OPINION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Student-run committee helps bring 'Hawks home
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With University of Kansas homecoming this weekend, it's important for students to consider all of the events and the work put into them. Homecoming is unique in that it is a completely student-driven project. The homecoming committee, consisting of KU students only, raises the money and plans all of the events on its own.
When students think of homecoming, usually the first event that comes to mind is the football game. This year, the game will be even more exciting because of the huge Kansas versus Kansas State rivalry.
This may be an event to look forward to, but it's not the only fun thing to do during homecoming week. Among other events, the parade is on a Saturday this year.
This will be more convenient for students who have class on Friday afternoons. A mural display in Strong Hall, a pizza-eating contest, a Jayhawk Idol contest and a K-car bash are all homecoming
events happening this week. If none of these events strike an interest, the Web site, www.homecoming.ku.edu, has plenty more events listed in an easy-to-follow schedule.
Because the University's own students had the drive to take on such a big project for the University, it's important to show school spirit.
schedule. The homecoming committee has put plenty of hard work and time into planning another great year of festivities, so students should look up the Web site and take advantage of all the fun.
By coming out to the events, KU students can show their support for the University. It would also be a great thank you to the people who dedicated their time and effort to planning such a fun week for everyone at the University.
Keep supporting the tradition here at KU by attending as many events as possible and cheering the Jayhawks to victory this Saturday.
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In the Friday crossword, "elna" is spelled U-L-N-A, not E-L-N-A. How can I do the crossword when it uses missspelled words?
What's with the kid on the Don's Steakhouse commercials?
Doesn't it suck when you're running late to class and the free bus drives by?
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dozens of anti-Kerry chalkings. Here's a wacky thought: Instead of telling me why I shouldn't vote for Kerry, why don't you tell my why I should vote for Bush?
So, walking on campus today. I saw
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res; I would like to apologize to all the French foreign exchange students on behalf of the moron who wrote the hateful message to France on the sidewalk outside of Wescoe and the French department. Not all KU students are ugly Americans.
There's just nothing funnier than five frat guys showing up to a huge lecture hall and scanning the room, looking for a place where they can all sit together.
--res; I would like to apologize to all the French foreign exchange students on behalf of the moron who wrote the hateful message to France on the sidewalk outside of Wescoe and the French department. Not all KU students are ugly Americans.
Do these black pants make my cholesterol look high?
res; I would like to apologize to all the French foreign exchange students on behalf of the moron who wrote the hateful message to France on the sidewalk outside of Wescoe and the French department. Not all KU students are ugly Americans.
--res; I would like to apologize to all the French foreign exchange students on behalf of the moron who wrote the hateful message to France on the sidewalk outside of Wescoe and the French department. Not all KU students are ugly Americans.
I'm at the Union calling on a phone that you can only dial two numbers on, but it can dial the Free for All. Awesome.
My girlfriend just asked me if she should put the tape in before the automated programmed VCR records.
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If President Bush was to write an English paper, he would fail it because he has no evidence backing up any of his claims.
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Guess what I just realized? Bush kind of looks like the Lemonhead. You know those candies, the Lemonhead candies? Yeah, he looks like one.
It seems a little ironic that I had to park illegally to pay for my parking ticket.
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Will the real Kerry please stand up?
John Kerry and John Edwards believe that there are two Americas. I believe that there are two John Kerrys.
believe that these are the new skills.
When you think of it in those terms, Kerry's actions make much more sense. There is a more conservative John Kerry, and then there is a very liberal John Kerry. Sometimes one of them votes, sometimes the other one votes. Sometimes one of them debates, sometimes the other one debates. Sometimes, right before our eyes, one John Kerry changes places with the other John Kerry in the middle of a speech. It's very tricky.
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The first John Kerry voted for the war in Iraq and made clear that he considered Saddam Hussein a threat to national security. The second John Kerry called the Iraq war "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."
The first John Kerry said in the first presidential debate, "I'll never give a veto to any country over our security." The second John Kerry, in that same debate, said that any preemptive military action must pass "the global test," insinuating that any military action by the United States must have global support or else Kerry won't do what is necessary to protect the country.
The first John Kerry used the words "kill" and "attack" in the first presidential debate because, indeed, those actions are required in the War on Terror. The second John Kerry believes that the War on Terror needs to be more "sensitive."
VINCE MYERS
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The first John Kerry has said that the death penalty should be applied to terrorists. The second John Kerry has said he doesn't support the death penalty because, as he said in 2002, "I think it is worse to take somebody and put them in a small cell for the rest of their life, deprived of their freedom."
The first John Kerry told a newspaper in Iowa, "I believe that life begins at conception," insinuating a Catholic, pro-life stance. The second John Kerry has been present when abortion votes have come up in the Senate during the past 20 years, and he has voted for abortion rights each and every time.
The first John Kerry served in Vietnam and won several medals for his service. That is, presumably, the same John Kerry who "reported for duty" during his nomination speech at the Democratic National Convention. The second John Kerry accused Vietnam soldiers of war crimes and atrocities. It's the John Kerry who protested the war during the 1970s and threw away combat medals in a statement against
the war.
The first John Kerry is an intelligent man. The second John Kerry claimed he was in Cambodia on Christmas Eve, 1968, when President Richard Nixon had said that no troops were in Cambodia at that time. Not only was John Kerry not in Cambodia on Christmas Eve — he was several miles outside the border — but Lyndon B. Johnson was president at the time, not Richard Nixon.
So it's apparent that there are two often contradictory John Kerrys. I like the first John Kerry. The second John Kerry has his priorities backwards. I'm sure a lot of people like the second John Kerry and dislike the first. It seems to me that the best solution is to have another primary in which the American people can vote for their favorite John Kerry, and then that Kerry can run against George W. Bush in the general election.
Unfortunately, there will be no Kerry Primary. Upwards of 40 percent of likely voters support John Kerry. There is a chance that Kerry could win the presidency in 2004. But which John Kerry will take office? We won't know that until the votes are cast, the politicking is finished and one of the two John Kerrys steps forward to be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2005. Whichever Kerry steps forward that day, a lot of people will have been duped.
Myers is an Olathe freshman in pre-journalism and political science.
Slurin Jayplaymusicreview inappropriate,unnecessary
The Kansan would like to issue an apology. In yesterday's Jayplay, a writer used a racial slur in a Marilyn Manson music review. Though the writer intended this phrase to be a satirical reference to the artists Eminem and Vanilla ice, it was inexcusable.
Ahsan Latif, the writer of the review, said he did not use the phrase to malign or insult readers.
I included the phrase as a satirical reference to racist Manson fans who dismiss white rappers as cultural poseurs," Latif said. "I should have realized the slur I appropriated, because of its dynamic history, cannot simply fit into the limited meaning I intended. I apologize for its use and any offense its inclusion caused."
The responsibility for this error is not sole Lait's. The Jayplay editors, copy editors and proofreaders share the same responsibility to ensure quality writing for our readers.
In this issue's production, the editing process broke down. Steps have and will be taken to ensure this will not happen again.
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In addition, the Kansan will work with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and several student organizations to host a forum to discuss the issues, specifically the effects of racial slurs, intentioned or not.
Neil Mulke
Jayplay associate editor, senior
Leavenworth
Marissa Stephenson
Jayplay editor, senior
Tonganoxie
Ahanan Lautf
Jayplay music reviewer and The University
Daily Kansan columnist, senior
Lexington, Mo.
Soldiers displayed on lawn show heroism,notvictims
I was quite troubled by what I saw on display in front of Strong Hall yesterday. There on the lawn were the photos of the American soldiers who have died while serving our nation in Iraq.
Dear editors,
there when they died and had it not been by the grace of God, I too would be have been among the pictures.
I served with several of the men whose photos were displayed. I was
Evil exists, Pacifism is not an answer, it is simply a denial of reality. Evil seeks to kill and destroy good. Failure to engage and destroy the enemy, radical Islamic terrorism, will only result in far greater losses of life in the future. We can either allow our enemy to define the battlefield, — the USS Cole, U.S. embassies, and 9/11 — or we can define where the battle will be fought and engage the enemy there.
The 1050 plus soldiers and American civilians who have sacrificed their lives for this nation are heroes, not victims to be used in a thinly veiled political statement.
I believe unequivocally that these soldiers would be offended at being portrayed as victims. We must remember them as the heroes they are.
Captain John Hudson Civil Engineering Graduate Student Lawrence
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