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Girl! I think it's great that KU offers Yiddish, but I think it's because the Chancellor's son converted to Judaism.
Professor: Still, Yiddish in Kansas. It's great.
Girl 1: I really need a B in my chem class.
Girl 2: So are you gonna have sex with the teacher?
Girl 1: Well, he is about 70 years old. So... absolutely!
Girl 1 (on phone): Yeah, I think it'll really affect my grade dramatically.
Girl 2 (whispering to)
Girl 3: Did she just say "dramatically?"
Girl 3: Yeah, I think so.
Guy (on phone): Nah, man.
I don't have to go to class at all next week, so I ain't trippin'.
Girl: I was so excited about 4/20. I was even writing it all over my notebooks and doodling. Then I realized that I couldn't even celebrate it because I have so much shit to do. Dammit!
Girl (on phone): So I woke up this morning naked. My car was gone and I had no idea how I got home or what I did last night.
**Guy 1:** Is it true that that Wallflowers song "One Headlight" is about erect nipples?
**Guy 2:** I doubt it.
**Guy 3:** Well, it's just that in pornos I've heard people refer to erect nipples as "headlights."
**Guy 4:** Oh, yeah. I see it.
**Professor:** Oh look, I've found a dime. Did anyone lose a dime?
**Class:** (shakes heads no)
**Professor:** I'll just put it on the desk in case. (resumes lecture)
Dani Hurst
WHAT it's LIKE
TO WORK AT KU INFO
Do you know how many trees there are on campus? Lauren McCoy, Overland Park junior, does.
McCoy works at KU Info and says the job itself isn't difficult, and is more an exercise in resourcefulness than. in being particularly knowledgeable.
"It's not about knowing the answer to every question," McCoy says. "It's about being able to find the answers."
People most frequently ask about campus telephone numbers and because of their popularity McCoy has memorized many of the main telephone numbers, including those for the Bursar's Office, the Student Recreation Fitness Center and the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, she says.
08 ⇒ JAYPLAY 04.26.2007
Some questions are not as common, but McCoy is armed and ready. With the help of search engines like Google and Web sites like Wikipedia, McCoy quickly looks up answers online, making her job easier and more efficient than it would be without the Internet.
"Most of the questions are things that
people could look up themselves," McCoy says,
"I just get paid to look it up for you."
Having worked for KU Info for more than a year, McCoy has encountered bizarre questions including "how big is the average walrus penis?"
McCoy is only obligated to answer questions about KU and the campus, and never has to answer questions that make her uncomfortable. But, she says, she is willing to answer random questions as long as the callers aren't rude about it.
Just for the record, McCoy estimates there are about 18,000 trees on campus.
KU Info can be reached at (785) 864-3506 or online at kiufo.ku.edu.
Dani Hurst
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Becka Cremer