--- Opinion THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY MAY 5,2010 WWW.KANSAN.COM PAGE 9A FREE FOR ALL To contribute to Free For All, visit Kansan.com, call 785-864-0500 or try our Facebook App. Wouldn't it be nice if KU tuition accepted 'I owe you's'? I wish March Madness extended through May so I would have an excuse to not study for my finals. --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. My friends and I went through everyone who lives on our floor and decided what kind of fruit they would be. Great night. Stop Day really stands for "Students Throw Outrageous Parties" Attention fellow KU guys: Say what you want about KU girls, but pumas and cougars are truly more fun. I have been sitting in between two st-st-st-st-stutterers all semester. My torture is nearly over. Free For All porn would be terrifying. --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. I lost my dignity. If you find it please return it. --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. I don't judge, but I'm really good at evaluating. I haven't seen you or talked to you in a week and it feels great. Dear chocolate s'mores, how I want you so. I just realized that 98 percent of my friends are gay. Coincidence? I effing hate it when the FFA isn't working! --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions. What's the difference between a pothead and a stoner? --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. May the fourth be with you! Happy Star Wars day! This is the first time I have been able to see the Free For All in almost two days. I was so not okay with that. --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. To the guy dressed as a jedi in the Underground: Obi Wan Kenobi is cool. Dressing like him is not. Sat in class next to a redhead named Abigail all semester and we're still not best friends. What the heck, Taylor Swift? --ing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. EDITORIAL BOARD Policy hurts student groups The Kansas Union has recently started enforcing a policy that hurts student groups. The KU Ceramics Club holds a sale every semester at the Union, along with students from the textiles and blacksmithing departments. This semester, they were told they would be charged $100 a day to reserve the space, and therefore had to cancel the sale. Small student groups, such as the Ceramics Club, cannot afford to spend $300 (for the three days the sale was scheduled for) of their profits on renting space. The rationalization behind this fee is that groups who are charging a fee or selling a product should put some of the money back into the Union. However, when it is a student group that is not making a considerable amount of money, they should be treated with special consideration. The Union is meant to serve the students. This rule not only hurts art students, but prevents other students from experiencing their work. Additionally, there will be more student groups that have to take their events to another location. Moving student events off campus will draw more people away from the Union. Tierney Cacioppo, a senior from Overland Park and member of the Ceramics Club, said the club thought about trying to hold the event somewhere else, but ended up having to cancel it completely. "This has never happened before," Cacioppo said. "It's tough to schedule a new event at the end of the semester." Some of the money from this sale would have gone to funding a trip to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, which the club attends every year. Gene Wee, coordinator at the Union, said. "There has been a clarification of when we do charge and when we don't charge for student groups and university departments." Wee said the rule had been in place for some time but in the past the group had not been charged by mistake. When the Ceramics Club asked why it was being charged this semester, unlike its last sale in Fall 2009, it was told lots of things had changed from last semester. The Union has not raised the rates to reserve a room, which is commendable, but this policy enforcement still needs to be amended. If the Union is going to start enacting a policy that has such a great effect on students, it should consider the size of the group and event. Though this might take more time and examination, it will be worth the effort because it is in the best interest of students. β€” Caitlin Thornbrugh for The Kansan Editorial Board EDITORIAL CARTOON A GOOD GUEST KNOCKS ON THE DOOR BEFORE COMING IN Nicholas Sambaluk FASHION Style imitation is no new thing In the 1930s, women made the majority of all household purchases. Therefore, they were the main target of advertisers. Among these women, going to the movies was a common pastime. The Hollywood glamour of the silver screen inspired these ordinary women to act like their favorite actresses. Logically, advertisers and filmmakers partnered up and used Hollywood actresses to promote items in films. Thus, product placement was born. Hollywood actresses became spokeswomen not only for products, but also for fashion. Much like today, many female audience members wanted to emulate their favorite actresses. The movie industry capitalized on this, by helping ordinary women identify with actresses. Women were encouraged to find actresses with seemingly similar personality traits and senses of style. For example, women who identified with Katherine Hepburn preferred to wear men's style pants and simple outfits. The sexy, bombshell type preferred to dress like Jean Harlow, in silky, sexy bias-cut halter dresses and bleached platinum blonde hair. Glamorous, sophisticated women looked up to Marlene Dietrich. Today, fashion is still inspired by what celebrities are wearing. Of course, a lot of red carpet glamour is too over the top to wear in the real world. Still, the iconic looks of actresses and musicians can be easily adapted into simpler, everyday versions. So which fashion type are you? BY ALEX ESPOSITO esposito@kakao.com The Lady Gaga: You like to say something with your outfit. When you arrive at the party, your unique style grabs everyone's attention. Gaga's ensembles are about organized chaos. Her clothes go against the norm, but she still looks put together and chic. To make Gaga's wardrobe work for you, aim for bold but classic. Find a standard look like a blazer, and Gaga-ify it by adding something three dimensional and sparkly to the shoulders. Don't forget to amp up your outfit with one of a-kind accessories. Gaga's look isn't complete without a pair of glamorous sunglasses and an outrageous hairstyle. β€”The Taylor Swift: Take it from Taylor herself: She wears high heels and you wear sneakers. Taylor is naturally gorgeous, has great confidence and doesn't need a lot of dressing up to look great. If your closet is full of comfy casuals, then you might best identify with Taylor. You also like to dress up once in a while, and when you do you look extra fabulous because of your natural beauty. It doesn't take a lot for you to look good; just show off your mega-watt smile. To embody Taylor's carefree beauty, wear simple makeup, let your hair down and don't forget your cowboy boots. β€” The LC: As much as we love to hate Lauren for being famous for nothing, she does have style. If you dress like LC, you like pairing classic with feminine, cute and preppy. Alone, the pieces in your outfit are pretty simple, but when paired together with some chic accessories you look like an instant socialite. To create LC style, look for simple solids such as a plain tank tucked into a high-waisted skirt. Simply pair this look with a cardigan and sophisticated accessories such as a charm necklace. Esposito is a sophomore from Overland Park in film and media studies and journalism. Whose closet would you most like to raid? Cast your vote on Kansan.com POLITICS A final curtain call for the Liberal Loudmouth I thrive on the angry comments posted online under my columns. Having spent the last few years putting my crazy left wing slant on various issues, the indignation is almost proof that I'm doing something right. But enough with the self-aggraandization β€” and by that, I mean more of it but in a more subtle manner. This is my last column for The Kansan, and there's a lot that needs to be said. The greatest thing opinion writers can do with their medium is get people talking while airing personal grievances about society. I think sometimes I succeeded. I think sometimes I was just trying to meet a deadline. No matter what the reason, everything that columnists write is inspired by a belief that something needs to be said. To try to be the person who decides what needs to be said takes a tremendous amount of ego. That's the one trait that every columnist, blogger or talking head has in common. There is nothing about any of our columnists that makes our opinions superior. Rather, we are the ones who think we can best express those opinions to the masses. Some people do it by being silly, some by being straightforward and some by being smug and occasionally a little abrasive. When you grow up in a state with politics typically opposed your own, you learn to get loud. When you find the overall political climate of the country skewing that way, you get defensive. And when you discover that society, no matter what it projects to be, is always in a state of conflict, you lose interest in ever shutting up. Liberal Loudmouth Since I first became a columnist for this newspaper, a lot has happened in the political world. Stars have risen and fallen: One-time Democratic Messiah John Kerry has faded into irrelevance (or the equivalent BY BEN COHEN Tea parties have gone from being games where little girls dress up and pretend to entertain guests to chaotic clusters of general fury about stuff that people pretend didn't exist when conservatives were the majority in Washington. And, in Arizona, racial profiling has gone from being a serious problem to an institution. for people who are still U.S. Senators); Glenn Beck has taken the job of televised vitriol dispenser to Olympian heights; John McCain and Arlen Specter have gone from being the only good Republicans in the Senate to a depressed burnout and a Democrat. The make-up of the partisan branches of the federal government have gone from overwhelming Republican to mostly Democratic. But, as can be expected from an entity comprised of several hundred people in expensive shoes, it still only gets a little bit more done without a lot of prodding. It doesn't really matter who's in office, what polls indicate, or even what policies are implemented at any level. There's always something wrong in society, and people are going to want to complain about it. My time at The Kansan is done, but there will always be liberal loudmouths around. They just won't be as good-looking as me. Cohen is a junior from Topeka in political science. Chevron gave the University more than simple energy LETTER TO THE EDITOR The performance contract implemented by CES at the University has produced more than $18 million worth of facility infrastructure improvements. Since 2004, CES has reduced the University's purchase of utility power, resulting in reduced carbon emissions by an average of 128 million pounds per year, which is equivalent to planting 2,735 acres of trees. In addition, CES has provided educational materials and internships to students and worked with faculty and staff to teach about energy through presentations, energy fairs and newsletters. I feel the readers of The Kansan should be aware that the editorial "Small steps, big effects" mischaracterizes the relationship between the University and Chevron Energy Solutions (CES). CES guaranteed energy savings of $1.5 million. Although the actual savings were $1 million, CES honored its contract and paid the energy savings shortfall to the University each contract year. This is the way an energy performance contract works, and CES fully performed its obligations. The original energy savings estimate was difficult to calculate, resulting in increased energy usage that needed to be taken into consideration when calculating the energy savings. Therefore, the University and CES amended the contract and mutually agreed on a fixed number for the energy savings shortfall because of the complexity of factoring in the University's building changes that impacted energy usage. CES continues to be a trusted energy management partner to the University by providing services that allow the University to review energy usage data every 15 minutes instead of on a monthly basis. In addition, energy savings will continue to be generated well into the future. Students, staff and faculty will continue to enjoy the infrastructure upgrades brought about by this partnership. -Jeffrey W. Williamson is the general HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR LETTER GUIDELINES Send letters to *opinion@kansan.com*. Write *LETTER TO THE EDITOR* in the e-mail subject line. Length: 300 words The submission should include the author's name, grade and hometown. Find our full letter to the editor policy online at kansan.com/letters. 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