Volume 124 Issue 54
kansan.com
Friday, November 4, 2011
the student voice since 1904
EDITOR'S NOTE
There are two types of people on this campus: those who hate group projects with a deep, unshakable passion and those who don't seem to mind them.
We've all done it (yes, even me, unfortunately). You and your group make plans after class to meet up at good of' Watson Library at 8 p.m. later that night.
If you guessed that I'm one of those people who can't stand when a teacher says "OK, everyone get into groups," then you're exactly right. I've always been pretty independent and that includes when it comes to schoolwork.
But 7:30 p.m. rolls around, and you're cozied up on the couch ready to have a
"Breaking Bad" marathon with your roommate and dragging yourself to campus is the furthest thing from your mind. And thus, you do what so many ex-group members have done to me: you send a text saying you're "so sorry" that you can't make it and you're just too busy.
Don't get me wrong, I've worked on a few class projects with some great people. But my deep hatred for working with others lies in the fact that these types of situations give students the perfect opportunity to lie.
The worst part of these excuses is that they're never given to me face-to-face; they're always done electronically, either via email, text or a Facebook message. A recent study reveals that by using technology, those telling the lie assume they're softening the blow. But some students agree that lying, no matter how it's done, is never OK. For more on how lying through technology affects our social interactions, check out Katie's story on page eight.
At the end of the day, just remember what your mother always told you:honesty (no matter how comfortable you are on your couch) is the best policy.
GABRIELLE SCHOCK | EDITOR
THE STAFF
EDITOR // GABRIELLE SCHOCK
ASSOCIATE EDITOR // SARAH CHAMP
DESIGNER // ALEX MILBOURN, SARAH CHAMP
CONTACT // BAILEY ATKINSON, CHRISTINE CURTIN, TAYLOR LEWIS
MANUAL // CHRIS NEAL, KATIE JAMES
NOTICE // AMANDA MANGA, NADIA IMAFIDON, MATT GALLOWAY
PLAY // DREW WILLE, JEFF KARR, MAX GREENWOOD
HEALTH // BRE ROACH, CHRISTY NUTT, KYLIE NUTT
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PASSED BILLS:
FAUSED BILLS:
Bill 2012-091 to fund the International students Association's Event "Flavors of the World"
Total: $155
Bill 2012-094 to fund Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board's World Aids Day
Total: $450
Bill 2012-096 to fund the Dance Marathon
Total: $2,563
FAILED BILLS:
2012-099 to exempt Engineers Without Boarders from travel expenses
Bill 2012-102 to fund Environs showing Ingredients, a documentary about the local food movement Total: $285
Edited by Sarah Champ
Bill 2012-098 to fund Into the Streets
Total: $3,989
Qualls said that the $800,000 project will install cable barriers two miles east of Eudora, and two miles along the Kansas Highway 7 interchange in Johnson County. KDOT will finance the project, which is expected to begin next summer.
"The installation of the cable median barriers at these two sections is to alleviate vehicles — hopefully — from crossing over the median" she said.
Following the double-fatality accident last April, Scott Hopson, the Mayor of Eudora, wrote Gov. Sam
Brownback asking for improved safety measures on the highway.
accidents on K-10 have killed 11 people, according to statistics from KDOT. Of the 11 fatalities, eight occurred at locations where KDOT plans to put in the cable barriers, said Kimberly Qualls, the Northeast Kansas public affairs manager for KDOT.
Hopson said that he and other citizens of Douglas and Johnson Counties initially asked the state to install cable barriers along the entire stretch of K-10. However, the group scaled backed their request after KDOT recommended a more economically feasible plan.
Hopson said that he was pleased with the state's choice to provide the
cable barriers along the highwav.
"It couldn't have worked out any better. We had a lot of smart people, a lot of folks who were pas-
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Today's Weather
HI: 57
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Warning up for the weekend.
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