THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY 6 ANSAN
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Totally feel you Chris. Unfortunately, you will have a short reintroduction to cost curves in ECON 700. Fellow hungry economist
opinion
Uhhhh.
The front page of the Kansan has had some awesome pictures that I have hanging up in my room. Keep it up!
Boys, if you want to succeed in relationships, you have to accept becoming "whipped."
FREE FOR ALL
I'm on a diet. My cheat meal for the week is a crunchy chicken wrap. How can something so good be so bad?
Lent gives me anxiety.
I would support KUAbs. Just throwing it out there.
I'd like to take a moment to wish the baseball team good luck as their season stars!
I had a nightmare that my camping group had been crossed off. Pretty much explains my priorities right now.
I didn't realize it was Mardi Gras until after I sobered up.
Didn't someone just ask the editor to marry them a few months ago? Someone is a little playa. *Editor's note:* They always leave. {
The KU basketball team has given up for lent. @Like #JayhawkNation
I know exactly when the hot girl will need help. Never, I'm an engineering major.
I'll be camping for the first time and now I'm worried about being THAT person who tries to open the wrong door. Please don't laugh at me!
You get more attractive with every shot I take, too.
As annoying as K-State fans can be, we need to be nice to them. Little brothers are family, too.
What's the opposite of a frat pack? A sorority squad?
Jean jackets aren't cool. Never have, never will.
Can Ed Sheeran be the next halftime show?
Valentine's Day is a made up holiday. My boyfriend and I will "celebrating" on Friday with a frozen pizza dinner and the KU game Saturday.
To the guy wearing the bro tank: too soon.
We should do an Allen Fieldhouse Harlem Shake.
Correction if she looks good at lottery, she doesn't know the meaning of lottery and therefore not a true fan. Don't wite
This bus to class smells strongly of sweat and sadness.
The irony of saying "you saved my life" after bumming a cigarette.
House cleaning helps clear the mind
LIVING SPACE
The weather is lukewarm, the birds are chirping and the sun is shining through a sensational pock-marked blue sky. After a brief 10-minute walk down Emery, I step into my apartment with the deep reverberated drums of "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin booming in my ears. As the front door slowly opens, I'm met by the old familiar sight of my lifestyle. Suddenly, the urge to clean hits me.
Navigating past the man sleeping on the couch, the scattered ashes on the coffee table, and the various empty containers of beer on the floor, I throw my backpack—sorry, my man purse—on the ground and make my way into the kitchen. The dining
table sits barely visible under the scattered papers, the mucked triangle of red cups and assortment of dishes caked with past nights' meals.
They're everywhere except the cabinets to which they belong. They fill the sink leaving the faucet inaccessible. They are stacked meticulously but still cover the entire surface of the bar. They are piled next to the food-stained stove where, naturally, each burner is occupied by a dirty pot or pan.
My room? Complete nonsense My desk with broken legs leans dumpily on my bookshelf. There are so many clothes on the floor that there's little evidence to suggest I even have a floor. Oh, and of course the lamp shade is
crooked.
I trip over a guitar on the ground and step onto the porch where I find our house man-nequin Steven Percibold Roberts the Fourteenth passed out on the porch couch with an empty beer can next to him and his shoes still on. Lovely day. eh Stewen?
It takes me six hours with upbeat music blasting on the stereo. The dishes take the longest
obviously because my apartment complex seems to think a dishwasher is a little too luxurious for my type.
The place has finally resumed its form. A nice smell permeates the apartment as a fresh cool breeze drifts in through the window. All tables wiped down and surfaces cleared.
The simple inability to walk from one room to another because there's a chair in the way or trash on the floor is enough to have an effect on you; but when you let the place completely disintegrate, you can bet that you're next on the list.
I feel like when my house is clean I am able to function as a human-being, but when it's destroyed I become a chaotic raving lunatic. I can't think straight.
I can't be productive. Hell, I can't even sit comfortably. But, when I clean up, my entire spirit seems to come alive again. School becomes more manageable. I can sit quietly and read. Or cook some food.
I guess what I'm saying is, if your place is dirty and you're feeling anxious, take the time to clean it up. It'll make you feel good, probably lift your spirit. Or just leave it dirty. Who knows, maybe you always keep your place clean and, at this point, I actually do look like a raving lunatic. I don't care. At least, my apartment's clean—this week.
Bartocci is a journalism major from Kansas City.
PERFECT TRIANGLE
Pizza ignorance: educate yourself on the right slice
If you're reading this, you probably in college. And if you're in college, you probably have a pretty steady diet of pie.
Pizza pie.
Everyone loves pizza—from college students to fake assistant basketball coaches. But there are some people who don't understand that not all slices are cut the same perfect triangle. And because of that, I see many of my college brethren suffer.
They suffer from pizza ignorance.
It's no secret that Lawrence is a small unique dot in the vast sea of red that is Kansas. So you've probably already heard about the great local businesses that this city has to offer. Pizza joints are no exception. Massachusetts Street is littered with local pizza eateries, and it seems that there is a different parlor every step you take.
position a "crime reporter." I find this ironic, because Cummings has a history of crimes against humanity.
Side note: this will be the only time I acknowledge corporate pizza chains. They are not worth my time, and if you think they are better than one of the many lovely local pizza parlors in town, stop reading here.
Because there are so many local joints, many students are overwhelmed and don't realize that they suffer from pizza ignorance. This means they often just eat the closest slice of pie and don't even stop to think they may be making a terrible decision.
For instance, Ian Cummings,
two-term Kansan Editor-in-
Chief and 1999 Kansas High
School Basketball Association
Slam-Dunk Contest Runner-up,
loves pizza. Today, Cummings
is the Public Safety reporter for
the Lawrence Journal-World.
In some circles, people call his
"I like the pizza I like, and everyone else is wrong. Rudy's is the best pizza in town, and many other pizza places are inferior."
IAN CUMMINGS former Kansan Editor-in-Chief
Those crimes he committed?
Choosing the wrong pizza.
"I apologize for nothing." Cummings said in an exclusive phone interview conducted as I wrote this column. "I like the pizza I like and everyone else is wrong. Rudy's is the best pizza in town, and many other pizza places are inferior. Your column is similarly inferior if it doesn't conform to my preferences."
During his Editor-in-Chief tenure, Cummings and I constantly battled in the Kansan newsroom over what is "good" pizza. But I wasn't the President of the Kansan Tuesday Night Pizza Club for nothing. Cummings often didn't even show up.
I'm willing to say that every local pizza place in Lawrence is
"good" pizza, but what I really want is "world-class-perfectly-triangular-out-of this world" pizza. And only a few places can provide that.
I must also note that I do take location into account, but only a little bit. Availability is also a factor, but, again, only a small one. I do believe that traveling to a pizza parlor, and what time you can secure a perfect slice are important in college culture. I don't want to fault those pizza places that aren't near Massachusetts Street, but sometimes when you're staggering out of the bar and need a slice, Massachusetts Street pizza parlors have a much better chance to blow your alcohol-induced mind.
So only a few local joints still fit the criteria. Because I have spent several years in Lawrence and had plenty of late night pizza cravings, I know that Pyramid Pizza is the only joint that can provide the world-class pizza I want—nay, need.
I do enjoy all the other local pizza eateries, but when Cummings comes to me with a slice from Rudy's, Minsky's, or even a ridiculously disproportional Papa Keno's slice, I know he just doesn't understand pizza. He is pizza ignorant.
So my dear friends, colleagues, classmates and, most importantly, pizzamates: I must educate you on pizza. Go out there, find a local joint, and enjoy at least a "good" slice.
And for the love of pizza, stay away from Pizza Hut, Dominoes and Papa Johns.
LOVE LIFE
Lysen is a senior majoring in journalism from Andover.
Celebrate yourself on Valentine's Day
Want to hear something you're not supposed to admit? Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. And not because I've had a boyfriend my whole life or have guys fighting to be my valentine. I love it because it's a time to show how much you love the people around you, whether it be parents, siblings, friends or significant other.
If you're a serious V-Day hater you should probably stop reading now. I am seldom successful in converting the most intense Valentine skeptics, but if you're at least neutral on the subject, humor me.
Maybe you think Valentine's Day is a holiday thought up by Hallmark and Russell Stover in order to sell more cards and chocolate to loveick couples. Or you may be an attendee at one of the many anti-Valentine's Day parties held on the 14th of February. Unfortunately, Valentine's Day will always have a stigma surrounding it as a "made up" or forcibly romantic holiday.
But for me, Valentine's Day has never been solely about a romantic relationship. Last year I spent the big day at a production of "Mamma Mia!" at the Lied Center with one of my best friends. In high school, I made personalized Valentines to put in each of my friends' lockers. If anything, Valentine's Day is a chance to unabashedly show those around you how much you care (and you don't have to buy expensive gifts to do it).
In addition, I find another component of Valentine's Day is often overlooked. Many people feel pressure to treat their significant others on Feb. 14, but what about treating ourselves?
In general, I am a person who believes in (and at least tries to execute) a moderate amount of self-discipline. I don't believe any major problem can be solved by skipping class, going on a shopping spree or drinking to excess, even if they feel justified at the time.
But I am a wholehearted believer in rewarding yourself on select occasions, and Valentine's Day is one of those times. Even if you don't have a boyfriend, what's so wrong about picking up a bouquet of flowers at Dillon's or a package of your favorite candy? And if you don't have a girl to take out, why not have a semi-respectable dinner with your buddies instead?
Whether you choose to celebrate Valentine's Day or not, avoid seeing it as a negative day in which you have to (A) sufficiently impress your significant other, or (B) feel miserable because of your lack thereof. There's no sense in putting a negative connation on a day that (by cynics' accounts) is just like any other.
We all have to take time for ourselves in some way. I'm not ashamed to be my own valentine, why are you?
Mayfield is a junior studying journalism, political science and leadership from Overland Park
CAMPUS CHIRPS BACK
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