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--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Having a girlfriend in college is like taking a PB&J sandwich to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
What is the most exotic thing I can grill?
From one fratster to another this weekend, "Dude, there's Everclear in the cupcakes!"
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
If you don't expect too much from me, I won't let you down.
I had a dorm-wide reputation of doing calculus drunk freshman year. This year's choice: O-chem.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Does anyone know of any abandoned buildings I could explore? Asbestos doesn't 603-789
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Summersaulting is definitely not utilized enough as an alternative means of transportation.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Is it too late to live out the entire plot of "Catch Me If You
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I've made a habit of stealing things from parties. It's fun.
Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
I really kind of want to throw a toga party.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Who wants to go on a bike ride?
Did I really use iTunes before I found Pandora? That was a mistake
I love it when I am the start of something viral.
Your love is my drug.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Boob spelled backwards is boob. That's science.
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Campus is so alive!
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
We survived another Kansas winter!
--programs for employees. The ability to stay on parents' plans give graduates more time to find jobs that would provide them with adequate coverage. It also takes away the stress and worry of what they would do if they were to get sick or seriously injured before finding a secure job.
Show support for health care, but still push for public option
EDITORIAL
Despite the much drawn out and controversial debate and the support of zero congressional Republicans, President Obama has signed a landmark health care reform bill into law. Students on campus should support this law, because, as a group, we will benefit from it.
But students should also express disapproval with the absence of a plan to create a public option as part of the legislation.
Dating back to Theodore Roosevelt, many presidents have attempted to pass some type of universal health care. The fact that Congress finally succeeded to pass a bill should be taken to represent the integrity of the legislation.
There are some key elements of this package that help most students here on campus. The main aspect that benefits students is "provision number seven."
According to healthcare.gov, this provision extends the coverage of people on their parents' insurance until the age of 26. This policy is set to take effect six months from now.
The ability for students to be able to stay on their parents' health care plan is a huge benefit, especially because some entry-level jobs don't provide health care
This would have given both employers and individuals the ability to decide between private health care and government health care.
Despite all of the benefits, the bill is lacking in one area: Creation of a public option.
A USA Today/Gallup poll reported that 52 percent of all Americans wanted a public option to be included in the health care provision.
Citizens should still have a choice as to what type of health care provider they want.
According to the 2008 U.S. Census, an additional 197,000 Kansans will be eligible for health care
under this new provision. This number is staggering and only underlines how unacceptable it was to have so many people without health care and without the opportunity or ability to receive it.
Overall, this piece of legislation not only helps students by keeping them on their parents' health insurance for an extended amount of time, but it also helps those who could not afford health insurance before.
Students should support the new health care package not just because it helps them, but because it serves the greater good of the country.
However, students should express their discontent with the lack of a public option by contacting our congressional representatives and encouraging them to support its inclusion.
Andrew Hammond for The Kansan Editorial Board
Information on the specifics of the health care legislation can be found at:
www.healthreform.gov
EDITORIAL CARTOON
NICHOLAS SAMBALUK
ETIQUETTE
Avoid sidelining friends during new conversation
It's a familiar situation college students face: You're at the library/bar/friend's house with a pal, when someone else approaches your friend. These two people begin a conversation about a topic that you couldn't possibly understand, such as a class or an inside joke, so you find yourself standing awkwardly, waiting for the chat to end.
Start with the basics: Introduce the two friends, and explain how you know each of them. If a friend has a professional title, be sure to include it when introducing him or her. Now everyone can be included in the conversation without feeling like he or she is interrupting.
Not to say your friend is entirely at fault. We all have times when we get excited about bumping into a friend and may temporarily forget about the company we were already with.
But, this doesn't mean that proper etiquette should be entirely disregarded. A quick "hello" is fine, but if a discussion ensues, someone is bound to feel like the odd man out. How do we keep both friends feeling comfortable, even if they've never met before?
For more formal occasions, etiquette experts recommend introducing the lower-ranking person to the high-ranking person. For example, I would introduce my friend to my grandmother, an acquaintance to a professor or a lower ranking professional to a more seasoned one.
BY RICHELLE BUSER
Some etiquette experts insist on shaking hands, making eye contact and standing with legs shoulder-length apart when being introduced to someone. All of that is completely acceptable, but if it feels a little stuffy or if the introduction is casual, then a smile, head nod or wave, accompanied with, "Hey, what's up?" will do the trick.
Uncomfortable moments after introductions usually spring from conversation topics. Try to avoid subjects that would exclude someone. Naturally, we all want to talk to acquaintances about things we have in common, and sometimes
that can involve a specific professor or shared activity that doesn't apply to the third person. Talking about these things isn't off limits, per se. But, it is important to make a point to keep these discussions short or attempt to include the person who isn't involved. Take for example:
"Yeah, Professor fill-in the blank is totally impossible. Katie took Western Civ at Neosho instead. Katie, didn't you say it was much easier?"
Just like that, the transition has been made from a topic shared between only two people to a topic that everyone feels engaged in. Now no one is left out, and the conversation has become more universal.
If you are the one meeting a new person, be sure to acknowledge the introduction again when you are ready to make your exit. This could be something as simple as, "It was nice meeting you, fill-in-the-blank. Have a great day"
Above all, etiquette is about making other people feel comfortable. Introducing people and being polite is an easy way to do just that.
Buser is a senior from Columbia, Ill., in journalism.
RELIGION
Hidden motives in crusade on justice
Glenn Beck of Fox News has managed to absolutely mortify and demolish any remaining faith I had in the human race with one fell verbal swoop.
God Beyond God
He goes on to say that social and economic justice are code words that have malevolent ties to communism and Nazism.1, however, have never heard of any religion or been to any religious service that didn't emphasize social and economic justice in some way.
"I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church website. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes! If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish." Beck recently said on his talk show.
"If it's my church, I'm alerting the church authorities: 'Excuse me, what's this social justice thing?' And if they say, 'Yeah, we're all in that social justice thing' — I'm in the wrong place."
What then is this "social and economic justice" Beck is so concerned about? Is it simply holding an annual fundraiser for the needy around the holidays, or is it something more? Perhaps when Beck refers to social justice, he is referring to caring for the poor and needy or the demand for human rights seen across the globe. From the Mosaic law of Jubilee, to the Hebrew prophets, to the message of Jesus of Nazareth, social justice is shown to be an integral part of God's plan for mankind.
Beck continues to say, "Nowhere does lesus say, 'Hey, if somebody asks for your shirt, give your coat to the government and have the government give them a pair of slacks." Yes, Mr. Beck, the Bible doesn't say that. However, it does say: "I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor," in Psalms 140:12.
BY SHAUNA BLACKMON
shackmon@kansan.com
The Bible also says: "For You have been a defense for the helpless, a defense for the needy in his distress." in Isaiah 25:4.
Beck is letting his fear of big government and, God forbid, helping others beyond his insightful television program get to him.
The three Abrahamic religions — Islam, Judaism and Christianity — some of the largest in the world, all have an immense focus on helping others.
Beck has seemed to start a fight with founder and editor of the Christian magazine Sojourners, Jim Wallis. In response to Beck's rally for Christians to leave their church, Wallis suggested that, instead, Christians leave Beck. This is an idea that more people should heavily consider.
Blackmon is a junior from Olathe in journalism.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Concealed carry is a simple matter of personal safety for students
In response to a fairly biased article and an editorial that lacked much substance, I'd like to reply to the issue of concealed carry on campus. First of all, I think it is important to understand the requirements for getting a concealed carry license. The applicant must be 21 years or older, take a class from a certified instructor and have no record of certain criminal activity. The entire list can be found on the Attorney General's website.
Virginia Tech is an excellent example of why gun-free zones don't work. However, mass shootings aren't the only reason people want to carry.
For every gun accident, which is usually the result of irresponsible use, there are thousands of responsible gun owners. These people have properly and safely checked their weapons to make sure they are clean and in good working order. In all likelihood, these guns will never be pointed at another person.
Another reason is simple personal safety; walking on or near campus after the sun has gone down can be very dangerous.
Concealed carry isn't about being a vigilante, and you will find very few CCH holders who believe that. Carrying is about personal protection.
In reality, most who carry concealed have much more training than the minimum required by the state. These people know there is great responsibility attached to carrying a concealed weapon.
Most importantly, one needs to understand that CCH on campus will not create an atmosphere of fear because you will never see a gun. People have been carrying concealed in Kansas for three years and public space has yet to turn into the streets of the Wild West.
Kansans, including many people in their 20s, have been safely and responsibly carrying for a long time. I have no doubt that if this bill goes through, the atmosphere on campus will remain exactly how it is today.
If you don't fear those who carry off campus, you have no reason to fear them on campus.
Dillon Barnes is a sophomore from Maple Hill.
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