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It's cool that you guys love eachother, but do you have to hold hands everywhere you walk? I've been trying to pass you for 10 minutes
Super seniors haven't earned anything. They haven't even earned their degree.
Forever crushing on Chris,
the Commerce Bank Teller
in the Union.
Do the sidewalks between Malott and Summerfield remind anyone else of Yoshi Valley from Mario Kart?
Why am I tired? I don't do anything. Why am I tired?
FIFA is a company that organizes soccer games guys. It's not the peace corp out to improve the world
Booty sweat be gone
When I am a huge celebrity and nudes of me leak the first thing I will do is go have a tasteful nude photo shoot and post them for free.
I hope everyone has an umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh
Once again lost and very confused at Murphy.
I'm getting really good at casually tripping on Watson's stone steps. Nobody saw if I acted natural, right?
I live vicariously through the freshmen in my sociology class. Oh the glory days of daisy hill.
I think it only appropriate to play quidditch music at quidditch practices.
Skipped class to get free food cause I have my priorities straight
If you need a butt massage, just sit on a bus. I'm getting one right now.
I hope the uku brings to light the Huffington Post's ku rape article. More people need to know about this injustice
Crunchy chicken cheddar wraps may be good, but donuts from The Market are better.
Ahh... Nothing quite like soggy newspaper...
If this bro in Stairr's ECON 142 class doesn't stop tapping his feet...I mean at least improve your rhythm.
People who ride the bus to take from Wescoe to Fraser infuriate me
So excited for fall weather! Can't handle the heat anymore.
Research dog breeds prior to adoption
There are few things that bother me more in this world than a person adopting a puppy just because it was cute. Sure, some of these spur-of-the-moment decisions turn out great, with the dog and owner becoming best friends for life. However, too many dogs end up in shelters because the puppy that started off cute turned into a full-grown dog requiring specific attention and care.
One of the reasons many dogs end up in shelters is because owners do not do proper research before adopting. Knowing as much information as possible on breeds before adopting is the best way to ensure a happy healthy home for your four-legged friend.
For instance, take my dog Nova. She's a 96-pound
Newfoundland — a bear-like dog full of hair and a sweet disposition. Before adopting Nova I did research on Newfoundlands and thought carefully about whether I could provide her with the time and attention she would require. My family had owned a Newfoundland before, so I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting into, but even so, I wanted to get the full idea. Had I not researched Newfoundlands (and had my own experiences to draw from), having Nova would have come as a pretty big shock.
Newfoundlands are sometimes called "nanny dogs" because they are very good with children and like to keep an eye on all members of their family. They have a gentle
personality and are very calm once they reach adulthood. In fact, they make excellent therapy dogs precisely because of their temperament.
However, there are also challenges to having a Newfoundland. For instance, they drool and shed... a lot. They are also very smart, relatively stubborn and easily bored. If not provided with something to do, they could very well resort to bad behaviors such as chewing up shoes or destroying other
things.
They are incredibly large and strong; in combination with their intelligence that means they can get into almost anything. As a puppy, Nova constantly got trash out of our kitchen trashcan. We tried many different types of trash cans to keep Nova out, but nothing worked. Finally we had to resort to building a special lid to keep her out.
If you're set on adopting a purebred, it's easy and fast to research the breed. So before you spend the money to buy a dog, be sure it's the appropriate choice. If you want a couch potato that drools a little, a Newfoundland may be the one, but if you're looking for a dog to go running with you, you should consider different breeds.
I advise that before adopting any dog, purebred or not, you do your research. If at a shelter, ask what the workers there know about the dog and its past, especially if they know what breed the parents of the puppies were. If you are looking into a fully grown dog, spend some time with it and be sure the energy level, size and temperament are all what you're looking for. So to sum it all up, do your research before adopting. It's better for you and the dog.
Anna Wenner is a senior from Topeka studying English and history
Hair should not define a woman's beauty
If you were to ask a female which of her physical attribute makes her feel the most feminine, she will most likely say her hair. We spend so much time, money and heat trying to perfect the style and color of our locks. We justify spending hundreds to thousands on highlights, keratin treatments, and straighteners. If we have a bad hair day or haircut, we feel less beautiful. Some may even say their hair is how they identify with themselves. The stigma of
long thick hair as the only definition of beauty is absurd and needs to be broken.
August was National Hair Loss (alopecia areata) month. Alopecia areata is a condition when hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, specifically the scalp. In the earlier stages, this condition manifests in bald spots. Like men, women can have thin hair or become bald. It is taboo in our society for women to have no hair. Baldness in women is perceived initially with aging or the assumption
that one is going through chemotherapy. However, many factors contribute to thinning hair like iron deficiency, lupus, hereditary hair loss, overexposure to chemicals, environmental factors, etc. To have less hair does not mean one is
chronically sick.
The idea that women need to have thick, long hair stems from media representation of our favorite celebrities, advertisements and other social stigmas. It is easy to forget that celebrities have limitless amounts of money to spend on achieving the perfect hairstyle through the purchases of expensive wigs and extensions. It then gets even easier to forget that beauty is a range of attributes, not just one thing. It is never easy when one's
it boister not just one thing.
It is never easy when one's hair starts to fall out. In most
cases, hair will grow back. A haircut is never permanent and neither is a dye job.Hair can grow and be re-dyed. Alternatively, we do not need to put all these chemicals in our hair or scalp anyways. Natural is more healthy and beautiful. Hair shouldn't be the factor that measures beauty. It is embracing what you have with confidence that is ultimate beauty.
Monica Saha graduate student in the Schoolof of Pharmacy from Overland Park
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KansanOpinion My mom and I researched a lot of various breeds before finding exactly what we wanted... We also researched rescue animals!
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@KansanOpinion Yes, certain breeds do interest me more. however, I try to adopt mutts from the pound because they need the most love
KansanOpinion Nope. Just went with the dog that I loved the most and even though my lab is crazy I love him!
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