THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002
COVERSTORY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 9
Checking it twice Students' lists include dogs, DVDs
By Lindsay Hanson
ihanson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
They no longer believe in Santa Claus, but many University of Kansas students are still making lists and checking them twice.
Laura Diskin, St. Paul, Kan., junior, said she had sent a holiday wish list to her mother but didn't expect everything to turn up in her stocking.
"I've been wanting a Maltese puppy, so I put that on there," she said. "I don't know if I'll see it or not."
Diskin said the puppy, which would not grow past 2 pounds, would make her apartment feel a little more like home.
Clothes and a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit her aunt are also on Diskin's list. Like many parents, Diskin's mother told her she wanted an outline of things to buy because she didn't want to waste money on gifts Diskin wouldn't like.
Blake Rotter, Bonner Springs sophomore, said he hadn't written down his list because it was still early.
"I don't have any money to shop, so I haven't really started thinking about Christmas really," he said.
But he was keeping a few things in mind,he said. Rotter wants a pair of brown and plaid socks, a pair of brown boxers and a set of guitar strings.
Hesitant to mention the last item on his list, Rotter said it could be found at Priscilla's.
"They have this face dildo thing—it's like a malignant goatee," he said, laughing.
Another student said she had hung her list on the wall for quick reference when family and friends asked her for gift ideas.
"It seems like everyone e-mails, 'Oh what do you want?'" said Tess Montana, Cortex, Colo., freshman. "It's nice to say, hey, I have a list."
Montana said she made sure to stay within a cheap price range. Among the items she included: a battery for her laptop, new Bose speakers for her car and a Target gift card.
Nick Packard, Prairie Village freshman,
"Being away from home, I have less things. The things I use every day at home I don't have up here and I kind of need up here."
David Schmidt
Overland Park freshman
named off a short list. At the top of it was a Box game system, an MP3 player and clothes.
"I don't need too much," he said.
"Being away from home, I have less things," he said. "The things I use every day at home I don't have up here and I kind of need up here."
Packard said he would probably make out a list for the future as well.
camera, but he said he didn't expect anything that flashy from friends. They plan to exchange gifts such as DVDs in a more reasonable price range.
David Schmidt, Overland Park freshman, said his Christmas list had grown since he got to college.
The priciest item Schmidt requested was a digi ita!
Making a list of holiday wishes is not something reserved for the youth in Schmidt's family. He said his father still made up a list every year, too.
— Edited by Lauren Beatty
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