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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
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Found the speakeasy on my first try! Awesome atmosphere. Expensive beer. Glad something like this exists here in Lawrence.
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This walk to JRP when it's hot makes me seriously rethink my major. #wisitworth
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imasely attracted to the TA for my microbiology lab. Chemistry and biology DO cooperate, my friends.
The marching band was awesome last Saturday!
How to meet new people tip #1: Walk up to a random person on Jayhawk Blvd and say "In my past life I was a tissue used by Morgan Freeman. Beat that." Conversation carries on 100% of the time 20% of the time
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
ABSC 160 is officially my favorite class! I want to become a Pediatrician thanks to this class.
The harm from an assault doesn't stop with the initial victim. Seeing the one you love suffer in the aftermath is heartbreaking.
KU Officer diversity at all-time high! Shown here with three middle class white people.
Emma Halling is my hero!
(And I'm a guy)
Dudes who stand on the bus, Please stop egregiously 'adjusting' yourself. All the best. People sitting at crotch level.
KU, are you trying to prepare me for life's hiccups by lining bike parking with thorny bushes? *walks bike home due to flat tires*
Some of you girls don't want to hear the truth but guys get raped by girls also. It goes both ways.
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Ever been so tired you tried to get soap out of the paper towel dispenser?
While in a sketch Summerfield elevator, I casually Google "chances of dying in an elevator"
The UDK is really the only newspaper I can tolerate. And picking up the UDK is the start of my morning, so proud.
Yes, I'm a college student. And yes, I will laugh to myself every time I pass a building with the "erected in..." plate on it.
The grass on and around campus is meant to be walked on. People avoid it like the plague for some odd reason.
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Sexual assault is a spectrum, not a fixed point
W when someone says the word "rape," what is the first thing that jumps
to mind? For most of us, it is the image of a lone jogger in the park being violently assaulted by a shadowy figure. However, there are far less severe and far less violent situations that legally speaking — constitute "rape."
we had consent from our parents as well, but sex between us legally would have been considered statutory rape.
I am not condoning sexual assault or saying offenders shouldn't be punished. But when we hear the word "rape," we tend to jump to certain conclusions, and it is important to understand the situation before assuming the worst. There is a big difference between people making impaired
In high school, I dated a girl who was 16 when I was 17. Consent was present for both parties, and
decisions and a man in a trench coat stalking a victim across campus.
The KU administration has a difficult job in a case like this, because while it is its job to keep the campus safe, not all cases are the same. Expelling a student who violently attacked someone makes sense, but not all cases turn out that way. Violent assaults may reoccur if not dealt with severely, but other cases may need less
drastic action for prevention in the future. Is it worth ruining a person's life if it is not necessary to keep campus safe? Sexual assault is a spectrum, not a fixed point.
Taylor Pickman is a senior from Atchison studying architecture
Study expectations take up too much of students' time
A student's time in college can be a straining period. Most of us balance work, extracurricular activities and class, while still finding time to study. Yet as we progress through college, stress continuously builds.
Not only do we balance the previously mentioned workload, but we also start building our resumes to find a decent job out of college. As we spend all this time trying to create a successful future, our student debt begins to rise. Unfortunately, the people who seem to understand the least are the same individuals who run the
University.
Case in point, the University has so graciously put out its expectations through its designed coursework load. The University's catalog on regulations for undergraduates expect students to study at least two hours per credit hour. That means students enrolled in 12-15 credit hours are expected to study approximately 24-30 hours per week. You're looking at almost a full work week of just studying.
This wouldn't be as big of a problem if students didn't have other responsibilities, but to the inconvenience of
the University, we do in fact have lives. Most students work and/or are involved in organizations that require their time as well. Tuition keeps rising for incoming students, meaning they have to work even more to pay for schooling. This regrettably coincides with the University's decision to slash student's work
nours,but that's another discussion in itself.
If you somehow balance all of this, you're easily looking at a 50-60 hour week, every week. University officials ponder why some students have such a hard time, but they don't realize their high expectations are what's putting us in this situation in the first place.
Maybe if the University and its professors, who vehemently follow this standard, stopped to look at what students are going through, the University may not have such a high number of dropouts and an unrealistic four-year
graduation rate. Course workloads should be designed to match what's needed for a student to gain a proper education while still being able to balance the other aspects of our lives. Coursework should not be designed to follow an arbitrary number the University found fit, while disregarding the lives of its students. The University seems to have forgotten that it exists for us and not the other way around.
Adam Timmerman is a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., studying environmental studies
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