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How can my professors expect me to do anything when the world's been turned upside down?
Thanks to all of the KU veterans - future, past, and present!
Whichever of my friends goes to Hell first, please save the squad a place far away from Donald Trump.
The hype music in the Google Youtube ads is soooo unsettling. Just let me listen to my stuff in peace
BREAKING: Beaty announces freshman transfer quarterback Air Bud will start against Texas.
Got a parking ticket @ 4:52 for a lot that's free @ 5:00 PM. Greedy bastards
Lots of things weird everybody
slitherio is no fun once you make it to the top
I thought that middle school was the last time I'd have to walk into a BO-scented classroom but alas
its the weekend baby. you know what that means. its time for ku football to score precisely one touchdown and call 911
How to make KU a better place to be for everyone: free coffee and puppies
So the EPA might have a climate denier leading it? I still can't believe this is real life.
How dare Facebook show me an article I disagree with!!
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A professor called my paper spacing lethally egregious. Just waiting for the police to come lock me up now.
Looking for a sugar daddy is Bill Self accepting applications?
KU lost but T-Self played, so we all win
Sleeping, imaright?
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Thank God Canada's immigration page is back online
Donald Trump can't even make KU football great again
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My mother did not live to cast her own vote this year, or to see me cast my first vote in a presidential election for a woman.
The moment I did the math on election night and realized Hillary Clinton couldn't win, I felt the ghost of grief over my mother reappear and take a firm hold on my heart, squeezing in that achingly familiar how-will-I-get-my-nextbreath way that dwells closer to the surface than expected. The grief I feel today mirrors the loss I felt nearly four years ago; in each instance, it ushered in a fundamental restructuring of how I view my life and my future. Tuesday, though, brought in a
new, raw uncertainty about American society, my place in it and the positions of people I care about.
Today, I grieve. I feel the hopelessness, the despair, the anger, the frustration, the fear. I fear for the lives and safety of myself, my loved ones and strangers I will never meet. Today, the words and actions of a man we have elected validate the Brock Turners and George Zimmermans and Darren Wilsons of the nation and the world.
Early this semester, I got on the bus and the men who sat behind me spoke of chasing after women when they go running to "make them feel alive." The fear, anger, and disgust I felt at that moment are now amplified as I face this election's result. This is one infinitesimal picture
of the danger people faced before, reaffirmed as acceptable by an electorate that put a known bigot into the most powerful office in the country.
Early this election, someone I consider a friend said social issues don't matter in elections. This time, that rings true. White people, uncomfortable with their newfound displacement caused by a shifting economic structure and cultural and demographic revolution, forgot or conveniently never internalized how we as a nation have systematically denied our fellow human beings the rights, opportunity, and dignity white people enjoy as a given. They placed their (rightful) anger over economic frustration and abandonment over the basic humanity of us all.
Today, I recognize my privilege allows me to feel newly unsafe, while others of more marginalized identities have never felt either safety or hospitality in America. I offer my support to my fellow women, to trans* folks and LGBT+ people, to people of color, to disabled people and immigrants. I recognize that support and words without action are empty and worthless, and while I work to realize these words, I invite your suggestions as to how to make them have meaning and action behind them.
To infuse our community with care, pride and doggedness to keep the progress we've made, to make further strides in fulfilling our responsibilities in ensuring all people feel welcome, safe and whole in our country, we must motivate ourselves to action. No longer can we lay quiescent, content to let others make these decisions for us; to emerge from this presidency more resilient, with a greater conviction of purpose and cognizance of our peers' needs, we must listen, include, strategize and act. We have the collective power to create influence if only we do not fall into cynicism and dismay.
Today, I grieved a loss with renewed but familiar pain. Tomorrow, I act, and I invite you all to join me.
Kaitlyn Foster is a sophomore from Lawrence studying political science and sociology.
- Edited by Lexanna Sims
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"CUT OFF"
Drama/Fantasy. At 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night, Victoria (Lindsay Lohan) gets the call that no college sophomore ever wants to get: from her father (Christoph Waltz). The subject? Finances. Victoria is forced into the Underground to toil away for three hours a week just to support herself. Will she give in and develop a work ethic or will she remain steadfast and persevere to privilege?
Dark Comedy. Who is playing DJ Khaled at 2:00 a.m. in the library? It's probably Jarred
"SCHUTZ"
"CORRECT: A CRUSADE FOR VALIDATION"
(Channing Tatum), joking around with his buddies again. Resolute against succumbing to maturity, Jarred constantly jokes around instead of studying. Over time, Jarred realizes that his antics may just be a cover-up for his deep-seeded fears of inadequacy and of joining the real world.
Action/Adventure. Emmaline (Emma Stone), a political science major, proudly declares her opinions on the first day of discussion. Instead of applause, she is met with thoughtful critiques and statistics. Confronted with the pressure to respect others' right to
have their own views instead of forcing your own upon them, Emmaline embarks on a crusade against those who disagree with her. Will she emerge victorious?
"STUDENT SENATE TABLE WARS: BLOOD, SWEAT, CHALK"
Reality TV. Looking to fill the void after Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" was abruptly and unjustly cancelled? Look no further. Watch egos clash as groups throw out buzzwords and tout promises of pools and bike sharing while showing flyers at bystanders. Between episodes, you can keep up with the competition to see which group gets the most likes on Facebook and Vine. Who will the winner be?
Watch to find out or you may never know.
Suspense/Thriller. Bart (Seth Rogan) just landed his dream job at a Fortune 500 company. Financially, he's set for the rest of his life. All he has to do is coast through the last semester of college and graduate. Until he finds out he has to pass a drug test. Follow Bart through intense study montages of chemical equations, Rocky-themed exercise scenes and sweaty sauna clips. Bart's life depends on it — will he pass, or will the clock hit 4:20?
"DROP"
"ZERO"
Sports Documentary. The sound of a can of
Natural Light cracking open. The tingle down your spine when you watch the highlight reel compiled of clips from 2008. The blue paint covering your body. Your hopes soaring as your team prepares to face Texas. Unfortunately, this isn't a basketball movie. It's a football movie. Put away your newspapers and pull out your Kleenexes for this tear-jerker. Narrated by Lou Holtz.
Will Admussen is a senior from Urbandale, Iowa, studying political science and economics
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