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FEATURE
MICHAEL BEDNAR
Valerie Gustafson left Paris with much more than an architecture internship and an appreciation for French culture, as she would discover October 8, 2010. It was an unusually warm night in Paris and Gustafson, School of Architecture alumnus from Ulysees, and her boyfriend, Andrew Gindlesberger, also from Ulysses, had spent a leisurely afternoon in the Louvre among ancient statues and 5th-century Dutch paintings, and were meandering along the tiny streets around the Louvre untouched by Hausmann's remodeling of the city. Gindlesberger was insistent the couple go to a nicer place for dinner, but Gustafson was determined not to spend an exorbitant amount on dinner. The two settled on a little café run by a British man. After dinner, they went for a stroll on the lowest sidewalk by the river Seine, stopping to crack open a bottle of wine and stare at the water and revelers crowding around the river at nighttime.
"He gave me this whole speech about how he loved me," Gustafson says. "I was like, okay, great."
As she and her boyfriend were getting up to leave, he grabbed her, turned her around and - vola - an engagement ring.
"I was like, 'Oh my God, what are you doing?', "Gustafson says.
It's the kind of proposal story that usually happens only in Julia Roberts films or people's fantasies. Gustafson is unusual not only because her husband proposed to her in Paris, but also because she's engaged to be married in the first place.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
Not too long ago, it was expected that you'd come out of college with a partner. Now, that's most certainly not the norm, and indeed, many people frown upon marriage at such a young age, as Mark Regnerus, author of the book Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think About Marrying, found while he was interviewing college students for his research. "You have to keep it private, your interest in finding a spouse in college," Regnerus says. "Twenty years ago that wasn't the case."
While most college students might be either casually dating, cohabitating or perfectly content to ride solo, a brave few decide to marry; according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 13.6 percent of Americans aged 20-24 are currently married. So what makes them feel they're ready for marriage? And how do they handle being engaged or married during college in a culture that, at times, is very open in its scorn for such arrangements?
"Today's young people also are questioning the value of marriage: Why do it? I don't think other generations wrestled with this so much," Vicki Hull, a marriage and family therapist in Lawrence, says. "It was just considered a normal developmental phase of life. Now, it is more of a choice, an option of only one way to live a fulfilling adult life."
Regnerus says that another factor in the increasing age of marriage is the economy. As more and more Americans see education as necessary to make a decent living, people feel more drive to develop their careers and settle into their jobs before they even think about marriage.
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
In high school, Bailey Olsen, a senior from Overland Park engaged to be married, was one of those people who felt there was no way that she'd be committed to marriage before she graduated college. She'd always subscribed to the idea that she had to figure out who she was and find her career before she could even think about marriage. But, she says, her attitude changed after she attended Accelerate, a leadership conference at which organizers encourage participants to examine and develop concrete life goals.
"I realized that I did want to be in a relationship, and that I wanted to be part of a family."
AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER
WHO WAS MARRIED AT WHAT AGE?
21% of our generation married between the ages of 18- to 28 years old
— Edited by Mike Lavieri
42% of our parents generation married between the ages of 18, to 28 years old
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Then again, the remaining schools could sing "Kumbaya" and tell us everything is fine in the heartland. That seemed to work really well last summer.
54% of our grandparents generation married between the ages of 18 to 28 years old
Big 12 has been on the sap port for at least 12 months and there's not many legitimate options to replace Texas A&M, if and when it leaves.
There isn't a single BCS conference school that would join the Big 12 right now, so remove any ideas of poaching a team like Louisville. And if you think Arkansas would leave the SEC — as I've heard a few Kansas fans mention for geographic reasons — you must live in a nice world because that isn't happening.
Other possible replacements wouldn't be worth their share of the television contract. It's a sticky situation, to say the least. A situation that will probably doom the 16-year-old conference.
Sopnomore aaas numor, new spin to old sport
To many avid golfers, who require silence during putting and teeing off, the sport is one of concentration and reservation. But for KU golfer David Catt, a sophomore from Shawnee, the game
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bit of a different spin.
KU golf Coach Kit Grove can attest to this.
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"He's got a really unique sense of humor," Grove said. "He doesn't
always try to be funny but he is
way funnier than he thinks he is"
"As far as from a golf stand point he's a really good putter." Grove said. "His biggest strength is definitely his putting. He also has a really great attitude, which is very important to the game of golf."
In addition to his sense of humor, Catt also brings key golf skills to the KU golf team.
Catt joined the team as a freshman last year but did not get into the lineup very often because of more experienced upperclassmen. However, Grove has high expectations for him after watching his performance at KU as well as in high school.
"He is from Kansas and I saw
him play a hand i'll of times in high school and I was actually quite happy to give him a spot on the team during his senior year of high school."
Catt's intelligence was also a draw for the KU golf team. Catt was National Merit Scholar finalist. "Hes a really, really smart kid," Grove said.
Catt played high school golf for Shawnee Mission Northwest being named to the All Metro golf team as a junior and senior. He also broke a 30-year-old school record by shooting a 5-under-par 66 as a junior.
The key for Catt's success both on
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Russian pro team
The man with the most assists in Kansas basketball history is off to Russia.
KUAthletics.com confirms that
Aaron Miles, former Jayhawk point guard, has signed with Krasnie Kirlya, a professional team in Samara, the sixth most populated city in Russia.
Miles, who is already working out with his new team
Miles
In the 2006-07 season, Miles
in Italy, spent last season in the NBA Developmental League with the Reno Bighorns, a team affiliated with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings for the 2014-15 season.
Orthez of Pau, France, and won the French Cup. He then played for Cajasol Sevilla, of Spain, in the 2007-08 season; Panionios, of Greece, in the 2008-09 season; and Aris BC, also of Greece, in the
2009-10 season.
Miles will join former Jayhawks Sast Kaun and Keith Langford in Russia. Kaun is a center with CSKA Moscow and Langford is a guard with Khim Moscow.
In his junior season in 2003-04, Miles was.
member of the Big 12 All-Defense team and third team All-Big 12. H was the first recipient of the Dann Manning Mr. Jayhawk award and a starter in every game except senior day of his freshman year.
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