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Jeff Turek, Overland Park senior, is a Kansas State fan, but he attends the University of Kansas. Despite his loyalty to the Wildcats, Turek said he attends KU because "I wasn't going to let a football team decide what school I went to."
and think they are the greatest no matter how bad they are." Campbell said. "It's tough keeping my mouth shut sometimes."
Campbell used to attend K-State games wearing KU gear. He was pelted with food and trash, so he decided to boycott K-State games and to watch them on TV.
"When K-State plays, 1 root
against them every time" Campbell said.
Sometimes it's tough for Turek and Campbell to root for their teams on opposite campuses, but they wouldn't change a thing.
"If we pull out a victory on Saturday," Campbell said, "It will make it all worthwhile."
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other schools' mascots still give her problems.
"I think it's because I can't see their faces, and they don't talk," Willis said. "When that mascot head turns and looks straight at me, that's when I really don't do well at all."
Bridget Biggs, assistant professor in the University's clinical child psychology program, said overcoming fears and phobias was a basic process. The most common way to overcome a fear is using exposure therapy. Biggs said people often thought complete immersion in what they feared was the best way to get over it. She said
responses to fear
— Hair stands on end
Breathing rate increases
Perspiration
Pumilidilate
— Hair stands on end
— Intestines shut down
Source: Ruth Ann Atchley, associate professor of psychology
those people were wrong.
Instead, Biggs said, the most effective process involved taking small steps. She said starting with things that were only a little scary was effective. The body can only be scared for so long before the parasympathetic system kicks in and calms it down.
"It's like jumping into a pool of cold water," Biggs said. "There's that initial shock, but eventually your body gets used to it."
Biggs said overcoming a fear using exposure therapy was beneficial because unlike taking medication, therapy gave the person something to hang on to. She said therapy left people with skills to handle fears later in life. Biggs said overcoming phobias generally involved thinking through the situation logically and evaluating how rational the phobia was.
Willis said she would partake in Halloween festivities Friday. Although the probability of being surrounded by mask-wearing students is high, she said she wasn't worried.
common phobias
1. Arachnophobia (spiders)
2. Social phobia
3. Aerophobia (flying)
4. Agoraphobia
5. Claustrophobia (enclosed or confined spaces)
6. Acrophobia (heights)
7. Emetophobia (vomit)
8. Carcinophobia (cancer)
9. Brontophobia (thunder)
10. Necrophobia (death or dead things)
Source: www.WebMD.com
NATIONAL
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, (D-ill.), signs "I love you" in American sign language at the end of a rally in Sunrise, Fla. Wednesday.
"As long as they're talking to me" she said, "I'll be all right."
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Obama asks Florida voters for support
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BY JIM KUHNHENN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — He was the family man, the solutions-driven politician, the gifted orator. But for those who still harbor doubts about his candidacy, Barack Obama sought to present a special image — a man ready to sit in the Oval Office.
Amid a pastiche of American stories, the Democratic presidential nominee spent 30-minutes and more than $4 million of prepaid television time Wednesday delivering his final introduction to the public.
He capped the prime-time commercial with a live address from Sunrise, Fla., with a full-throated appeal for help and for votes.
"If you'll stand with me, and fight by my side, and cast your ballot for me, then I promise you, we will not just win Florida, we will win this election. And together we will change this country and change the world," he said to a roaring crowd.
The commercial and his live remarks from one of the main battlegrounds in the presidential contest represented a return to
the unifying themes of his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention that launched him into national politics.
"In six days, we can choose hope over fear and unity over division, the promise of change
over the power of the status quo," he said. "In six days, we can come together as one nation, and one people, and once more choose our better history."
The ad was a dashing display of Obama's fundraising prowess.
He bought his way into millions of American homes just six days before the end of an exhausting, 21-month quest for the presidency.
As a message, the ad was equal parts Americana, stump speech and quasi-presidential address. The most formal scenes — Obama describing his government agenda
were filmed in a distinguished looking office with a flag and a backdrop not unlike that of the Oval Office.
The spot was a mix of prerecorded Obama and voters, plus a live appearance from the campaign trail by the candidate. He offered prescriptions for an ailing economy and a rescue plan for a middle class caught in tough times.
"I will not be a perfect president," Obama said. "But I can promise you this — I will always tell you what I think and where I stand."
Aldes described the unusual ad as a final summation of Obama's campaign. They put the total cost at roughly $4 million, enough to show it simultaneously on CBS, NBC and Fox. It also ran on BET, Univision, MSNBC and TV One.