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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY GANSAN
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
No, we wait sometimes because 13 full Daisy bus buses have already passed us and that's only one we could get on.
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Saw a Jimmy Johns car roll through 3 stop signs. Thanks for your service JJ.
I swear the squirrels are using me as target practice... I keep getting bonked in the head with acorns!!
KU Athletics is going through football coaches like Taylor Swift goes through boyfriends.
Are there cameras in the library?
Editor's Note: What are you planning on doing?
To be honest, I would really like to try a pumpkin spice latte, but I respect myself too much for that.
To the Daisy Hill bus person, we don't wanna take 43 red cause thug life
Props to Monday's letter to the editor! I may not agree with everything you said, but you wrote a good, well-supported article.
Football athletes are apparently happy Charlie is gone? Why don't we hold our fb athletes accountable for the losses also?
Pretty sure the KJHK DJs have more awards than the football team has wins.
We should really be paying more attention to our 11-1 soccer team...ya know, the team that can actually win?
Charlie may not have a chocolate factory, but we're giving him millions to sit on his ass and do nothing. I should have majored in coaching
odysseyiswaylongergetoverit
Seriously, in preparation for Late Night. #StopTheWoo2014
My research methods class in Lindley not having air conditioning is going to make me start skipping class. It's too hot with all 180 of us in there! I don't pay over 900 dollars a class so I can struggle through it due to climate.
I know I'm not the only one that fake coughs to cover up my heavy breathing while climbing up stairs to get to class.
Anyone else noticed KU hurried and finished the Jayhawk landscaping before Senior day? Thank God. It was really starting to look like K-State here.
Third floor Budig = Great place to nap
Students need results in response to sexual assault
It has come to my attention that the administration of our beloved university seems to believe that we will be placated by empty gestures and false promises. They have promised us a task force to address sexual assault on campus. This is an empty gesture, considering the last time a similar promise was made the Title IX Sexual Assault Training subcommittee was formed. This committee was formed to address the prevalence of rape culture on our campus that was pointed out by Al-Jazeera in November of last year. The SA Training subcommittee has made multiple
suggestions to address the failure of the administration, however the administration's response has been unimpressive. They have been handing out T-shirts as a way to raise awareness on sexual assault. True, raising awareness is important, but when has a rapist ever noticed a victim's shirt that had a message about consent across his or her chest, and said, "Oh you're right, I should stop"? This is why we should be outraged.
The Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) is an abject failure. Sexual assault is dealt with under the same policy as sexual
narassment. Yes, they believe it is appropriate to treat rape as if it were no worse than catcalling. The IOA chooses to protect rapists over survivors, rewriting reports, deciding that community service is too punitive, and allowing the survivor's attacker to remain on campus. The IOA refuses to take this extreme violation of a person's body and mind seriously, and this is why we should be outraged.
Last week, the administration held an "open" forum, claiming to be willing to discuss sexual assault on campus. Instead of having an open dialogue aimed at creating solutions, it was
wielded as a political smokescreen with the intent of convincing us they were actually doing something. Instead of a conversation, we received a lecture. Don't buy it. Look at the evidence laid out before you: The Title IX Sexual Assault Training subcommittee, their failure to punish in cases where the accused has confessed, rewriting survivor's stories, and other actions that have yet to come to light.
The administration does not care about us. They care about getting money from donors. Since admitting the University has a problem would risk donors withholding money,
our problems are made to go away, instead of becoming solved. This is why we should be outraged.
My fellow students, our administration has betrayed us. They have chosen the almighty dollar over our safety. It is time to make our voices heard. It is time to speak up for survivors. It is time to be outraged. It is time to tell the administration to do their jobs, or find someone that will.
Morgan Smith is a junior from Wichita studying women, gender and sexuality studies
GMO crops safe for consumption and shouldn't be feared
Genetically modified organisms,
or GMOs, are a highly debated topic and you might see "GMO-free" stickers plastered on certain items in grocery stores. There is a fear surrounding GMOs which likely stems from the vague wording and a misunderstanding of the science behind them.
There are many varieties of GMOs, the most common being genetically modified crops like soybeans and corn. The crops are modified to be bigger and more likely to survive herbivory frost or other obstacles that could impede their growth.Because of
these advancements in science, GMOs are now feeding more people than unmodified crops ever could.
Jon Entine, a contributor for Forbes magazine, wrote in his Sept.17 column. "Although there have been more than 2,000 studies documenting that biotechnology does not pose an unusual threat to human health and genetically modified foods are as safe or safer than conventional or organic foods, questions remain in the minds of many consumers."
The science has been ignored.
A recent study by Alison Van Eennaam and Amy E. Young.
scientists from the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis spanning over 29 years of livestock health data for 100 billion animals, has proved what scientists have been reporting for several years now — genetically modified organisms have no negative impact on health. Because their study spanned such a long period of time, their observations included
In a society where science is ignored for trends and unsupported fear, there is little room for progress. The current research supports that GMOs are safe for consumption. However because the science is not effectively communicated or reasonably received media outlets are able to capitalize on fear and
cattle health data 13 years before genetically modified feed was introduced as well as data on the cattle after they were fed genetically modified crops. The study also proved that eating animals fed with genetically modified feed had no effect on nutritional value for human consumption.
create unsubstantiated arguments that lead to unwarranted debate about the safety of these products.
The social justice issues and animal ethics that accompany the broader issue of completely accepting GMOs will require more than just science. This issue will be solved one piece at a time and the safety facet of this issue is no longer a question, but rather should be an accepted fact.
Jenny Stern is a junior from Lawrence studying ecology and evolutionary biology
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