THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013
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When my professor wears the same outfit multiple times a week it makes me feel better about not doing my laundry.
My dreams of being a photographer were smashed today, literally. I smashed my camera.
Every friend group has a guy that yells out "Sports!" ironically at watch parties. NO ONE LIKES THE GUY
I come home from lottery to realize that I have, once again, put my underwear on inside out. 5 am is just not a good time for me.
Next week, K-State joke week in the FFA.
Did the bus changing it's schedule by 3min mess anybody else's day up?
Just got the nod of approval from the bus driver for putting away my muffin before he told me to. #boss
Guys... learn to shave. You don't shave your neck all the way to the jawline! That makes you have a double chin Haha.
The band doesn't *Wabash*. It does Band Aerobics, which is different, much better, and far less purple.
Props to the girls who actually manage to put a bra on for lottery.
Sometimes, I'm at my happiest walking on campus alone with fair weather and sunny skies, admiring everything around me.
The Honk for Hemp guy is back on Mass St! Praise Jesus!
To whomever lost a husky-looking dog; it was just running around Wesco Beach.
Used today's UDK as my umbrella this morning.
BASKETBALL
I wish we could just load our lecture class up on a bus and go on a field trip, like the good o'l days!
To the gay guy talking about Grindr. The first rule of Grindr is you never talk about Grindr.
Be sure to massage the breast, legs and thighs with oil. I'm talking about a turkey.
I like the way UOENO IONA just rolls off the tongue.
To whatever boob keeps gunging up the tower A washing machines with softener, you should go fall on a knife somewhere.
I like to think I'm being eco-friendly by rarely showering/doing laundry.
My ringtone should just be the sound of a defeated man sighing.
Airing of grievances: the Allen Fieldhouse edition
Today we take a brief thiatus from literature and focus on another topic I'm passionate about: KU basketball games. Allen Fieldhouse is the greatest sports venue without a doubt, what sets it apart is the combination of tradition and passion from students and alumni who together create an electric environment. This season has been more hyped than any other I've experienced in my time here since Fall 2010, judging by the incredible turnout at lotteries and the Late Night crowd control snauf. So far this season everything has been great, but I think we can do better. There have been a number of things going on in the student section that I believe should be eliminated or improved upon. Please consider the following:
DON'T "WHOO" DURING THE ROCK CHALK CHANT
yelling like Neanderthals. I'll also remind you that Bill Self said he hates this practice; what more convincing do you need?
BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
We've made some significant progress in the last year or two to eliminate the "whoo." It sounds tacky and takes away from the ominous, haunting mood of the original, the sounding of a death knell for the other team. While I'm on the topic, start the chant at around 2:00 if we have a significant lead. We wait until sub-1:00 at the lona game when we were up by 20 or so.
Kansas fans cheer on the men's basketball team during the lona game on Tuesday in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks defeated the Gaels 86-66.
DON'T YELL "HOME OF THE CHIEFS"
I love the Chiefs as much as the next guy (9-1 baby), but they don't belong in our country's national anthem. This is only marginally acceptable to do when you're in Arrowhead. Let's be classy and sing it the way Francis Scott Key wrote it instead of
DO FREE THROW
DISTRACTIONS CORRECTLY
Aside from the "pinwheel fists" one, the goal of the other two is to build up anticipation to a sudden movement right before the player shoots. According to Nature.com, science supports the hypothesis that uniform background motion can influence the hand motion of an observer. Random motion can be filtered out, while sudden uniform motion has an effect. The take-away: don't wave your arms around, instead hold one direction and snap to the other right before the shot; and don't jump up randomly, instead jump up right before the shot. This is how I learned the distractions and how they should be done.
minimal effort on your own part
STAND UP!
If you're in the student section, the only time you should sit down after the game starts is at half time. No exceptions. It's tradition. Nothing says feeble and disinterested like a bunch of people sitting down as soon as a timeout is called. Show the players you care about the effort they're putting forth by putting forth some
WATCH THE GAME
(5a) A KU basketball game is a perfect place to live in the moment. I get it, everyone and their mom has a hungry Instagram account, but hold off on it until play stops. You could be missing the dunk of the year while you send off a text. (5b) Don't leave the game early. This comment is more pertinent to GAers, but it needs to be said nonetheless. (5c) Don't hold up your poster while the clock is running; you're obstructing the views of others. I love a cleverly crafted post, but save them for timeouts and other
LEARN THE CLAP AND THE ALMA MATER
clock stoppages—that's when the cameras might find you anyway.
Regarding the clap: I was a freshman once too; I understand that the rhythm is difficult. We all mess it up sometimes. But please, please, PLEASE make an effort to listen to the band and DON'T speed up the tempo! That's why we get off and it sounds like a mess. Pedant alert—the word "towards" is not in the alma mater. It's "toward". Same with "onward". Fun fact: the s-versions are British English. You wouldn't write "colour" would you? There's
an awesome page (http://www.
ku.edu/about/t traditions/songs/)
that has the alma mater and clap
and examples. So give it a listen if
you're shaky on it!
I have listed these issues roughly according to their relative importance. If none of these things happen, Allen Fieldhouse will be pretty awesome, but I think making these changes would propel the quality of our support for the team to unprecedented levels. Rock Chalk!
EDUCATION
Jason Bates is a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Overland Park.
Hands-on learning takes priority over irrelevant classes
School has, and always will be, a huge part of everyone's lives. We spend half of our days at school, and when we're not at school, we either thinking about school, preparing for school or trying to find the quickest, easiest way to be done with it. I'll be the first to admit that school is not easy, especially for a college student. However, none of those are what makes me lose my motivation to go.
To me, it seems as though over half of what we learn has nothing to do with our majors or future plans. For instance, why did I have to take multiple math classes as a speech pathology major? I guarantee you if I went and shadowed a speech pathologist tomorrow, he or she wouldn't be calculating how to find "x" as a part of their daily routine. I think
By Molly Smith msmith@kansan.com
students would learn more in a single day shadowing a professional in their field than they would in certain college courses, which are irrelevant to what they really need to know.
Even classes that are specifically dedicated to my major seem to be the exact opposite. I'm currently in a required "physics of speech" class, for instance. First of all, is that even a thing? Secondly, I don't care about the frequency of a wavelength. Let's be honest, no one does. We spend all our time miserably studying at the library, drowning ourselves in coffee and pointless knowledge with no real-world application
It even makes me wonder what
one reasoning behind all of this is. I certainly think money has something to do with it. College is a business. Every time I turn around, more money is being sucked from my wallet and my parent's wallet. One day it's a parking ticket, the next it's a required book that I "needed" for class, and don't forget those lovely sorority fines for your bow being crooked during recruitment.
A college degree isn't even a guarantee of success. I know people who didn't go to college, and they're some of the most successful people I know and my biggest role models. I think the world should revolve around hard work and dedication, not who can figure out those tricky true/false questions about the anatomy of a bug.
Employers want more than good
grades—they want experience and well roundedness. How are we supposed to fulfill these expectations when we're constantly overwhelmed with schoolwork, leaving no time for anything else?
leaving no time for anything else. In the past, I've done some shadowing, and not only did I gain knowledge of a professional field, but I also received a lot of advice and was put into many real life situations that one would face as a speech pathologist. Hands-on learning helps one figure out if they even want to put all their energy into a certain major. If you don't like what you observe, then you shouldn't continue with the schooling for it, but how are you supposed to figure that out in the classroom? For instance, with pathologists, there is a big difference when working with children and working with the elderly. When
I shadowed at a nursing home, it helped me realize that I wanted to work with kids for the rest of my life. In my opinion, hands-on learning is what's putting me ahead of the people spending their days in Anschutz with their nose buried in a history book.
There's really nothing we can do as students, because that's just the way the system works. I guess it felt good to get this off my chest, but all I can do is continue trudging my rear end down to the library and hoping that somewhere along the way I'll figure out how to be a speech pathologist. Wish me luck.
Molly Smith is a sophomore majoring in speech pathology from Lenexa.
CAMPUS CHIRPS RACK
What change would you make to the student section at basketball games?
@rynnootter02
@KansanOpinion more paper=more confetti!
@Wat Brockson
@KansanOpinion the fact that some people still "woo" after the rock chalk chant
@MelanieRR
@KansanOpinion NO MOAR SITTING DURING THE GAMES!! Siting is for the weak. Jayhawks ain't weak. .
FFA OF THE DAY
2. ..3. There is an abnormally high amount cute girls in Engineering today.
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