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KANSAN.COM | MONDAY JAN. 30, 2017
I've heard that Angry Birds is run by our government to keep track of us.
What will happen if we lose guac because of the 20% tax? I will riot!
This year may be off to a bumpy start, but at least it isn't the early 2000s when Bumplets were a trend.
4 words 12 letters say it and you're mine, "you want a ride?"
Guac saved my life today
I loathe my parents for not making do dance classes as a kid. I could be in the School of Dance, but unfortunately I am uncoordinated and talentless Imao
Humans are the worst fucking people. I swear it on every testament.
Perks of today: I did not get a parking ticket.
Just got a "you up?" text at 1:30 pm...
F*** boys are truly relentless.
Most of my days include 4 cups of coffee, 1 meal and 5 hours of sleep. It's fine.
I sent a Snapchat to myself. HOW DID I DO THAT?
Overheard at the bar:
"Omg there's tequila in my hair"
This Instagram dog has been on more vacations than I have...
He drank every time they said "blue bloods" on espn. He was dead before the game started.
Drinking to forget the pain of the heels I'm wearing
Three redheads walk into a bar. There's not a soul in sight.
If you're ever unsure of someone just ask: "how many puppies are too many?" If they give you a number, stop talking to them.
Your claim to fame is that you know all the words to Ice Ice Baby.
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Liston: Trump's travel ban threatens freedom of religion, must be opposed
Illustration by Erica Gonzales
RYAN LISTON @rliston235
Many people standing outside of airports this weekend were not awaiting the arrival of family and friends, but were protesting President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslimmajority countries. They brought signs instead of luggage and voiced their
outrage.
Trump's travel ban pertains to anyone who is a citizen of, or was born in, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Some of the people traveling to the United States were detained at airports across the country on Saturday before a federal judge ruled to allow them into the country. The ruling, however, pertains only to individuals who had landed or were in transit when Trump signed the executive order for the travel ban. The travel ban is still in effect.
Trump rationalizes the ban under the guise of national security. He stated on the campaign trail that the ban on Muslim-majority countries is intended to protect the U.S. from terrorists trying to enter the country.
Yet the vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists. Their faith does not lead them to violence. Those traveling to the U.S do so for a number of reasons, including to escape violence and acts of terror in their home countries.
Furthermore, Trump's travel ban threatens freedom of religion throughout the country. Discrimination and persecution of people for their religious beliefs have been opposed in this country since its founding. Banning people from Muslim-majority nations exemplifies such discrimination.
Defending freedom of religion in this country should not be a partisan issue. Even some Republicans are criticizing Trump's travel ban, including Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), who believes
this travel ban could help ISIS recruit and push anti-American views. Everyone in the U.S. has a right to practice their faith and the U.S. must not exclude those who hold ideals that deviate from
Everyone in the U.S. has a right to practice their faith, and the U.S. must not exclude those who hold ideals that deviate."
the Christian majority from entering the country.
The aforementioned ruling is a small victory toward eliminating the executive order altogether. However,
many people remain unable to travel into the U.S. Trump and his administration almost certainly will not back off of the ban until a permanent ruling is reached on its constitutionality.
Protesting Trump can help raise awareness to his actions that have dangerous implications, as the Women's Marches and the airport protests have now shown. We need to continue to stand up in opposition to the travel ban if we hope to protect people from all over the world and allow them into our diverse nation, as well as to ensure our own freedom of religion.
Ryan Liston is a Sophomore from Lawrence studying Journalism and Political Science.
Kassebaum: Today's GOP needs moderation
▶ NELLIE KASSEBAUM
@nelliekudk
I'll be honest — 2017 Republicans make me upset. I'm not talking about Kansas RINOs (Republicans in name only): I mean the Republics who won in November.
After major Republican victories were seen in the House, Senate and the presidency, these wins were widely broadcast as a huge revival for Republicans.
With the eventual disappearance of the moderate
I disagree.
Republican, who generally identify as a Democrat on social issues and Republican on fiscal and governmental issues, these recent Republican victories were far-and-wide for right-wing Republicans, who in no way promote the values of the Republican party my family was or is a part of.
The Republican cornerstone ideal of limited government was admittedly nice until the onset of globalization and concerns about our environment became obvious. The concept of reduced government spending was also laudable until military spending completely dominated government spending.
This idea of civil republicanism is beyond endangered. It certainly can't be found on today's Republican agenda. The Republican party of today has started to cling to and promote the weakest,
most disturbing part of its platform: social issues.
As passionately as a Republican voter will tell you they voted straight ticket for those cornerstone reasons, they are simultaneously supporting social issues that have become not only intolerant, but dangerous.
they are ...
supporting social issues that have become not only intolerant,but dangerous."
The social platform of the right-wing Republican Party victors has long promoted its fervent belief in the Second Amendment, opposition of gay marriage, and anti-immigration policies. The power that resulted from
these recent victories was not granted to moderate Republicans, but rather their rebranded party that seems to violate the very foundations of the Republican Party.
Even Ronald Reagan, commonly thought of as a Republican hero, sought to provide amnesty to three million illegal immigrants and imagined an America with open borders of Mexico and Canada.
Trump and other newly elected Republicans are taking power, and those who voted a straight-Republican ticket are still searching for their representatives to take a stand for fiscal conservation and limited government, none of which Trump ran on, nor do other Republican victors seem to support.
Not only were Republican voters misled by thinking their party representatives would uphold the ideals of
the Republican party, they also supported these dangerous social policies simply because an "R" was placed by a candidate's name. The apparent lack of research done by today's Republican voters is not only disturbing but an honest insult to our voting system.
This Republican party is far from what it once was, and the danger of its new social platform cannot be overstated. Political parties aside, we must remain vigilant in attempt to block this dangerous social agenda, from defending Planned Parenthood to striking down President Trump's travel ban.
Nellie Kassebaum is a sophomore from Burdick studying English and public policy.
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