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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
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Apartments offer more dining variety
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Food it is an essential for everyone. Students living in residence halls often eat differently than students who live off campus.
Students living in residence halls have limited appliances. Typical meals might be from a dining hall, eating out at restaurants or preparing dorm-room meals like Kraft Easy Mac, Ramen Noodles, or snack foods.
Sara Gentry, a sophomore from Shawnee, lived in a residence hall last year, and found herself spending money at restaurants because of the lack of appliances to make her own meals.
"When I lived in the dorms, I ate out a lot," Gentry said. "Mrs. E's was hard to eat at for every meal and only having a mini fridge and a microwave in the dorms made it hard to keep food on hand to actually cook and eat."
Danielle St. Amand, a junior from St. Louis, had more obstacles to deal with than just a lack of appliances, but she bought what she could keep in her mini-fridge and ate at dining halls.
"I didn't eat out too much because I didn't have a car to drive around anywhere." St. Amand said. "Most of my meals came from The Underground, Mrs. E's and the Studio because I could use my Beak 'em Buckes there."
Since there are many difficulties that go into cooking in residence halls, some students invest in snack foods. Gentry and St. Amand are among those students, as they both buy granola
bars, yogurt, cheeses, milk and microwavable foods.
Once students live in apartments or houses, they have the opportunity to cook better meals and buy different foods.
"I live with my sister and sometimes she'll cook dinner or I will. We usually cook every night, unless we have a night class or work, then I just eat the leftovers from what she made." Gentry said. "We usually just keep it small, with the main dinner and one side dish."
St. Amand found that living on her own also stops her from eating out.
"I cook for myself every day." St. Amand said.
"I like to make a lot of tortillas and pasta. Those are my two main meals that I make daily"
Students typically enjoy having the ability to make/customize and buy whatever they want, rather than limited foods from dining halls.
"You can buy bigger packages and not all the mini-microwavable food," Geentry said. "You get to choose what you want to eat and you can either spend a lot of time cooking dinner and making it delicious, or you can just throw something together really quick when you're in a hurry. There's a lot more freedom and you don't have to feel guilty when you don't use all of your expensive meal plans."
Edited by Dylan Lysen
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Cooking at home can save a lot of money as opposed to eating out all the time.
--win over the White team. Local media voted Heaps co-offensive MVP for the game.
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Students who live in the dorms usually have mini-fridges, but many of those fridges have a small freezer or no freezer at all. Most off-campus housing comes with a larger fridge that gives students more options for meals.
Junior quarterback Jake Heaps passes the ball during the second half of the Spring Game Saturday afternoon. Kansas 2013 season will begin on Sept. 7 against South Dakota.
I know, it was just a spring football game. Neither Heaps nor McCay have proven themselves.
But why not make the comparison?
The past three years have been a disaster for the Kansas quarterback-receiver duos. Last year, it was Crist and Kale Pick, and no wide receiver caught a touchdown. The year before that was Jordan Webb and Pick, which resulted in two touchdowns. In 2010, the duo was Webb and Daymond Patterson.
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The big-time combination has been drastically missing since Reesing and Briscoe, but that might soon change.
Heaps doesn't have the mobility like Reeing, but he certainly has the arm. McCay is lacking in speed, but he has a similar frame and athleticism as Briscoe.
Look, it's a long stretch, but the possibility is there and has time to develop with both being juniors.
We'll just have to wait and see it develop in the fall.
Edited by Allison Hammond
Kansas coach Charlie Weis said there were a couple of plays that Heaps could have executed better, but for the most part, the BYU transfer lived up to Weis' expectations.
"You've got to be encouraged when you watch him play." Weis said. "Strong arm, accurate, and knows how to read coverages."
Heaps' biggest target in Saturday's spring game was junior wide receiver Justin McCay, who shared the offensive MVP title with Heaps. McCay's eightceptions helped produce 99 yards and a touchdown for the Blue squad.
Heaps and McCay spent a lot of time this offseason working together and carried it over to Saturday for fans to see. McCay sat out last year, but will be an essential part of the lavahawk's offense in 2013.
McCay played in three games as a redshirt freshman at the University of Oklahoma in 2011, including one against Kansas. As a Sooner, McCay did not accumulate any statistics and still awaits his first catch in a college football game.
"What we need is a dynamic football player to go down and stretch the defense and make plays down field." Heaps said. "With him
Although McCay has yet to make a name for himself, he is already a key player as Heaps continues to be the leader for Kansas. The quarterback-wide receiver duo showed a lot of potential for this season in the spring game.
ing their teammates every Saturday and learning as much as they could before stepping into their shoes.
"It's a lot of fun to see him go out there and perform and play as well as he did," Heaps said. "Now we're going to expect that from him every single day."
Weis opted out of coaching in the spring game and scouted the team from the press box. He liked what he saw in the duo.
"I think one of the reasons why Jake had a big day is because Justin
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had a big day, and vice versa," Weis said. "One of the reasons Justin had a big day is because Jake knows where to throw and where he's going to be."
Like Heaps, he sees the new opportunity to go from being a quiet football player to being a big
McCay said after the game that Heaps "amazes" him in practices as the two have built a lot of chemistry and camaraderie this year.
contributor under Weis' offense.
On Monday, the players will visit doctors and trainers to check up on injuries. Later in the week, the players will watch the spring game and receive offseason evaluations from the coaching staff. The players will have meetings with their
"It definitely humbles you, McCay it said." It makes you more hungry when you get on the field. I'm just trying to compete.
position coaches on Wednesday and Thursday.
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The players will soon begin summer conditioning. The team will report for fall camp in August to prepare for its season opener at home against the University of South Dakota on Sept. 7.
Edited by Tara Bryant
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