MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
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opinion
Since the Free For All isn't as easy to get into anymore, it looks like I'm going for the freshman girls.
Whoever had the idea to make the urinal things smell like PEZ is an effing genius.
Homework: Do me, do me! Internet:
Don't listen to that slut.
No, there isn't a debate over leggings. Girls like wearing them and guys like looking at them.
Can I legally marry my hand? It's the only one who knows how to get the job done.
I set up my email to put any messages from my teachers straight to the junk folder.
Editor's note. I guess I won't be seeing you on campus next semester.
He's the bus driver Daisy Hill deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll send him to Oliver because he can take it. Because he's not our hero, he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. Dan the bus driver.
Does your stream of consciousness have a fish in it?
You know you're from a small town when the check-in gates at Allen Fieldhouse remind you of cattle in a feedlot.
Baby Jay went on a diet from the first half to the second half.
It's Kansas basketball; we don't sit down!
I loved it when my ex told me that I'll never find someone like him again.
Yeah, that was the point!
I freak out more about waking up and possibly missing lottery than I do about possibly missing class.
Ryan Gosling is dating Eva Mendez? I don't know who I'm more jealous of.
I'm sorry I'm stalking you. My horoscope told me to!
Dear Modern Warfare girl, I will not be intimidated by you if you aren't intimidated by me asking where you've been all my life.
Thanks to my music calendar, I now know Brittney Spears is from Mississippi. So much makes sense now.
EDITORIAL
You know you're the woman in a relationship when your girlfriend spends her Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays cutting faces in half.
I'm going caroling tonight and going to try to hit a note higher than Mariah Carey. I hope my balls don't fall off doing so.
In 2007, the University's Student Senate initiated the late-night transportation program, SafeBus. In its fifth year of existence, ridership has exploded and the program has become an integral contributor to student nightlife activity.
Furthermore, SafeBus has come to serve as an efficient and, most important of all, safe way for students to move about Lawrence to and from their homes as an alternative to other methods of passage, including drunk driving.
Safebus provides unique service for students
Never date a guy whose package is smaller than your heels.
Many University students
I eat breakfast for the sole reason of girls in tight pants. I haven't been disappointed so far.
spend their weekends enjoying their freedom by temporarily dismissing their sobriety. These young adults either acquire means for inebriation or go out to places that already have happy hour specials for them.
even though they are thoroughly intoxicated and are unlikely to be able to handle situations that may arise on the poorly lit streets and sidewalks. Another person may think that they can handle the quick drive home despite their impairment.
encourage its use. Similarly, students who have developed the habit of riding SafeBus and Saferides spread the service to others. The next time you go out late at night and see stumbling students getting in the driver's seat, or walking alone across campus, yell out "Don't be foolish, use Safebus!"
SafeBus is truly a fantastic program because it offers students a release from these dilemmas. The University, as well as the city, should be very encouraged to see the growing use of a safe alternative to drunk driving, and should
Living in a moderately large town with about 30,000 students, finding ways to get from one corner to another in Lawrence can be quite a daunting task, especially for those who may need to negotiate between Mt. Oread or Daisy Hill. Before Safebus, students
I only regret that I can't drunkenly whisper sweet-nothings into the FFA's ear.
had very limited options to travel safely at night.
The apparent choices were either to walk, drive, or have someone else drive. Nothing is wrong with any of these choices if they are practiced responsibly. While underage drinking is illegal and shouldn't be practiced, the fact of the matter is that as young adults experiencing the world their own for first time, students are prone to make dangerously unwise decisions under intoxication. One may decide to walk home alone
Bobby Golen Jr. for the Kansan Editorial Board
Embracing idiosyncrasies forms individuals
CULTURE
I hate listening to the radio. If you were to ride with me in a car to any location, you would notice that I have a certain CD playing in my car at all times and this CD definitely gets over-played. Sometimes I wonder if those who ride with me frequently get tired of hearing the same music over and over again, but more often than not, I'm too happy listening to music I'll probably always be addicted to over some randomized collection of tunes that I can't control.
This is one of my many idiosyncrasies. While some may see these as annoying habits that should be fixed, I see them as essential parts of my personality that delineate me from everyone else. I don't know of many other people who enjoy sending
facetious tweets while bored at stoplights on the road, but that doesn't stop me from tweeting incessantly and probably endangering the life of whoever is riding in the passenger seat.
Post-Modernist thought in today's era celebrates individuality and disassociates from hard-edged classifications between extremes like "gay" or "straight" and "male" or "female." In a similar vein, I dislike when someone is stereotyped based on their outward appearance, mannerisms or by a group or organization they have identified with. Always wanting to come to a definitive conclusion in terms of someone's personality is natural, but we should stop ourselves from assuming so much. Things are never as they seem.
Whatever your viewpoints on the hot topics of today's world, we all have a certain mix of them that arises in our words and actions around others. Some of us become involved in politics or activism to bring about change. Some of us don't concern ourselves without being outwardly influential. Some of us engage our creative minds artistically. Some of us pursue careers in the athletics.
mind today reflects that. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Obviously, most of us hate being stereotyped, but we still are unconscious participants in the process. I have to stop myself whenever I see a smoker stepping out for a cigarette and automatically assuming that there is something inherently wrong with their willpower or outlook that they have become addicted. Everyone's life experiences are unique and their state of
percent of the time. Dynamics change in different groups and settings.
Never be afraid to celebrate your individuality. Your habits, outlooks, perspectives, and desires (both conscious and unconscious) are rolled up in your individuality and are the building blocks to your personality. Juxtaposing my addictions to black coffee, foreign foods, colorful rooms, poetry writing, museum perusing and being outdoors may be strange to some, but we all have these idiiosyncrasies that combine together to form the essential "you." Believe in that "you"
It is difficult to reach extremes in reality. You probably have a friend who is extremely outgoing, and probably another friend who is normally quiet as a mouse, but you'll find that they aren't at either extreme 100
Brett Salsbury is a senior in English and Art History from Chapman.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Revenge is sweet, when justifiable
By Rachel Keith rkeith@kansan.com
If you have a long dating history, you most likely have at least some baggage. It can really jade us. But what happens when we take that baggage and use revenge to cope? Is it always juvenile, or can we justify it?
"Revenge" has such a negative connotation. But when it fits the crime, it isn't always so childish. It's just another social action.
And I would know. Within only the last two years, I've seen both sides of it. For example, in 2009, a bitter ex revealed to a new guy I was casually seeing that he and I hooked up earlier that month. But the new guy and I weren't exclusive, so my ex's act was in vain.
Then I took revenge into my own hands this year over Spring Break when I accidently told a guy I was home in Wichita, and he wasted no time in telling me he had just bought a new truck and suggested we go out to the country some night and hook up.
I imagined how disappointing the sex would have been, so I passed.
I rejected him several times, but even though he knew we were both in relationships, he kept going.
"My girlfriend won't mind," he told me. "She doesn't have to know."
After that moment, I decided to tell his girlfriend everything he said. I even included a screen shot of the conversation at the point where he said she wouldn't care if he cheated.
He said she wouldn't mind.
I felt bad for his girlfriend but good about myself. I loved the satisfaction I felt for sticking
up for myself after years of his behavior.
The important thing to note is that by no means did I violate his rights through my actions. And when we maintain that standard, there's nothing wrong with taking out revenge when it's due.
Despite it all, they're still dating today. But wreaking havoc on their relationship wasn't my goal. I just wanted to show him I won't tolerate his behavior.
In fact, professor of psychology Chris Crandall said, "Retaliation is an important part of maintaining cooperation — people who cheat, defect, or compete when they should cooperate need to be punished, or bad behavior will run rampant. The key thing is that the "punishment" be proportional to the crime."
Though we often condemn revenge, I'm happy I did it because I got what I wanted out of it: he hasn't talked to me since.
So with that both the guy from home and I exhibited behavior that the avenger thought was inappropriate, and those acts of revenge were just reactions to it.
Thus I can justify my act of revenge. And I hate to say it, but so can my ex.
Finally we must change the way we perceive revenge. We shouldn't think of it as juvenile and unjustifiable. Sometimes it's the best way to express ourselves. And when I carried it out nine months ago, I wasn't sorry.
And that wasn't juvenile.
It was fearless.
And I don't regret anything.
Keith is a senior in secondary English education from Wichita.
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