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MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
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Young lady, what are your intentions?
Student fees and tuition are paying for that "free food." There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Actually, I believe that the food given away at the ice cream social, Rock-A-Hawk, Movie on the Hill, the Lied Center, the Rec. Fest and the various barbeques IS free. And my daddy isn't paying for any of my other food, either.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
My god, the girl doesn't want to hang out with you. Leave her alone.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
I think the UDK should have a missed connections section like Crainslist
This is how the world ends not with a bang, but with a whimper
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
It's not free food — your daddy is paying for it you pathetic whelp.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
Who wants to hang out tonight? Maybe make out? Maybe intercourse? Hit me up
You're a dude. No!
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
Crap. I'm already getting fat again. Curse you free food!
I will let you do it if it will be correct!
I have gotten two tickets in the last week while extremely intoxicated. Are KU cops blind?
Anybody in Math 105 want to be homework buddies?!
I will do your 105 homework for you
I need a job. Anyone know anyone that's hiring?
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
Xavier, so is Kansas really the place, or is it not the place? And even if it's not the place, it is the place, so it has to be the
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
This campus green thing is getting carried away. Have you looked at Potter Lake recently?
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
This fall's bus drivers are a lot more yummy.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
Dear girl I talked to at the party on Tennessee St. last night. You're beautiful.
--of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University. The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association has chosen the museum to compete for the Visitor's Choice Award. The University community should rally to support this recognition.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Support the University's Spencer Museum of Art
Adam Buhler/KANSAN
The Spencer Museum of Art is flourishing because of the support of students
In trying economic times, funding for university museums can be among the first to go. Such is true with the University of Wyoming. A press release stated that because of budget cuts, the University of Wyoming Geological Museum was closed to the public from June 30 to Aug.24.
This is just one example of museum closings throughout the country. Fortunately, it is not the case for the Spencer Museum.
Susan Earle, curator for European and American Art, said, "We are continuing to thrive because we try to make do with less. We seek donors and grants."
Similarly, staff recognize that funding is not the only factor that goes into running a successful museum.
"We measure success in the quality of experience. A lot of that
we can still deliver given constraints" said Steve Goddard, senior Curator of Prints and Drawings According to
a media release
available at spencerart.ku.edu, the museum recently received several grants including $50,000 from the William T. Kemper Foundation, $21,500 from The Andy Warhol Foundation, and $12,900 from the Shumaker Family Foundation. Each of these grants will be used to enhance programs or exhibits.
"It is really important to us students feel this is a vital place," Earle said.
These donor grants, skillfully used by museum staff and the support of students, have helped the museum become recognized as one of the top tourist attractions in the Kansas City area.
Saralyn Reece Hardy, director.
agrees that students are the heartbeat of the museum.
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"Student involvement has invigorated it," Hardy said. "There is an attitude of experimentation. You can come in one day and see one thing, the next day there might be something different."
All of this shows why this museum is deserving of the Visitor's Choice Award. The museum will compete again.
this shows why this is deserving of the Choice Award. The will compete against four other museums in the area — the Dolphin Gallery, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.
"We are up against tough competition," Earle said. "It's extremely gratifying that the Spencer Museum would make it to the top rounds."
Voting is just one of many ways that students can get involved. Other such activities are participating in the Student Advisor y Board, which connects students to staff. Also, students can follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter and receive e-mails about weekly events.
"I think it would be wonderful if there was a surge or support from the student body," Hardy said.
Voting takes place online at visittkc.com. Click on Discover Kansas City, and then Visitor's Choice Awards. Voting ends Aug. 31 so cast your vote of support for a museum that continues to benefit the University.
— Kara Walker for the Kansan Editorial Board.
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THE SPENCER
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VOTE ONLINE!
WHO: Anyone and everyone
WHAT: Cast your vote to the Visitor's Choice Awards
WHERE: www.visitkc.
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WHEN: Anytime before August 31
WHY: Because the museum benefits students and the University (that means you!)
STUDENT LIFE
Soldiers spend summer break training for war
It's finally here — the dreaded first Monday of the new school year.
Technically school started last Thursday, but we all know nothing serious begins until now.
This seems like a regular summer to me, but after meeting a few military individuals I definitely got to thinking. What is it like to spend summer training for war? How do some people handle college, a part-time job and being in the military? And do the rest of us really appreciate the sacrifices these people make?
A three-month break from class allows students to work a job, gain some knowledge with an internship, get ahead on classes or lounge at the pool.
Imagine waking up at 4 a.m. and filling the sunny days with physical training, barracks maintenance and hours of class work. For students in the military this is the reality of summer.
Most of us don't realize there are many students whose summers do not include a drink with an umbrella, taking a few courses or getting a tan.
Ross Dubois, Marshalltown, Iowa, senior formally known as Specialist Dubois, 603rd MP Company, sat and talked with me about the double-life of being not
veteran.
Dubois was first deployed to Ramadi, near Faluja, a week before finals in May 2007. He spent just over a year there before returning to school. Dubois devoted part of his summer to the Warrior Leader Course at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. These training sessions are necessary to prepare individuals for situations they may face in the future.
Veterans are rewarded for their service with monetary bonuses and GI Bills. However, most find a personal feeling of responsibility and a drive to be a part of something more as the force behind their decision.
"You could take away all o those benefits and I'd still do it, Dubois said.
Many students probably don't consider the hundreds of military personnel on campus. These people live a normal life, except when they randomly get a call to go overseas, spend a few weeks training or spend one weekend a month in active duty. Organizations such as the University's Collegiate Veterans Association assist students in readjusting to college life. Its services can benefit veterans by educating students about loan options and counseling those who may be struggling with the transition.
I'm extremely impressed and grateful there are people willing to sacrifice their time to contribute to the welfare of our country. Only a strong person could take on the responsibility of protecting others.
"We are the last people who want to go." Dubois said, "but we also know there is a job to be done and we will do what it takes to make sure it's completed"
Dubois also said that although veterans blend in on campus, Jayhawks are welcome and grateful to servicemen when veteran status is revealed. Nicely done, Hawks!
Considering how much these people go through to protect us it's the least we can do. While you're getting acclimated to campus once again this week, if you know or meet a vetener, stop and say "hi" and "thank you."
Buser is a Columbia, Ill., senior in journalism.
STUDENT LIFE
How to set goals for the semester
As classes begin in earnest this week, students and educators alike return to the daily grind of academia.
But fear not, for I am here to help. In addition to being a columnist, I am a self-certified self-help trainer.
Anyway, I've decided to put my self-taught self-help knowledge to work to help you help yourself get into the swing of things this school year.
For many, the transition from the freedom of summer to the hellish nightmare of having to exert effort on a regular basis may seem difficult or even impossible.
That's right: I'm so good at self-helping that I actually certified myself. Where else can you get that kind of credibility?
If the oncoming semester seems overwhelming, the absolute best thing you can do is set goals for yourself.
Set a goal to set goals. Have your first goal be to set a certain number of goals. You have to start somewhere.
Having goals gives you direction and something concrete to work toward, which are both positive unless you are a hobo or an abstract artist. In which case, I suggest you stop reading immediately.
Get out a pen and a notebook and get ready to make a list of goals for the semester. Here are some handy tips to help you along:
Be specific. Having vague or broad goals make them seem unwieldy and unattainable. If your goals are specific, you'll know exactly what you're trying to achieve and when you've achieved it.
For example, don't write "PARTY!" as a goal. Instead, write something like "PARTY HARD! WOOOO!!"
Try and find something in the middle, like "write 1,000 pages of 'Twilight' fan-fiction."
Specialize goals to fit your particular situation. Filling a list with generic stuff like "Get all As" or "Earn a raise at work" probably won't inspire you. Instead, tailor your goals to areas you're especially interested in.
Be ambitious but reasonable. When most people set goals, they err in one of two extremes. They either set a depressingly simple goal like "Write a haiku" or an impossible one like "write a novel that wins the Nobel Prize in literature."
Have a Mexican soccer announcer follow you around. That way, whenever you accomplish a goal, it will feel like the greatest, most exciting thing in the history of the world.
Make sure your goal list is on a different page from your grocery list. This will avoid much confusion and consternation in the future as you try to find something called "Apologize to Grandma" at Dillons.
When you finish your list, take it wherever you go. Otherwise, you might forget to check something off the list, and you'll end up doing the same puzzle five times.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLL
LLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!
Nichols is a Stilwell junior in creative writing.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO Health care debate focuses too heavily on criticism
At this point, very few people would argue that we do not currently have flaws in our health care system.
In Thursday's Opinion column titled "Public option opponents' ideas lack substance," the self-proclaimed "Liberal Loudmouth" addresses the issue of health care reform by the federal government.
However, despite these flaws it should not be ignored that the majority of Americans still enjoy a level of medical care that is unmatched anywhere else in the world.
Because of this, it should come as no surprise that the prospect of major changes to this system would "ignite a firestorm of criticism."
Unfortunately, like many of our current politicians, this article rests on criticism of the opposition rather than simply stating a case for their proposed solution.
With such an emotionally charged issue, wouldn't the country's best interests be better served through healthy debate and compromise?
If wehope to find realsolutions to the serious problems that our nation is facing we must listen to every voice and idea, not simply stoop to berating them for holding opposing views.
Thomas Ferry is a Saint Michael, Minn., senior in finance.
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