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You're going to talk about Peyton Manning's photographic memory when he couldn't remember which guy to throw the ball to? #interceptions
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"You going to church with her on Sunday?" "Yeah haha, I'm working this as hard as I can!" Well at least you're honest dude.
And the Republicans take the Senate. Would someone wake me up in 2016?
More people vote for Student Senate elections than voted in my home county
"What should we do about the sexual assault problem on campus?" "Let's get a mask, go to Budig, and threaten people," "Brilliant."
Is it socially acceptable to compliment someone on their headcovering? Because I've seen some gorgeous ones on campus.
All I want to do today is lay on a hammock and drink some beers.
Any joiners?
Am I the only Republican on campus? #TeamRed
The only thing good for us left in Kansas, hopefully gay marriage passing, and participating in raffles!!!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
I just want to thank Dr. Besson for tackling the guy who broke into your class. I wasn't there, but knowing there are people like you around campus make me feel much safer.
That sad moment when you realize no one has seen or heard of an old television show that you love. Danger Mouse, anyone?
Accidentally napping in the middle of the day throws everything off for me and I'm not sure I can come back from that
Watching election results is like watching World Series Game 7, but with consequences.
To the Targayen girl! I'll be your Khal Drogo if you'll be my Daeneys.
I'm gonna need a ski lift to get from the Rec parking lot to Fraser when it snows
You whine about politics but you didn't even vote. But that's none of my business.
People who dislike 70 degree weather in the fall aren't human.
You've never experienced true pain until you wake up after passing out with your contacts in.
Feminism isn't a female-only club
By Victoria Calderon
@WriterVictoriaC
Oppression can be found in many shapes and forms. It can be obvious, such as when people commit violent hate crimes against someone due to race, sexuality, gender or other minority status. But it's also all of the little things a person of a majority population does to demean the existence of a person belonging to a minority group. This can range from using slurs, to talking over somebody, to touching someone without his or her permission. Whenever a man purposely takes up a woman's personal space in public, such as on a bus or while sharing a table in class, that's a form of oppression. Whenever someone says "that's so gay," that's a form of oppression. Whenever a cis (someone who identifies with the gender they were born with) refers to a transgender individual as a "woman with a penis," or a "man with a vagina," that's a form of oppression. Are you starting to sense a pattern?
The path to solving
problems of inequality and oppression has started with victims of oppression. Frederick Douglass spoke out against slavery and equal rights for all races. Susan B. Anthony fought for women's suffrage. Ellen DeGeneres has used her fame to promote marriage equality. Now that the targets of oppression have been convinced to fight it, the movement still needs to go a step further: make the oppressors see the point of view of the oppressed.
Recently, Melissa Harris-Perry led a discussion at
the Lied Center about women's bodies and men's sense of entitlement toward them. Men who subscribe to this ultra-masculine perspective are dangerous. They feel like they can touch a woman without consent, decide that abuse is a rational way to vent anger and "slut-shame" victims of sexual assault, often without thinking twice about it.
Feminists have taken the first step by speaking out against the difficulties faced by women and other minorities. Now, it's up to the oppressors to stop oppression in all the aspects of their actions and words, no matter how big or small.
Preaching that men need to eliminate their sense of entitlement to a woman's body is a moat point when speaking to a room full of women. The hearts and perspectives that need to be changed are those who continue to enforce harmful gender roles — not those who are the victims of oppression.
Victoria Calderon is a sophomore from Liberal studying English and political science
Catholicism, climate change not at odds
By Gabrielle Murnan
@GabrielleKansan
When thinking about the climate change debate, Christianity does not normally come to mind; however, religious doctrines and interpretations are key influences to an individual's (and a society's) response to climate change.
Some Christian leaders, political and clerical, have dismissed climate change, arguing that the earth was created by God for the purpose of man, exemplified by Genesis 1:28 which states, "God blessed them; and God said to them, be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth"
Christian political leaders are known to make off-color remarks against climate change. Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, said, "God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what he is doing in the climate is to me outrageous."
In my opinion, what is really outrageous is denying the power Christianity has in
making significant,positive influence on the climate change debate.
In the last few years, one Catholic leader has stood out in reshaping Christianity's take on the climate. Pope Francis has delivered several discourses on our duty to protect the environment since becoming pontiff. Many right-wingers, such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, have labeled the pope not as an advocate, but as a Marxist. They have criticized Francis' beliefs on capitalism, assisting the poor, and now the environment.
In the last few years, Pope Francis has given many
powerful speeches explaining why it is our duty to protect and preserve the environment through stewardship. He has even gone so far as to say climate change is anthropocentric, a commonly held belief, but not one commonly vocalized by church leaders. Although his discourse has garnered substantial criticism from the right, it has gained equal support by many Catholics and other Christians.
Pope Francis is not the first or only church leader to spread the importance of preserving the earth that God has given us (regardless of who or what God that
may be). However, the words of a Catholic leader have never been this important, simply due to the tight timeline we have to address climate change. Each speech Francis gives pushes more people to accept and fight climate change. It is time for other church leaders and religious politicians to open their minds to Francis' interpretation of the gospel, before it is too late for the climate.
Gabrielle Murnan is a junior from Pittsburgh studying environmental studies and political science
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