THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 2013
GENDER FROM PAGE 1
They were surprised at how often they have to tell someone that they're in the correct bathroom.
"You just have to laugh it off," Long said. "I don't know what else to do."
Mog and Long both said they wish there were more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus so that there's one less thing for students like Long to worry about while figuring out their identities.
Long is relieved whenever they see a gender-neutral bathroom.
"Or whenever I pull open the door and no one is in there, I'm just like, 'yes!' Long said.
Students who want to learn more on this topic may attend a Trans* Panel discussion Thursday at 7 p.m. in SMRC room 116.
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Rantoul. "It's exciting that students with disabilities will feel more dignified entering Strong Hall."
—Edited by Sylas May
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"We are skewing it more as choosing a healthier alternative than educating why something is so bad, giving the tips and tools for students to choose healthier option," Fortin said. "We haven't done a specific target on trans fats yet, but it's something that could come up in the future, especially with current articles that are coming out now and the government trying to regulate that more."
If the ban being considered by the FDA becomes a reality, the University will be able to offer a totally trans fat-free menu as food suppliers will be forced to adopt this policy.
"We look forward to adding even more low or no trans fat items to our menus once they become available," Rondon said. "Over time, manufacturers will reformulate recipes to lower or reduce trans fats in popular items such as chips, crackers and commercially prepared cakes and cookies."
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INSPIRATION
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Author Junot Diaz spoke to a packed audience last night in Woodruff Auditorium. Diaz delivered a lively lecture about generation gaps and his time in college.
Pulitzer prize-winning author lectures on culture,society
DYLAN LYSEN
dlysen@kansan.com
Award-winning author Junot Diaz spoke to a full auditorium of spectators about cultural differences created by immigration, nationality and generation gaps on Monday night in the Kansas Union's Woodruff Auditorium. Some audience members had to watch a live video stream from across the hall because of the impressive turnout.
"So many of us flee from the places that we feel that don't matter, these small places that no one values," Diaz said. "Not only have they made my art possible, but they made me possible."
Before reading his short story,
"The Cheater's Guide to Love."
Diaz structured his lecture
around responding to questions.
Although he was able to make the
crowd laugh with some of his answers,
he focused on addressing societal issues audience members asked about.
Diaz, who may be best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" and is a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was born in the Dominican Republic but immigrated to New Jersey as a child. Diaz said his personal experiences in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey made his art possible.
Diaz explained slow change by mentioning his time in college at Cornell University, which did not have faculty teaching U.S. Latino studies. A group of students fought back by trying to bring national attention to the missing education. Diaz said their efforts led to the creation of Latino classes and cultural organizations.
Most of Diaz's lecture addressed societal injustice caused by cultural differences, such as nationality and race. But while Diaz was encouraging the audience to fight back against injustice, he stressed that change is never immediate.
"The only thing we can do is keep fighting and keep organizing." Diaz said. "The only thing that made our chance happen was because people every year kept the struggle going. Even if it feels like you're going to get out and you've been grinded out, the truth is, if it wasn't for people who did a little bit each year, our dream wouldn't have been possible."
But when an audience member asked about young people today who seemed to be attached to their phones rather than trying to solve societal injustice, Diaz answered that young people today are not apathetic.
"You grew up in a culture that tells you that the job market is permanently ruined," Diaz said. "You grew up in a culture that no longer funds education, and so says, 'You want to learn, take a loan that will haunt you for the rest of your life.'"
Diaz said today's young adults have been raised in a culture that convinced them the future would not get better.
"Do you know, sir, what is the feeling that comes pouring of the students I meet?" Diaz asked the audience member. "Fear - it isn't apathy - it is fear."
But Diaz said society has to give the young adult generation credit, because there is no culture using the same resources to compare them to.
best with what they have," Diaz said. "They're doing pretty damn good."
Diaz brought the conversation back to art by telling the audience that you don't have to be special to make a difference or to impact someone's life.
"This culture tells you that there should only be one winner, and, therefore, convinces everybody that they should try to be special," Diaz said. "I don't need people to be special, I don't need my students to be the absolute best. I just need them to be in the game."
"I just think we have to remember that generations do the
— Edited by Duncan McHenry
Tomorrow in the KS Union is GIS Day @ KU. It is a conference for enthusiasts of geographic information systems. This group helped KU Info truly learn how many trees are on campus.
9AM Friday, Nov. 22 | Lied Center Pavilion Free and open to all KU students but space is limited and reservations are required.
The University of Kansas School of Business presents Global Entrepreneurship Week
Learn more at business.ku.edu
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POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
- A 27-year-old male was arrested yesterday on suspicion of aggravated battery. A $10,000 bond was paid.
- A 24-year-old male was arrested yesterday on the 1000 block of E.23rd Street on suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance and manufacture of a controlled substance. A $70,000 bond was posted.
—Katie McBride
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