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Why is the roof of Allen Fieldhouse purple??!
I have a dog named Peeve.
Call him my pet peeve.
RapLikeLittleWayne
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19.2014
When I go walking to classes every morning I feel like the kid from A Christmas Story who can't put his arms down! But I don't care; warmth over fashion any day.
I need a puppy. And cuddles.
Lots of puppies and cuddles.
Good night.
I think Miley looks hotter in leotards!!
I'm a weanie cause I chalk my website on a building! Now it will never wash off!
So apparently I do have the recessive gene of red hair in my family, and it's in my beard.
Believing women deserve equal rights technically makes you a feminist, but so are Feminazis who think man should go extinct. The term feminist is stigmatized and is hard to be behind because of these fringe beliefs and that is why we should all be equalist.
It's Snoop Lion, not Snoop Dogg.
I don't think Netflix wants me to pass this semester.
If I lose my voice at the Watsky concert, my Spanish oral exam will suffer.
Equality means letting go of 'feminism'
It's sad when you actually start looking forward to 50 degree weather. #WinterHasArrived
I never understood how some dogs don't like toys or treats.
Like, why can't you just be normal?
This weather class that I thought would be a joke is no joke. unfortunately.
Preparing for Thanksgiving is no joke. There is an art to eating that much food.
I need crunchy chicken cheddar wraps back in my life.
Praise god for this 39 degree weather.
my professor pinned us against each other with game theory and daily points...
Our campus's rapper name could be 3 Cranez.
By Taylor Pickman
@KansanOpinion
I realize you think I am a dork for wearing a high school letter jacket, but given how warm it is I have elected to ignore that opinion.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines feminism as 1) "The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" or 2) "Organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests."
These two definitions are directly at odds with each other. "Equality of the sexes" means everyone is treated the same, regardless of their gender.
have brought about a state of sex-consciousness are to blame." It is sex-consciousness, the division of the sexes at all, that is the root of inequality. And because of this, "feminism" will never yield equality of the sexes, but only more conflict and strife.
But "women's rights and interests" cannot be defined as the same thing. The interest of one party cannot represent the interest of all parties. I'm not saying that women's rights aren't
important, simply that if we focus solely on "women's interests" we will never see true equality.
The problem is that we feel the need to define "women's" interests as separate from "men's" interests. As a culture, we consider men and women as separate
— this is why inequality exists. If we learned anything from the Civil Rights move
ment, it was that "separate but equal" doesn't exist. The separation of two parties always leads to inequality. If we ever hope to reach a world where men and women are treated equally, we need to stop considering them separately.
It is not men who are to blame for inequality, nor is it women. In the words of Virginia Woolf: "All who
Taylor Pickman is a senior from Atchison studying architecture
Student groups enrich college experience
When I reflect on my college career thus far, I can honestly say nothing has enriched my experience more than my involvement in student groups. The clubs I've embraced have yielded invaluable benefits in my brief time at the University of Kansas. I've met friends with common interests and similar motivations; I've strengthened my connection to the KU community and I've traveled to places I've never been before.
Indeed, student groups at the collegiate level can accomplish amazing things. Through programs like Alternative Breaks, Model United Nations and Engineers Without Borders, members can travel to new places and engage in life-changing activities that expand their worldview. These experiences, in turn, help develop a better appreciation for one's own circumstances and provide rationale for continued success.
Students can also rally around social causes that work to affect positive change within the KU community and beyond. Whether joining partisan groups like Young Democrats and College Republicans, or uniting around specific issues through organizations like Active Minds, groups for all schools of thought exist right here on campus.
Coming in contact with these causes during your college years helps you discover more about yourself. You learn your strengths, push yourself to meet different people and possibly even discover a passion that drives you.
and invest themselves in the KU community. After all, we are spending years of our life and massive sums of money to attend this fine university. We may as well take full advantage of the opportunities it has to offer.
Given my extremely positive experiences with KU organizations, I'm always baffled when I meet someone that avoids student groups altogether. The usual excuse is that committing time to extracurricular organizations will result in lower grades and less freedom.
Beyond the promotion of personal development, clubs are also a way for students to strengthen their resumes
However, this is not always true. Indeed, spare time can easily become idle time for many students, leading to more distractions and lower overall achievement. For example, Netflix and YouTube often appear to be favorable alternatives to more productive activities, but really yield few of the substantive benefits offered by clubs.
Further, by seeking out groups of motivated peers, students can build a support system to sustain academic success and provide for personal development. Many are concerned with the fact that they simply don't know the clubs available to them.
This is an easy fix. The University has even made locating a club befitting your interests extremely simple with the Rock Chalk Central website. Here you can find a database of every single student organization registered at the University, complete with a description of the club and its contact information.
With more than 600 student organizations, the University offers a vast breadth of organizations for all those wishing to become involved in a group that interests them. Students have every reason to join in and clubs are always overjoyed to have new members. If you haven't yet found a group to get involved in, try a few out. You won't be sorry.
Jesse Burbank is a sophomore from Quinter studying history and political science
Social media sites can exaggerate breaking news
FFA OF THE DAY
I've been in college for three semesters now and I still feel the need to ask permission to go to the bathroom.
Follow us on Twitter @KansanOpinion. Tweet us your opinions, and we just might publish them.
As a college student in today's society, I receive a good amount of information on what's going on around me from social media: Twitter, Facebook, Yik Yak, you name it. If something is happening, it will definitely appear in some way, shape or form on these kinds of sites.Many see this new outlet for news as a positive thing. However, I see social media's take on news to be not only negative, but also corruptive.
Anyone can have a Twitter or Facebook account and download their apps, but this
is where the problem starts.
Yes, while these social media outlets can inform people faster than any other news outlet ever could, they also have the ability to provide false information to the public.
Take the masked men on campus for example: If a student at the University wasn't tweeting, texting or recording the commotion, they were reading about it. Because anyone can put whatever they please on social media, many facts get twisted and sometimes are just flat out wrong. This causes higher rates of panic, as well as outlandish rumors.
Before you know it, people are sharing on their news-feeds that there were 10 men on campus in masks and they all had blowtorches, or that the five Ebola patients from Kansas City were
running loose through the nation.
nation.
Social media performs a service to our society that keeps us all connected to one another. But when it comes to what is actually happening, versus what people think is happening, the line between the two is blurred causing more negatives than positives. Facts get muddled, rumors start to spread and people start to panic.
Therefore, I must advise my fellow social media addicts to monitor what is posted about current news as both the informer and the absorber of what is going on in their surroundings. Make news, as well as social media, more beneficial and effective for all parties involved.
CAMPUS CHIRPS BACK
Anissa Fritz is a sophomore from Dallas studying journalism and sociology
Do you think news becomes more exaggerated when spread through social media?
@AleknotAlex
@KansanOpinion Definitely. I've got 13 different reasons that happens plus 5 you'd never expect! (GIFs included)
@RadioDJMJ
@KansanOpinion I feel like social media's only purpose now-a-days is to blow things out of proportion.
@KillianKCBrown
@KansanOpinion I think people on social media tend to misunderstand the news and blow their misunderstanding out of proportion
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