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KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 2016
If people could just not drive on the roads at the same time as me that would be great.
DONT TEXT AND DRIVE
Guys who call their other guy friends "boss" make me really uncomfortable
Did I put Bailey's in my coffee and go to campus? Yes. Could I have poured straight red wine in this mug instead? Also yes. But I didn't. Because I'm
Sitting in class trying to covertly watch an all dog adaptation of Jane Austen because
Bless the person who invented crop tops.
My work ethic is the creation of centuries of lowering the bar until only minimal effort is required to get by.
responsible.
you're probably going to use it in a paper later.#justEnglishmajorthings
Honestly what would we do without coffee
I'm glad Bill Self finally realized I have an early bedtime and this 6pm start time for Late Night is much more reasonable for me.
I wonder how much of what we were told when we visited KU was a lie.
Is it weird that I think the toilet seats in the new business school are oddly comfort- able?
99% sure the football team is playing on a Thursday so that they can make Late Night...
Prince George is cuter than you.
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Asking for a friend: is chateau still open?
"You tricked me into believing in real human love. And for that, you will pay."
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Is it really a Monday morning if you didn't drink coffee in the shower and run 10 minutes late to your first class?
Why do guys raise their hands in class by only sticking one finger in the air? What is this?
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McCarthy: Chancellor Gray-Little leaves a positive, lasting legacy at the University
▶ KEVIN MCCARTHY
@kevindmccarthy
When Bernadee Gray-Little nst took the helm as the University's chancellor in 2009, she came in with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm to further its standing as one of the premier institutions of higher education in the Midwest and the nation.
Coming in, a few of her main goals included reducing excess spending, getting the University to be designated as a national cancer institute and increasing endowment fundraising efforts. Chancellor Gray-Little achieved all three of these goals during her tenure. However, due to an ongoing, self-inflicted state budget crisis, spending has been decreased a little more than most would have liked.
Overall, Chancellor Gray-Little has done an exceptional job over the past eight years. As with most high profile positions, she has faced some challenges, but she has faced this adversity with poise and humility.
Everyone knows that sexual assault has been a severe problem at the University over the past few years. We also know that the administration has not always handled these crimes particularly well in the past. However, in the past two years, under the leadership of Chancellor Gray-Little, we have seen a concerted effort by administrators to try to prevent future instances of sexual assault. In 2015, six new positions were created with the sole purpose of confronting campus sexual assault.
Another major issue facing the University community has been calls from multicultural students that they are being marginalized and feel that Student Senate and the administration are not taking their concerns seriously. In response to these concerns, Chancellor Gray-Little and administrators created the Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Group made up of faculty, students and staff to look at issues of discrimination, intolerance and insensitivity on campus. The DEI group released a report in April laying out a number of recommendations for administrators to take in order to improve the overall environment at KU.
I could go on and on about the things that Chancellor Gray-Little has done during her time at the University, but what I am trying to get at is that she has done a sterling job considering all of the challenges she has faced. Overseeing 28,000 students and 2,600 faculty members is no easy task.
impressed by her. When we spoke she was genuinely interested in my internship experience and my academic career.I believe she is a true leader and an example to college administrators around the country.
This spring, I had the pleasure of meeting Chancellor Gray-Little while interning in Washington, D.C., and I could not help but be
that do not share my view of Chancellor Gray-Little, but in her position it is impossible to make everyone happy.
I am sure there are people in the University community
That being said, when looking at the Chancellor's overall body of work during her time here, it is hard to deny the good that she has done for our University. I, for
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one, will miss her when she is gone and only hope that her successor can live up to her legacy.
Kevin McCarthy is a senior from Lenexa studying political science, history and public policy.
lightly SALTED with Will Admussen
with Will Admussen
--live the rest of your life paying for the time you spent on Facebook in Anschutz Library. Unfortunately, there's no way out of the debt you're currently accruing - except for death.
1. Be the professor.
While it's true that you and your peers pay thousands of dollars for a qualified instructor with advanced degrees in their field, that fact shouldn't hold you back from stepping up and answering questions on behalf of the professor.
What most college students don't know is that you don't need a degree to tell people what the right answer is! Top students don't hesitate to cut off the professor in order to insert their own opinions formed from the first few lines of articles their friend Cody shared on Facebook.
2. Email Will to get the study guide the night before the test.
Everyone knows that college is all about time management. Finding time to go to Dollar Night at The Jayhawk
The secret to having it all is as simple as an email. You see, some lame students sit in their rooms blaring Chingy while completing the study guide weeks in advance of the test. Why do the same work twice when those students are complete pushovers? All you need to do is send an email to your friend Will to get that study guide because he's desperate for friends and will gladly help.
Let's face it, getting a job you love means nothing if you're enslaved to student loans for the rest of your life. Compounded with the bleak employment outlook, it might seem like you will
3. Don't think about looming debt.
College is all about having fun and you can't have much of it alone (trust me, I've spent 22 years of my life trying). When you move into the dorms or scholarship halls your freshman year, you're bound to meet (then forget the names of) hundreds of great people.
4. Lower your expectations.
Successful college students are able to push the weight of the soul-crushing debt deep into the back of their minds. While the outside world might view this outlook as delusional, it has been known to result in better grades.
Café, pick mushrooms with your friend Cody and make a late night trip to Chateau all while cramming for that test seems insurmountable.
Students that have vibrant social lives have learned to lower their expectations. Let's face it, you're probably not going to be able to keep up with the cool kid wearing Heelys, or party with the girl who's wearing a choker. Settle for the kid who introduces himself by saying he likes trains and listens to Chingy — I guarantee you'll never eat alone.
5. Dominance starts with your email signature.
Six habits of highly successful college students
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Most college students have a simple email signature that indicates their basic information. In today's competitive environment, college students are realizing that isn't enough.
Highly successful college students stand out by including every single activity they've ever been a part of even positions such as assistant social secretary for
the Society for Knitting Exciting and Eccentric Things (SKEET). Nothing indicates importance more than showing your resume down someone's throat every time you send them an email.
6. Visualize success by getting a life coach.
All successful college students have life coaches who can follow them around and yell motivational things in their ear like "If you don't get a good grade, nobody will love you and you will die alone," and "We need to discuss my fee." For 17 easy payments of $17.38 (Beak 'em Bucks accepted). Will Admussen can help you achieve greatness.
Will Admussen is a senior from Urbandale, Iowa, studying political science and economics.
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