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--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
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--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I can no longer focus on midterms because of my sexting addiction.
So please stop texting me only when you want homework
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I spent the last 10 minutes formulating an argument for why I should be a snowflake in my next life. Sorry, English
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I keep making dumb faces to my computer, and then I realize people can still see me.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
Sometimes i wonder who half of these kids had to sleep with to get into college.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
Your Facebook albums are like a timeline of all your bad relationships.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
After this last weekend, I think I found the holy grail: my "Jayhawk Liver" 'Bring it on Fall break'
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I graduate on May 22. On May 24 I'll be in Florida, at the Harry Potter theme park. With my mom. Ah, childhood.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
Saw two parking people ticketing side-by-side, and a third one towing a car. The Rec is a hotbed of parking violators.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
Girls with really tan feet and painted toenails freak me out.
Thank God for laws against marrying your siblings! My boyfriend's sister is obsessed
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
Vera Bradley is the Lisa Frank of college girls. *barf*
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I accidentally told my boyfriend in my sleep that I love him...
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
To the 19 squirrels who are sitting in a circle on my front lawn: What are you planning?
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I'll preggo your eggo. ;-)
I don't think wearing K-State attire around KU is the best decision any week. Just saying.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
I really hope they lower the credit-hour requirements. It would save me from having to stay in school an extra summer. Petition anyone?
--about the search for a new athletics director (particularly, why the committee for the search includes no students; she said she believed student athletes would not have the time to commit to the lengthy election process) and one question I thought was particularly poignant — about the dangerous drinking culture on campus.
ON-CAMPUS MEDIA
Chancellor's newsroom visit welcome, successful
I was proud to learn the University's top administrator is proud of The University Daily Kansan.
"I think we have a good paper." Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said after I asked her thoughts on student-run media.
Gray-Little visited our new (as of this summer) multimedia newsroom in the Dole Human Development Center for an informal question-and-answer session Friday afternoon. To my delight, she asked us as many questions as we asked her.
She asked us for a tour and an explanation of our on-going, not-always-flawless-but-greatly-improving process of blending broadcast, print and online. She met our advisers and heard about the daily cycle of work we put into the media serving this campus.
I greatly appreciated her interest in our pursuits as journalism students through our work in this newsroom. I appreciated even more her openness to allow us to ask her questions.
Reporters and editors asked her about her day-to-day schedule,
Editor's Notes
BY ALEX GARRISON
anarrison@kansan.co
In a manner of speaking I greatly respect for its honest politness, Gray-Little responded, "（The culture) is so pervasive, it's very difficult to prevent and sometimes leads to tragedy," Gray-Little said.
And this points to what I particularly appreciate about the chancellor: She acts as politician but speaks as person.
reporters to set up the exchange. This kind of transparency is a trait we journalists enjoy and appreciate from our leaders.
She was friendly and open, having reached out to one of our
Just as I hope to encourage open communication between Kansan readers and writers, I am excited by the openness shown by the University's administration.
I thank the chancellor again for her time and openness to us. I encourage all students to contact her office directly with any questions or concerns.
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Garrison is editor-in-chief of The Kansas and a senior from Kansas City, Kan., in journalism and Arabic and Islamic studies.
CARTOON
USED TO BE POST-PARTISAN. ...NOT ANY MORE...
NICK SAMBALUK
NOW I'M POST-POST-PARTISAN.
GUEST COLUMN
Is centrism the new radicalism?
The military could become the biggest funder of Green Technology in America. The military is requesting bids for additional battle-tested renewable energy research.
On Oct. 4, the New York Times reported that the military, concerned by its dependence on foreign oil, is going to be deploying a unit of Marines who will survive on renewable technology. They plan to use solar-chargers for the communications equipment; solar-shaded tents to provide shade and electricity; and energy-conserving light bulbs.
The reason this news is so fascinating is because it is ironic: The military, usually associated with conservative Republican values, is hell-bent on using green energy, the symbol of liberal Democratic progressivism, to wage its wars more efficiently.
Perhaps there is a solution: Synthesize both Republican and Democratic ideas. Instead of yelling at each other, maybe we could sit down and calmly discuss how the military could secretly subsidize the entire environmentalist cause of renewable energy. That way the
This all speaks to a larger issue that America faces today: neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have any good ideas anymore. We see the stress this is causing our country in the polarization of politics that we are witnessing today.
The message:"Republican" entities can fund "Democratic initiatives. And, equally,"liberal" ideas can make "conservative" ones work better.
It was a question that a lot of moderate Republicans—the kind who don't understand how the Republican Party, the party of small government, personal liberty, and self-reliance, became the party of Big Government Conservatives, the Patriot Act and Medicare Part D—are asking themselves these days.
The military is not the only organization catching on to this idea. It is everywhere. Last week Thursday, at a Spark M. Matsunaga Center for Peace Studies panel discussion on torture at the William S. Richardson School of Law, Col. Larry Wilkerson, a former Colin Powell aide and fierce critic of the Bush Administration's Enhanced Interrogation policy (he called it torture) was asked this simple question:
Republicans will not get angry that we are subsidizing the renewable energy industry and the Democrats will not get angry that we are spending too much on the military.
"Why be a Republican at all? Why not just be a Democrat?"
"There isn't a whisper of difference between the basic domestic and foreign policies of the presidents of either party for the last 60 years. I don't think it matters anymore that you're democratic or republican, because neither really has, or seems to have the answers, or if they have the answers, the courage to execute...
And Wilkerson had an answer.
"There's a radical thought that the center is now radical. In fact there are a couple of think tanks in Washington that claim the radical center, because that is the radical
thing to do these days; not be Rush Limbaugh and not be Nancy Pelosi," said Wilkerson.
One week later I attended a talk on immigration put on by the Federalist Society at the WSRSL. The speaker, Dr. James Jay Carafano, identified himself as an independent and he worked for the Heritage Foundation, which is the official Conservative Think Tank of Washington, D.C.
I expected the speaker to be a radical, ranting conservative yelling about Mexicans taking their jobs and securing the border. What he turned out to be was a perfectly sensible independent who said that "securing the border" never works and that we really need to secure the Mexican economy if we want to reduce the amount of Mexican immigration to the United States.
Is it possible that centrism could be the new radicalism? Would the center be radical enough to suggest that the Military use Green Technology to more efficiently fight its wars? Would it be centrist to suggest that Teacher's Unions are actually hindering education reform all across the country? Could it be centrist to suggest that immigration is a more complex problem than just installing a border fence?
The time has come for a new wave in politics. Maybe it will be called the Radical Center. Whatever it's called, I hope it's smart enough to give our troops machines that can convert readily available plant life (read 'poppy seeds') into bio-fuels.
- From UWIRE. Sam King for the Ka Leo O Hawaii at The University of Hawaii-Manoa
FASHION
Even established style rules should be broken
Fashion designers are constantly breaking
Fashion designers are constantly breaking established fashion rules to be unique and make a statement. Some fashion faux pas should never be broken, but bending some of these historical rules and taking style risks creates an opportunity for you to have fun with your wardrobe.
Rule: Don't mix patterns
irns rule is no longer stricty enforced, but it's still valuable. Pure white clothing looks out of place with the warm oranges and reds of fall or stark grays of winter. Wear white sparingly in months with dreary weather, or choose an off-white or cream to compliment dark seasonal tones. Certain seasonal pieces can look stunning in the cooler months, such as white fur accessories or a white scarf and mittens. If the piece's style fits the season, it will work in white.
Wearing multiple articles of clothing with different prints at the same time is difficult to make chic, but it is achievable. If the differences aren't too extreme, and you can find a unifying element, they can work together. The fashion magazine Harper's Bazar suggests two patterns that work well together are floral and ikat.
Rule: No white after Labor Day
"The trick here is to make sure the contrasting patterns are complementary in color," the magazine said on its website. "So if the floral is navy and pink, the ikat should be too. If the colors are too divergent, the look will turn to the chaotic."
Rule: Undergarments should be invisible
This is a rule to stand by. One day while walking up the stairs in Strong Hall, a student in front of me was sagging. Needless to say, I did not appreciate his underwear in my face. "Sagging," or wearing your pants low enough for people to see your undergarments, has
BY ALEX ESPOSITO
aesposito@kansan.com
been out for a while and is just obnoxious.
Some people may enjoy getting a sneak peak of what's going on under your clothes; visible pant lines and thongs peeking above your waistline are cute, but there is a line. Wearing a vibrantly colored bra under a light colored shirt is tacky, not sexy. A current trend is wearing a lace or sheer shirt over a solid, dark colored bra. As long as you're wearing a bra that fits well, this look is fine for going out, but that's the only time it's appropriate.
Rule: Don't wear socks and sandals
Wearing socks with sandals is a famous fashion faux pas. But lately, even sophisticated brands like J Crew and Urban Outfitters are dressing models in colorful socks with flats, wedges and even heels. This trend is fun but tricky to pull off. Harper's Bazaar says socks and sandals shouldn't be worn with evening wear, but the right outfit can make it work for day.
"Think cropped pants and a bootie or a midcalf dress with a high sandal," the magazine suggests. "Keep the palette neutral so the effect is chic rather than shocking."
The rules of style are meant to be broken. Use them as guidelines, but remember to never allow anything to restrict your wardrobe creativity and always wear whatever you feel the best in.
Esposito is a junior from Leawood in journalism and film
Responses to the news of the week on Kansan.com
Chatterbox
"Bible literalists would have such an easier time living in America if they stopped to ponder sometimes. I think the story of Adam and Eve informs them that knowledge is evil. It is the knowledge of good and evil that cast humans out. Not knowledge in general. Before we left Eden (in their theology) - we had no morality. That is the primal state religions based on the Bible are hoping to obtain - no morality. Sounds like they want natural selection to have effects on genomes!!!!!"
— "Metacognition" in response to "Evolution should be litmus test for public office" on Oct. 11.
"What I do realize is that there are some serious problems with capitalism: the externalization of market costs onto society and the environment, the uneven geographic development of the world (we have exported our manufacturing to countries that have lax labor laws in order to maximize profits. Under the profit motive, our interests are in preventing the development of "developing" countries because they are the only ones which create the cheep products that are key to our consumer society), the emergence of concentrated poverty in urban cities that make equality of opportunity a joke, and the devaluation of human life to nothing more than quantifiable number (a cog in the economic machine, if you will)."
— "Treystaff" in response to "Students form group for KU socialists" on Oct. 6.
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