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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19 2008
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Jon Goering/KANSAN
USF graduate apologizes for behavior at game
I am writing to you today to apologize for deplorable and disrespectful treatment that some of you received while visiting Raymond James Stadium to play the USF Bulls this past Friday.
I was a personal witness to this behavior by one of our so-called supporters and was disgusted and embarrassed for my Alma Mater. I immediately reminded this moron that USF does not treat visitors like this and apologized to the Jayhawks I was walking with, a gesture I believe that they appreciated. However, the impression had
Sometimes it is obvious that USF students are still learning how to be fans at a major college football game.
So if you experienced this treatment, all self-respecting USF fans and alumni apologize and ask that you not hold this behavior against USF.
It is but a few idiots who have given our school a bad name. The Bulls and Jayhawks played a great college football game, and I hope that this is your memory of your visit to Tampa.
Dave Handler is a 1994 graduate from the University of South Florida
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What else will the Feds have to bail out?
Unlike Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers was not too big to fail. It sealed its fate by investing in too many risky deals and borrowing too much in an increasingly reckless effort to keep up its profits.
It's natural to secondguess recent moves by the government's top economic officials after a day when the most-watched stock index drops nearly 500 points. But when those officials refused to bail out Lehman Brothers, taxpayers got a break they deserved, and Wall Street got some strong medicine it needed.
The government's hard line on Lehman probably persuaded another ailing investment bank, Merrill Lynch, not to hold out for a taxpayer bailout. It agreed over the weekend to be bought by Bank of America Corp.
In today's slumping economy, there's a long list of struggling industries. If the government were to
keep balling out banks, how could it turn down the auto industry, which has been seeking up to $50 billion in federal aid?
More than a year of turmoil on Wall Street has shown the need for better regulation of financial players, especially investment banks. But drawing the line at bailing out Lehman Brothers may do as much or more to discourage such firms from taking excessive risks.
Those companies and their executives have profitted handsomely during good times. If they can't count on taxpayers to make up their losses during bad times, they're a lot more likely to operate responsibly.
Including jobs, the price of fuel, the development of alternative fuels, health care costs, tax rates, the need to bolster investment in the nation's infrastructure and to do all of that while being globally competitive.
The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel Sept. 16 Editorial
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TYLER DOEHRING
The result of a society in which there are no losers is one in which there are no winners either.
Hadachek is a junior in political science at Kansas State University.
9.14.2008
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What do Democrats and tee ball have in common?
TIM HADACHEK
UWire
A child's game of tee ball is the epitome of fairness. Everyone gets to play the same amount. Everyone plays each position. Most importantly, no one keeps score.
The result is a game that is mind-numbingly and soul-crushingly boring.
Take for example the party's position on the energy industry. Like a baseball team benching their best home-run hitter in favor
Democrats today are proposing a tee ball world that favors fairness over progress. Everyone should be paid the same amount, receive the same benefits and have their job protected. The difference, of course, is that the world is keeping score and every time we sacrifice for the interest of fairness, we all lose.
"Fairness" should become the official motto for the Democratic Party. In the official party platform found on their Web site, the words "fair" and "fairness" appear 35 times, compared to the words "free" and "freedom," which appear only 28 times.
This is like the fair-trade policy mentioned Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. The Fair Trade Federation lists its main tenet as "setting a minimum floor price for producers around the world."
Innovation is driven by failure, so if you are rewarded for failing, society never progresses.
of the untested rookie, Democrats want to hinder the largest contributors to our economy - the oil companies - forcing them to invest in unproven and inefficient alternative sources.
This creates an artificial market in which small foreign farmers receive extra money for producing crops like coffee, that they aren't very good at growing.
In every game of tee ball, you notice players who probably shouldn't be there: the kind of kids who should probably be reading a book or working on their science fair project instead of playing sports.
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) told CNBC on June 10, "The government should be able to mandate what profit is fair for business."
inefficiently stay in the market instead of moving onto something they are better at.
It's nothing against these particular children, people have different talents.
An entire society based around fairness has been tried in the past — it's more commonly known as communism. Communism was like one big tee ball game; everybody was guaranteed a spot on the team, but no one ever improved, because the ball was just sitting there on a stick.
Like a free snack at the end of a tee ball game, Democrats want to reward people "just for trying." Freedom means that you can be in a line of work that you aren't very good at if you so choose, but you shouldn't complain that it isn't fair and expect a handout when you don't make the kind of money you want.
We pay higher prices while they
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
The number of students who attended Monday night's debate about whether marijuana should be legalized.
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THE CONTEXT
It was refreshing to see a debate between the editor in chief of High Times magazine and a retired DEA agent about somewhat taboo topic make SUA's event list this year. The debate seemed to spark new interest in the topic, and we hope this conversation continues long after this small debate is over.
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THE CONTEXT
The percentage of students who don't take their potential income into consideration before taking out student loans, according to the most recent Gallun poll.
THE BIG PICTURE
The University's Office of Financial Aid estimated that it cost about $60,000 in all for a student who started in 2005 and would graduate this school year. Students have become the victims of short-term thinking and should look at all other possibilities before taking out loans.
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THE CONTEXT
The percent Chancellor Robert Hemenway's salary was raised by the Board of Regents, according to the Lawrence Journal-World.
This must not be quite the budget crisis we had been warned about. After nearly scrapping the whistle, turning down the air conditioning in classrooms and putting a still unknown amount of faculty and staff jobs on the chopping block, it's frightening to discover what comes first to the Regents; not education.
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To the man who held his sweatshirt to my face yesterday, I really appreciated it. You
like you on the streets.
were one of a few to come running when the paramedics weren't around. It's good to know that there are people
next to hers.
The Sex on the Hill article lied. I had a roommate last year and had sex in the room all the time when she was in the room sleeping, with my boyfriend in the bed right
I'm sitting at work bored as hell, not allowed to do homework, while my fat-ass boss eats her McDonald's and slurps up her diet coke. My life
My girlfriend's best friend just told me she is in love with me. Weird
Where do I sign up to be a Sex on the Hill model?
Anyone else get really horny from Sex on the Hill? I for one can't wait to bang my girlfriend tomorrow.
My ex-girlfriend got fat. Revenge is sweet.
The United States is finished. I'm leaving. I don't know where to, but I'm going.
Dear professor: It's nuclear, not nu-cu-lar. Regards, concerned student.
If I really wanted to see some porn I'd go buy some, not look in the newspaper.
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Nombat combat.
Stop putting the pussy on a pedestal.
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Every morning when I wake up, I miss the feeling of having you lying next to me.
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Let's see: read "The House of Mirth," or spend another hour on the Free for All. Make that two hours
This is the first time since I've been at KU (since 2004) that I haven't had to call it "Heterosexism on the Hill." Way to go!
I want to do something that will change the world.
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