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THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2017 | VOLUME 133 ISSUE 10
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
'Redo Your U' misleading, unnecessary, critics say
▶ DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan
With only two months left until students
Against Rising Tuition, Tommy Finch and Lev Comolli, both sophomores from Lawrence, who are spearheading a campaign
SCHOOL OF LOVE
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GREASE (1978)
The only musical on this list (and for good reason), "Grease" features everything a couple could ask for in a romantic teen drama. After greaser Danny (John Travolta) spends a summer vacation with Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), he comes back to high school expecting his senior year to be no different than the years preceding it. However, when Sandy shows up as a transfer student, Danny's cool act is thrown for a loop, turning his senior year into a dramatic ride full of nostalgia and great musical numbers. Travolta and Newton-John have great chemistry, and it's hard to look away once the Frankie Valli hit song of the same name blasts on screen.
Illustration by Roxy Townsend
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (2012)
After finding out that a worldending asteroid is headed for Earth, New Yorker Dodge Petersen (Steve Carell) shows little care or interest, prompting his wife to leave him. Dodge aimlessly continues his life until he runs into his neighbor Penny (Keira Knightley), who gives him years of wrongly addressed mail. When Dodge finds a letter from his old high school crush, he decides to find her, and offers to get Penny home to England if she helps him along the way. This part-adventure, part-romance allows for Carell and Knightley to deliver powerful performances in a hard-hitting, occasionally uneven but ultimately rewarding tale of love in extenuating circumstances.
5 great movies for couples to snuggle up with, stream on Valentine's Day GUS HUNN @gush
Valentine's Day is a day split between couples looking to spend quality time with each other and singles who wish dating were easier. Or, for singles, it's wishing that couples wouldn't be so annoying about how lucky they are to spend time with their significant other. Regardless of which category one falls into, everyone can enjoy sitting down and watching a good flick. This list specifically covers five of the best streaming films for all those couples out there to cozy up to on that special day.
THE GRADUATE (1967)
Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate, goes through life wondering what he's supposed to do (which feels oddly familiar). When Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of Ben's father's law partner, begins to seduce him, he relies solely on that affair as a fractured connection to other human life. After being encouraged by his parents to ask out Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Ben slowly falls in love, finding new life in a place he never thought possible. Wonderful music by Simon and Garfunkel, vibrant cinematography and layers of subtext make "The Graduate" just the right type of comedy for couples to enjoy.
ADVENTURELAND (2009)
This retro drama stars Jesse Eisenberg as James Brennan, a college grad forced to find a job over the summer to help pay for graduate school. He finds work at Adventureland theme park, where he meets many interesting people, including Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart). In a rollercoaster ride of a summer that's full of games, smoking pot and 1980s nostalgia, James slowly falls for Em and their back-and-forth relationship fuels this rom-com past various genre pitfalls. Greg Mottola's unique direction and a game cast make this picture a perfect way for couples to make their Valentine's a great one.
THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
"The Princess Bride" tells a whimsical tale full of swashbuckling fun and perfect notes of cheesy dialogue. When Westley (Cary Elwes), a poor farmhand, is torn away from his one true love Buttercup (Robin Wright), he must save her from a selfish crown prince named Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). This perennial classic features standout performances, enough quotable lines to fill a book and charm that couples will especially appreciate.
exemption for universities expires on July 1.
The weapons policy, which the Board of Regents approved last semester, specifies guidelines for concealed carry on campus. For example, those who wish to carry a firearm must carry it in a holster that covers the trigger, and anyone found to be in violation of the policy has the potential to be removed from campus.
Earlier this month, KU Athletics announced it will
departments of organizations to request security at certain events, but permanent security measures will most likely not be provided for most buildings.
Despite the University's efforts to implement safety measures within the confines of the law, many were still concerned about its impact on the campus.
"People are malicious anyway. When they have a gun on them, the chances of that turning violent or deadly increase," said
sity community have been vocal about their opposition to guns on campus — including testifying in the Kansas legislature and publicly protesting. Right now, however, the goal of the University is to do as much as possible to inform the public on how to be safe with guns on campus, Williams said during the event.
Some people, like Professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, said the University
Certain Kansas legislators have been making an effort to stop guns on campus before the exemption expires. One bill, HB 2074, would allow universities to indefinitely exempt them-
the big terrible event," said Barrett-Gonzalez, a chapter president of the American Association of University Professors, during the event.
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many University students know enough about their free speech rights. The survey asked questions about the First Amendment, like what categories of speech are legally protected.
"With our interactions with the rest of the KU community, both in person and things that we see throughout KU social media, whatever platform it might be, we get the feeling that not a lot of people know exactly what their free speech rights are
of the funding to conduct the survey, Lepinski said the group had to request permission from Student Senate to hand out the test, which was approved.
Lepinski said they are still tallying up the results from the test. They received approximately 60-70 tests back, but they are trying to reach 100 before YAF publishes the results.
"The initial first impres-
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