Volume 124 Issue 42
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Thursday, October 20. 2011
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WHO TO FOLLOW // MILK
>The tweets people are talking about.
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AMANDA GAGE
WHO: Milk
WHAT HE DOES; A music artist and songwriter from Brooklyn.
TWITTER HANDLE: @miilkkk
@miilkkk: You ever talk to someone at school and they lips be lookin like the Grand Canyon? I think ChapStick should be required by federal law.
WHY: "He points out day to day things that he does and tweets them in a funny and relatable way," says Nicole Briggs, a senior from Manhattan, Kan.,
@milkkk: “I wasn’t that drunk”…. “Dude, you picked up a midget and started screaming DOBBY IS ALIVE!”
@miilkkk: When someone says the words "I love you" and you don't feel the same way, just say "I love YOUTUBE" real fast.
@miilkkk: PARTY TIP: Puking is just the body's way of making more room for the party.
@milkkk: I bet raccoons get pissed when they're rummaging through a dumpster and people mistake them for Ke$ha.
@milkkkk: That awkward moment when someone says "name a good song" and you suddenly forget all the songs there were ever made.
@milikkk: Lil Wayne rapping about love is bout as believable as Precious talking about being a personal trainer.
VIBESQUAD
W/ THE FLOOZIES
FRIDAY, 10/21
QUIET CORRAL FT.
DELTA SAINTS & COWBOY INDIAN BEAR
FRIDAY, 10/28
FT LA DISPUTE,
MOVING MOUNTAINS
AND O' BROTHER
SATURDAY, 10/29
LIGHTS WITH RUBIK
SUNDAY, 10/30
FRIDAY, 11/4
WHAT IT'S LIKE // TO BE POLYAMOROUS
>We know you're curious.
| BY AMY THOMPSON AS TOLD TO NADIA IMAFIDON |
In the summer of 2009, Amy Thompson, a sophomore from Shawnee, went on a study abroad trip to Besancon, France where she discovered her preferred polyamory to monogamy. Polyamory is the practice of having multiple committed relationships at a time with the knowledge and consent of all who are involved. She kept an open relationship with her boyfriend of two years while abroad.
I had a man for every day of the week when I was in France. While abroad, my only goal was to speak French. Dating someone turned out to be the best way to learn the language because I was always talking to that person. I had that dynamic multiplied by six, plus the long-distance boy back home.
There was "Mr. Let's Go Out." He was a Mexican immigrant. We would go out to lunch, to the movies or dancing. I got whatever I wanted when I was with him because he was really wealthy.
"Mr. Let's Lurk in Cafés" was Moroccan. He always wanted to go to cafés and have intellectual conversations. He was very suave and philosophical. He would sip on his espresso for an hour and a half, and then he
would say "I'm tired of this café. Let's go." Then he would throw back whatever was left in his tiny cup and we would go to another café.
Then I dated "Mr. Punk Guy." He had a mohawk, three earrings, an eyebrow piercing and a dragon tattoo that went up his body. We would hang out at the skatepark or go to a bar. He would drink beers with his friends, but he would buy me a fruity non-alcoholic drink. Some days we would just go to his home and eat a jar of Nutella, watch YouTube videos, and listen to Daft Punk.
"Mr. Long-distance French Guy" called me every night for five months. He was a hunky French jock who lived an hour outside of Besancon. He was really sweet. I still wear the other half of the heart necklace he gave me.
I'm in love with everyone I meet. For me to have to pick just one [type] is like asking me to choose between cheese and chocolate. I love different things about both. Does my love for cheese affect my love for chocolate? No. So I won't choose.
Polyamory forces me to communicate honestly with my partners. We talk about our limits. I might not be OK with one of my boyfriends dating my best friend, for example.
A lot of my friends told me what I was doing was immoral. The word "whore" was used to describe me. I didn't have sex with any of those guys, not that it would matter. They [my friends] abandoned me for a lifestyle that made sense to me.
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WHAT ETER COULD SURPRISE FANS THIS SEASON?
I'll go with forward Kevin Young, the transfer from Loyola Marymount. Coach Bill Self said Young has a chance to be a starter, and he will have plenty of opportunities to prove himself this season. With forward Jamari Traylor ineligible, Young looks to be the third scholarship forward on the roster, garnering him plenty of playing time. Thomas Robinson will be consistent, somewhere around 12 points and eight rebounds a game. The rest of the production down low will have to come from Jeff Withey and Young. At Loyola in 2009, young broke freshmen records in total rebounds (224) and rebounds per game (7.2). He's also played for the Puerto Rican under-19 team, so the experience is there.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson watches on as the one-on-one interviews progress at the 2011 Big 12 media day at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. This is Henrickson's eighth season as coach. The Jayhawks look to improve on their 21-13 record of last year.
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the moves were based on football, women's basketball was also affected by the changes.
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KIM MULKEY
Baylor coach
Coaches such as Oklahoma's Sherri Coale stressed the strength of the conference that sent seven of its 12
petitive standpoint, it is even more challenging because of the strength that the southern part of the league has and how talented those teams are," Hendrickson said.
The Jayhawks feature seven players from Texas and one from Oklahoma. Hendrickson said the additions o.
"When you play in a league that has the strength that the women's basketball conference or the Big 12 Conference and women's basketball has, you don't want to see that broken up for any reason," Coale said. "And that's not good
teams to the NCAA tournament last season.
southern games would be more motivating for those athletes and would be a good opportunity for recruiting.
As the conference continues to change, the rivalries that have lasted through the existence of the conference will also be affected.
When asked about whether she
"Our rivalry belongs in the Big 12." Henrickson said.
would continue to schedule Missouri if the school left the conference, she paused and winked.
Tensions were highest regarding the decision of Texas A&M to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. The Aggies are the defending national champions and are predicted to
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finish second in the conference despite the loss of two starters.
"If a man wants to divorce me and says our relationship has no
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey compared the abandoned rivalry with Texas A&M to an ended marriage and admitted that she did not want to continue the competition beyond the conference.
value to him, and then he asks to sleep with me, the answer is: no," Mulkey said. "We are not going to play them anymore, because they decided that playing us was not important to them."
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