THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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TUESDAY, APRIL 19,2011
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apps.facebook.com/dailykansan Oh whiskey, I love the happy burning feeling you give me in my stomach.
I don't shower for two days; you say I'm beautiful. I take two hours to get ready; you don't say anything...
That's the thing, guys like natural beauty more (dressing up is nice every once in a while). Even if it's not showering for two days.
To the person who keeps putting spaces in the FFA, you are annoying and childish. Please stop !
Did I actually meet a classy interesting girl at The Hawk this weekend? I don't know if I'm happy or disappointed about this.
I forgot how much fun sober flirting is.
Football players in the Library? They must be really not understand what Club Anschutz is!
Or they just have shit to do like everyone else who goes there...
Give a little heart and soul! Let your body lose control
I'm already 21. YEAH!!!
LoveBeingOfAge.
This is Facebook. YEAH!!! #socialmedia #unnecessaryhashtags.
In physiology lab, a girl just got her own urine on her iPhone. I hope, for all of our sakes, that she doesn't become a doctor.
Sometimes I walk to a different building on campus to poop, just for a change of scenery (I get tired of pooping in Wescoe).
What type of bees make milk?
Boobies
O. K., so am I crazy or shouldn't the rent be split three-way once your roommate's boyfriend moves in...
'Peeping Tom' incident reminds students to stay alert
I went to Manhattan this weekend and found out all the rumors are true: it's crawling with cowboys and there are cows literally across the street from campus.
ity. Being aware of surroundings and taking note when something seems unusual are also ways to stay safe.
Erin Brown for the Kansan Editorial Board
Living in fear is not healthy or productive, but simply being aware and alert can make the difference between danger and safety. Awareness should not just be a priority this month, but should be on students' minds every day.
EDITORIAL
I think we should turn 14th street into a giant slip-n-slide on Stop Day Who's with me?
Sometimes a situation can seem normal, but suddenly turn dangerous.
As I was walking down Jayhawk Boulevard I saw a car trying to park with the back door ajar with nobody in the backseat at 8 a.m. Looks like that guy didn't miss the most important meal of the day...Beerfast
On campus security precautions such as cameras and card swipes are in place for protection, but without the attention and help of students, these mechanisms are useless.
Last week a man entered two different residence halls and then walked into restrooms and watched women shower. Police have since released photos of a suspect taken from a security camera and the investigation is ongoing. The police believe that the man entered the residence halls by "tailgating" or following another student into the building. This incident is just one example of how something as mundane as a person entering a building can suddenly
The smelly people need to stop coming into the Rec.
I would just like to point out that my write-ins for Student Senate were so awesome that the LJ World and UDK both mentioned them, but neither mentioned the same people.
become harmful.
April is sexual assault awareness month, and during this month students are reminded of safety tips and also the importance of speaking up to prevent sexual assault in our communities.
Awareness is key in preventing dangerous situations. Students should pay attention to the people they are letting into buildings, and not just residence halls, but any campus facil-
Luckily nobody has been assaulted, but it is a reminder to be vigilant and careful. Often times those who commit small crimes are also capable of crossing larger boundaries, and students should always be alert to suspicious behavior.
I've wanted cream cheese pizza for the last...nine hours. Damn you, summer beach bod dieting!
The unspoken motto of the Jackass franchise: it's not gay if you high five afterward.
Education and awareness are tools
of prevention. Knowing how and when to speak out against sexual assault as well as how to protect yourself and others can make a world of difference.
The argument to legalize marijuana is:
A fine one, because it should be legal! Lame, cliche, never going to happen. Medical marijuana should be considered.
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RELIGION
Educate yourself on Islamic faith to help stop Muslim prejudices
Since September 11,2001 Muslimim in America have constantly been targets to religious intolerance. One would think after 10 years the hype of Muslim terrorists would be over. I thought that today people were more educated about the Islamic faith and put aside their prejudices. I hoped Americans no longer took seriously the minority of people who burn Qurans and solicit hate speech toward Muslims. However, I have been sadly proven wrong once again.
On March 10, a congressional hearing took place to discuss Islamic terrorism within America in association with radical Muslims living in the U.S. The New York Times wrote that some people at the hearing portrayed Muslims to be a "community ignoring radicalization among its own." Witnesses testified saying things like, "Our children are in danger" and "Americans are sitting around doing nothing about radical extremists."
But what are Muslims here in America supposed to do about this issue? Aren't there radical beliefs in every religion that could lead to radical acts? It is disappointing that we have decided to single out Islamic radicals and Muslim communities once again. While it seems that Congress was split on the issue, the fact still remains that Islamic intolerance is still an issue in America.
This intolerance is spreading all over the world and has recently landed in France as well. On April 11, France officially banned the wearing of "full faced veils" in public. Muslim women, who wear the niqab for religious purposes, are outraged that they are being limited in expressing their faith. Once again, the Islamic faith is being targeted for Muslim radicalism that now threatens the French Republic.
BY ALLISON BOND abond@kansan.com
This intolerance toward the Islamic faith needs to be stopped here in America and abroad. It starts with us here at KU. The Muslim Student Association on campus works to educate the student body about Muslim identity. It is our job to learn all we can about what the Islamic religion is truly about and not base our opinions and thoughts on what the world is trying to tell us about a select group of radical Muslims.
Education can start with attending prayer at the Islamic Center of Lawrence mosque on Fridays at 1:30 p.m., attend events during the MSA Islam Awareness Week, take an Islam course through the department of religion or research on your own. Religious intolerance will not stop until prejudices can be put aside and individually we can start to move forward in our education of others. Perhaps eventually then, America and the world will become a place where freedom of religion is truly present.
COMMENTARY
Bond is a junior in religious studies and journalism from Andover
Look past the temporary for key to true, lasting happiness
Spring is here. After a long, cold, bleak and dark winter, the days are warmer, leaves and flowers are budding and everyone seems happier. As this happiness reases again in me, I renew contemplation of ancient Greek and East Indian understandings of what "happiness" really is.
The Bhagavad Gita devotes many verses to explaining how to lead a deeply happy and satisfied existence. This verse is key. We complain about the winter because it is too cold, but spring will always come to warm us again. We allow the coldness of winter — or the unbearable heat of summer — to affect our happiness. We leave our happiness at the mercy of the never-ceasing variances of life
The ancient scripture from India, the Bhagavad Gita, says: "The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed."
This verse makes me wonder why we are disturbed by winter at all. Yes, it is cold and gray. But the temperature sensations of the skin and the color sensations of the eyes although undoubtedly they can be sources of pleasure — are not the all-in-all. When we're really feeling happy and uplifted, it's for more significant causes, like being surrounded by people we love and care about.
This verse stresses that happiness and distress are impermanent. Yet it seems morose to say that happiness will never last and thus it shouldn't affect us. Actually the Bhagavad Gita distinguishes between two types of happiness. One is a passing emotion based on wealth, recognition, or pleasing our senses, and it forms the peaks of life. Unfortunately, the valleys of distress are as deep as the peaks are high.
The other kind of happiness is more fundamental. In Sanskrit it is called "ananda" which translates as "bliss." This is our natural state of existence. But because we're constantly looking for happiness in non-permanent sources of pleasure, and because we spend so much effort merely to avoid distressing situations, we lose touch with this bliss.
BY HANNAH SANDAL
hsandal@kansan.com
The ancient Greeks had a similar conception of two kinds of happiness. They called the lasting, permanent kind "eudaimonia." Eudaimonia roughly translates as "happiness," "flourishing" or "well-being." It encompasses more than just being in a good mood because life is going well. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle reasoned that full and lasting happiness is not attainable by merely accumulating pleasure, wealth or honor. In all of our endeavors we're actually seeking deep fulfillment and happiness, even if we're not aware of it. Our culture's idea of "happiness" — the feeling that comes when we get a new car — is a cheap reflection of what is actually available. But we have to figure out how to attain it.
We figure out how to attain it.
Greek philosophers charted a path to happiness using self-control, courage, justice, wisdom and compassion as the road signs. Plato wrote that it isn't about suppressing our desires for pleasure or wealth, but instead being in touch with what will provide real happiness. Someone without these road signs struggles against her own chaotic mind. The restless and chaotic mind, on its own, can keep us in constant distress. Similarly, the Bhagavad Gita also speaks of the mind as chaotic, striving in various directions and grasping at what it hopes will bring happiness.
Great teachers show another way: A happy life isn't about simply trying to avoid pain and distress while maximizing pleasure. With careful contemplation and inquiry, we will find the source of this deeper happiness. The more in touch you are with that source, external circumstances — and even severe misfortune — will be less able to rob you of your happiness.
Sandal is a third year law student from Baldwin City
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