4A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
TALKTOUS
FRIDAY,OCTOBER4,2002
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According to the KU Public Safety Office, there is no formal way of getting to Daisy Hill from outside the traffic pattern immediately following a basketball game.
Game traffic solutions leave residents frustrated
Living on Daisy Hill during basketball season has a number of distinct advantages. Convenient parking, a downhill walk, and not having to drive to the game are a few.
But for those who were not fortunate enough to have attended the evening basketball game there is one obvious disadvantage. traffic.
Jayhawker Towers, greek houses, libraries, architecture studios, computer labs and other campus buildings are also affected. Not only is parking atrocious during the game itself, but attempting to get to these areas after the game is impossible.
Although not all campus roads are affected following games, most are. All roads relevant to the dorms, excluding GSP/Corbin, become outgoing.
For roughly 30 minutes following games, most of the roads surrounding the fieldhouse are converted into outgoing roads to allow the sheer volume of traffic from the game to leave campus. This leaves those who live on or around Daisy Hill unable to get home.
KU receives more than its fair share of flak for the priority it places on sports over other University interests, and most
of the criticism is unwarranted. The University has benefited from athletics much more than it has suffered.
However, this is not to say that the system couldn't use improvements.
Officially, outside traffic is unable to get into the traffic pattern, periodically it seems that those who are persistent enough are able to find sympathizing officers and can to get to their destination. This is by no means an easy solution and in many cases many residents resign themselves to waiting it out.
A simpler solution should exist.
Traffic control out of the fieldhouse and stadium should be modified following games, but exceptions should be made for those who live in inaccessible areas.
Perhaps KU Public Safety Office could publicize an area where residents can present their parking pass and enter the traffic pattern so they can get back home in a reasonably timely manner. At the moment there is no easy solution nor is there any solution being publicly considered.
If KU wants to show its detractors that it does put academics above sports,it can start by giving students a way to get to their homes and study spaces after a game.
Greg Holmquist for the Editorial Board
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I was just looking at a telephone book titled Greek Directory, and I was wondering if anyone else noticed that they put an extra "r" in there.
wrong side of Naismith completely sober.
Also, I never drink and drive or puke on myself. Last but not least, please don't knock it until you rock it.
This is to the construction workers making improvements to the Union. To them dirty, badass guys, good work.
Yeah, no kidding RAs have bad working conditions. They're called the dorms.
In regards to Meagan Kelleher's little ode to sobriety opinion article, I love to drink.
That's fantastic that you don't drink; props to you. However, don't make unfair generalizations and judgements about the majority of us who do drink. I drive on the
wrong side of Naismith completely sober.
Also, I never drink and drive or puke on myself. Last but not least, please don't knock it until you rock it.
--wrong side of Naismith completely sober.
Also, I never drink and drive or puke on myself. Last but not least, please don't knock it until you rock it.
This goes out to my friend, Tan Man, Tan lately?
live every day as if it were your last. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
I saw a squirrel behind Anschutz Library today. I thought it was eating a mushroom, but it was eating another squirrel's skull.
live every day as if it were your last. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Many so-called scientists would have you believe that bird bones are hollow. That is a blatant lie. All they went to do is horde all that succulent bird marrow,
I'm just calling because today I had an hour to kill, so I went up to the bathroom of the sixth floor of Blake. I opened up the window in the last stall and just sat there for an hour and looked at all the beautiful Kansas fields. I had a nice breeze goin' through, looked at the paper. Everyone should check that out. But not on Fridays, because I'll be there.
George Bush is becoming a terrorist. He's amassing weapons of mass destruction. He's placing fear in the hearts of little Iraq children with the threat of attack. George Bush is destroying America, and being an American, it makes me cry.
Hey Meagan, I just wanted to tell you that the truth is I can't stand sober people.
live every day as if it were your last. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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STAYSKAL VIEW
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Wayne Stayskal/Knight Ridder
Pass:
Big name shows. Within the same week we find out that Beck, The Flaming Lips and John Waters are all gracing KU with their presence. Finally, we have entertainment we can brag about.
Record blood donation. Monday saw the largest first day donation in the drive's history. Kudos to all to donated. No just imagine how much blood could have been given if everyone could donate.
- Junoon turn-out. Students flocked to see "Asia's answer to U2" put on a fabulous concert. Even if the words weren't in english, students got the message.
Fail:
Non-committal candidates. Neither candidate for Kansas governor will say whether or not they plan to cut education funding. And they wonder why so few students vote.
Extinction of the time-table. Not only did printed timetables allow students to make last-minute changes in the enrollment line, they gave young artists a chance to show their stuff on the cover. We'll miss this victim of the budget cut axe.
Bricks by the Kansas Union. These do look pretty, but when it rains they get ridiculously slick. Certain opinion editors are tired of falling on their butts.
PERSPECTIVES
In a confusing world, only you can decide who you really are
COMMENTARY
Stay true to yourself. Look both ways before crossing the street.
Life presents us with many challenges like these, and most of them are easier said than done.
Sara Zafar
opinion@hansan.com
Real life is complicated, and incorporating these expressions into our daily lives is not always easy. Nor is it easy to balance who we are and who we believe ourselves to be.
In all actuality, it is difficult to live in such a way that at the end of the day we have done everything possible to be happy while making others happy too, all while keeping track of school, jobs, personal and social lives.
Often things get messy, and the only thing to do is step back and figure out how to make sense of it all.
College is a unique experience somewhat outside the realm of the real world, a sort of bubble where events can take place seemingly out of time and reality.
For example, imagine yourself in a deceptively harmless situation among friends or neighbors, which unexpectedly takes a turn for the ridiculous or completely insane.
I only know about experiences of my own and of my friends, but I suspect the majority of college students can relate.
Anything from true blue eighth-grade sleepover material, (i.e., prank calls, silly string and truth or dare) to more risque events such as strip poker and drinking games gone hideously wrong.
While no people or animals are hurt during these events, everyone involved ends up a little dazed in the end and not quite sure what to do next.
Because there are no physical reminders of the events in question, the only proof that they happened at all is memory, and if things got really crazy, a few select photographs.
The aftershocks of these lascivious events linger in the minds of those involved long after the night in question has passed.
Now the only thing to figure out is where to go from here.
The solution lies in realizing the challenges life that we face every day. Attempting to disassociate from new behaviors and ideas you find yourself having is not the way to go.
We can't ever really escape reality, but we can figure out what that reality is.
Is a girl a lesbian because she has kissed another girl (The same question applies to guys)?
Is, ahem, exposing ourselves to complete strangers a common occurrence after one game of truth or dare or "I never?"
Are people instantly heavy drinkers because they overindulged at one party?
The obvious answer is no, but it is not always the easiest to accept.
People entering new situations realize things about themselves that they never knew before and find themselves questioning these new, crazy people they have "become."
They worry that they can no longer be the same person they were the night before because they acted in a certain way.
The truth is that who or what we are is up to us.
Maybe that crazy person who comes out occasionally really is your true self. More likely, we are a mix of the people we portray on different occasions.
At any rate, who we are is still our choice.
An easy answer to a difficult question, because making that choice is the hard part.
Zafar is a Wichita sophomore. She is undecided about her major.
Now is the time to speak up against war of contradictions
As educated citizens and students, we should not endorse the violence and racism inherent in the proposed armed aggression. While sustained engagement with global terrorism is important, confronting Iraq in war has broad implications and ramifications beyond opposing terrorism that are unacceptable.
The students of the University of Kansas should strongly oppose war against Iraq.
The war on Iraq and the sanctions against the people of Iraq are motivated by profit and politics.
The Bush administration justifies its position against Iraq under the guise of supporting democracy, freedom and security around the world. The reality is
that the war expands the empire of the United States — an empire that seeks to control money, resources, and people for corporate greed. And, because there are a lot of big companies invested and involved in the business of war and wartime products, war is profitable.
Furthermore, racial profiling and unjustified detainment of persons of color by the United States government are unacceptable by-products of opposing terrorism.
GUEST COMMENTARY
The nation becomes what it condemns if it imprisons, unjustly detains or harasses citizens of the U.S. or other nations. Also, acts of free speech, public discourse, and intellectual freedom must not be controlled and limited under the
Amanda Flott opinion@kansan.com
guise of preserving American security.
Since Sept. 11, we have already experienced increasing limits on personal freedom and intellectual freedom to speak as people can in the United States. We need to criticize Attorney General John Ashcroft's creation of a climate of fear that silences dissent against his
This "war on terrorism" has killed tens of thousands. But the "war" at home has led to policies of discrimination and injustice under the auspices of a homeland security initiative.
unjust and unconstitutional policies.
Consequently, the "war on terrorism" began as a fight against individuals and armed militias.
Other solutions have not been thoroughly explored to alleviate this problem.
As the anniversary of Sept. 11 comes and goes, the dialog has shifted dramatically. The Bush administration is now actively campaigning to dominate and control the entire ration of Iraq using armed force.
Act on your convictions by speaking up against this war.
CCO's Concerned Active and Aware Student's (CAAS) program is going to be sponsoring a trip to Washington, D.C. Oct. 26-30 for make a difference day. This is an opportunity for you to join people from around the country in protesting any further military engagement in Iraq.
If you would like more information please contact the CAAS group at caas@ku.edu.
Now is the time, for without our resistance the future is at stake.
Flott is a Omaha, Neb., sophomore in political science and American studies.
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