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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006
One particular post-graduate profession is growing significantly at the University of Kansas: The Peace Corps. Fifty-two KU alumni are serving in locations around the world, making the University 18th in the nation among large colleges and universities with graduates who join the Peace Corps. The University previously ranked 23rd in 2004 with 41 volunteers. In 2002 the University did not rank.
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To the University's credit, it has made the largest jump in ranking among its group in recent years.
We congratulate the volunteers for contributing to this impressive ranking. It's not an easy endeavor to travel to a remote part of the world and work for 27 months on a very limited stipend. In doing so, these volunteers make a considerable difference in the places they are assigned and also have a chance to learn a new language, live in another culture and develop practical working skills.
The success of the program's recruiting in Lawrence can be credited to a number of people and organizations on campus. In particular, Betty Baron, Peace Corps coordinator at KU, has been instrumental in recruiting volunteers for the Peace Corps. Since she began working at her position in 2001, she has worked durelessly to encourage and inform students. Provost David Shulenburger also has long been an advocate for education on international issues. He requested the creation of a Task Force on Internationalization in 2002 to recommended ways to increase global awareness for students.
Stance: We salute the large number of KU graduates who join the Peace Corps.
Issue: The Peace Corps and KU alumni.
The Peace Corps volunteers deserve recognition for giving the University another positive distinction to be proud of.
All of this has translated into the University's success in sending a substantial number of graduates into the Peace Corps. In fact, since the program's start in 1960, 815 KU alumni have served, making us the 38th producer of all time for the Peace Corps, which has had more than 182,000 volunteers in 138 countries.
Students themselves have demonstrated a keen interest in exploring the globe and serving others. Statistics from 2004 say than more than 1,000 University of Kansas students study abroad each year, according to University Relations. That put the University fourth among public universities in the proportion of its students studying abroad. The Center for Community Outreach, the University's student-run volunteer organization, has more than 1,400 volunteers.
— Malinda Osbourne for the editorial board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Double-check facts
This letter is in response to the article published in Monday's University Daily Kansan about the Swim team.
First of all, if you are going to write about a sport please make sure that you have your information and terms correct. For further reference: We were not in College Station, Texas, we were at Mizzou in Columbia, Mo. Swimmers do not compete in tournaments, we compete at swim meets. Our next "tournament" happens to be Nationalists and Zones, which deserves a little recognition in itself. It does not occur on Mar. 8 but, rather, Diving Zones are Mar. 10 to 12 and Swimming Nationals are Mar. 16 to 18.
Also, you spelled Jenny Short's
capture an audience outside of our team and our friends because it lacked any value. It was similar to reading a statistics page, considering it only focused on our placing and not on the accomplishments of our amazing Big 12 team.
Finally, your article failed to
The quotes chosen for the article lacked any sort of reflection on our team and our accomplishments as well. I hope that in the future articles focused on our team have a lot more effort and style put into the writing. Kansas athletes work hard and the little recognition that some of our teams get should not be as embarrassing as what we read Monday. Thank you.
Sierra Slavin
Sophomore swimmer
'No-frills sex' can be just as exciting as kinky toys
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the Trojan condoms Website lists more than 10 different varieties of the average condom designed to induce greater pleasure and enhance the bedroom experience. There is the "Mint Tingle" condom, the "Twisted Pleasure" condom, the "Warm Sensations" condom and even a Trojan "Vibrating Ring," a battery operated contraption designed to increase satisfaction
A 2005 report from Jerry Ropelato for Top Ten Reviews, a consumer research company, said the pornography industry pulled in $57 billion dollars worldwide. Under that umbrella, phone sex, sex clubs, adult videos and novelties pulled in about $30.5 billion. Entire industries are devoted to making people feel, look, think and act sexier, and, not to mention, have better sex.
These days it seems as if everyone is looking for ways to enhance or increase sexual activity. More and more products are flying off the shelves as more and more options are being introduced. This makes trips to the local grocery, lingerie or adult bookstore a veritable headache because of the endless options. The mountain of options begs these really important questions: ribbed or natural latex, red lace or black leather, strawberry- or
COURTNEY HAGEN opinion@kansan.com
bubble-gum-flavored lube?
Do we really need so many reinforcements to better our sex lives? What happened to our parents' generation, when sneaking out of the house to make out at Look Out Point was all the foreplay that was needed?
But we are living in this generation, an era where we can buy new vaginas from Dr. 90210, pop pills to hold our erections or even strap on a vibrating condom. In this over-stimulated, over-indulged, over-excited age, can we have sex naturally, without creams, videos or Botox?
I wanted to know if "no-frills sex" was still alive, and enjoyable, in our modern day lives, so I went to my friends for their insight. I asked them what their best experiences were like. Ironically, most of them said their most memorable experiences had nothing to do with slapping on tingle-inducing lubes, wearing kinky costumes,
wanted to know if "no-frills sex" was still alive, and enjoyable, in our modern day lives, so I went to my friends for their insight.
watching explicit videos or reading Kama Sutra books. For many, sex was best when it was natural and in the moment, without external influences.
It didn't seem to matter whether their partners were serious significant others or random acquaintances, the real pleasure was in the simplicity of the encounter itself. Many mentioned their experiences were so good because they were so free of outside influences.
While broadening horizons and trying new things is beneficial to sexual activity, there is still something to be said about no-frills sex. After all, as long as there's a place in this world for giant dildos and mint-flavored condoms, there will be a place for no-frills sex.
- Hagen is a Council Bluffs, Iowa, junior in journalism and theater & film.
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remember Rainbow Bright, where you'd put the little pegs into the board and it would make like a clown and stuff? Yeah, that was cool. I liked making Batman. Batman's cool.
magical horse.)
(Editor's note: You must be thinking of the Lite Bright. Rainbow Bright was an '80s cartoon about a girl fighting against the darkness on her
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Take time to enjoy pleasant weather
DAVID ARMSTRONG
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This is always the time of year when it's the hardest to make it to class. It can be difficult to get out of bed on a cold winter day, but there's no denying the urge to simply be outside instead of in a classroom on a gorgeous spring day. I'm not advocating skipping class, but students shouldn't consume themselves so much with professional tunnel vision that they forget to stop and enjoy life.
At least some professors are kind enough to take their students outdoors. At the same time, though, this is almost more tortuous.
I experienced this a few times last semester. I felt like a dog trapped inside an electric fence, watching people as they laughed and skipped home from class, or threw a Frisbee with no desire to behave or pay attention to a lecture
The challenge is convincing oneself to actually go inside an overheated or chilly classroom — or worse, one without windows — to learn for a few hours. I truly enjoy learning, but I'd rather lie on the ground and stare at the sky on beautiful spring days.
Many of us get into jobs and extracurricular activities that we don't even want to be doing in the first place. I don't regret any of the money I earned working, and I really don't mind the time I spent volunteering when I would rather have been helping out somewhere else. But looking back, I wish I would've realized that I could have changed my mind about how I spent my time
I now realize that I have a choice. For all of the hours that I spent trapped behind that electric fence, so to speak, I could have probably had a whole extra spring season of laughing, skipping, smelling flowers and riding that natural high that I get when it's "nice" outside.
Do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Or keep going to meetings you don't want to be at, with the illusion that you are preparing yourself for a life you're excited about living. Again, the message isn't to dodge meetings, but to avoid their undesirability in the first place. Follow your heart and everything shall be grand.
I'm not saying you shouldn't go to class or be an active participant in your community. What I am saying is don't get involved with resume-building tasks if they're not something you're truly proud of and can appreciate.
Armstrong is a Overland Park senior in anthropology.
I've invested a lot of time and energy on lackluster "résumé-builders" to prepare for the "real world," but the problem is that it isn't my real world for which I've been preparing. Rather, the world according to certain ideologists who seem to be too scared to get shocked by running outside of their known barriers.
Escape,venture,relax.
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