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Overheard on a 43 red bus: "If I could have any superpower it would be to pull any type of cookie out of my pocket at any time"
New Mexico State won't go all the way but I'm willing to.
KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017
I remembered to bring my reusable bags to the grocery store today so global warming is officially over
*goes to the hawk*
"Isn't this fun? It's like hell with a cover charge"
k-state's fake patty's day is pretty such the same thing as KU on every Saturday gameday
Not to be dramatic but I would willingly throw myself into a dumpster fire rather than study for another midterm
How do you know that an elephant is pregnant and not just, you know, elephant sized?
what we learned from the game against TCU is that KU parking is the reason we lost
"You know what, I'll just take an L" has become my new life motto
my relationship with my dad consists of us betting on which one of my cousins will get married next
married next
can't wait to graduate so I can finally achieve my dreams of feeding myself three times a day, showering regularly and actually having a sleep schedule
i almost got hit by a car and i was 75% okay with it.
Wizard of Oz culture has ruined my life
"Professor do we need a blue book for this exam?" "God no, I'm not that evil"
the thought of being productive today makes me want to vomit
saint patrick is actually the patron saint of getting LIT
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Sanchez: Environment in danger under Trump
▶ SANDRA SANCHEZ
@sssanchez26
n March 8, Mustafa Ali, the head of the Environmental
Justice at the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned in protest as the Trump administration prepares for billion dollar budget cuts to EPA funds and large-scale layoffs.
A day later, shocking comments from chief of EPA, Scott Pruitt, illustrated Ali's concerns for the EPA, as Pruitt strongly denied carbon dioxide as a primary contributor to global warming, citing a "tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact" to substantiate his claims. With the rumored repeal of Obama's Clean Power Plan, budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and H.R. 861 bill to terminate the EPA by 2018, it is clear the White House has turned over a new leaf (or rather, burned it) in the fight against climate change.
With Trump's administration facing scandal, investigations and highly-contested nominations, Ali's resignation adds to the vacancies caused by other resignations and large, unprecedented firings like Friday's sweeping removal of 46 federal prosecutors.
It appears that the Trump administration, while still promising further cuts and department reductions, is
hardly bothered by the increasingly thin government. Indeed, in his speech to Congress, Trump promised to cut two existing regulations for every new one, adding, "if we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our Government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles..."
With Trump's administration facing scandal, investigations and highly contested nominations, Ali's resignation adds to the vacancies."
For Trump, and the Republicans enabling him, regulations are the remnants of Obama-era executive controls which have only impeded industrial developments and therefore corporate profits. Pruitt, who has previously sued the EPA for placing regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, heads the EPA with an agenda to reform it into one which works alongside economic growth and "stakeholders," meaning reducing environmental regulations which currently hold states and corporations accountable for environmental damage.
What will it take for lobbyists, corporations and narrow-minded politicians to see the true dangers of unregulated capitalism? Will it be when their water sources are polluted to poisonous levels, like they currently are in Flint, Michigan, or when their neighborhoods face irreversible flooding and land loss, like those currently living in Shaktoolik, Alaska? Will it be when rising carbon
dioxide levels prevent crops from growing and the nation faces a food crisis?
While the Trump administration tries its hardest to ignore existing problems by lying and turning a blind eye to the people's concerns, there will come a time when environmental concerns will stare them directly in the face.
This administration is hurtling towards a very near future where climate change and environmental damage will be too catastrophic to ignore, and certainly will not be "replaced."
Sandra Sanchez is a junior studying history, Chinese, and global and international studies.
- Edited by Mara Kubicki
Adamson: Always proud to be a Jayhawk
LAUREN ADAMSON @LeAdamson
I spent the entirety of last week bragging about the Jayhawks' inevitable success in the Big 12 tournament. I could be found saying things like, "we've already won the Big 12 ... so of course we'll succeed," "Frank Mason is the player of the year! How could we lose?" and the fatal, "you should come down to Kansas City to watch your team lose!" to my cousins at Iowa State.
However, after our heart-breaking defeat on Thursday, ticket prices plummeted from hundreds of dollars to $40, the Power & Light District was noticeably less crowded than usual, and I found myself showing up on Friday as one of the only KU-jersey-clad Jayhawks in a sea of aggressive red and yellow. I guess that's what happens when the Jayhawks don't succeed in "Allen Fieldhouse East" and the weather is as terrible as the announcer of Thursday's game said.
The last comment inevitably led to them agreeing to come down for the weekend. I told them to bring their Kansas shirts for when they lost to the Jayhawks and needed something to wear to the finals.
The lack of comrades actually ended up being a great
experience.
While studying abroad in Paris, I spotted a man wearing a Jayhawk jacket and I approached him as I would any friend on campus. We had such a long and friendly conversation that the friend
Those of us that had stuck around with our Jayhawk gear on became even closer. Among the rude remarks such as, "don't you know you lost" and the "how does it feel to lose to TCU," there were still a lot of "Rock Chalks" shouted by people I passed in the crowd, and quick discussions on how the time to rest up before the "real tournament" will do us good.
It made seeing fellow Jayhawks more exciting and brought me a sense of friendship with total strangers.
This isn't the first time I've had this feeling.
I was with asked if he was one of my friends from home when we parted ways.
it made seeing fellow Jayhawks more exciting and brought me a sense of friendship with total strangers."
The same thing happened to me in Australia when I sat down at a bar to find out that a girl from Costa Rica that happened to be at my surf camp had a brother at the University, and in Washington D.C. when our Capitol tour guide was a fellow Jayhawk interning there for the semester.
Moments like this make
me feel truly lucky to be part of the KU community.
No matter where I am in the world, even if it's within a sea of adversaries, there are always friendly faces willing to go out of their way for me because we've shared this same special place and experience.
March Madness is an exceptional time to come together as the strong community we are as we cheer on our team. In the future, I'm excited to share even more happy moments with my fellow Kansas students and alums, no matter where life takes me.
Rock Chalk
Lauren Adamson is a senior from Leawood studying economics and political science.
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