rock on 05 take the stage and show your stuff
I knew a boastful Final Four phone call to my dad wouldn't improve our relationship, but I did it anyway. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
editor's note
My dad is a proud graduate of Kansas State University. He gets that nostalgic smile and those wistful, faraway eyes at any mention of his alma mater, be it Agieville, Michael Beasley or farming equipment.
Despite all this, I know my dad is proud of what I've accomplished in college, and though I'm sure he wouldn't even eat off a paper plate with a jayhawk on it at my graduation party, he understands that I chose KU because it was the better school for me.
He took my brother and me to many a K-State football game when we were younger. Neither of us took the bait. Ever since I became a Jayhawk four years ago, my relationship with my dad hasn't been quite as easygoing as it once was.
Read Peyton's personal essay on page 19 about a more serious father-daughter clash and how she learned to deal with her father's disapproval and its roll on their relationship.
- Megan Hirt, associate editor
When I ask for money for something college-related, it always takes him a few days to bring himself to write a check to the University of Kansas. I don't discuss KU sports with him, and I now realize that he leaves the room when I watch a KU game not out of disinterest, but because he's cheering for the other team. Whenever he's in Lawrence, he cops a
defensive, suspicious demeanor, as though he's treading on enemy territory.
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR●PETRIE Megan Hirt
EDITOR LITTLEFOOT
Dani Hurst
DESIGNERS*SABER-TOOTH KITTIES
Brenna Hawley
Bryan Marvin
CONTACT •HELP YOURSELF
Jessie Fetterling
Gina Souders
PIANALU*DO IT
Peyton Baldwin
Josh Patterson
Dianne Smith
HEALTH⚡GOOD FOR YOU
jeff Briscoe
Kaitlyn Syring
NOTICE •TAKE NOTE OF IT
Chris Bell
Rebekah Scaperlanda
Elise Stawarz
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
KNOWS A LOT
Carol Holstead
WRITE TO US
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interesting fact: The giant orthoconen was the top predator 460 million years ago. It had living tissue at one, end of a very long conical shell,and had no fins or tail. animals.nationalgeographic.com
AERILS, 2006