THURSDAY AUGUST 28, 2014
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The classrooms of Strong are cold and the hallways require huge fans. Is this supposed to make sense? #Donewiththeheatalready
Had to use tablespoons as silverware because we had no real spoons.
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Here I am, eating my breakfast on the bus ride, and wondering why no one else is.
I was reaching for a UDK, and got a wake up call when I hit my head on the ledge of the things they are in. I want a UDK, not a bonk in the head!!
Ah, the annual gathering of architecture students drawing Budig
If a woman doesn't take a seat you offer her, get over it. And while you're at it, get over yourself.
Read the FFA today and realized how sad it is freshmen don't know Dan
Thanks microbiology lab, maybe now i'll get over this touch everything at walmart habit.
The FFA editor once texted me back. Given it was to taunt me, but still highlight of my life.
Saw a spoiler from Tuesday's Pretty Little Liar episode. Thanks Twitter.
You're right sir with "Can't ban these guns (arrows pointing to arms)" tshirt. I can't ban something that doesn't exist. I can't ban your pet unicorn either.
lakes me an entire semester to get my first FFA, and my best friend gets one on her first try...on her second day of college. Lucky!
If I go to a quiet area in the library then I expect it to be quiet! If you are going to talk move somewhere else!
I'm guessing sigma chi hadn't seen their fire safety video yet
I love the teachers that actually take advantage of cool classroom technology
I just ran into class a minute late, sat down, and realized I have to pee... Oh God... Someone, please. Help me.
Freshmen: get on the front of the bus. Get off the back. ITS NOT THAT HARD.
There are so many cutie patootie boys on campus.
Just waited in line for 20 min only to find out panda STILL doesn't take cuisine cash.
Professor yelling at students 1st week of class...Awk.
Athletic Department takes advantage of student loyalty
It is becoming more and more difficult to be the loyal fan that the Princeton Review recently raved about in its "Students Pack the Stadium" portion of its annual college rankings. As I enter my fourth and final year at the University of Kansas, I have seen a student body that has devoted more to its sports teams than its academics, myself included.
Some students have gone as far as choosing class schedules that allow time for them to camp in Allen Fieldhouse all day so that they don't lose their group's place on the list. Others avoid enrolling in night classes in order to attend evening games. Some even wake up early on Saturday mornings to tailgate for
football games. Even though The KU Athletic Department has our devotion, it does not seem to care as much about the student body, the fans.
One can point to the department's decision last semester to take away over 100 seats from students in order to reserve them for donors. The reason for this change was to compensate for the newly lowered student athletic fee, which was lowered from $25 to $6. According to the Athletic Department, the lowered fee will result in an annual $350,000 loss. While this number may seem high, it's important to remember that this is the same department that brought $93 million in revenue in 2013 alone. With the recent decision regarding
Section U, it is quite apparent that the Athletic Department is more than willing to do whatever it takes to make up for any lost revenue.
One would hope that the Athletic Department would draw the line at some point to support its student body fans, but looking ahead at the schedule for this upcoming semester it's hard to see things that way. KU decided to have Late Night in the Phog and the Oklahoma State football game the
same weekend of Fall Break. That means that KU will be hosting its highly anticipated fall basketball preview event when most students will be out of town.
While the event may still fill maximum capacity, how many of these seats will be filled with students and how many with potential donors? With less student competition for seats at these events. donors are able to come on Friday to attend Late Night and on Saturday to attend the football game. Maybe this was nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence for students, but in light of recent actions by the Athletic Department, it sure doesn't feel that way.
Regardless of these changes, our student body is
so devoted to KU athletics that we will continue to be the best fans in the country. We will still wake up at 6 a.m. for lottery and camping, wait outside in any type of weather to enter the Fieldhouse and will still cheer as wildly as all the reviews say. The sad thing is that the Athletic Department knows these facts, and they will continue to do as they please without regard for the students who make it all possible.
Adam Timmerman is a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., studying environmental studies
Art still important in social media age
To understand why art matters today, we must also
consider a wide spectrum of art that evolves alongside technology. Art can range from Paleolithic cave paintings in Lascaux, France, to the newsfeed on our mobile devices.
The Lascaux Caves in southwestern France contain some of the oldest examples of art in the world, dating back more than 17.000 years. The paintings feature various scenes of large animals, such as bulls and horses. They are impressive visually as
well as historically. Ancient people provided an entire cave of evidence indicating what life was like for them. They chose to depict things from nature due to the intimate relationship they shared with one another, and their experiences were important enough to record on cave walls. We only know these people for the art they created and the bones they left behind.
life that written and spoken words cannot express. Cave painting is one of the oldest art forms and has recently echoed out beyond the cave entrance and onto virtual walls.
Art serves as a way of recording natural history; it tells tales that others can relate to and also learn from. It provides vivid examples of
An online presence allows an individual to gain access
to millions of other people through social media. Pictures, status updates and wall posts create an idea of the type of people we are, just as the paintings in the cave inform us about a different time period. Whether or not we intend to be artistically profound with a picture of an astonishing sunset, grumpy cat or an intimidating bull on a cave wall, we are perpetuating our culture, just as cavemen and women did thousands of years before us. Art matters because it is constantly evolving to reflect the
culture that it appropriates through technology.
The cave wall has evolved into the smartphone, and we are sharing our lives to be viewed forever. We should be mindful of what we create for future generations as social media inserts itself into the next chapter of art history.
Jake Kaufmann is a junior from Elkhorn studying visual art and journalism
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