Brothers from another mother? Illegitimately probably. Seniors Fred Davis and DeJuan Atway give colorful insight to modern college problems and issues. Should you care? Good question. We'll let you decide.
DeJuan Atway
Back to school usually means back to the daily grind of classes and tests. But, since this is my last semester and, since ya boy spent his most of his break in summer school, I like to completely forget about tests and class for the first couple of weeks — or months.
New students should view college as a chance to escape away from the rules and regulations of the parental units. Returning students should view it as a chance to reunite with friends who they haven't seen in a few months, knock back a few adult beverages and soak up the atmosphere that Lawrence presents to its college residents.
By no means am I trivializing the importance of class, but don't neglect your other responsibilities, which are to embrace and enjoy the college life because once its gone, its gone playa.
Be easy.
As I enter my senior and final year here at the wonderful University of Kansas, I gotta say, I'm pretty excited. And no, it's not because I'm looking forward to the last classes I'll have with my friends or the crazy parties that are going to take place. No, it's because I'm ready to get the hell out of here and start putting some cheddar in my pocket.
Last time I checked, unless you played for Larry Brown, you don't get paychecks as a student. Sure the college experience is fun. You learn things about yourself, you make bad decisions and maybe you end up with a degree in four or five or six years, only to find out afterwards you hate what you're doing! All that for $50,000? And you're in debt for $25,000. Well, that's college.
Maybe you'll fail a class or two, wet someone else's bed (deny it though) or gain too much weight. It doesn't matter - it's college baby,and that what college kids do.
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pattern. There is no designated dance area. Just imagine how you would舞 in your room if nobody else were around. Now imagine 30 people around you doing the same thing. Anything goes — skipping, stomping, flailing your arms, shaking your shoulders, your hips, your head.
Between 20 and 30 people attend Martin-Eagle's Sweat Your Prayers session every Sunday. Mari Christensen, Lawrence resident, has practiced the 5 Rhythms for the past five years and regularly attends the sessions at Be Moved Studio. She enjoys the practice, she says, because life and expression come out in dance. It's a form of self-realization, she says. "I've
But it's all for one purpose, Martin-Eagle says: getting your energy and emotion to move. Because, he says, if you can get it to move, then you can get it to change. "Are you bored, embarrassed or pissed off? Then dance that way," she says. "If you're sad or angry or excited, that energy gets stored in the body. Experiencing movement helps people know things can change. It's like a jam session for musicians. It can be very cathartic if you know your instrument — your body — well. And that's what it is: faith in your body."
"MOST OF US AREN'T GETTING THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY TO EMBODY OUR EMOTIONS. WE GET PEOPLE WHO WALK IN AFTER A HARD WEEK, AND IT REALLY HELPS THEM REORGANIZE EVERYTHING." JONATHAN HORAN, A CORE FACULTY MEMBER AT THE MOVING CENTER IN NEW YORK
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always danced, but other forms of dance really don't take you to the core of dancing, which is an investigation of energy and how it interacts in the universe." Christensen says. "Sweat Your Prayers just intensifies the experience."
Globally, there are more than 100,000 practitioners of the 5 Rhythms, says Jonathan Horan, the son of 5 Rhythms founder Gabrielle Roth and a core faculty member at the Moving Center in New York, a studio dedicated to Roth's movement practices. There is also a Moving Center studio in California and one in the United Kingdom. Among the three studios, more than 200 people have been licensed and certified to teach the 5 Rhythms, Horan says. He attributes part of the practice's success to the bottled-up society in which many people live and work.
"Most of us aren't getting this type of opportunity to embody our emotions," he says. "We get
people who walk in after a hard week, and it really helps them reorganize everything."
Horan distinguishes between dancing at a club, which he says usually involves social intentions, and dancing the 5 Rhythms, which he says involves promoting personal emotions and energy without regard to a social setting. "You can dance as a performer or at a club, but this is neither," he says. "Some people inevitably perform, but they're not choreographed. People just let it happen."
The 'absence of confined emotions and regulations is just what some people need, he says.
The only two rules at the Martin-Eagle's. Sweat Your Prayers class are no talking and no dancing with your eyes closed. Talking focuses your attention on your intellect instead of your body. Dancing with your eyes closed can lead to a crazy injury. Other than that, you're free to gyrate, jump and move however you want.
DID YOU KNOW
On the list of America's Worst Cities for Allergies, Kansas City, Mo is ranked number 25 (Hartford, Conn tops the list). If you're one of the 50 million Americans with allergies, you might want to close your windows more tightly in your home or car and set your air conditioning to 'recirculate' so you're not getting air from outside.
Source: Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Being exposed to pets as a small child will actually strengthen your immune system for the future, causing you to be less prone to allergies.
Source: Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic and WebMd.com Marion Hixon
health tip of the week DOES IT TAKE YOU FOREVER TO GET READY IN THE MORNING?
Cut down on the time by washing your hair soon after waking up and towel-drying it. Let it air-dry while you get dressed and ready and then blow dry your hair. It's healthier for your locks and your hair will dry faster.
Source: American Institute for Preventative Medicine
Marion Hixon