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My roommate has OCD, ADHD and talks to his girlfriend two hours a night. He's driving me crazy. What should I do?
Masturbate furiously loud whenever he is talking to his girlfriend so you can Pavlov him out of doing it.
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Okay, so I lied to my friends I am a virgin and I still chew tobacco.
All right, who the hell hot boxed my truck?
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To everyone in Anschutz who helped clean up the bottles: Thank you very much You are all great people and you deserve a cookie.
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I just found out I can get free cookies if I donate blood! So exciting!
Every time I have a class in Budig, I want to belch really loud and obnoxiously. Will today be the day?
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What is all this drama about herpes and losing our team?
I wish KU was more like "Saved by the Bell: The College Years"
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Instead of expanding health care,why not expand the black market organ trade?
And the Lord said, "Let there be dollar night." And there was. And the Lord saw it was
Save the fighting for Mizzou!
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Seriously, Aristotle? "Justice decides what is just." WTF!
Our first match up: Tyrel Reed vs. Todd Reesing. LET'S GO!
The prescription at the Wal-Mart pharmacy to treat herpes doubled in the last 24 hours.
Girl, I'm not after your assets; I'm after your "assets."
Happy fall ... as in the season, not the act of falling.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Student Senate needs to allocate funds wisely
Funding for campus and community groups from Student Senate has been reduced this year in order to ensure general student fees do not increase. The clamp down on fees seems like the appropriate action in a continually difficult economic environment, but Student Senate and groups in general should be careful to make sure that every dollar of the $742,000 allocated for student groups this year yields a maximum effect.
For Student Senate, and specifically members of the finance committee, this requires a sense of restraint that seems to have been lacking in the past.
During the Fall 2008 semester, Student Senate quickly distributed nearly all of the money allocated for campus and community groups. According to former Student Senate treasurer Alex Porte, the problem arose from a "huge jump in demand" coupled with a lack of proper budgeting, especially by members of the Student Senate's finance committee.
Student Senate appears to have learned some valuable lessons following last year's experience.
According to current treasurer Mitch Knopp, Student Senate
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concerning transparency and merit in the funding process.
es, were going to have to be more selective," Knopn said.
This approach has allowed Student Senate to retain $115,000 of its budget for requests later, an improved situation from last year. It also allows the finance committee and Student Senate in general to exercise appropriate flexibility, allowing some groups to be funded fully or allow only marginal cuts in order to spread the pain.
Though this choosy approach has helped bring restraint and savings to the Student Senate campus and community group allocation system, it also raises questions
In an e-mail to The Kansan,
Knopp explained that the finance
committee does take into account "the number of students that the event or organization will affect, the location of the event... (and) the success of the
These are plausible guidelines for the use of student funds, but it is difficult to tell how Student Senate has applied them, especially when it is picking and choosing which groups to fund and what levels.
Student Senate, and its finance committee, should be recognized for pulling back from the brink they approached last year. By making targeted cuts in areas such as campus and community groups, Student Senate has been able to hold the line on increased fees in an environment that has
events in the past."
left no one unaffected by tough budgets.
In order to continue with this newfound restraint, a true change in the culture of student government is necessary.
Student Senate should adopt a new mentality in budgeting by attempting to restrain the sprawl of legislation that has developed. This could mean limiting the amount of legislation in one semester.
Students need to think about how their student government is run at the University, first by reviewing where their money is spent.
With a new approach from Student Senate and a new engagement from students, it might be possible to reinvigorate discourse in student government.
— Alex Doherty for the Kansan Editorial Board
LGBT
Intersex athletes face unfair regulations
Prove you are a woman or man. Right now. Why are you hesitating? This could decide whether you keep the gold medal for the 800-meter race you just won with a remarkable time. World 800 meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa had to. She is the latest of professional athletes whose participation and achievements are in limbo because of their biological makeup.
Specifically, the Herald referred to Semenya as a hermaphrodite, an incorrect label and a physical impossibility, as "hermaphrodite" refers to someone being fully male and fully female. Though the official results won't be made public until November, recent statements from anonymous sources within the IAAF and Semenya's managing staff leave little room for doubt that she is indeed intersexed.
Semenya has undergone gender tests ordered by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) according to the Sydney Morning Herald in an article published earlier this month.
According to the Intersex Society of North America (ISNA), 'Intersex' is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions
The IAAF does not permit an athlete to participate in regulated events if his or her sex does not fit the "categories" required to pass as that sex. What this could mean for Semenya and any other female athlete testing "male" positive, is that her body is performing under female requirements as a male and is therefore ineligible to compete as a woman no matter if she feels and acts like one.
of female or male."
This brings up the ever-present controversy surrounding those who are intersexed. Which sex do you choose when some people choose to live their lives in a balance of male and female? What if you look like one sex, but you feel like the gender your sex does not necessarily represent?
So what does this mean for people whose intersex traits aren't as noticeable as Semenya's? Should they be penalized for how their body formed at birth? For their genetic construction?
Tragically, in the case of athletes such as Semenyah, how you feel about your gender doesn't matter if your sex is different. Other people get to decide where you lie on the sex scale. Babies born with physically noticeable intersex
traits often have those "fixed" so they fit the social idea of that biological sex. (I say "fixed" with incredible disdain, because I do not see this as a problem.)
All of this controversy surrounding Semenya's sex began when her defeated rivals complained and called her a man after she won.
Bornstein is a Lawrence senior in sociology and women's studies.
By performing these gender tests on Semenya and other female athletes, the IAAF forces them to prove something they shouldn't have to by punishing those people who have done nothing but excel in their sport with the body they were born into.
The real people who should be punished are the other players for poor sportsmanship. You are already an incredible athlete if you are competing in a World Championship. Why accuse another athlete of not being "female enough" and scar her reputation?
Tips for successful résumé writing
So your four-to-nine year college tenure is reaching
Though unlike Nixon, you will not be receiving a pardon, and you will not be able to make a living off your memoirs, at least until the gag order is up. That means it's time to write a resumé.
I'm here to help. In addition to the many public services this column already provides the student body. I am devoting this week's column to holding a resume workshop for those of you preparing to join the proud, frantic and dwindling American labor force.
As our economy continues its terrifying downward careen from its former height, your resume becomes your parachute. When trying to fashion a niche for yourself among the screams and molten wreckage of this economic fall, it's important that your parachute be bright and memorable. This is so that park rangers or coast guard personal can see you, should you be lucky enough to land within the reach of civilization — and if civilization should still exist by the time of your graduation.
Once you begin writing your résumé, the most important question to ask yourself is, "What do I have to offer a potential employer, and what would a potential employer need me to make up so that they can easily discern this from my résumé?"
And here we have our first lesson in résumé writing: Metaphors are an excellent way to help a job recruiter understand you and your life. Metaphors are the poet's currency and the résumé writer's defense argument in fraud trials.
And use exclamation points!
Yes! I am *Ben Unglesbee*! And I want to work for YOU!!
The header on your résumé is your entrance into the life of a potential employer. Come out swinging and frothing at the mouth, so he or she has an immediate understanding of your dedication.
Did you notice the bold, underlined and the italicized font used for my name? Of course you did. This is how my name reads on my own résumé and it's what we résumé gurus call the "trifecta."
Once you begin outlining your job history, the most important question to ask yourself is this: What do I have to offer a potential employer, and what would a potential employer need me to make up so that they can easily discern this from my résumé?
Put yourself in the shoes of a potential employer. Would you want to read about someone who has wasted the years of their youth working in demeaning retail positions, or would you rather read about the gruesome exploits of an octagon fighter?
But don't forget that a résumé is also a visual medium. To jazz things up visually, and to lend credibility to your claim of 37 octagon victories, you might try adding just a couple of dollops of human blood to the bottom of your résumé. But not your own blood, of course — that would be highly unprofessional.
Unglesbee is a Overland Park senior in creative writing and economics.
'Politically Correct': Join the discussion
From the Opinion Desk
If so, The Kansan Opinion Desk is here to help with a new weekly column we like to call "Politically Correct." Let me explain.
Are you confused by politics? Tired of hearing empty rhetoric streaming from the 24-hour cable news cycle and our own publicly elected officials? Are you worried you're not hearting all sides of the debate?
Joining us from the left is Ben Cohen, writer of "Liberal Loudmouth," from the right is Chet Compton, writer of "The Right Idea," and from the middle is Dan Thompson, writer of "The Lawrencian."
Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, or something in between, "Politically Correct" gives you the chance to hear from all sides of the political spectrum. It is your weekly dose of everything politics.
Do you have something to
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Let's work together to find out what matters most to KU students.
For "Politically Correct" to be a success, we need your help. If you have a topic you want to be discussed, please e-mail us at p@kansan.com. Include a brief summary of your chosen topic as well as your name, year and hometown.
But wait, there's more! If your appetite for politics still hasn't been satisfied, then be sure to tune in to the "Politically Correct" podcast. Join Ben, Chet and Dan as they continue the debate, respond to online comments and much more.
Politics are confusing, and we here at the Opinion Desk want to help. So please, help us help you by e-mailing us your ideas.
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