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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012
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Came in to start getting ready for Late Night, and the basketball team had stolen my tricycle. And they say Big Jay and I are the immature ones.
If I ever become homeless, I would move a mattress into one of the the Budig stalls with a sink in it.
is it sad that one of my career goals is to get a hot rating on ratemyprofessor.com?
That awkward moment when you realize that the people on "Jerry Springer" are all very close to the same age as you are.
Don't forget the football players are fellow Jayhawk students. They need our support.
If you really think about it, super strength is only practical against other super heroes.
Baby Jay was decapitated!
Let's get wet with Weis!
Wait. Where has Cummings been this whole time?
I, for one, am proud of our football team. They showed improvement and never gave up. Well done boys, well done!
She said I looked like a Cyclops, I clearly have two eyes. Four if you are counting my glasses.
"Withey, can I have your babies?" said every girl on campus.
The hand clappers they gave us light up the middle finger.
Eh, rather just sleep.
I had such a good night that I forgot
I wasn't able to go to Late Night... until
all the pictures on Facebook reminded
me what I was missing. Repeatedly.
At least we have as many conference wins as Mizzou.
Just saw the girl dressed up as Slender Man. Oh my fricking gosh. Not in the rain.
I wonder if Bill Self looked at his son when he was born and said, "I see my self in this kid."
Everyone leaving Late Night early sucks.
I thought to myself, "I wonder if they close the engineering computer lab at this hour." Good joke, self.
Hey! We're not K-State! We don't boo the other team's band!
Bassnectar concert thrills audience
As a 27-year-old music enthusiast, you could say that I've been to my fair share of shows throughout my lifetime. I've been to Lollapalooza where the likes of Incubus and Audioless were on display, seen 311 more times than I can count and have even ventured to an Andre Nickatina show in Scottsdale, Ariz.
As enthralling as each of these shows was to me, it shocks me to my deepest core that I had to wait until Oct. 5, 2012 to experience the best live show of my entire life. Dubstep DJ icon Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) put on a performance that was worthy of the often-oversused term "epic."
Cold temperatures — it dropped to as low as 29 degrees at one point — couldn't stop the warm and embracing vibe that Bassnecter provided for the
2,000-plus fans in attendance. By the time a group of friends and myself had squeezed our way to the front-left side of the stage, the cold weather was rendered irrelevant due to the tightly-constructed circle of jumping-and-bumping human bodies. With each wobble of Bassnectar's bass came screams of delight from an enthusiastic and engaged crowd. Rarely do you see a mass of people contort their bodies to the flow of live songs like they did that Friday night.
Then, there were the lights. The giant screen behind Ashton displayed vibrant colors and an artistically crafted series of graphics for each song played. YouTube videos of the show won't do it justice. Bassnectar made damn sure that those lucky enough to be in attendance were
treated to a visually-enlivening spectacle that warranted the many "awesome" spotted out by the crowd as if the word was going out of style. The lasers used maintained the intense vibe going throughout some of the longer tracks, and the addition of the graphics screen made the crowd light up like a Christmas tree.
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The one phase of Ashton's performance that really gripped me was his ability to engage with the crowd during some of his most
During Bassnestar's track "Infinite," Ashton slowed the upbeat tempo down at the same time as his screen behind him turned to a slow-moving tunnel of bright orange bricks. Reference the 1997 film "Event Horizon," and its meat-grinding tunnel (an orange one) for a better visual.
At this time, Ashton began to mock the crowd's upper torso movements with a slow wave of his hand up and down to synchronize with the hard-hitting beat. Bobbing and swaying became the norm in the crowd, and Ashton had the feel of a leader controlling the movements of the masses. This only added fuel to the already "awesome" fire that had been lit by the opening band, Ghostland Observatory.
The appearance of lasers to match song beats were early and often throughout the evening, and Ghostland Observatory, especially with "Midnight Voyage," had the crowd amped for what Bassnectar was about to bring.
If you haven't had a chance to check out a live Bassnectar show, I strongly advise you give it a shot. I didn't have to take psychedelic drugs to enjoy myself, and you won't have to either. Bassnectar's on-stage presence and the lasers and smoke and whatever else were used (some sort of confetti during the track "Lights") puts even the most soberest of minds in a dreamlike trance.
Roque is a senior majoring in journalism from Overland Park. Follow him on twitter at @stephanerou4.
ONLINE
Channeling the good in social media sites
Alexander Rhodes is now more famous than Tom Cruise.
"Who exactly is Alexander Rhodes?" you may be asking yourself. Well, thanks to the social network reddit.com, an otherwise unknown actor has risen to the top ranks of the website, IMDb.com, passing Tom Cruise, among others, in the December film "jack Reacher."
It all started just this last week according to a report on the social media website Mashable.com, when the actor in question went on the social website reddit where there was a question posted that asked, "Where do they find those skinny guys for Holocaust Movies?" His response was pretty entertaining, replying with a very detailed answer, while explaining that he knew this after working as extra on movies just like these. He then proceeded to post a link to his IMDb page.
So, with such a vibrant community of people on reddit, once they caught wind of what Rhodes posted, hundreds of people flocked to his IMDb page, and, as a result, he began to shoot
Now, if you don't know much about reddit, let this fill you in. According to the website's description, they are "a social news website where users can post links to content on the web. Other users may then vote the posted links up or down, causing them to appear more or less prominently on the home page." There is also a discussion area where people can chat.
What's so interesting about this rise of power for Rhodes is not so much about him, but is more about how much power there can be within the social media networks.
up the IMDb rankings because of page views. He currently sits at number eight on IMDb, and could be rising higher in the coming weeks.
The power is there; we just need to take it.
If you think back to what made Betty White come back to power, it was all because of a Facebook campaign. If social media communities give us so much power, maybe we could use it to help further a cause, such as something on the political spectrum or maybe even to raise money for a cause that affects the world around us.
If the online communities of social networks like reddit, Facebook, or Twitter came together for a cause that is bigger than themselves — instead of something like helping a celebrity rise in the rankings — our world could look a lot different.
rnippe is a senior majoring in American studies from Keller, Texas.
TECHNOLOGY
Apple's secrets of success
Times have drastically changed from the time our parents attended college. When our parents were our age, they didn't have lightweight laptops to bring to class to take notes on. They didn't have smartphones or even cell phones to call home or text their friends when they were bored in class.
the profits for smart phones and 85 percent of the profit for tablets. Apple will only recreate products if it can make them better than the already existing product.
Well, I came up with some good reasons for why Apple has taken control over the world of electronic devices. Business majors, these tips could be meaningful for you in the future.
Apple doesn't make new products; it makes better recreations of an already existing product. For example, Apple didn't come out with the first smart phone; they recreated it to make it better, and this is when the iPhone came out. Apple didn't make the first tablet; they recreated it to make it better than the ones already for sale. This is when the iPad came out. According to Time.com, Apple owns 70 percent of
cally unsavy person can learn how to use it. Even though Apple is always releasing new and improved versions of the iPhone or iPOD with more features on it, keeping them easy to use can be a difficult task. But the workers at Apple make sure each updated version is easier to use than the previous. If not, customers would go back to the old and Apple would lose money.
Another reason why Apple has had such great success is because it is always ahead of the game and its competitors. Think about it — when the
But college students nowadays are much more lucky. We have all those things that make our lives easier day in and day out. And we have Apple to thank for most of that.
Why is Apple so successful in selling top-of-the-line electronic devices? Well, for starters, its products are easy to use and easy to handle. Steve Jobs insisted this for all Apple products. Each iPod, iPhone and iPad is made so that even the most technologi-
very first MP3 player went on sale. Apple was signing off on the iPod, which would have more and better features than the MP3 player had. When the very first MacBook came out, the company was working on ways to make it better for the future with the iPad and Macbook Pro. Staying ahead of your competitors is the key to retail success because your product will always be the best on the market.
Apple has been extremely successful and has monopolized the industry ever since the release of the very first iPod. But why is Apple so successful?
How many people on campus do you see with smart phones that aren't iPhones, or computers that aren't Macbooks or even tablets that aren't iPads? Probably not many because Apple has taken over the game.
Carroll is a junior majoring in English from Salem, Conn. Follow him on twitter @BCarroll91.
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