GRAD CHECK
Each year students make the legendary walk through the Campanile, down The Hill and into the real world. We're here to check in on them.
Drew Baranowski
Graduated: Dec.2003
Age: 25
Hometown:
Overland Park
Degree: English
Today: Baranowski is student teaching junior/senior English at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village. He is also working on his master's degree in education at Avila University in Kansas City, Mo.
Changing circumstances:
Baranowski says the two most important experiences he's had since graduating have been
moving to Chicago for a year and having a baby. In Chicago, he worked for Hallmark in-store installation and product revision before moving back to KC and deciding to teach. His daughter, Elaina, is now 8-and-a-half months old.
Changing mind: "I've just really readjusted my priorities. I'm a lot more mature. I really have
concrete goals, I guess you could say, for my career and family."
Back in the day: "One of my favorite experiences that I remember from KU is when KU beat Missouri by like 40 points in basketball — and being on Mass Street when we made it to the final game. That was pretty amazing."
Frank Tankard
06➤ JAYPLAY 08.31.2006
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JULIE, JUNIOR
I'M STILL A VIRGIN, AND I'M AFRAID THE FIRST TIME I DO IT WITH MY PARTNER THAT I'LL COME TOO QUICKLY. HOW CAN I PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AND HIM LEAVING BECAUSE HE CONFUSES INEXPERIENCE WITH BAD SEX? JULIE, JUNIOR
Chris: You're either dangerously naïve or dangerously stupid. In either case, you definitely should not be having sex. Of any kind. I don't know what shows you've been watching or what books you've been reading, but premature orgasm is NEVER a domain of concern for women. And given the absurd nature of this question, I'll assume that you've never even heard of the phenomenon exclusive to females known as the "multiple orgasm." Seriously, given your complete ignorance of all things sexual, you should do your man — and society — a favor
and hold off on this whole intercourse thing until you've gained at least a rudimentary knowledge of how your plumbing works.
Niloofar: I'm sorry, come again? Actually, that's one thing you probably won't be doing. Or coming at all, for that matter. Only about 30 percent of women regularly reach orgasm by penile-vaginal intercourse alone, according to studies done in the 1950s by Alfred Kinsey, founder of the Institute of Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University. This means that unless your partner is a coital Casanova, the problem
you mentioned won't be a problem. So in a pre-emptive strike, I'm going to tell you what to do when you find you aren't screaming your lungs out in hallelujah-esque ecstacy: If you want him to uncover your buried treasure, you're going to have to give him a map. So show, don't tell. Well, not in so many words, anyway. That means every time you like, you moan. Every time you don't, you keep quiet. After a while he'll realize the difference between the sounds and the silence, and you just might be able to join the choir. If you can't talk to him about this, you shouldn't be sleeping with him anyway.
I JUST MOVED TO LAWRENCE FROM A SMALL TOWN IN WESTERN KANSAS, WHERE MY HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND STILL LIVES. WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE LONG DISTANCE THING WORK, BUT EVER SINCE I LEFT HE'S BEEN ACTING WEIRD. I'M AFRAID HE'S CHEATING ON ME NOW THAT I'M GONE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Chris: I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that your boyfriend probably isn't cheating on you. He's acting weird because he misses you, and he's scared he's going to lose you to some striped-shirt 4-Runner-driving business major before Halloween. The bad news is that his fear is justified. Women absolutely cannot cope with distance. Just being in different zip codes is grounds for breaking off a relationship and nailing the next halfway-attractive mammal that enters their line of sight. It looks as if you're already starting to feel the effects of the distance: paranoida, pestering phone calls, sluttiness. I'm just assuming the sluttiness, but
that's because of the most dangerous distance-induced effect an excruciating inability to tell the truth. And honestly, by this point, he's better off without you. The kindest thing you can do to save your boyfriend future heartbreak is to break his heart today. Just tell yourself that and never think about it again, and you should be fine.
Niloofar: Back in the day, when Dick got drunk and did the deed with some double-D ditz in his dorm room, it could take years before Jane ever found out. But thanks to Facebook, you can now check for incriminating pictures and "I love you baby! Call me! I had fun last night!" wall comments
KATIE, FRESHMAN
from sleazy hos at New School, U.S.A. OK, that borders on stalker and is beyond pathetic, so as cliché as it sounds, what you should do is just straight-up ask him. Now, don't ask him if he's cheating, because if he's not, you've just put an innocent man on trial, but do ask him if everything's OK between you. Tell him you've sensed that something's up lately, and you'd like to have a talk about it. If he doesn't want to open up, you can even make suggestions of the,"Is it maybe that you're feeling a little tied down because of our relationship?" nature. If that doesn't work, you can always hire the show "Cheaters" to catch him in the act on late-night UPN.