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THE UNIVERSITY BABY & KIDS
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17,2014
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HOROSCOPES
arts & features
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
The coach motivates the team.
Associates find the right slogan.
Keep moving on your project.
Finish what you started. Watch out for mechanical problems.
Find love and happiness at home and in nature.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Express your love, here and now.
Don't worry about tomorrow.
You're gaining authority. More confidence leads to more work.
Share inspirations. Play with someone fun, and practice your game. You can realize a dream.
Gomini (May 21-June 20)
Today is an A
Elusive images pervade your
dreams. Emotional tension
demands release. Reach out
farther than ever before. New
evidence moves you. Take
what you get, with thanks.
Someone has what you lack,
and that's attractive.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
Go ahead... get dreamy and romantic. You have what you need, or you can get it. Postpone financial discussion. Create a work of beauty. Rub shoulders with someone you admire. Get lost in the present moment.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Find a quiet place to gather with your partner and share some peace. Weave a romantic fantasy, and invite collaboration.
Rest, relax and grow stronger.
You're gaining confidence.
Nurture each other with kindness and good food.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Follow your heart. Group participation could provide surprises. Find what you need close to home, and don't worry about long-term issues. Focus on here and now. Work with friends to find solutions.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
A career dream seems within reach. Throw yourself into a creative effort, and blend passion into the mix. Sync schedules with the team, and tap another source of funding. Postpone chores. Work from home.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
A calculated risk could work out;
take extra precautions against
potential losses. Prioritize caring
for family. Curtail spending
and pay bills first. Use what
you have at home.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Handle family paperwork and filing. Maintain awareness of cash flow. A step on your career ladder lies within reach.
Don't worry about the future.
If you love it, go for it.
Don't get stopped.
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Love is the answer. If it's missing in a relationship, find out why. Together you can realize dreams. Don't get daunted by roadblocks and naysayers. Your status rises, from previous work. Wow them with the new stuff.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Direct your efforts in service of a dream. Don't get stopped by past failures. Allocate the necessary resources to get the job done. Tell friends you'll get back to them. Run errands. Travel to or over water.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Do what you love. Include a water element. Imagine swimming in the ocean. Prepare for change coming soon. Assume authority. Admit if a pet idea won't work. Unexpected results could prove
beneficial. Get social.
CODY SCHMITZ
@Cody_Schmitz
Student pushes for campus autism club
Phillip McGruder was an infant when he was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. McGruder, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., said at that time, the public awareness of autism was much lower than it is today.
"My parents didn't really understand what it was," McGruder said.
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder typically appearing in the first three years of a child's life. The disorder affects an individual's ability to interact with others. In his developmental years, the best way for McGruder's parents to communicate with him was through images, specifically Disney films, because they helped him grow up and stay positive.
As time went on, McGruder said his parents learned to see autism not as a disease, but as a way of learning differently. McGruder's parents worked with him every day to teach him social skills, such as
McGruder understands the struggles of the disorder on a personal level, and because of this, he is passionate about bringing Autism Speaks U to the KU community.
looking people in the eye and responding to people emotionally.
"My parents didn't really understand what it was."
Autism Speaks U is a program created to help college students in their awareness and advocacy for the disorder, according to the official website. The program, launched in 2008, is a deviation of Autism Speaks that is geared more toward the college student demographic.
PHILLIP MCGRUDER Junior from Kansas City, Kan.
This 'semester, McGruder hopes to localize Autism Speaks U by bringing the organization to the University and creating a club.
Right now, McGruder said his focus is to accumulate enough members to become an official campus group. McGruder said to do so, the club needs 25 to 35 active members. As of now, he is trying to create interest on campus.
This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report that found cases of autism have increased dramatically in recent years. The number of cases in the United States has risen to one in every 68 births, almost double the 2004 rate of one in every 125 births.
McGruder said he can help people who have autistic children by explaining to them the ways his own parents dealt with it. He said his sister did this after she met a woman who was trying to buy materials for her autistic child.
"My sister told the woman about me and how I have autism, and how I'm highly functioning and in college," McGruder said. "When my sister told her that story and about what helped me become the person I am today,
Phillip McGruder, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., is advocating to bring Autism Speaks U to the University community.
FRANK WEIRICH/KANSAN
the woman broke down in tears saying, "Thank you for telling me this." That's one of the reasons I want to start this group."
the organization can make a difference not only here on campus, but in the Lawrence community as well.
McGruder said he hopes
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Olive Garden is hurting itself by piling on too many breadsticks, according to an investor that's dispu-
ring how the restaurant chain is run
Olive Garden defends its endless breadstick policy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Olive Garden is defending its practice of giving customers as many breadsticks as they want, saying the policy conveys "Italian generosity."
Darden's 24-page response doesn't specifically address each of Starboard's criticisms, but states that the company is already implementing a variety of strategies to improve Olive Garden's performance. The company says it has introduced new menu items to underscore value, for instance, and is testing ordering technologies using table-top tablets.
The remark is part of a response by the chain's parent company, Darden Restaurants Inc., to a nearly 300-page criticism released by hedge fund Starboard Value last week. Starboard took Olive Garden and its management to task for a litany of issues, including its liberal distribution of breadsticks, its failure to salt the water used to boil its pasta and even the length of the asparagus it serves.
Starboard is lobbying to gain control of Darden's board of directors at the company's annual meeting Oct. 10. Darden, which is based in Orlando, Fla., has struggled to boost sales at Olive Garden with the growing popularity of chains such as Chipotle, where people feel they can get food similar in quality to a sit-down restaurant for less money. Under pressure to boost results, Darden recently sold off Red Lobster, which was doing even worse than Olive Garden. But Starboard and others took issue with the sale and wanted the company's breakup structured dif-
ferently.
As for its breadsticks, Starboard said last week that Olive Garden was being wasteful because servers weren't sticking to the policy of providing one breadstick per customer, plus an extra for the table. The investor said servers lacked "training and discipline" and were bringing out too many breadsticks at a time, which led to cold breadsticks. Starboard noted it wasn't calling for Olive Garden to stop giving away unlimited breadsticks, but simply exercise more control in how they're distributed.
In its response Monday, Darden said "Olive Garden's salad and breadsticks have been an icon of brand equity since 1982." The company didn't say whether it would change the way salad and breadsticks are brought out, however.
Rapper Common's father dies at 71
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Lonnie Lynn, known to hip-hop fans for his soulful spoken-word poems on rapper son Common's albums, has died.
Lynn died at age 71 on Friday. Common said in an interview Monday in Los Angeles. He gave no further details.
Lynn was a star high school basketball player in Chicago and played in the 1969-1970 season in the American Basketball Association. He struggled with drug addiction and with being a father to six children, topics he addressed in poignant, sometimes regretful poems that concluded many of Common's albums.
"He was truly a natural poet and master of words. His personality and soul shined through his work," Common, whose real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., said in the interview Monday.
"The way he said things made me look at life and the world in a new way, in a different way. They always sparked
a thought in my head. His words would always make me strive to achieve higher, to write better, to be more truthful with my words."
Common is also an actor, appearing in films including "Terminator: Salvation" and "LUV" and as a regular on the AMC series "Hell on Wheels." Lynn, known as "Pops" on Common's albums, recorded his last poem for the rapper's 2011 release, "The Dreamer/ The Believer."
"For those of us who come from less than enviable circumstances, dreams — good dreams, sweet dreams — dreams come true. Truthful dreams, truthful dreams become life," he intoned in the song, called "Pops Belief."
"Live the life you believe. The American dream, the black American dream, the universal dream. For the sake of the unwritten laws of humanity, I believe in God. I believe in my ancestors, I believe in my offsprings ... I believe in the truth, truth. See you next lifetime."
RESTAURANT WEEK: FIERY FOOD
A pizza is put in the oven at Genovese. Genovese is one of 19 restaurants downtown participating in Lawrence's first Restaurant Week.
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BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
A waitress at the restaurant Mad Greek prepares to serve a fiery dish to a customer as a part of Restaurant Week this week.
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