THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
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opinion
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I don't know what's more unsafe, being a DD to strangers, or being drunk and getting into a strangers car.
What kind of evil person schedules an accounting exam the day after Fall Break???? It's called a break for a reason.
Breakfast and I are generally not on good speaking terms.
I cannot physically get anything done until I've drank a full cup of coffee and finished the daily sudoku.
Summarfield: where frat stars take selfies and then yell at people for being in the back of them
You must not be in love with the right person if it's not as wonderful as falling in love.
7yearstogether
S/D to the guy who used his phone to rant to social media about people being too obsessed with phones and social media
KU's website is like a labyrinth, advisors are booked for the next two weeks, and I have no idea what I'm doing. From admissions to enrollment to finances, it feels like I've been tossed into the rapids with no paddle and told "good luck navigating your own way through this."
Anyone that hasn't stopped by the Union in the morning to get a breakfast burrito is missing out
I didn't know we had fall break until I read your ffa just now...boo grad school
The awkward-vader in Summerfield is great for getting closer to strangers.
Who is that guy that stands by himself with flags at the football games?
Let's go Cardinals!
I feel bad that I want us to beat Texas Tech on Saturday because Kliff Kingsbury is a fox .)
I have a crush on Michael Cummings
Jamming out to Sam Smith all day...puts me in a great mood!
I just saw a tweet asking if Ebola was a country, #SDOH
I thought Taco Bell on 23rd st had closed and I had a heart attack
RTP to my friends that chose K-State cause they're dead to me
M000000000OSE!!!
America obligated to help Ebola outbreak
Many people are worried about the recent
Lisa Monaco, the Homeland Security and chief counterterrorism advisor for President Obama, said in a briefing of the government response to the Ebola epidemic held Oct. 3. "The United States has the most capable health care infrastructure and the best doctors in the world, bar none."
cases of Ebola within the United States. Few people in the United States will contract the disease, but America has the resources, specialists and containment strategies to stop it before it becomes a larger issue.
Our country has the ability to stop Ebola within its own boundaries, but this ability should be extended to help other countries as well.
According to the World Health Organization,
Liberia has had more than 2,000 people die from the outbreak so far. There are plenty of reasons why America should take an active role in preventing this outbreak, including the amount of deaths and how Ebola could become an international crisis if not confronted as soon as possible. The death toll is steadily rising, and although there are more volunteers on the ground than there were in August, there are not enough treatment centers to handle the outbreak.
The president has received some welldeserved flak for not doing enough to combat Ebola in other countries. In an address given from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta this September, the President promised 17 Ebola treatment centers to be established in West Africa, but these centers are nowhere to be seen.
By Gabe Sprague
@SpragueGabe
Currently, people in Liberia are being turned away from treatment centers, meaning America is not doing enough to help with this crisis despite how much our history is responsible for Liberia's current situation.
The United States' slavery and Liberia's history are inseparable, a fact which most Americans are not aware of. "America in Africa" by James Climent, also the author of "Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It," explains what has caused Liberia to be unable to combat Ebola effectively.
In 1816, after African Americans had been considered free in America,a group of politicians created the American Colonization Society. The ACS' mission was to send at least
200,000 "freed" black people back to Africa, even though most did not want to go. The ACS, however, succeeded and many former slaves were forced to settle in Liberia. Not only was there cultural disconnect between the settlers and natives, but disease also ravaged the population.
The United States received news of the horrible living conditions, but still, the ACS sent more people. Liberians pushed for independence from the ACS, but the ACS claimed Liberians were not capable of a self-sustaining government.
Eventually, Liberians were able to establish independence, once the ACS had weakened. However, it was only independence for the five percent of the population which had come from the United States, denying the other 95 percent self-rule. This caused a flawed democracy reminiscent of
the United States', which led to many political and social problems over the next 150 years.
Due to the meddling by the ACS so many years ago, Liberia has been struck with disparities such as civil war and increased poverty. These have led to Liberia's inability to combat Ebola in the most effective manner.
Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, asked Obama for aid in a letter dated Sept. 9. She said, "... at this rate, we will never break the transmission chain and the virus will overwhelm us." America's history is so intertwined with the history of Liberia that it is a necessity to provide more aid in stopping Ebola before it has overwhelmed Liberia.
Human sexuality courses provide deeper insight into own sexuality
Gabe Sprague is a junior from Concordia studying English
Most people can say they had learned about sex from their peers or parents, the media or a junior high sex education class. However, if you ask them what it means to be a sexual being or how to define sexuality, they probably wouldn't be able to give you a proper answer. The University of Kansas is fortunate enough to have a human sexuality department, which is growing day by day. For the first time ever, the University is offering human sexuality as a major starting Fall 2015.
Even if you think you know everything about sex, it is beneficial to take a course on human sexuality. I am currently enrolled in Human Sexuality in Everyday Life, Social Welfare 303,
and it is my favorite class. Everything I have learned in this course has been applicable to my life right now. Human sexuality courses offered at the University dive deeper into sexuality than what your parents may have taught you. Students are lectured less about sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy and how to put a condom on a banana, and more about gender identity, sexual awareness and sexual orientation. Students will learn how to decipher myths from truth regarding sex.
Students should strongly consider the human sexuality courses available because they apply directly to college students. You will learn about information that is relevant in everyday life while learning more about yourself and your sexuality.
So, if you need an hour to fill your schedule next semester, consider taking a human sexuality course. You will learn so much more than what you were taught in a junior high sex-ed class and benefit in the long run by taking one of the offered courses. Not only will you have a better understanding of your sexuality, but also the classes are entertaining and worthwhile.
Madeline Umali is a sophomore from St. Louis studying journalism
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All majors should be viewed equally
Recently, a concern has been brought to me by some of
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been brought to me by some of my peers who are majoring in what most students deem as the "hard majors" on campus. They believe that because they are engineering, pharmacy or pre-med students, their GPAs should be weighted differently. Basically, they believe if a journalism major gets a 3.8 and an engineer gets a 2.5, the engineer should get a boost to a 3.0 due to the fact that those classes are "more difficult."
Engineering classes obviously are not easy, and if you took journalism or psychology majors and stuck them in an applied differential equations class they probably would not understand a word; however, this is a two-way street. If you stuck engineers in a graphic design or art history course, they would be just as lost as the journalist in the applied differential equations class.
Another thing that irked me about differently weighted GPAs is that what you major in is entirely
Anissa Fritz is a sophomore from Dallas studying journalism and sociology
Bottom line, no one's major is better or requires more brainpower than the other. Each major just utilizes different parts of the brain, and each individual has better understandings of some concepts over others. The GPA system should not be based off what you are studying, but rather how much and how well you study.
your choice. Most students who choose a difficult major already know it will be difficult, therefore students actively decide on their own to take harder classes.
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