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bitch is my favorite petname
No amount of Febreze can cover up the stench of vomit and regret that's in my house right now.
Adele is high key talented af
i'm on year 21 of trying to get my shit together
Things I hate: My own life decisions
dork is a gender-neutral term
Do you ever see someone on the road and wonder just how they got a drivers licensee?
"Holy shit a quarter. Today is a good day" - Most college thing I've heard today
i feel like if you do heroin at a young age you'll be absolutely shredded for life
I end a majority of my emails with "let me know if none of this makes sense"
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Tyler Self is doing a great job as Josh Jackson's #1 cheerleader
I worship cielito lindos
Whenever I work through automatic doors I just slightly flick my wrist before they open so I feel like a Jedi.
my ideal valentine's day includes a cheesecake and bottle of champagne all to myself.
Can the couple who is always making out in the Malott hallway f----- chill
rubs my slowly fattening stomach as I mutter to myself "peak human performance"
I feel god in this Comfort Inn
Do you ever just remember that a guy f---- a mcchicken?
I kid you not, my gene expression professor showed us a video that had both Justin Bieber and Chuck Norris
I stayed and I still don't believe
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Munoz: Russia inquiry must be bipartisan
▶ VINCE MUNOZ
@vmunoz_18
The time for political games is officially over. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that four anonymous government officials confirmed that American intelligence agencies intercepted communications from as far back as 2015 between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government.
Just a day before the story, National Security Advisor
Mike Flynn resigned following the revelation that he lied to the Vice President about discussing sanctions with Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. By themselves, any of these events would certainly be disturbing — but this comes after a January report from the Director of National Intelligence stating that Russia leaked hacked DNC information in order to help Trump win the election.
To be fair, no one has gone on record to confirm the latest revelations. It is entirely possible that Trump and his campaign did nothing
The significance of what is happening cannot be understated. The last time a major party was broken into during a campaign resulted in the resignation of a president -the difference being that all of Nixon's cronies were Americans.
wrong. But given the important unresolved questions, it's time for Congressional Republicans and Democrats to come together and seriously investigate this matter. The American people deserve to know, once and for all, the extent of Trump's knowledge or lack thereof about these recent activities.
important unresolved questions, it's time for Congressional Republicans and Democrats to come together and seriously investigate this matter."
For Republicans, this means a willingness to buck their party's highest ranking government official at a time that is typically seen as a "honeymoon" period. They have to put other important agenda items on hold to give this issue the proper attention. I fully understand
- although, strongly disagree with - their desire to repeal the ACA, lower taxes and confirm Neil Gorsuch before they lose momentum. But the integrity of our federal elections is worth the lost time.
As for Democrats, this means dropping the vengeful attitude that has been brewing since the election. Even the slightest insinuation that this investigation would delegitimize the legal mandate of the GOP could undermine the important task at hand.
Yes, Hillary Clinton won
more votes than Trump — but part of being in a democracy is playing by and respecting the rules. These rules gives the states, not individuals, control over the outcome of the election. She lost. It's time to move on for the good of the country.
In 1974, Congress pursued an investigation that destroyed a crooked presidency. This was only accomplished through a fair, bipartisan inquiry that put the nation ahead of any one politician or party. Despite the deep divisions within our society today, we can achieve the same thing, but only if we work for it.
Vince Munoz is a junior from Topeka studying political science and strategic communications.
- Edited by Allison Crist
Hoedl: Oklahoma's abortion bill is degrading
On Feb. 8, the Oklahoma State House Public Health Committee introduced a bill that would require women wanting abortions to get hand-written permission from their sexual partners before being allowed to obtain an abortion. This bill does not apply in cases of incest or rape or if the woman's
ALYSSA HOEDL @AHoedl
Women should not be told that the moment they become pregnant, their body automatically becomes a host body and the fetus takes over. Yes, being pregnant for most people means that they now have to care for two lives and not just one. For some women, caring for two lives is just not an option.
If women have to give up their bodies for another life, then why isn't every person who is able required to automatically give blood or be automatically required to
life is in danger.
The author of the bill, representative Justin Humphrey, referred to women's bodies as "hosts" for the fetuses while giving interviews about this bill.
Shouldn't all people be required to save someone else's life if possible if women are automatically assumed to?
become organ donors when they die?
For some women, caring for two lives is just not an option."
Many people will make the argument that a woman chose to take the chance of getting pregnant when she had sex. However, some women who are on birth control or utilize other forms of contraceptives still become pregnant because not everything works 100 percent of the time.
Humphrey stated to The Intercept that the original intention was to make fathers pay child support from the very beginning. While that intention may seem like a good idea, the bill is not. The language Humphrey used to describe women is most definitely not.
Although the bill doesn't apply to when a woman's life is in danger, if you use the same terminology - calling a pregnant woman's body a host - then when the woman whose life is in danger gets an abortion, you are putting the host's body in priority over the fetus'. This doesn't make sense if the woman is just the host for the other hu-
man being inside of them.
The fact of the matter is that women's bodies should not be considered hosts. Yes, they may be carrying another child around in them at some point in their life, but, even then, they should be considered two separate lives within the woman's body.
Calling women anything other than women is degrading. Calling them hosts makes it seem like once they become pregnant, their self-worth goes away and the fetus' becomes the priority.
Alyssa Hoedl is a freshman from Olathe studying journalism.
- Edited by Sean Collins
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