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Avoiding the guys handing out Bibles this morning like Pac-Man avoids ghosts.
If a person trips up the stairs, catches themselves and walks away like it never happens... There is honestly no way to react to that. Props.
If bowling pins have feelings, how sadistic does that make us?
No Mama Jay? What about C-Jay? Only a mama can pull those sexy legs off.
Honesty time: I still rely on the "push" and "pull" signs on doors
Snow smells
Good thing there is an inflatable in front of Watson now. Maybe cars won't crash there anymore.
In a moment of intellectual enlightenment, the FFA editor once said: Editor's Note: Whatever, dude.
"Power Puff Girls" the movie comes out in 2013. Just so everyone knows.
I love Bible day! Praise Jesus! I dare you to print this. Bold faith!
No I would not like a free testament.
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You get a Bible, you get a Bible,
EVERYBODY GETS A BIBLE!
My religious studies professor looks and sounds like Squidward. He could make his lectures more entertaining with some bad clarinet playing.
EMAW: Every Man A Woman
I do not miss Dan. And I never will.
My professor just asked if we were too young to think Michael Jordan is a big deal. In that moment a little piece of my soul died.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012
The only advice Crist should give to Cummings is: "See how I play? Don't do that."
UNIVERSITY
Hail to 100 years of homecomings
In light of homecoming season and our campus being on a basketball-induced high after Late Night, campus is at its most spirited peak. Crimson and blue flood the Underground at all times, as our signature Rock Chalk Lattes are being made behind the Pulse counters.
With Homecoming Week in full swing, Kansas is a great place to be right about now. And when you give a little bit back to the school you attend, you have to notice its rippling effect. School spirit radiates throughout campus and hopefully it will shine at the football game.
As you join arm in arm at the football game this Saturday, singing the Alma Mater, whether it is your first homecoming or your last, soak it up. This experience, this homecoming—the centennial homecoming—is bound to be a good one. Attitude is everything, and you have the power to set the bar high. Give everything you have to homecoming and find comfort in the memories you are sure to make as we fly through this wonderful, exciting week.
As a pretty big advocate on community involvement, I think it's important we all give back to this school. So, go take a drive
around Lawrence. Walk down Jayhawk Boulevard and appreciate the beauty of our campus. Remember why you chose KU and get ready to celebrate the 100th homecoming this week. Throw on some KU gear and cheer on the Jayhawks, rain or shine, win or lose. Try and give
this school a little bit of the support it deserves, after all, it's giving you life-changing experiences and educational opportunities.
For 100 years, the traditions that the University prides itself on has been showcased and flaunted, this particular week especially. We've been rocking chalk for a century, and that's something to be proud of. So, make this particular week a little bit more special. And whether you're a newbie or a seasoned vet, you never outgrow school pride. Plus, crimson and blue looks good on anyone.
or hanging out on Wescoe Beach looking at the "Century Long. Tradition Strong," chalk artwork, get out there and see what homecoming has to offer. A spirited week will lead to a successful weekend.
Whether you find yourself at the football game on Saturday,
The truth of the matter is this place is pretty cool. As students here, we get to be a part of some really amazing traditions. Hail to old KU, because this school is bigger than us. You should be pretty proud to be a Jayhawk. Have a wonderful and safe homecoming. Rock Chalk.
SCHMIDT HAPPENS
Illustration by Marshall Schmidt
Lavigne is a freshman from St. Paul, Minn.
HUMOR
Don't resort to 'slacktivism'
I'm starting an activist group. Don't worry. It won't be one of those pointless activist groups like "Equal Voting Rights for White-Tailed Deer!" or "The Kansan Needs A More Competent Opinion Editor!" This one will tackle an issue that's very close to my heart, an issue that several of my friends struggle with every day.
I have a friend, whom I will refer to as "James" so you won't find out that his real name is Bob. James writes on his Facebook profile that he considers himself an "activist," and his "likes" seem to reflect that; as I scroll down the list, I find links to pages with names like "Planned Parenthood Action," "The LGBT Project," "Reform Immigration For America," and even "Tattoo Acceptance in the Workplace." The fact that James is a straight, male U.S. citizen with pathetically inkless arms makes this pride parade of Facebook pages even more impressive; he doesn't have to support all these things, but he goes ahead and likes 'em anyway, because he's basically the reincarnation of Mother Teresa.
And this is what bugs me about the new breed of "slacktivism" that has started cropping up on Facebook and Twitter. You can "like" as many advocacy groups as you want, but if you don't go out in the real world and help to change some of the things you complain about online, all you're really doing is wasting bandwidth. And,
But, in all the time I've known James, I've never seen him speaking out about any of these topics in person. Sure, he's talkative—he'll gladly ramble on about "Doctor Who" until there is bloodshed—
but just try showing him your new face-and-neck tattoo of a shark biting Ron Paul's legs off. He might manage a "Yeah, that's pretty cool, I guess," but he definitely won't ask if your boss has been using derogatory slurs like "inkie" around you because of it. You will not see James writing passionate letters urging his congressman to run down to the Rio Grande and tear down the border fence with his bare hands. If you're the type of lunatic who gets his kicks watching enraged women burn infertiles of Paul Ryan at Planned Parenthood rallies, you won't see James's face in the crowd.
like it or not, you aren't really passionate about tattoo acceptance in the workplace, or ADHD awareness, or most of the other causes that you blindly "liked" after a drunken political discussion with your women's-studies-major roommate.
That's why my new group will advocate for not claiming to be an advocate for so many things that you don't really care about. Like any good advocacy group, it'll have a ribbon, but it'll be beige, the color of mediocrity and tapioca pudding, to remind would-be Mother Teresas that they're not as special as they think they are.
I urge all of you readers to tape beige ribbons to your shirts, go onto your bloated Facebook profiles, and pick one cause off the list. Just one. If you can't decide, close your eyes and play "pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey" with your beige ribbon and go with whatever it sticks to. Finally (and this is the important bit), actually go out and do something for that cause. Write to your senator. Volunteate at a soup kitchen. Maybe even go to a Planned Parenthood rally (but be sure to watch out for the flaming, airborne Paul Ryan chunks).
May is a sophomore majoring in German and journalism from Derby.
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McCollum will be gone, but memories remain
There are days when being a 27-year-old college student makes me feel out of place, a lack of generational camaraderie that's to be expected with my particular situation. McCollum Hall played the foundational factor in why it will have taken me almost a decade since graduating high school to attain a college degree. For reasons I certainly can't disclose in a student newspaper, (let's call them the yearlong string of bad decisions) my experience at McCollum remains one of the most exciting and destructive years of my life.
When entering McCollum, there's nothing that really draws you in. Sure, there's a billiards and ping-pong table to the right, and it's a spacious layout on the main floor, but if you've been to any university dormitory, it's probably similar to McCollum. What's always built McCollum's reputation as a fantastic student-lodging option has been the students and RAs who reside within the dorm. I had the luxury of being on the fourth floor, south wing. That my friends, is where all the weekend magic happened. Picture a dorm floor lined with people who happen to get along with almost every other person on that floor. Making friends is like shooting fish in a barrel with this kind of lodging setup.
There was always something exciting to do with a different "four-south" friend each and every night. From the second I walked off the elevator at level four, I would feel an eager and exhilarating vibe, like that feeling you get when you're about to go to a big get-together with friends. My RA was Steve, a long-haired,
Roque is a senior majoring in journalism from Overland Park. Follow him on Twitter @sroque4.
In the end, the building will be demolished, and potentially two new resident halls will sprout up in its place. My surreal freshman experience, in a sense, goes down with it. I won't be able to go back in 10 years and say, "there, that's where I had the best times my freshman year." But I do know this, the view from my car after making a right on Iowa from 23rd street might change, but my memories and friendships I made from McColum will not.
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All of that social "go-getting" clearly left me little time to factor school into the equation. But McCollum never had the final say in my decisions, merely it provided me with a self-deliberated bubble from the rest of my academic responsibilities, and you'll continue to hear me say that living in a dorm freshman year is a risky but potentially rewarding experience. Thanks to the generosity of the University's Academic Forgiveness Policy, a policy that allows qualified applicants to have up to two semesters removed entirely from one's University GPA, I was able to salvage a second chance at the University. As if my freshman year never happened, really. And perhaps this is why I can now look back on my time at McCollum as a stepping-stone, rather than a roadblock.
beanie-wearing fellow who, every time I saw him, had a smile on his face and a friendly "hello" to accompany it. Never was Steve the one to get into any drinking with his floors' residents, but he made it clear that he wasn't going to stand in the way of a bunch of University freshman enjoying college life. We parted hard and looked out for each other, but most importantly took pride in representing our namesake, "four-south."
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