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"The only reason I go to Chemistry class on Fridays is because it's demo-day." - Lazy Chem nerd.
IF THIS IS YELLING & this is talking... WnAt The DoL HeDoS This sOuN LiKeT
Chick-fil-A doesn't deserve a spot in our Underground.
FFA, I'm lonely... Why won't you ever text me back?
I'd like to give a big shout out to all the spiders not building their wabs at face level.
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To the intellect who likes diet root beer, I happen to find you very attractive. Maybe you'll give me a chance one of these days. Sincerely, your secret admirer.
Since when did they have FFAs during the summer break?
Is it wrong of me to look at all of these freshmen and say, "mmm... Fresh meat!"
Weekend Advice: Some of life's best lessons are learned while watching your drunk friends.
The good thing about the start of my junior year; I keep getting older and the freshman girls stay the same
I wish I would have learned my lesson the first time I threw up in my bed... nope.
Currently searching for new friends. Located near football stadium. Football season only. We will bring a table.
I move into my house, and two weeks later landlord hasn't put in a washer or dyer. So, on the first day of class, don't complain if my clothes stick
My mom found a medical mari-
juana lighter in her car, a car which
I recently borrowed. It's not mine, but
she's never going to believe that.
I almost didn't have cereal because it literally thought, "it's too much work to make." After waking up at 4 a.m. Taking lazy to new heights.
THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 2012
I haven't changed my Brita Filter in almost two years. At this point, I'm probably just polluting the water before I drink it.
IT'S SHARK WEEK.
Changes coming to The Daily Kansan
the microwave says, "Popcorn (one bag)" IS MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME AN OPTION?
I'm always feel like I'm trying to escape Manhattan when I leave.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAM
Kansan.com has a completely new look, making the website more navigable and interactive. The Kansan newspaper will now be distributed four days a week this semester instead of five: Mondays, Tuesdays, wednesdays and Thursdays.
The way you get news from The Kansan is changing a lot this semester.
In the absence of a Friday paper,
The Kansan will print a full entertainment-oriented Thursday paper instead, with more sudokus, crosswords and cryptopquigs.
Every surface in my car wants me dead.
Super bummed the Olympics are over. MORE RANDOM SPORT COMPETITIONS.
KANSAN.COM
The new website features a streamlined design, a section for
entertainment stories and a mobilefriendly platform.
It also includes a space dedicated to the opinion page's Free for All, with the option to send FFAs through text message or a comment box on the site. Students are able to comment on stories with their Facebook account as well as a Kansan.com account.
The redesigned website is a product of collaboration between web developers Tim Shedor and Andres Cruz, as well as the Kansan's advertising and news staffs.
"The website will provide an easier, more intuitive way to browse The Kansan's news," Shedor said. "It'll be mobile friendly." It will be more multimedia compatible. Browsing print editions will be more enjoyable."
The website also makes it easier for advertisers to appeal to the online readership.
EXPANDED THURSDAY
EXPANDED THURSDAY The Kansan has cut Jayplay and
Friday newspapers, but an expanded Thursday section will still give you a helpful guide to the weekend.
you a helpful guide to the weekend.
On Thursdays, look for entertainment stories, a weekend's worth of puzzles and a pull-out guide with a detailed weekend event calendar and weekly specials. It will also contain previews and guides to weekend sports.
To give suggestions or feedback on changes to the Kansan, email editor@kansan.com.
—Vikasa Shanker is a senior majoring in journalism, and is the managing editor.
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Making healthier eating habits for a new semester
Biting into a slice of warm, cheesy pizza and popping off the lid to a cold, bottled drink is the quintessential college lunch, dinner and sometimes breakfast, that I enjoy on a regular basis. Even while studying abroad in Paris this past summer, I found time for a pizza or two, and don't get me started on my "No Pastry Left Behind" rule.
It never hits me that I should watch what I eat until I'm cursing all the stairs on campus behind Malott leading up to Wescoe. This year is going to be different though. While I probably will never be one of those die-hard gym-goers, one who writes what they eat in a daily journal or takes handfuls of supplements every morning, I have started eating less of the bad stuff.
A world with low-sodium, zero grams of fat, and no preservatives has opened up to me. I now not only see the doughnuts in the Union, but the healthier options too. The wraps and shakes have been there all along, but much like the footnotes in my textbooks, I glazed over them. I mean if the author can't incorporate a description in the text, why should I bother? I had the same
reasoning with food. But if I learned anything from "The Colbert Report" and his description of Taco Bell's Doritos Loco Sacos as a brightly-colored traffic cone warning you of massive flavor ahead, it was that sometimes the first thing our eye is attracted to isn't always the best thing.
My grocery cart is now often-filled with yogurt, salsa, eggs, Cheerios, milk, salmon, broccoli, other healthy items and sometimes the occasional pint of 2nd St. Creamery ice cream (copper kettle caramel is the best with actual swirls of caramel). I don't like using the word "never," but I will never cut out all the bad stuff. I don't need to give up my pizza and beer nights, nor do I need to ignore the welcome invitation of online pizza ordering around 1 or 2 a.m., but I can do it less frequently.
good not to eat until you're stuffed. The French don't even have a phrase for "I am stuffed" because it does not exist in their culture. Here we indulge until our buttons pop off our jeans, and I was just as guilty as the next person in the drive-thru. But with less of the bad stuff I'm able to do more.
The same stairs that I used to curse, I run up them with ease to begin my evening jog on campus. I am not overweight, so I can't go on about how my life has changed, but I can tell you that I feel better.
Upon coming back from Europe, I learned that it feels
I may always have a borderline obsession with pizza, but I indulge less on my addiction. I'm a foodie with a wider variety of options and smaller portions because let's face it, when you start to ask the pizza guy if he can bring more peppers tomorrow, then you know you might have a problem. So like the French, I too have taken out the phrase "I am full" from my vocabulary and enjoy food just the same.
- Montano is a senior majoring in journalism from Topeka.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Employers check Facebook profiles
BRETT PHILLIPPE editor@kansan.com
If you take a look at our world today, social media is all around us. And one platform in particular that has taken the world by storm in recent years is Facebook.
Now, unless you have been living under a rock for the past eight years, you know of Facebook. Facebook is, for all intents and purposes, a social networking website that has infused various games and video technologies to allow the user to interact with friends and families.
With Facebook, you can do many things, like plan events, catch up with old friends and family and many other things. But it was not until recently that Facebook has gone from the type of site that our parents use to share pictures of a cat kissing an elephant (yes, it exists) to what it is today, a marketing and advertising tool to get noticed professionally on a personal level but also on a business level.
If you want to use Facebook for more than catching up with your old high school friends and help secure a future in our social media society, there are a few things you can do. First things first, stop posting pictures of you and your friends being drunken idiots and posting damaging statutes like saying, "rock and roll boys and girls, rock and roll." From a personal
standpoint, no one wants to see that anyway.
Professionally, companies can now take a look at your Facebook profile and use it to judge how hirable you are. In a March article, Forbes.com stated that the biggest red flags for not landing an interview are, "drugs, drinking, badmouthing former employers, and lying about one's qualifications". So, if you have any of these types of posts or pictures of you doing this type of activity, it may be time to take them down if you want to get a good job after you're done with college.
Another thing that you can do to make your profile look much more professional is to do a version of spring-cleaning. What I mean is that every six months or so, you should go and update your interests, goals, and other important info. The reasoning for this is to show that your interests reflect that of future employers as well as giving the interviewer a good representation of what you are about.
So, as we get this semester underway, remember to be smart with what you post, because once it is out there, it is out there for good, and you don't want a couple of photos or videos of you doing something stupid to deny you that first great job.
—Phillippe is a senior majoring in American studies from Keller, Texas.
CAMPUS CHIRPS BACK
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"stuck common"
The reason I'm excited can be summed up into three words "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" If that doesn't do it then you better get out...
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THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Members of the Kannan Editorial Board are Vikaa Shankar,
Megan Himan, Kelsey Capila, Megan Börberger, and
Jessica Jainas.
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