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Wescoe Beach is a crimson and blue ocean filled with Jayhawks wearing yoga pants and drinking pumpkin spice lattes.
My roommate sounds like Gilbert Gottfried ./
I feel unsafe knowing that I go to school with admitted rapists who went unpunished. #NomeansNO
Disappointed in the all the Jay- hawks that call it "fog" and not "phog." The opportunity is right there!!
Stop sending me FarmVille invites!
No one plays it anymore! It's over.
It died with all your virtual crops.
I didn't know Master Chief worked for the LPD!
I thought mosquito bites couldn't get any worse. Until one bit me on my toe.
walking up a hill with a backpack that probably weighs half as much as I do, I need to rethink this...
FFA: the original Yik Yak
No better way to start an 8 a.m. class than being ridiculed by the professor for being tired.
Was trying to save an overturned cicada with the newspaper on the sidewalk and it clipped my ear...
Can I be Van Gogh now?
Non-consensual sex IS rape. You wouldn't say "non-breathing swimming." you'd say "drowning." Call it what it is.
I love the Daily Kansan! Confession time…the first thing I always turn to: the FFA.
I like to make it obnoxiously evident that I hate when people smoke on campus #Gross
Seventeen Magazine is on campus. I think we're a little too old for that...
PA: Getting FFA of the Day on my first post? You can call me FFA BALLER for now on… that is all.
Buses, you know I love you,
but we need to talk...
Students who don't feel safe walking to the dorms should download SafeTrek app which alerts police of your GPS location if something happens
To the guy with the supernatural tattoo on his chest, you don't know me, but I'm in love with you.
Super Seniors have earned respect for sticking it out and finishing their degree, even if it takes longer then the unrealistic 4-year timeline.
Dear UDK, thank you.
In the wake of the sexual assault controversy at KU, the chancellor emailed students Thursday afternoon with a request: educate and participate.
Chancellor's response to rape case insensitive
In the news release sent by KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, the topics covered were: educating the community on preventable measures, the confidentiality of sexual assault cases and the measures taken to
conduct investigations.
"We cannot have police officers in every room or at every party, and you wouldn't want us to," read the chancellor's email. "So we also expect you — each one of you — to look out for each other and to be willing to take action when you know something is wrong, or to report to the proper authorities so they can take action."
There were no answers to why the student who raped the girl got away with writing an essay — no expulsion nor community service in the least. But there was a definitive announcement urging students to participate in Sexual Awareness Week and learn what "constitutes consent" scheduled this fall.
The chancellor's insensitivity to the reopened and highly publicized case
via the Huffington Post is baffling.
Highlights point to student responsibility, participation and education, but nowhere in the letter does it mention action to address the victim's concerns. Instead of directing action toward correcting the officer's unprofessional handling of the case, KU leaders handed students a stale letter: an email sent throughout
the student body — KU's core — without reassuring them their safety will be proactively supported. Effort is starkly different from action, which is lacking in the administration.
Vicky Diaz-Camacho is from San Pedro, Calif., majoring in journalism and works as a journalist and photographer for Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CreSIS)
Chelsea Handler a late-night TV role model
On Aug. 26, I wrapped myself in a blanket, plopped on the
couch and prepared myself for the "Chelsea Lately" finale. As a dedicated Chelsea Handler fan, I was upset to see the show come to a close. Handler is a hilarious, vulgar comedian, and she was also the only female late-night host. The late-night scene has always been dominated by male hosts — Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel. While watching the finale, I wondered who, and if, there would be a replacement for Handler as
Women like Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks run the daytime talk show positions, but late-night television slots are saved for men. Handler was the first woman to change the status quo, and unlike other female talk show hosts, she had a crude, almost masculine sense of humor.
the woman of late night.
I found it strange that the only female host on late night had a personality that would seem masculine. If Handler had acted as a more "feminine" host, would she have been as successful?
For her finale, Handler
pulled out all the chops. She made it clear that Chelsea Lately was going to go out with a bang. The show was flooded with celebrities like Dave Grohl, Gerard Butler, Gwen Stefani, Selena Gomez and many more — all there to support Handler's final show. Ellen DeGeneres opened
with a hilarious sketch, while Miley Cyrus and 50 Cent performed. Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock and Mary McCormack hosted a hilarious reverse intervention for Handler, and almost all of her comedic staff made an appearance.
When the show came to an end, I was left thinking about how boring the late-night scene will be without her and her trusty sidekick, Chuy Bravo. I will miss cracking up to Handler's inappropriate and politically incorrect jokes. "Chelsea Lately" was not just popular because she pushed the
boundaries; the show was popular because it featured a strong female character in a male-dominated time slot. Say what you will about how Handler was too rude or provocative for television, but she is a role model for women and proof you don't need to be male to host a late-night talk show.
Madeline Umali is a sophomore from St. Louis studying journalism
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