CALENDAR
thursday, sept. 4
Veggie Lunch. Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 11:30 a.m., all ages, FREE.
Tea at Three. Kansas Union Lobby, 3 to 4 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.suaevents.com.
SUA Texas Hold'em Tournament. Burge Union, Crimson Cafe. 4:30 p.m., all ages. FREE, www.suaevents.com.
Sarah Buxton. KC Power and Light District, 7 p.m., 21+, FREE.
Randy Rogers Band.
The Granada, 8 p.m., all ages,
$12.
BOOYA! Art and Music Event with Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk/DJ Dr. Hi. The Jackpot, 8 p.m., 18+, $3-$5.
Film: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.sueevents.com.
NEON Dance Party.
The Bottleneck, 10 p.m.
18+,$5.
John Gibbons Presents:
“Bring Back Comedy.”
The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+
$3.
Intronaut/Behold the Arctopus/Mouth of the Architect. Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
friday, sept. 5
FREE PLAY at The Replay. Replay Lounge, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., all ages, FREE
Zona Rosa Weekend Music Series. Zona Rosa Town Square, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Visiting artist Martha Walvoord, violin. Murphy Hall, Swarthout Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Signs of Life Friday Night Concerts. Signs of Life, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
The Crumpletons. Abe &
Jake's Landing. 8 p.m., 18+,$5.
Film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.sueevents.com.
Outformation. The Bottleneck, 9 p.m., 18+,$7,
foryouroutformation.com.
Patties, Pong and PBR.
Nice Cafe. 9 p.m., all ages,
FREE.
Friday Nights @ Liquid.
Liquid, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., 18+,
$5-$8.
Lymbic Systym/This Will Destoy You/Black Christmas. The Jackpot, 10 p.m., 18+, $5-$7, www.lymbic.systym.com. lymbic.systym.com
Cosmic Bowling. Kansas Union, Jaybowl, 10 p.m., all ages, FREE.
saturday, sept 6
Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market. Eighth and New Hampshire Streets, 7 a.m.to 11 a.m., all ages, FREE, www.lawrencefarmersmarket.com.
Lecture: "Post Conventions: What's Next in Election 2008." Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium, 1:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Union Pregame Party.
Kansas University, West Terrace,
3:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Red Balloon To Do 6.
Downtown Lawrence, 5 p.m.
to 9 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Mad Libby/Rex Hobart/
Delorean/Dobson
Hall/The Sunshine
Destroyers/The
Waiting List. The Record
Bar, 7 p.m., 21+,$10-$12.
KC Improv Festival.
Union Station, 7 p.m., all ages,
$15.
Film: Indiana Jones and
The Kingdom of The
Crystal Skull. Kansas
Union, Woodruff Auditorium,
8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.
suaevents.com.
Ad Astra Per Aspera/
Fourth of July/Boo and
Boo Too/Coat Party.
The Granada, 9 p.m., all ages,
$7.
Pleaseeaasaur. The jackpot,
9 p.m., 18+, $10-$12, www.
myspace.com/pleaseaasaur.
sunday,sept 7
Kansas City
Renaissance Festival.
Bonnner Springs Exit 224,
10 a.m. to 7 p.m., all ages,
$8-$18, www.kcnfest.com.
KU Symphony
Symphony Orchestra. Murphy Hall, Swarthout Recital Hall, 2:30 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.symphonyku.edu.
Hip Hop and Hot Wings. The Peanut, 9 p.m., 21+,$2.
Sera Cahoone/What
Jura Canboe/What Laura Says. The jackpot,
10 p.m., 18+, $-5-$6, www.
myspace.com/seracahoe.
monday,sept.8
Rural Grit Happy Hour.
The Brick, 6 p.m., 21+, $3.
Visiting artists Winds of Freedom. Murphy Hall, Swarthout Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Spencer Goertz-Giffen/
Alex Fetterman/
Bombstad/Katlyn
Conroy. Gaslight Tavern, 10
p.m., 21+, $3.
These Are Powers/
Coat Party/Boo and
Boo Too. The Jackpot,
10 p.m., 18+, $5-$7, www.
mypace.com/thearewepens.
Jam. The jazzhaus, 10 p.m.
21+,$2, www.jazzhaus.com.
The Spanktones Open
Visiting artist Carine Gutlemer, piano. Murphy Hall, Swarthout Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
tuesday,sept.9
Tuesday Night Folk Concerts. Signs of Life, 7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Tuesday Nite Swing.
Kansas Union, Kansas Room,
8 p.m., all ages, FREE groups.
yahoo.com/group/kuwingsociety.
Melissa Etheridge.
Midland Theater, 8 p.m., all ages,
$50-$100.
Tanner Walle/Andrew Morgan/Billy Wassung.
Fatso's, 9 p.m. 21+, $5, www.
tannerwalle.com.
Study Abroad Fair.
wednesday, sept. 10
Kansas Union, 4th Floor. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. all ages.
FREE. www.studybrook.bu.edu
University Forum:
"Murder in the Sunflower State."
Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 12 p.m., all ages, FREEIES.
Chess Night. Aimee's Coffee House, 7 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Election 2008 Forum.
Dole Institute of Politics,
7:30 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.
doleinstitute.org.
Pride Night. The Granada.
9 p.m. to 2 a.m., 18+, $5.
venues
Abe & Jake's Landing
8 E. Sixth St.
(785) 841-5855
The Bottleneck
The Brick
737 New Hampshire St.
(785) 841-5483
1727 McGee St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 421-1634
Fatso's
1016 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 865-4055
The Granada
1020 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 842-1390
Midland Theater
1228 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 471-9703
The Peanut
5000 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-9499
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-5207
Replay Lounge
946 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-7676
editor's note
Politics and waiting for Western Civ class to begin one morning when a girl blew into the classroom and sat down two rows ahead of me, a bundle of messy hair and big, clacky jewelry.
I was pushing my way through Aristotle!
She began babbling to a rather bored-looking male friend about a phone conversation she'd had, who she'd seen at the Underground that morning, her big Thursday night plans. Then, nonchally, as if asking the time, she inquired, "So, did you see Skeletor on campus yesterday?"
At first I wondered how she could have possibly expected that this guy would have seen the exact person she was referring to out of the thousands of people swarming campus. But, as I listened, I realized she was ridiculing an extremely thin girl she'd seen the
day before. With loud gestures and an even louder voice, she described just what the girl looked like—her sunken eyes and the sharp tips of her shoulder bones—and how absolutely grossed out she was by her.
Then, as if on cue, an overweight girl came into the classroom and took the seat right in front of the jabbering girl, who then stopped jabbering about the thin girl, gawked at the overweight girl, and turned to her friend and made a face of disgust and contempt.
Talk of weight, bodies and diet is a constant presence in our lives. It hangs in the air; at the back of our conversations, ready to serve as a point of connection, even with people we barely know.
And I just sat back in awe, amazed that this obnoxious, oblivious girl had just illustrated the cultural cacophony of body expectations that has always baffled me.
- Megan Hirt, editor
As I sit on campus writing this, I
overhear girls yammering about how much they hate their bodies as they wait for class to begin. I see a guy wearing a Hawk Football shirt that boasts "Our Coach Beat Anorexia" on the back.
Navigating such confusion is difficult for anyone, but as college students, we face increased pressure regarding our appearance and feel perhaps a greater need to impress those around us.
That's the other thing I'll always remember from Western Civ: Aristotle's credence that virtue lies between the extremes of excess and deficiency.
Read Asher's story on page 9 about the challenges of staying healthy in college and the services the University has in place to help you out.
Striking a balance is easier said than done, but many wise philosophers have hailed moderation as the key to true contentment.
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