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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
arts & features
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
You're distracted from work. Expect transformations today and tomorrow. Wear your confidence with aplomb. Check to see if the orders have changed. Check your course, then full speed ahead.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Schedule carefully. Something's coming due. Over the next two days, clean up old messes.
Creative insight fixes them secretly... you don't need to take credit. Just make it happen. You can get through where a nervous friend can't.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 9.
Today is a 9
A new money-making scheme occurs to you. Your friends are a big help over the next few days. Listen carefully. Together, you can move mountains. Don't act in haste. Test the limits first.
Today is a 9
Consider career advancement today and tomorrow. Plan every move before launching. Give thanks for willing hands. Stick with the basics. Insight illuminates your studies, and angels guide your actions.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 9
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
Today is a 9
The next two days are good for travel. Clean and organize.
Don't touch savings. Chart your course, and get feedback from companions before spending.
Rebellions could flare. Expect the unexpected, but don't let it stop you.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Take on more responsibility. Publicize your efforts today and tomorrow. Prayer and meditation are powerful tools. They can cool a chaotic moment. Weave inspiration and passion into a romantic spark. Get inspired by the competition.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Today is a 9 Partnership negotiations occur today and tomorrow. Recognize your own stubbornness, and let go some. Compromise. Accept an idea from someone else. Get transparent with agendas. It's possible for both parties to win.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9
Today is a 9 Focus on your work today and tomorrow. It could be easy and even intense. Meetings conflict with family time. Put love into your efforts and team. Don't get into a sally argument.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Get into a two-day luxuriously lovely phase. You're looking especially good. Public duties or even a confrontation could take from private time. Sense the tension around you, and defuse it with subtle touches.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is a 9
You're good at solving problems. Get what you need delivered. Sink into a two-day homebody phase. Get fully into a household project. Review basic assumptions and reassess your view. Circumstances may not fit your expectations.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 9
Today is a 9
Share feelings over the next two days. Unexpected costs could alter a plan. You're exceptionally intelligent, and can find the perfect solution. Revolutionize your attitude. Re-assess your budget. Guard against waste, and shift methods or materials.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9
Today is a 9 Things could get lucrative today and tomorrow. Contemplate the costs before buying new stuff. With fierce competition, quality materials do matter. Compre- promise to fit the budget.
RYAN MILLER
@RyanMiller_UDK
In the past year, KU students may have seen or picked up an anonymous sticky note with random words of encouragement or an inspiring quote on it along with the Twitter handle @KUencourage. Those notes were left behind by members of a club which began on campus last year, KU Encouragements. The club aims to spread positive morale across campus, and having received a budget from Student Senate this year, the club hopes to do more than just sticky notes.
"It's going to be more of a big deal, [the club will have] more of a presence on campus," said Ally Levine, one of the club's creators. The group had its first meeting of the year last Thursday and plans to have meetings every other Thursday in 4023 Wescoe. The group estimated the club is up to 25 members this year
so far.
The club's creators, juniors Levine from Palm Desert, Calif., Cally Van Blaricum from Olathe, and Claire Thomas from Omaha, Neb., have plans to expand their club this year and incorporate new ideas to help encourage students, whether they may need it or not.
"Even when you're having a great day, it's always fun to get a little boost of happiness," Levine said.
One of the new ideas the group has for this year is what they dub "Quote Cups," a cup of hot chocolate with an inspirational quote or saying on it that members will offer to students. Van Blaricum said a new member suggested having students write what makes them happy on a large poster board. Levine said initiating new ideas such as the Quote Cups and interactive poster will help to encourage more students than last year.
The club also has plans
to ramp up its social media presence this year. Thomas runs the Facebook page and said she's trying to do what she calls, "Monday Espresso Shots of Encouragement." She said she will have people send her shout outs she will then post to the page and tag the person mentioned in the post.
Thomas runs the Twitter page for the group as well and said adding the @KUencourage handle to the sticky notes helps bring students to the club's social media pages.
"People take pictures with the sticky notes and post them to Twitter," Thomas said. "That's my favorite thing ever, when I get a tweet and we retweet it. It's really interesting that people are actually reaching out to us saying how we made a difference in their day."
For this year, the three founders plan to incorporate most of their new ideas when finals week hits.
"During finals week we will
be having a much heavier presence on campus ... since it's such a stressful week and we want to be there rather than on our social networks," Thomas said.
The group primarily targeted the libraries last year with their notes, but plan on expanding to new buildings in addition to the libraries this year, including Wescoe, Budig and possibly Summerfield halls.
KU Encouragements began when the three students were discussing ways to help others on campus. Van Blaricum said she had done something similar in high school, which helped to spark the idea for the club. Thomas said they looked through all of the clubs offered and since there wasn't any that fit what they wanted to do, they made their own.
"We wanted to give back more to KU and be able to spread the happiness," Levine said.
Since starting the club, she
has been able to do just that and she said she looks forward to encouraging the University again this year.
"I like just sharing the joy, and making KU a happier place to be because college can be such a stressful time, and any little bit helps," Levine said.
The three said they are excited for what's to come and to see how their new ideas will play into their goal of making students at the University happy. Thomas said she is most excited about the new members and the enthusiasm she thinks the group is showing this year.
Van Blaricum said they are satisfied with the positive reaction they have had with KU Encouragements so far.
"I think just welcoming everyone to it will help because it's something that everyone can get behind, everyone likes to get encouraged and be happy." Van Blaricum said.
Water polo club makes a splash on campus
Edited by Jacob Clemen
CODY SCHMITZ
@Cody_Schmitz
Before going into detail about the University's new water polo club called Jayhawk Water Polo, club president Jeff Arnaudo cleared up a big misconception about the sport.
"Contrary to popular belief, we're not actually on horses in the water," said Arnaudo, a junior from Pacifica, Calif.
Members of the club water polo team participate in an early morning practice Tuesday morning.The club meets every Tuesday morning to swim and Wednesdays to work out.
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youth level in the Lawrence area and in the midwest in general. We want to become a club team that will travel and compete with K-State, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, etc. We also want to create an organization that's involved in the community through projects like fundraisers for water conservation."
Jayhawk Water Polo held its first official meeting last year in a dorm room. There, Arnaudo and a small group made plans for the club. Now, in its first full year as a club sport, the organization's vision is finally coming to fruition at the beginning of this semester, Arnaudo said.
"Water polo's such a new sport in this region," Arnaudo said.
He said the club has goals to be multi-faceted.
"In the future wed like to be both competitive and recreational. We want to grow the sport of water polo at the
Club members attend practices on Tuesday mornings. They meet at 6:15 a.m.at the Robinson Centerpool to swim for an hour and a half. On Wednesdays, the group has a workout from 5:30-6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting from 7:00-7:30 p.m. The club currently has 14 active members — three women and 11 men.
The basic rules of water polo are simple. Arnaudo and his team play a seven-on-seven game, including goalies on both sides. When one team scores, it is called a goal, not a point or a basket. However, the sport is a lot like basketball in the way players are set up and how they act both offensively
"Of all the sports I've played, water polo is the best mix of competition and getting in physical shape," Arnaudo said. "It's not hard on your body, plus it's goofy. Everyone's out there being weird and having fun."
and defensively. The ball must not go under the water and players must only use one hand unless they are acting as goalie.
The club encourages students to give water polo a try. Arnaudo said no one has come out and played and then wanted to leave.
"I had never played water polo before joining the club," said Tyler Sternagle, a senior from Long Beach, Calif. "It was something I always wanted to try and knew it was a great workout. It is really easy to pick up and the experienced
players enjoy teaching. It has turned out to be a lot of fun."
Arnaudo is excited about not only the club's athletic ability, but its charitable goals as well.
"We want to show that just because you're a club that has a 'sport' focus, your group can still do a lot of amazing things," Arnaudo said.
Edited by Jacob Clemen
Group helps put third-world girls in college
ALICIA SANCHEZ
@AliciaoftheUdk
Five University students heard about an opportunity to help out an educational program and they ran with it. Laura Fagen, a senior from Wichita and president of the program, She's the First, heard about it from a conference she went to for Her Campus. After feeling inspired by Tammy Tibbetts, the founder of She's the First, Fagen decided it was time to start a campus chapter at the University. She asked other members of Her Campus if they were interested, and so the program came to the University.
She's the First members meet to discuss their mission. They will be selling cupcakes to raise money to help send girls to college.
She's the First is an organization that raises money to put girls in third-world countries through college. The girls are the first ones in their family that will attend college, hence the name. The program works with 10 different countries: Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia and Uganda.
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"I love the idea that it's the first girl in their family, and not just a girl going to high school, it's the first person in their family to graduate," Fagen said. "I'm a first-generation college student so that's really important to me."
The University students who started the group all said they feel this program is important in different ways.
Emily Lenherr, a sophomore from Windham and the secretary of the program, said it's a cool idea because it's not only about education, it's about what's happening around the world.
Megan Tiger, a sophomore from West Point, N.Y., and the events coordinator, said she thinks it's a great way to get more involved outside of Lawrence.
"With Her Campus, we focus on KU and the Lawrence Community, but with She's the First, this is a worldwide perspective," Tiger said. "It's so easy to take for granted our education, we're all here and we're all women, and I think it's really cool that She's the
Devan Schaly, a sophomore from Granville, Ohio, and the social media coordinator, said she likes the fresh feel of the organization.
First forces us to think about others, not just ourselves. We're so lucky to have this and [we can] make a difference in other girls' lives."
"This is a different organization and opportunity," Schaly said. "I mean, there are some She's the First high school groups, but this is an opportunity that I never had in high school and I might not have had it had I gone to college anywhere else."
While She's the First advocates toward women, they aren't the only ones getting involved. Fagen said there are boys getting involved with the program.
"Whether or not you believe feminism is important in the United States, it's really cool because there's all the problems that people are willing to help for," said Callie Byrnes, the program's designer and a junior from Shawnee.
She's the First has many
fundraising events coming up in the next months. On Oct.15, they are hosting a documentary called "Girl Rising," showing from 7-10 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium. They will also be selling tie-dyed cupcakes on Massachusetts Street,
Hy-Vee and local pumpkin patches. Selling cupcakes and other various fundraisers will help them raise money so they can sponsor a girl from one of their partner countries that they will send to school.
Edited by Kelsie Jennings
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