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The scene at Henry's has shifted from trendy young people to guys who are easily 50 trying to hit on me. Not
I'll never be too drunk to care that the liquor store cashier recognizes me. But I can try.
Some people are human equivalent of a wet toilet seat.
I decided I was going to give up coffee for a week, and it was the worst two hours of my life
There are dozens of comfortable places in my apartment and my cat chooses the tenderest part of my tummy to sit on.
I just opened twitter in two different tabs on my computer because I got bored with the first twitter tab
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Did any other graduating seniors get an email saying it's time to enroll? ¿Por qué?
My friend just snap chatted me a picture of someone with a "trump2016" sticker on his computer. I instructed her to kill that individual.
I'm so #blessed that my upstairs neighbor decided to tearfully and loudly kick out his SO at 7am on a Sunday morning.
My type is tall, dark and handsome with a big...library.
RT if you've hit your wall with this semester
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Power hours should be done with caution
Vote for Pedro.
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Liston: Kansas bills endanger transgender students
> RYAN LISTON
@rliston235
n March 16, the Kansas Legislature introduced a pair of
bills in the House and Senate proposing the "Student Physical Privacy Act" that would bar transgender students at public schools and universities from using restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Additionally, under this act, anyone that identifies a transgender student using said facilities would receive $2,500 in "statutory damages."
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If this act is written into law, it will lead to targeted discrimination of transgender students and a hostile environment for all. With the promise of money, seeking out transgender students in restrooms and locker rooms could become commonplace even at the University. The University needs to stand in opposition of these bills and voice their commitment to eliminating discrimination.
The true purpose of this act is simply to create further legal discrimination against already marginalized citizens.
Proponents claim this act will protect students from harm, yet there is no statistical evidence to suggest that transgender individuals have done any harm to anyone in a bathroom.
For transgender students, these bills would only amplify existing issues.
While, according to the Public Religion Research Institute, the majority of Americans believe transgender citizens should receive equal protections
under the law, the Kansas government wants to stifle this progress and punish transgender individuals for embracing their gender identities.
The University and schools throughout Kansas need to take a firm stance against these proposed bills whether they become law or not. It is deplorable that members of our government would propose and
incentivize blatant discrimination in Kansas' public schools and universities. We cannot allow these bills to ruin the lives of our fellow students.
- Edited by Mackenzie Walker
Ryan Liston is a freshman from Lawrence studying journalism.
Gonzales: US Soccer lawsuit highlights how little FIFA values female athletes
▶ RACHEL GONZALES
@Rachellnoel
Last week, five of the top women's soccer players in the country filed an official complaint against US Soccer over pay inequality. This complaint is not only warranted but overdue. The inability to fairly pay female soccer players comes down to a simple problem: FIFA's undervaluation of women.
According to the New York Daily News, "To understand the forces determining the future of women's soccer in the United States, you must start at the very top, with the organization that governs international soccer: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association."
This organization has consistently promoted a male-dominant power structure. It was just three years ago the first woman won her seat on the federation's 209-member executive committee. According to ESPN, in 2015 FIFA allotted the winners of the Women's World Cup $2 million in prize money, a small fraction of the $35 million the German men received after
winning the men's Cup the previous summer.
This is a blatant example of basic pay inequality.
Andrew Jennings, the U.K. journalist who first started reporting on FIFA corruption in 2000, says the climate within the organization has been so sexist the Women's World Cup was an afterthought. "It's bent," Jennings said. "It's a thing they introduced because they had to."
Some have been quick to point out the lack of money women's soccer generates as a reason for the pay gap. Critics say that women's soccer does not draw a big enough crowd. According to the New York Times, 25.4 million Americans tuned in to the 2015
Women's World Cup final, a record number to watch a soccer game — any soccer game — in this country. That number of people is greater than the number of people who watched the 2015 NBA championship game. The attendance for the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada was triple the attendance of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
It seems the real problem is FIFA's failure to accommodate the proven fan base for women's soccer. The stadium built for the men's World Cup in Rio held 20,000 more people than the women's one in Vancouver.
of what men receive, despite the fact that the women's team just won their third world championship. The women have indisputably outperformed the men's team. They are doing the same job as their male counterparts and they are doing it better.
Women on the US national team are being paid a disappointing 40 percent
The corrupt and misogynistic nature of FIFA has created an environment in which women are both economically and conceptually undervalued in comparison to their male counterparts.
Rachel Gonzales is a Junior from Ft. Collins, CO., studying journalism and sociology
-Edited by Cele Fryer
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