4A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,2002
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Students need information about schedule changes
The University of Kansas doesn't guarantee smooth sailing on your way to the real world. This is painfully obvious in the way that schools often change class availability without adequately informing students.
Michelle Santangelo, Atlantic City, N.J., senior, experienced the frustration of class changes this fall.
In order for Santangelo, a business and accounting major, to be able to take the Certified Public Accountants exam after graduation in May, she has to have 150 hours of credit or a Masters in Accounting and Information Systems.
Santangelo is completing the 150 hours of credit option. To complete that option, she has to take graduate-level classes in auditing and an advanced accounting elective.
In May, an advisor told Santangelo that she would no longer be able to take either of her classes in spring 2003 because both were only being offered in the fall.
Professor Paul Mason is the associate director of accounting and information systems for the School of Business.
But because of the class changes, Santango will be unable to take CPA unless she takes postgraduate classes.
He said the business school has had to make cut-backs because of lack of resources.
Mason said that if students find themselves in this kind of situation to go directly to the department and talk
to the person in charge
Mason also offered some preventative measures so this doesn't happen to other business students wanting to go into accounting.
First, he said to take advantage of programs like Beta Alpha Psi, which offer information to students about careers, such as what qualifications they need to have to sit for the CPA in certain states.
He also recommended that business students declare their major by their junior year because this will help keep them in the sequence they need to graduate on time.
Yet, the University's schools need to do a better job of informing students of the changes, so students like Santangelo aren't stuck trying to go through the closed-class opener process because of lack of information.
Most students have e-mail accounts registered with the University. When schools make changes in the classes being offered after the timetable has been released for the upcoming semester, e-mails need to be sent to all students enrolled in the school.
A little information from the schools and communication by students could help everyone.
Mandy German for the Editorial Board.
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So this one time, at band camp...
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So what's up with the parking department? I got two tickets today. One for parking at my job at Hiltop, and one for parking at Robinson with a class at 3:30. I don't know what the parking department's problem is, but I haven't gotten a ticket all year for parking there, and it's really making me mad. Parking department, kiss my butt.
their penis.
I could've done without the spelunker's view of the vagina in the paper. Jeeze, keep some things to yourself.
The fact of the matter is, no liberal arts education is complete without knowledge of the following phenomenon. The letters in the word Aristotle can be rearranged to form tatersilo.
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I'm a frat boy, and I just got another MIP from the ABC. And they not only confiscated my drink and my fake ID, but they also took my flip flops.
their penis.
I'm sitting here with some friends, and we were just wondering how much Jesus Christ's autograph would be worth if someone had it today.
This is Brad Pitt. I'm in the movies. I just wanna call and say that "Corndogs and Applejacks" by Austin Glimore is the best comic since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I like it more than Garfield, and I like it more than my wife. She's on Friends.
Will someone start up the KU jogging club again? I think I'm getting the junior 30.
their penis.
Meghan, thanks for teaching us sex ed all over again. I really needed it.
If I were my shoe, where would I be?
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GERTKEN'S VIEW
BY THE NUMBERS
Total amount of loans, scholarships grants, and work study given to students in 2001.
30,804
Total number of students receiving financial aid in 2001
447
24. 5
Number of students who received athletic scholarships in 2001.
Fall 2001 ACT/Converted SAT average score for KU students.
Total amount given to athletes in scholarships in 2001.
24. 4
Fall 2000 ACT/Converted SAT average score for KU students.
Source: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
PERSPECTIVES
Give the male member a piece of well-deserved recognition
COMMENTARY
I wear a Speedo. Yes, you can stop laughing now. I don't wear a Speedo for fashion or to eliminate those pesky tan lines on my legs.
I wear a Speedo when I swim laps or when I play water polo for the KU club team simply because it's faster.
I swam competitively all the way through high school so it really isn't a big deal to me. But when I talk to people about water polo, the conversation nine-out of 10 times leads to the question "Do you wear a Speedo?"
Eric Borja opinion@kansan.com
Guys love to scratch their junk, talk about how big and bold it is, but when it comes right down to it, no one except for close friends and lovers ever get to see
When I tell them yes, their response is usually five to 10 minutes of non-stop laughter.
I understand why the thought of a man in a Speedo is funny. I mean it's small and skimpy and it doesn't do much to hide the twig and giggleberries. But other than that, it's just a piece of lycra.
It is funny because the penis is still a taboo and embarrassing thing in America.
But what I don't understand is why it is acceptable for women to wear tight fitting and revealing clothing but it is culturally unacceptable for men to show off their cod pieces.
If a woman has nice breasts more than likely she wears bras or outfits to accentuate them. But if a man is well-hung, you don't see him wearing shrunken Wranglers to try and show it off.
Our culture has engraved in our minds that it is unacceptable for men to flaunt their stuff.
When is the last time you saw a guy wear biking shorts or absurdly tight shorts to a bar or restaurant here in Lawrence? They would probably be kicked or laughed out of any place.
Why are there any Guys Gone Wild videos with dudes flashing their stuff?
The penis is seen as a threatening weapon of mass destruction and baby making.
This repression of the ole' skinboat has not only affected our physical prowess but our mojo as well.
Here in America,men are pussycats.
We are taught to keep the tiger caged up in baggy shorts and boxers. For those of us lucky enough to have been to Europe, we all know to well what goes on over there.
The male libido and the male form are celebrated. Men wear jeans so tight you can see their credit card number in their back pocket.
Men wear tighter shirts and show more cleavage than women do. Go to any beach in Spain or Italy and you will see enough banana hammocks and thongs on guys to make John Waters blush.
And this all is considered very masculine and sexy, not homosexual or girly like in America.
Men of KU mount up.
Let us rise together and beat this penis oppression that has been laid on us by society.
Let us all go on Spring Break packing nothing but Speedes. Let us all wear tightie white underwear and tight jeans.
Let us embrace the male form no matter if it is big, small, short or shriveled and to the left.
Let's make this our cod piece independence day.
Borja is a Springfield, Mo., senior in journalism.
Working with children changes your life as well as theirs
Who helped make you? I don't mean biologically, but rather the person you are. Who were your mentors?
After Colorado's Columbine tragedy, I got to thinking about kids and who and where their role models are, and how badly we all need someone in our lives to show us the way.
I've had my share so what would I give back to the world in return? I'm an only child and I have no kids of my own. I could adopt a child, but I don't make enough money to properly raise one.
Three years ago I went for the next best thing: I got myself a sibling.
be paired up with Leslie, who at the time was 11.
I Joined the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, and I was fortunate enough to
I wondered, from the beginning, what changes I might make in her life. I thought she might ask me to help with her homework or seek my advice on the various perils of becoming a teenager.
I've shopping with her and she has asked me, "Which do you like better, the pink top or the orange one?"
I've watched her turn from a child into a tall, slender and very confident young lady.
Leslie has tested me in our three years together.
When I said pink she picked the orange.
She has played with the buttons on my car radio until all my oldies stations have given way to pop and rap.
Sue Novak
opinion@kansan.com
GUEST COMMENTARY
She's said, "But you work at a history museum. How boring is THAT?"
Through it all I have gritted my teeth and kept hoping to make a difference.
And then a few weeks ago I took Leslie and her friend to the Renaissance Festival
I thought it would be a good educational experience. But when we got there the two of them headed off "to look for hotties" instead.
That made me feel good. The fact is, I've probably been the one who has received the lion's share in this relationship.
Leslie has given me an opportunity to interact with a young person.
But before we left she told me that if she didn't get to be an interior designer when she grows up she wants to be a history teacher.
Leslie has taught me I need to keep on my toes and remember that, even when you're not aware of it, someone is watching you. Someone is looking to see how you do it, because they want to do it that
way, too.
That is the finest gift anyone can give you.
You too can get this gift and make a difference in the life of a child. Contact Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Douglas County at 843-7359. There are plenty of good kids looking for mentors, including Leslie's 10-year-old brother.
He loves to swim and play drums, but he has Down syndrome and has been waiting four years for a Big Brother.
I wonder who is going to help make him, and whose life he will change for the better.
Novak is a Lawrence non-traditional student in journalism.