4A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
TUESDAY,OCTOBER 15,2002
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Eric Kelting
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If you have play-doh, and it's brown, does that make it play-doh?
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
What's up with that girl in my class that types up all her notes on her palm pilot. Can I call her Palm Pilot?
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
First of all, I just wanna apologize to the guy on the street that I called a butthole. Second of all, you're not a butthole, we just thought it would be funny to call somebody a butthole. Hehehehe... butthole.
--lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
Amber Agee
business manager
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lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
If a guy asks you out, then everyone you know that knows him says he's psycho, should you still go out with him? Trust your own instincts, or should you listen to your friends if they say he's psycho?
A friend of mine informed me that he recently has acquired an alligator. Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief, when he leaves the room, he does not say see you later, alligator. If I had an alligator I would say that.
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Has anybody ever seen what Missouri people do with their time? Yeah, check out www.kusucks.com. They have no lives.
Matt Fisher
Malcolm Gibson
general manager and news adviser
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God bless the young ladies who chose to wear white t-shirts and not bring umbrellas with them when it rains.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
Most KU students quit counting after five.
--lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
All you Kansan writers that are arguing about alcohol and problems with drinking need to just stop and load a bowl.
Matt Fisher
sales and marketing adviser
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I'm really nervous to call this girl, so I'm calling the Free for All to get up the nerve
I, uh, tried stimulating the clitoris, but my tongue went through the newspaper.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
(sound) When I get that feeling, that sexual feeling, Sexual feeeeling.
What's up with your movie reviews? Keep Peter Black, screw the others.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
That guy that wrote that thing on the opinion page, he said dubious. Hahahahaha.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
I was looking at the diagram in the sex column on Thursday, and I think I got half a wood.
I lost a set of keys on campus on Friday, and if anybody finds a set of keys with, like, a Budweiser bottle opener on them, car key, and electronic car opener on them, it'd be great appreciated if they could drop them in the Lost and Found in Wesco. Thanks.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
The person I really am struggles with whether or not I should look both ways before crossing the street. It's causing me a lot of internal angst.
--lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
I'm sitting at work right now, and there's absolutely nothing to do. Please, something happen. I'm going crazy. Oh, end.
I'm still at work and there's still nothing to do. So if anybody, like, wants to come for a swim, you can, like, swim here for, like, free. I'll even let you in for free if you wanna come in and swim. I work at a pool, so come and swim.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
Is it just me or is it strange that I have to ding the ball to get off at Naismith and Oliver when I am riding the Naismith and Oliver bus?
We're just watching TV, and just found out that Iraq's vice president challenged Bush to a duel. A duell?
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
--lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
It's 5:30 in the morning, I've been drinking all night. I've got class in two hours, and I'm not going to sleep. Where else but K112?
If they're gonna ticket bicycles like they're cars, then Lawrence drivers need to start treating bicyclists like they're drivers.
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For 10 bucks you can get about a case of suck-me-off beer.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
This is in regards to the Captain Ribman cartoon, or lack thereof. "Corndogs and Applejacks" sucks. Bring back Ribman.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
--lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
I just got really high and was contemplating things, and I was just wondering why I have yet to get in the "Free for All" when I have called in here at least 10 times.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
You, who said George Bush was becoming a terrorist. What kind of frickin' moron are you? Hey, I've got an idea.
How about we just let Saddam nuke our country to hell? Right — you try leading a country after a massive terrorist attack on our financial capital, Captain Retardo.
Keep crying.
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This morning I thought I was gonna have to call the cops because I heard what sounded like someone being attacked in the apartment next to mine. But then after it stopped and appeared to rewind and play over several times, I realized my neighbors are just加icted to porn.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
Just because the sorority girls are actually studying for one week, they get a column written about them? What are we supposed to say? Congratulations for supplying a whole week? My friends and I study every night, when are you gonna write a column about us?
I'd like to dedicate this to Millhouse. Can I borrow a feeling? Could you lend me a jar of love? Hurtin' hearts need some healing. Take my hand with your glove of love.
Welcome back, weather Jay, to your rightful place on the front of the University Daily Kansan.
I'm sitting here doing a group project, wondering where my partner is. And I'm realizing he's not here, not doing any of the work. Group work sucks.
Is this thing on?
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
lawrence is a great town. Think about it. Every kind of person you can think of lives here.
GERTKEN'S VIEW
ON THE KANSAN ON-LINE
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Go to karsan.com and click on the option section to check out the weekly online poll. Click on forums to post to the discussion.
Opinion Forum
Where are you going for Fall Break? Are you staying in Lawrence, going home, or hitting the open road in search of adventure?
Poll Is downloading MP3's really stealing?
Yes. You're taking something you haven't paid for. It's wrong.
No. There is nothing wrong with it.
Sure it's stealing, but it doesn't hurt the companies so it's okay.
I am not sure.
Last Week's Poll
Out of 63 votes,29 percent thought KU faculty and staff work hard for students and wouldn't ask for more improvement,62 percent thought the KU faculty and staff would rather students send them a check and not show up and10 percent were not sure.
PERSPECTIVES
Break off the ole' ball and chain; experience unique Lawrence
GUEST COMMENTARY
It has the University of Kansas beautiful campus and an open-minded atmosphere throughout the community.
It has an interesting history and a funky, cool historic downtown area with some great stores.
Caroline Boyer
opinion@kansan.com
I love Lawrence and I've been going to the University of Kansas for four years. However, this last weekend, when my parents came with my aunt and uncle for the homecoming game, I could not complete the simple task of coming up with a good local place for us to go for dinner after the game.
There are dozens of great restaurants that can be found only in Lawrence. But when I was trying to come up with a great Lawrence restaurant, I realized I knew most of them by reputation only.
As I considered my options, I remembered that this had also happened last semester when my cousin and some friends had come for a concert.
This can be partially blamed on my indecisiveness; I probably am the most indecisive person I know. Even if I knew the restaurants around here better, I still probably wouldn't be able to decide which one I should go to.
Kind of sad and pathetic, isn't it?
However, I place most of the blame on
my lack of adventure when it comes to going out.
I'd like to try new things but I always end up at chains and fast-food places because they are cheap.
Thinking about the non-fast food and non-bar places I've been to eat lately — International House of Pancakes Chipotle, Jason's Deli, Applebee's — realized these were all chain restaurants Bambino's Italian Cafe is the only locally owned restaurant I've been to recently.
As another example, I've been told by many people that I should try The Custard Cup.
But whenever I am in an ice cream mood, I find myself at Dairy Queen or Baskin-Robbins.
I might sound like a chain store slave but I will say in my own defense that I've never ventured into the Lawrence Starbucks.
What I want to tell you all is that you should learn from my mistakes.
For the most part, this message is to the freshmen and sophomores. I hope juniors and seniors out there aren't as unadventurous as I am.
Everyone needs to experience the local stuff before going off to bigger places.
Don't get into the rut of frequenting the same old places that you can find anywhere.
This isn't meant to be an ad for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, but there is no reason for anyone to be as ill-informed about the place they live as I am.
If you aren't from Lawrence,you need to get out and experience this town in all its quirkiness while you still have the chance.
If you are from around here, you have a wonderful opportunity to show those not in the know all that your hometown has to offer.
Try out some of Lawrence's unique flavor and go somewhere you've never been before. This isn't limited to restaurants.
Check out museums, stores and parks. Experience what this town has to offer so you don't have any regrets after you graduate.
Boyer is a Lenexa senior is Journalism.
Downloading your music is moral equivalent of shoplifting
Everybody knows that stealing is wrong. More people, however, include
But copyrighted intellectual property is protected by law just as tangible property is protected. It is both immoral and illegal to steal. Downloading copyrighted music for free is the moral equivalent to shoplifting a CD from Target. Stealing is stealing, no matter what it's called.
Many people, however, including college students, seem to suffer from the "Robin Hood Complex" - that is, the idea that stealing from the "rich" (record companies) and giving to the "poor" (poor college students), is not at all wrong
Many arrists have attributed the decrease in record sales to MP3s. Metallica and Dr. Dre joined record companies
One obvious consequence of this online, digital theft is that recording companies have lost profits and subsequently, artists have diminished paychecks. CD sales have decreased and sales of blank, recordable CDs have increased.
in suing Napster and MP3.com.
These sites were subsequently shut down. Many such sites remain on the web, though.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry estimates that $4.2 billion worth of profits were lost in 2001 because of the proliferation of online music-swapping sites.
This means that not only do profitable recording companies and rich artists lose money, but that beginning artists, who
COMMENTARY
Audrey Snyder opinion@kansan.com
already frequently suffer because of unfair recording contracts, will find it even harder to make a buck.
Some experts contend that "going digital" is inevitable for the music industry. This may be true. It doesn't mean that because record companies and artists are stuck in an age before digital music that it
The user pays persingle downloaded or pays a flat fee for a subscription to download unlimited numbers of songs.
is OK to steal from them.
And there are legitimate ways to download music. In response to Napster and other such sites, many record companies, including BMG Entertainment, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, have established their own sites for downloadable music.
Computer manufacturers and music subscription services claim legitimate sites offer better sound than Napster-like sites. Some also claim there is less chance of users downloading a virus along with their music at legitimate sites.
Even poor college students have an obligation to obey the law and to respect the property rights of others. If you know that sploilfing a CD is wrong, it should follow that stealing that same music in a different way is just as immoral.
There are many ways to get music legally - buy a CD at a music store or pay a subscription fee to a site such as those run by MTVi or RioPort.
If you cry that you can't afford to buy CDs, that it's not fair, consider this: there's no such thing as a free lunch. And any time anything is stolen, it's stolen from someone else – and that's not fair.
Snyder is a Shawnee senior in political science.