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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
SHARING STORIES AND FORGETTING TIME
Shirts and dresses shouldn't be confused
When two fashion fads arise, mistakes can be embarrassing if they're combined
The mini-dress swept the fashion scene this summer after several high profile stars, such as Lindsey Lohan and Sienna Miller were seen gallivanting around Los Angeles in their super chic, barely-there dresses. Fashionistas stormed the shelves buying up all the mini-dresses in the country, hoping to pair them with cute flats and fancy jewelry in order to cause a jaw-dropping reaction in their boyfriends and impress their girlfriends.
The only problem with this new fashion trend was that the short dress became popular right after the long shirt, causing a chain reaction of confusion and chaos. You all remember the long shirt, a hippie-like trend in which women paired a cute pair of jeans or leggings with a long-flowing shirt. Well, when
The beautiful thing about a stunning short dress is that it covers enough to be tasteful, but it's still sexy. A great pair of legs
short dresses arrived on scene many people thought they could kill two birds with one stone by passing off their long shirts as short dresses. This is a grave misunderstanding which has plagued the bar scene in Lawrence, leaving fashion victims strutting their stuff thinking that they're wearing a dress, when in fact, they are wearing a shirt.
can be a woman's greatest physical asset, but when your dress is showing too much skin, no one notices how great you look; they're just thinking about what a tramp you look like.
It's a good thing to leave a little something to the imagination, if you know what I mean. And if you think that no one will notice that your dress is a shirt, you're wrong. Pretty much every girl in the bar is probably talking about how embarrassing it is that you thought your shirt was a dress. Even the next week when you go out and buy a really cute outfit to try and redeem your long shirt fiasco, the incident will haunt your nights out forever.
I once heard a guy say, "Hey,
that girl over there is pretty
cute."
A different girl at the bar overheard him and said, "Ew, last week that girl wore a shirt as a dress."
The guy said, "Really? Gross,
what a loser. Hey, wanna make
out?" And then they did.
It's a sad story, but the question of whether it's a dress or a shirt should never be asked. The answer is simple. If you have to ask the question, then you should already know the answer. A dress will always obviously be a dress, and anything else falls under the category of a non-dress, and therefore should never be worn as a dress. So please ladies, keep your shirts as shirts.
Simmermon is a Leawood senior in journalism.
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Why didn't someone tell me I that Corbin Hall is full of stupid sorority girls? I hate being stared at as I walk to the bathroom because I'm not short, skinny and blonde. I need a friend in Corbin Hall.
SIX YEARS IN UNDERGRAD
Leave Corbin and come to Mc Collum!
Ah, family weekend. A time to reacquaint yourself with your parents. A time to forge a new bond as an independent adult. A time to get your siblings really, really trashed.
next to the other team's huddle.
Why stick the Rock Chalk Dancers in the end zone when they perform? I say we put them right
I saw a bicycle get pulled over by the KU police. Is crime really THAT low?
What will it take to convince my dorm mates that the showers are not oversized urinals?
Hey guy who randomly slept in out house last night. Thanks for leaving a note with your number on it! We now know who to press charges against! Oh, and thanks for the honor.
Someone, please date me.
Unless you play basketball or
football no one cares about how hard athletes work at a sport. No one watches.
for the beer too.
We are all connected whether we like it or not. We must forgive others for what they have done. Promote world peace!
Freshmen girls, I'm a lonely sophomore guy who needs some lovin' . I think you should come pay me a visit.
My friend just went to the E.R. because he got a shard of glass through his ass from mooning a window.
Free For All, I just want to use
your love tonight.
To my boyfriend, you just smashed my heart into a million pieces and didn't even notice.
Where is my knight in shining armor? Oh that's right, real men don't exist anymore.
To that guy who rode my ass for two blocks last night: next time I'll slam on my breaks to wreck your precious car.
I saw a guy on a bicycle get pulled over this week. It was awesome.
Shun the non-believers!
University's character rooted in traditions and the student body
From the Rock Chalk chant to Wescoe Beach, the KU experience unites us and makes us who we are
BETSY MCLEOD
There is a phenomenon in Lawrence that is only felt by those who actively participate in the academic pseudo-city known as the University of Kansas. It is first noticeable in August, inaudible and faint, like a whisper through the trees on the 950-acre campus as Mount Oread sleepily awakens from its summer hibernation.
A weak pulse is detectable on the hill, a sort of buzzing anticipation for the new school year to begin. Every day it grows stronger as the bookstores repeatedly run out of textbooks and the streets become crowded with U-Hauls and stuffed sedans. The quiet anticipation boils into hectic excitement as freshmen pour into the dorms, juniors scramble to declare their majors and the parking department kicks into high gear, ticketing cars that have parking passes on the wrong side of the windshield. Classes start. Wescoe Beach becomes flooded with charity drives, KU organization promotions and Bible-waving religious fanatics. Suddenly KU has a heartbeat, rhythmic and familiar, pulsating through everything on campus. If you stand still for a moment you can feel it; the crimson and blue blood that runs through the veins of the hill, fueling the University like gasoline on a fire.
This phenomenon is what has been come to be known as Jayhawk Spirit, but be cautioned not to confuse it with Homecoming Fever or March Madness. No amount of face paint or pom-poms can equal Jayhawk Spirit, and while the blood drives and t-shirts do contribute to the heartbeat of KU, they are not what keep it steadily beating. The life of the University lies in the loyalty and nostalgic affection of the students, professors and staff that call it home.
Historically, the term Jayhawk signified the ruffians that fought to keep Kansas a free state during the Civil War. According to KU Traditions, the name was coined from combining two birds, "The blue jay, a noisy, quarrelsome thing known to rob other nests, and the sparrow hawk, a stealthy hunter." Anyone who has been to a game at Allen Fieldhouse or stolen a keeg off of a back porch can identify. Our mascot first appeared in 1886 in the famous Rock Chalk chant, and suddenly Jayhawk Spirit was born.
What strikes a beat into the
heart of KU is that feeling of fierce pride to be a Jayhawk, that feeling of protective anger when some ignorant fool insists that Aggleville trumps Massachusetts Street. True Jayhawk Spirit is the awe and respect that floods your body when you lay eyes on Watson Library for the first time, and that warm feeling of homecoming when Fraser Hall rises out of the western horizon bove K-10.
Jayhawk Spirit was built on principles of determination and loyalty, and true Jayhawks fight for what they believe in with unwavering fervent allegiance. For more than 150 years, thousands of young adults have been filled with the pulse of KU. It's here that Jayhawks are born and bred, permanently marked with the brand of a mythological bird that crushes Wildcats and conquers Tigers. In our years here we meet soul mates and lovers, future ex-trophy wives and baby daddies. We make friends, break ties and set the mold of our future selves, all while building these characteristics that set us apart from other Universities.
It's senior year, and as my time at KU inches towards a (relative) close, I find myself desperately clinging to this familiar heartbeat, knowing that even if I do take another two years to graduate, I will inevitably have to leave behind this institution that has become my home and venture out into the real world.
Time went so fast, and although I've always considered my self a full-blooded Jayhawk, it wasn't until this year that I really understand what that meant.
Think about it, and the next time you're with the rest of the crowd in Memorial Stadium, stand proud to sing our Alma Mater, because it's up to those with true Jayhawk Spirit to keep the meaning of Mount Oread alive.
All together now;
Far above the golden valley,
Glorious to view.
Stands our noble Alma Master
Towering towards the blue.
Lift the chorus ever onwara, Crimson and the blue Hail to three, our Alma Maer
Hail to old KU.
McLeod is an Overland Park senior in journalism and Middle Eastern Studies.
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