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OPINION
THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 6,2003
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I'm really tired of looking at that cow in the Bada Bing ads in the Kansan. Please make it stop.
into a paranoid frenzy.
I just wanted Nick in my physics class to know that you're hot, you're sexy, and I love you, man.
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So if the guy that you hook up with says he'd really like to be with you but is seeing someone else, and then breaks up with that girl and starts dating one of your good friends, is that a bad thing?
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This is Kerry Hermes, the girl that blows her own whistle. When can we meet?
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I've just returned from India, and it's great to be back in Lawrence.
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I just want to give a shoutout to the snotty girls on my floor. I heard you talking about how my singing bothers you. I'm sorry, I'm a music major, I have to practice in my room. The only thing you two ever do in your room is bring home random guys and sit on your butt in front of the TV.
This is to the girl in my 6:30 biology class. You don't know the material so don't sit in my group. Just drop the class.
into a paranoid frenzy.
Kevin Flaherty is an awesome investigative reporter. He should be on the front page more often, damn it.
I'll give $100 to the person who can logically explain how my roommate managed to get poop on the inner side of the toilet seat.
I love ninjas with every part of my body,including my pee-pee.
This is to all the people that live at Colony Woods: I've been to Colony Woods, and I know that they have showers there, so use them, because you all stink really bad and on the bus I can't even smell my own cologne because you rub your dinner in your armpits. Thanks.
Who on this campus would like to get in with me on my delivery liquor and cigarette business? I mean, how many people hate having to go out for that stuff?
into a paranoid frenzy.
Honestly, who really cares about the government and Bush right now? Do you guys even know what you're talking about? Why don't you guys worry about more important things, like where's the pot?
The parking department sucks fat goat.
Supergirl, you super suck.
WADE'S VIEW
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THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND RUINING ANY SEMBLANCE OF A MILITARY STRATEGY.
PERSPECTIVE
Jennifer Wade for The University Daily Kansan
Clinton impeachment exemplifies tradition of deception in politics
A few years ago, as many of us surely recall, former President Bill Clinton, defender of freedom and democracy, faced impeachment for perjury. He was "brought to justice" for abusing power by receiving fellatio from a White House intern. There is little agreement today on whether Clinton's extra-marital affair should' have resulted in his removal from office or Hillary simply asking him to sleep on the couch.
The general consensus is that Clinton did wrong by violating the trust of the American people. The continued cry is "He lied to us."
Wake up. America.
The Clinton trial is just an obvious example of the political deception that has taken place behind closed doors for generations. We could easily generate grounds for impeaching every president in U.S. history.
No person in a seat of power is expected to lay all of their cards on the table, as that would surely jeopardize his position.
Politics is, frankly speaking, the art of living.
Sometimes, political analysts argue, deception or withholding the truth or both is necessary to pacify the citizens, preventing them from degenerating
COMMENTARY
Steve Ducey
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Be that as it may, it behooves us as voters of a democracy to consider the severity of the lie before condemning and punishing the offender.
Lying about marital infidelity can hardly be considered an impeachable offense when one considers the sort of atrocities committed without disclosure by Bill Clinton and just about every other president in the post-war era.
bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, the illegal use of depleted uranium weapons in the Persian Gulf (harming both Iraqi civilians and American soldiers), and the near genocide of the people of East Timor, located 200 miles from the northern coast of Australia, in the early 1990s.
As far back as the Eisenhower administration, evidence can be cited for U.S. involvement in numerous acts of terror, violence, war crimes and oppression, all in blatant violations of international law and all more than worthy of impeachment. The CIA directed an overthrow of a democratically-elected leader in Guatemala, the slaughter of countless innocents urging democratic reforms in El Salvador, the
These are just a few items on the laundry list of offenses committed by U.S.trained, outfitted or sponsored perpetrators.
If first-hand accounts of only a portion of these crimes received the media backing of the Starr report, which ran in full-text in some major newspapers in the country, then surely Americans would have called for the removal of (insert President-at-the-time here) from office.
Why is the President's sex life is so much more paramount in the eyes of the media and the public? Surely greater wrongs have been committed that violate not only domestic policy, but also international law. The legitimacy of our nation and the rule of law depend on our ability to recognize the evils of our world that truly matter and exact punishment accordingly.
Ducey is an Overland Park sophomore in philosophy.
PERSPECTIVI
Join community to promote peace
Most Asian students are surprised and confused at American culture. I am a Japanese student. This is my second semester here, and I'm still adapting to American culture.
KU communities can have a very important role in adapting to American culture.
Your living space should be the most significant community. It can also be the smallest one. We can compare KU's communities to the silicon chips of a computer. The computer can't function without all of its chips intact. As in a computer, the University might not work well unless students get along with roommates.
Not only Asian international students, but all students should join a community at the University of Kansas.
I talked to several students,including those living with international students, about their living situations. Fortunately, all of them have said they had good relationships with their roommates.The three keys to a peaceful home life are frequent communication,respect for one another's belongings and a clean kitchen.
When talking with the students, I asked them how they would act if their country was at war with their roommate's native country. No one said, "I will hate them and their nations."
COMMENTARY
Kengo Terada
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But the responses to the following question were definitely divided.
A French girl said she would go to the party, despite sideways glances from American students.
Another person said, "I would feel guilty about them even though I know they do not go to battlefield."
A student from India responded similarly.
"I am not France," she said.
I asked them, "In the middle of war, would you go to your roommate's party?" One person told me he wouldn't go, because tension between citizens of warring countries could endanger him.
"I have to show and explain why countries are fighting," he said. "I am going to discuss about fighting in there."
The most remarkable answer to the question came from a friend of mine, Juan Cristobal, a Bolivia freshman.
"I would go, but I would not act as countries are fighting."
The first two responses reflect an idealistic attitude. They can say they'll go to the party now, when the situation is only hypothetical. But if the party were to actually occur, the answer may not be as easy as going with a smile on your face.
Cristobal's response is the more feasible answer. People are more likely to just go to the party, drink a beer and ignore the political tension for the night.
As I expected, students think they can understand any situation in a one-onone setting. If a group of American students comes face-to-face with a group of Japanese students, for example, pointing fingers becomes easier and the barrier might be felt.
When I asked students what could make relationships with roommates better and what could bring all KU students closer to one another, the responses surprised me.
Beyond my expectations, students showed almost the same attitude for both the questions. Almost everyone said sharing common activities could improve personal relationships.
To do your part in promoting peace in the world, remember the computer chip analogy. We need to focus on relationships in the smallest communities first so we can prevent war later.
Terada is a Kashiwe, Japan, sophomore in journalism.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Tuition funding spread unevenly
Over the next year, the University of Kansas will add 18 new faculty positions to the campus. An addition of this magnitude has not happened at the University in 20 years. Thirteen of the new faculty will join the life-sciences department and five will be added to international studies. Students in other classes will wait to see the benefits of the increased tuition they've paid, which provided the University with $1.5 million for the new positions.
The University should spread the new positions evenly across its departments now instead of leaving struggling programs waiting indefinitely for relief.
Provost David Shulenburger said life sciences were chosen to receive the new positions because the department was a national leader in research and transferred part of that success to the private sector.
Life sciences include cognitive neuroscience, chemistry, biomolecular engineering, genetics, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry and bioinformatics, a new field of science that will bring together biology computer science and information technology as one discipline.
International studies will hire professors in international financial law, global environment and global human ecology. The University recently received praise for its international education and study abroad programs.
This plan leaves the future too uncertain.
Kevin Boatright, associate executive vice chancellor for University Relations, said KU planned to add faculty in other departments each year, but the future of this plan was contingent on funding from the state and how the tuition-increase money was handled.
The University should not expect some students to suffer while other profit disproportionately.
Students in areas of study fortunate enough to receive new professors may benefit, but the majority of students will see only a tuition increase while faculty numbers remain the same.
Meghan Brune for the editorial board.
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