous meetings of student groups. The meetings give me the chance to take notes about group activities, spread the word about my job and answer questions about the Kansan.
READERS' REPRESENTATIVE
Some questions come up more often than others. Some questions come up a lot. In this week's column, I'll try to answer the most common of them.
Q: How can we be listed in On Campus? How can we make sure our listing stays current?
A: I'm asked this more often than any other question. First, it's important to note that On Campus entries can be submitted two ways — by coming into the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall, and filling out a form, or by filling out a similar form online at http://www.kansan.com/services/calendar/newevent.asp.
A Kansan news clerk puts together the On Campus section every day from these forms. (Last semester, one of the two readers' reps did the job.) Your group's event is set for printing.
But errors creep into the listings. Why? They often stem from incorrect information on the forms. If you submit an event for On Campus, make sure you fill out the form correctly and completely. Specify how often your group meets. If your group's meeting time changes, come in and fill out a new form.
Clay McCuistion cmccuistion@kansan.com
My advice? If you want to be absolutely sure your group is listed and its information is accurate, fill out the form and see how the information is printed. If it's wrong, drop by the newsroom in person or give us a call.
That personal contact makes it more likely your listing will be accurate in the future.
I can't defend errors, obviously. One error is one error too many.
But we have to be realistic. The Kansan is entirely student-produced. Obviously students write the stories — but they also edit them and write headlines. Students from the Advanced Editing class learn their jobs as they go along — much as the reporters do. Just as students normally don't get a perfect score on their first test in a class, Kansan staffers sometimes err in the process of learning their crafts.
Q: Why hasn't my letter to the editor or guest column been printed?
Letters and guest columns come in frequently to opinion editors Kursten Phelps and Brooke Hesler. The two try to prepare the opinion page a couple of days in advance — which means that letters and other responses are pushed back a bit anyway.
Phelps or Hesler must also contact letterwriters to confirm their authorship, and they must make sure pictures are taken of guest columnists.
Once these steps are taken, the letter or column is ready to be printed — as are many other columns and letters in a limited space. While Phelps and Hesler could be more prompt at times, such printing delays should be expected — especially if letters flood in.
O: What happened to Gongfarmer?
"We may not run every letter if we get lots of letters in about the same topic," Phelps said.
Randy Regier's bizarre comic strip, syndicated by KRT Campus, stopped running Jan. 25. The cartoonist retired. A pity. It was a favorite of mine.
McCquistion is an El Dorado senior in journalism and English.
PERSPECTIVE
Get off the couch for a healthy lifestyle
As you start to read my colum, stop for a moment and look at where you are.
So, what are you up to? Walking to class? Riding the bus? In front of the TV? Regardless, you should be getting more exercise because we as a nation are at war with fat more regularly than we are with that other guy in a turban.
COMMENTARY
It's the grease that drips off your pizza. It's the gut that beer leaves behind. It hides in all the foods you hold close to your heart, the chips that you fall asleep with as you watch Sports-center, the chocolates that your boyfriend gave you for Valentine's Day. It can also come in the form of sitting still.
But, according to the National Center for Disease Control, while Americans know what they need to do to keep unwanted pounds off, we are increasingly failing to follow its entire prescribed regimen.
Justin Henning opinion@kansan.com
Take for example an imaginary student who has been told by a Watkins Health Center doctor that he or she needs to lose 30 pounds or will be ineligible to ride the bus. The doctor has said to this person that they should try walking to class to attend in person rather than teleconfer-
Individuals want a quick fix without having to put in any sweat or effort.
Now, assuming the individual does so, let's say that as they walk, they eat a bag of chips, a cheeseburger and stop at the bookstore for a candy bar, thinking all the while that they can cheat by attaching those little electrodes you see advertised on TV to their abs and spasm the fat away. What they ate replaced any excess calories and then some.
encing from the residence halls like the person has been doing.
As a society, we are becoming more and more reliant on technology to handle the physical aspects of life. Rather than walk down the hall to see a friend, we send them an e-mail or call them on the phone. Instead of walking to class,
more people are riding the bus. And when this hard day of work is over, we relax by sitting down.
So, are you obese? You are if you weigh at least 30 percent more than what your doctor says you should. There is no excuse for this rise.
Granted, some people are fat and can't help it. But what is lacking in so many individuals today is any sort of effort to live a healthy lifestyle.
Part of this problem comes from the society's development of eating as recreation. My hat goes off to anyone who can say that they have never gone out to eat or opened a bag of chips as something to do.
Because none of us ever would ever want to be told that we have to lose weight to ride the bus.
We can do better than this as a University, especially if we don't have any sort of physical fitness requirement because of all the hills. So as the snow melts away and the trees start to trigger your allergies, dust off your bicycle, or buy a new pair or running shoes and resolve to get fit.
Henning is a Leawood junior in journalism.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CREDIT CARDS ON CAMPUS
Dear editor.
Audrey Snyder's opinion piece on banning credit cards on campus ("Students don't need the University to protect them from credit cards", March 5) fell short of the mark when determining why Student Senate has asked the provost to approve the ban. It was stated in the column that Senate's request to ban credit cards on campus was in
order to "protect students from debt." While this is one valid reason for kicking credit cards off campus, it is not the most important or only reason.
The request to ban credit cards was a response of individuals who were sick of the constant solicitation on campus. It is unnecessary to have credit card companies on campus. As Snyder says, "campus is not the only place where students can find a credit card application." Also, banning credit cards sends the message that our University is an institution of learning, not merely another avenue of opportunity to put money in the credit card companies' pockets.
While I do agree with Snyder that tackling the visual problem of credit card debt is not the only answer, I do believe that the ban is a good start. Trying to combat
credit card debt among students while still allowing solicitations on campus is counter-productive. I urge the provost to approve the ban of credit card companies on campus. At the very least, we won't have to put up with the annoying credit representatives pushing their wares.
Amanda Harrison
Lawrence Junior