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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY GANSAN
MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 2014
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arts & features
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Complete the task of hand and then welture farther out. Expand your influence, with help. Mobilize team efforts. Do it with passion. Revise your sales pitch or resume. Accept a difficult assignment. Work interferes with playtime.
Disciplined collaborative effort surges forward and pays off. Plan and prepare. Steer a steady course, and tie up loose ends. Someone needs to take responsibility. Re-commit to a project. Figure out who does what when.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
what by when.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 9
Consider a steady income. Think about a partner's good idea. Let yourself get persuaded. Think quickly, but move slowly. Put your feelings into each activity. Confer with family. One of them will see reason first.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
Take the practical path, and the most direct route. Update your equipment. Discover imaginative ways to save money. Contemplate possible changes. Watch for hidden dangers, as you march boldly. Old stories are a reliable guide.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Get empowered by love. You're even more attractive now. Your fame travels far and wide, it's okay to be proud of an accomplishment. Consider long-term implications: Prepare documents, and await signatures.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Invest in your home. It doesn't need to be expensive. Use something you've been saving.
Let circumstances dictate the time. Working at home increases your benefits. Advance despite breakdowns or distractions.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Discover a whole new batch of options. Resist temptation to run away or spend carelessly. Accept an offer for more authority. Doors that seem closed open later. You know what you're talking about.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Todav in a 9
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Scuplture just 20 NEW YEAR Today is a 9 Don't push too hard. There's more money coming in. Grasp a potent opportunity. Beat out the competition. Circumstances lead you in a practical direction. Make a valuable discovery. Replace something that just doesn't fit. Enjoy.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Indo is an B
Today is an B You can see the road winding into the distance. There's a way around this problem. Invest in long-term solutions, without diminishing resources. You're growing wiser and gaining resent
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Work could interfere with travel or transportation. Do your share of the chores, if you've kept your word, you gain status. Don't make new promises yet. Keep some things hidden. Consider the road ahead.
Aquarius (jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 9
Keep your focus and maintain momentum to profit. Team projects go well. Your partner adds to the excitement. Friends offer good advice. Provide motivation. Your work is respected. Develop a plan of attack.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Pisces (Oct. 10 - March 25)
Today is an 8
Finish a project that you've been avoiding. Completion leads to opportunity. Imagine perfection.
Passion can move mountains.
Accept a challenge. Your partner supports the game.
WHEELIN'AROUND
Freshman unicycles across campus for convenience
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KWANG HYUN/KANSAN
William Elliot, a freshman from Topeka, rides his 36-inch unicycle on campus frequently during the fall. Elliot says he rides the unicycle for its convenience, not for popularity. He's been riding since he was in eighth grade.
KWANG HYUN
@ChwangWittt
William Elliott, commonly known as "Unicycle Guy," is a freshman from Topeka majoring in industrial design. Though he is often seen riding around on campus, the Kansan finally caught up with him.
KANSAN: Why do you choose to ride a unicycle?
WILLIAM: I chose to ride a unicycle after I saw a kid bragging that he can ride a unicycle better than me in eighth grade. After that, I just fell in love with it. I started with a 20-inch wheel unicycle, then worked my way up to a 26-inch in junior year of high school, and I'm currently riding a 36-inch wheel. I can go to places much faster with my unicycle, and it's more convenient to park anywhere because no one is going to steal a unicycle.
KANSAN: Were there any difficulties learning how to ride a unicycle?
WILLIAM: It was tough in the beginning. It was like learning how to walk all over again. Balancing myself on the unicycle was the hardest part. After I had full control of the balance, I felt like I could've done anything with my unicycle.
KANSAN: Do you have any difficulties riding on campus? WILLIAM: Going up on a hill is the toughest one, I would say. It is tough to use my
momentum to get up on a hill. Another difficult thing is the starting and stopping. I had to grab onto things to hop on my unicycle initially, but I taught myself how to jump onto my unicycle without grabbing onto anything. A unicycle doesn't have any brake, so you actually have to slowly decrease your speed to come to a complete stop. After I got used to riding my unicycle, I tried to run one time, and it felt really weird. I had a realization that I was really slow without my unicycle.
KANSAN: You are pretty well-known around the campus. People tweet about you and take pictures with you. Do you feel your popularity around the campus?
WILLIAM. I mean, I actually do. I wasn't this well-known in Washburn Rural High School. People thought I was weird riding my unicycle in high school. Then, I started riding it again on the KU campus and somehow students here actually liked me for that. People have been tweeting and Yik Yaking about me. People always ask me if I can do any tricks with my unicycle, but I'm not into tricks. I wasn't trying to ride my unicycle for popularity. I just love riding my unicycle everywhere, and I like how the students here love it.
KANSAN: Do you have any funny or memorable stories?
WILLIAM: Actually, there was one time when I was in an orientation for KU. There
was one girl who was in my orientation group, and she carefully asked me, "Are you the unicycle guy?" and I said yes. She freaked out and asked me to take selfies with her. There was actually one scary moment when I rode my unicycle at night. It was 11:30 at night, and I was just riding my unicycle, and I just hear frat people randomly yelling and chasing me. It was definitely frightening for me, but I thought it was funny as well.
KANSAN: Are you involved in any clubs?
WILLIAM: I'm currently involved in Swing Dance Society, Tango Club and ultimate frisbee. There isn't any unicycle club at KU, but there is one at K-State. I heard there's around 200 people in the K-State unicycle club. I want to get an unicycle club going at KU. Hopefully, I can start the club this or next semester.
KANSAN: What's your future plan with KU and your unicycle?
WILLIAM: 'I am going to keep riding my unicycle throughout the whole college year. When the winter comes, I might not be riding my unicycle as much as I used to in fall. For my future with KU, I might consider taking two years off for a mission trip for my church. I want to get involved with things with my church.
- Edited by Emily Brown
"GONE GIRL"
10 FACTS ABOUT GILLIAN FLYNN, UNIVERSITY ALUMNA AND AUTHOR
ann is originally from Kansas city, mo.
e graduated from the University of Kan-
s in the early 1990s with undergradu-
degrees in English and journalism
Ann has published three novels: "Sharp
jects" in 2006. "Dark Places" in 2009.
d "Gone Girl" in 2012.
novels speak to the absence of a vocabulary of sex and violence for women
e worked for a trade magazine in California for two years' where she wrote out human, resources.
moved to Chicago and earned her sister's degree in journalism from northwestern University.
Once again, she moved to New York City and wrote at Entertainment Weekly magazine for 10 years and visited film sets around the world. She was the TV critic for her last four years with the magazine.
She now lives in Chicago with her husband, son, daughter and cat.
9. "Gone Girl" is a #1 New York Times Best Seller
10. Flynn's work has been published in, 28 countries.
Maria Sanchez
info from http://gillian-flynn.com/
QUICK QUESTION
WHAT FOND MEMORIES DO YOU HAVE TOGETHER FROM GROWING UP UNTIL NOW?
"Fishing for people. In junior high we'd put a dollar on a fishing pole, go downtown, and get people to chase the dollar then clap at them."
Tor Fornelli and Will Burg are seniors from Lawrence and roommates who have known each other since elementary school. They have played a variety of sports together, the most recent being kickball this fall for the Drunk Defenders in Lawrence's Kaw Valley Kickball League.
— WILL BURG
DYLAN GUTHRIE/KANSAN
"Really what we do is we put a soccer team together every season. We've continued playing soccer since we were 10, and we still put together a team even now."
— TOR FORNELLI