AN 9
Opinion
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--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
Sometimes I prefer using my vibrator instead of having sex with my boyfriend.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
I just want to say thanks to athletes who got in a fight. I just transferred from K-State and my friends are making even more fun of me now.
Hey FFA: What's with all of the fighting between all of the football and basketball players? We all know who runs this campus: the debate team.
Game Day is the best day. I love my Jayhawks,my beer and my overly obnoxious
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
My computer area smells like feet.
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My yogurt-covered Cheerios are stale. I can already tell today is going to be unproductive. Damn you, Cheerios.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
Anyone else think we should go back to the 1941 long?
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
You know maybe I'll just drop out of college and become an escort.
My horoscope just told me,
"Your cat is your best friend."
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
I watched this movie tonight where the main character looked identical to my ex. Thanks for the reminder that I still miss that piece of shit.
Why the hell am I still a Chiefs fan?
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
Don't ever lie and say you love someone when you don't.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
I want to apologize. I think I had swine flu, but I wasn't sure and never got it checked out and kept on going to class.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
To whoever said they were playing Pokémon on Friday: I challenge you
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
You're getting impatient with me not stepping up, aren't you? That ends this week. Hell, maybe even today.
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
Funfetti cookies!
True fans stay until both sides of their face are burned
--not feel ashamed or embarrassed due to the actions of the players, and I believe if those responsible could just realize that what they are representing is far bigger than they will ever become, then things like this would never happen.
COMMENTS
Fans react to fighting athletes
The following is a selection of comments posted on the Kansan.com story "Students, team react to fights."
CHANCE DIBBEN/KANSAN
"Looks like the Kansas PR machine is hard at work. What a weak attempt by the Athletics Department to fabricate statements by popular athletes in hopes of winning back lost respect. Suspensions better happen! If these athletes didn't make so much money for the University, heads would be rolling. Let's just say it was the golf team duking it out with the tennis team. I'm sure the Athletics Department would act swiftly in following the code of conduct policies on campus without flinching."
Eugene2010
If bad choices don't have consequences, people will continue to make bad choices. It's Parenting 101. Sometimes you have to do things you don't like in order to get people to change their behavior. Of course, with absentee parenting, this generation will never understand that concept, and probably never grow up.
I don't believe the players know that their actions do not just directly affect the current students who reside on the campus and in Lawrence. They need to realize, and I think it takes graduating and moving away to understand it, that Jayhawk Nation is EVERYWHERE. There is not one supporter, alumnus or fan that did
— joedirt92
So disappointing. Evidently these student-athletes don't take much pride in being part of this great institution. I'm really bummed and don't know what to think.
mojayhawks1234
I'm a student here at the University of Kansas and you do not fully understand what your actions have done to us — the supporters or you college athletics. We love watching you guys play every Saturday or weekday. However, you guys just don't understand how important to us you mean. Respect the students
— beaui
KS
and the fans when you do an act that can reflect the University. Just think of all of the KU fans you have hurt. Think about the hundreds of thousands of supporters behind you before you decide to do this.
It's very nice for the leaders to accept responsibility for the actions of the team and to express embarrassment. However, all of the children involved need to pay a price that needs to be very public, very visible — community work, helping with grounds keeping, being held out of the next game, riding the bench instead of starting for a while — something to demonstrate that they are getting the message. The message they need to have drilled into their thick skulls is "Under no circumstances will this sort of behavior be tolerated."
tumbleweed
EDITORIAL CARTOON
Morally upstanding chickens across America were shocked by Ernie Anastos' recent broadcast.
JAMES FARMER
NUTRITION
Take advantage of local produce
This may seem a little dramatic, but food deserts like this are all too familiar for many Americans. Food deserts were first recognized in the 1990s as regions where fresh food is difficult to find. Because of the growing popularity of superstores on outskirts of town, food deserts have boomed.
Imagine for a moment that the nearest grocery store is 50 miles away. Staying local is an option, but a single apple costs $5. Not to worry. The go-to pizza chain still offers extra-large, extra-filling and extra-nutrient-depleted slices for a low price.
What is left behind are convenience stores and cheap fast-food joints, where the only fresh ingredients are found somewhere between a bun. For people facing this reality, healthy eating is virtually not an option.
With the competition of mega-markets, mom-and-pop grocery stores that once populated the corners of city blocks have gone the way of record shops and roller-skating rinks.
Michelle. Obama has recently brought attention to the challenges of food desert residents by leading healthy eating initiatives. She created a garden on the White House
lawn, talked with school children about the significance of healthy eating and marked the opening of a new farmers market by stocking up on a variety of foods.
The message Mrs. Obama is sending is significant: One of the best ways to approach healthy eating is by using fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. To the citizens of Lawrence this concept shouldn't be too revolutionary.
Lawrencians have been privy to the benefits of local eating for many years. Three days a week downtown is home to Kansas' oldest continually operating farmers markets, where vendors from around the state offer an assortment of vegetables, fruits, baked goods and much more.
At the market, unlike the gamble with freshness that is common with pre-packaged items, the goods are guaranteed to be straight from the vine, orchard or oven. If any hesitation remains,
simply move onto the next vendor
— the good-spirited competitive atmosphere ensures the best products at the lowest prices.
Even for the most gifted of farmers, Kansas's winters are not very bountiful. As a result, the market only runs from April to mid-November. Fortunately, even in the off-season many natural food options are to be found in Lawrence. Some stores specialize purely in natural goods and many large grocery stores have created specialty food sections, where natural products can be bought in the same trip can as laundry detergent.
Simply put: Lawrence is not a food desert and should not be treated as such. While grabbing a sandwich from a fast-food restaurant does have it's role in the world (convenience is not to be underestimated in the life of a college student), its important to take advantage of the great opportunities for healthful eating that our community offers.
Need extra incentive? The farmers market has baked goods. Hello, fresh-made muffin! At least it's a step in the right direction.
McCoy is a Lincoln, Neb., sophomore in journalism.
POLITICS
Climate change: A history of fear
Newsweek Magazine reports, "There are ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production — with serious political implications for just about every nation on Earth."
The New York Times reads, "The facts of the present climate change are such that the most optimistic experts would assign near certainty to major crop failure in a decade."
And according to Time Magazine, "As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are actually part of a global climatic upheaval."
Scared? Don't be. These are all articles taken from 1974 and 1975
and they aren't warning of global warming; they are fears of an imminent global cooling.
From cooling in the 1900s to warming in the 1930s, back to cooling in the 1970s and back again to warming starting in the 1980s, only one thing has remained constant — humans are doomed unless government can save us.
Scientists and journalists have been warning us of impending climate disasters for more than 100 years. Many of today's global warming believers probably don't even realize their claims are not original. In the 1930s the media was in a global warming fervor over shrinking Arctic ice.
This global warming movement came on the heels of the great global cooling scare of the 1900s. During that movement, the Los Angeles Times warned the entire human race that it "will have to fight for its existence against cold."
The trendy global warming scare of today originated from government reports and is now responsible for millions of government jobs and the expenditure of billions of taxpayer dollars.
It has been a largely successful
Czech President Vaclav Klaus called the United Nations climate change meeting held in New York last week "propagandistic" and "undignified."
campaign, but the so-called "consensus" is now in a free fall. This is devastating to the alarmist's cause, which has been forced away from scientific facts and centered itself on a "consensus of scientists" as its main modus operandi.
You'll never hear this in the media, but more than 700 international scientists are now voicing their dissent of man-made global warming claims. This is compared to the "consensus" of 52 scientists that signed the media-hyped and government published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report to policy makers in 2007.
To believe that our actions are changing the climate is remarkably conceived. The planet is about 4.5 billion years old. Humans have occupied the earth for around 200,000 years (0.00004 percent of Earth's existence). The planet will be just fine. It's the people we need to worry about. That's the right idea.
The dying consensus and the fact that the earth has been cooling during the last decade makes it about time to make the case for global cooling again. It goes something like this: Our planet is growing colder because of evil man and if government doesn't take drastic steps to curb our activities then our sinful ways will bring rising oceans, drowning cities and countless other plagues upon us.
Compton is a Wichita senior in political science.
Tanning is a choice but cancer is not
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The University of Kansas has many students and faculty members who have been affected by breast cancer, whether it be a friend, family member or their own personal battle. As we approach October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) it is important to continue to raise awareness across campus.
Lying in that tanning bed is a choice. Developing breast cancer is not. Furthermore, the University does not own Salon Hawk.
In a recent editorial, Salon Hawk was ridiculed for doing just that. Owner Emily Willis is holding a fundraiser in which proceeds to go the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Breast Center. Salon Hawk was not ridiculed for simply holding this fundraiser, but for somehow contradicting it by providing tanning beds that could lead to skin cancer.
If the University is to be included in this ridicule, we should acknowledge the fact that smoking
is allowed across campus, exposing thousands of students to cancer-causing chemicals without consent. Raising awareness of breast cancer and promoting early detection are two of the most crucial things we can do for prevention — there is no cure.
Among cancer related deaths, breast cancer is the No. 2leading cause in women. While I agree that every form of cancer is worthy of being brought to our attention, according to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Only 1 in 58 will be diagnosed with skin cancer.
Survival rates are on the rise, and it's because of people such as Willis who hold fundraisers to help raise awareness of the cause. Early detection screenings helped my great-grandmother win her fight against breast cancer. Salon Hawk is doing a wonderful thing for our community. Not only will I be wearing my pink ribbon next month, I will also have a pink streak.
Amanda Easley is a sophomore from Junction City.
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