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FIVE QUESTIONS // WHITNEY CUMMINGS AND DANIEL PETROSKY > Two people. Five questions. See how they stack up. [ELLEN SHEFTEL]
WHITNEY CUMMINGS
IS A STAND-UP COMEDIAN ON THE
The craziest thing I did in college was go to college. I didn't party that much or make tons of mistakes. I thought I'd save that for after college when I actually needed to be figuring out my career. Now you can find me upside-down on a keg and in the wrong relationship. I'm sort of doing life backward, like Benjamin Button.
To be able to sleep through anything. I see someone on a plane fall asleep next to me and I can't understand it. I always assume they're dead because nobody can fall asleep like that. If I could sleep on planes I might actually look my age.
I really look up to Chelsea. She's changed the way people look at female comics. Since her show I have less people talk about how women can't be funny. Oh, you know I'm talking about Chelsea Clinton right?
You don't choose to be a comedian. It sort of chooses you. If you want to talk to drunk strangers for a living, nothing else is really an option. It's the only thing that fulfills you. Or else you really love airport pizza.
I go online and buy pens and vitamins and pillows.I love the anticipation of them arriving at my house and then when they do show up I forgot I ordered them so it's like Christmas morning. I am going to die alone.
1 WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU DID IN COLLEGE?
3 WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO?
IF YOU COULD HAVE A SUPER POWER WHAT WOULD IT BE?
4 WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR CAREER?
5 WHAT IS YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE?
> DANIEL PETROSKY IS A WICHITA JUNIOR AND AND IS IN THE KU MAVAL ROTE
DANIEL PETROSKY
I went to bed every night at 9:15 my entire freshman year
I wish I could fly --- I would like to get places faster. This would be the most useful super power.
Jesus. It's self explanatory.
I'm in the Marine Corps. There are some pretty misled individuals out there, and I like to think I am capable of leading these individuals in a way that would better their lives and inspire them to do more.
I have no guilty pleasures.
HOW WE MET // CHELSEY DERKS & WILL KELLEN
> All great relationships had to start somewhere.
After wandering through Ellsworth Hall searching for her friends, Chelsey Derks never thought stumbling into the wrong room would lead to a year-long relationship.
Derks, Olathe junior, busted through Will Kellen's door, thinking it was her friend's room. "I asked her if she would like to watch a movie and I ended up talking with her and my roommate the whole time," Kellen, Flemington, N.J., says.
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Hey, neighbor: Chelsey Derks, Olathe junior, found her boyfriend the old fashioned way — by stumbling into his room.
Derks and Kellen went on a proper date after that night, but Derks had no idea how Kellen felt until a year later. "I was in love with the girl for the whole year, but ended up coming off as jerk because I was too nervous to say anything to her," Kellen says.
Finally after freshman year came to a close, Kellen told Derks how he really felt. "While I was in Texas he told me he had feelings for me. I was completely shocked because I had a crush on him as well," Derks says.
The couple is about to celebrate their one year anniversary and they still enjoy watching movies together, going out with friends and taking random trips to Taco Bell and Sonic.
ELLEN SHEFTEL
CATCH OF THE WEEK // CHRISTIAN JENSEN
> Our weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "What we do now, will echo in eternity" author unknown
INTERESTS & HOBBIES: One of my favorite things to do is cook. Since I'm Italian, one of my favorite things to cook is spaghetti. I love making my own red sauce too.
NOTICES FIRST IN A POTENTIAL
PARTNER: Good sense of humor. If a girl can make me laugh, she earns major points in my book.
TURN ONS: Aggressiveness. When a girl is confident enough to make the first move or ask me out it really catches my attention. I like to be mysterious and keep the girl guessing. When a girl can read me pretty well within the first few dates, it really sparks my interest.
TURN OFFS: I have a sarcastic sense of humor so if a girl doesn't get it or gets offended I will probably lose interest.
WHY I'M A CATCH: I'm a charismatic guy with a romantic side. I mean come on, I like to cook!
ELLEN SHEFTEL
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Directed by Dennis Christilles Today and Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
August 29 at 2:30 p.m.
Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall
Cassidy Kirch, a senior from Olathe, plays Hecabe in Euripides's classic Greek tragedy, "The Trojan Women." The actors learned some modern Greek when members of the cast traveled to Greece this summer to prepare for their roles.
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Brian Bondari produced the score for "The Trojan Women" in
the Theatre in Greece program, for which they put on a production of Euripides' classic tragedy "The Troian Women."
They also travel to historic cities like Delphi, Corinth and Mycenae. Christies said the cornerstone of their work, the production itself, was done in fourth century B.C. theater in Iniades.
collaboration with Christilles. He now teaches at the University of Texas at Tyler, but went to Iniades twice with Christilles.
"It's overwhelming to rehearse and practice in a place that witnessed the birth of Western music, theater and civilization as a
This weekend, the same group of students will transfer the Greek tragedy from the ancient theater of Greece to the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. The performances this weekend are in celebration of the one-year anniversary of Lawrence's sister city agreement with Iniades.
The group lives in an elementary school in the village of Katohi, which is part of the larger city of Iniades, for six weeks. During this time, they take classes in ancient Greek drama and architecture.
whole." Bondari said in an e-mail.
"The students get an opportunity to learn about another culture first hand by living in it," Christilles said.
One challenge the students faced was learning and performing one-third of the dialogue in Greek. Maggie Parker, a junior from Bentonville, Ark., said that
Director Dennis Christilles has been taking students to Greece since 1997. He said this experience is unique for his students because they don't just see Greece through the windows of a tour
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include placing additional security and trash cans around the hotel's property. The hotel also received a permit to sell alcohol outside the bar areas on its property, Longhurst said.
Lance Johnson, Lawrence City Commissioner, said one of the commission's concerns was making sure that no alcohol was sold to minors.
The Oread will check IDs and give customers wristbands that indicate that they are allowed to drink, Longhurst said.
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Haworth reopened for classes at 8:30 a.m.
KU Police Chief Ralph Oliver said that a beaker had been accidentally knocked over, and the chemicals had an odor. The police had to figure out what had been knocked over and if the chemicals were in the air system.
The University's emergency notification text message and e-mail alert system notified students and staff this morning that Haworth Hall had been evacuated as a precaution after a hazardous materials report.
— Allyson Shaw
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Police cars blocked Sunnyside Avenue from Illinois Street to Naismith Drive.
Haworth evacuated after chemical spill
Study shows students to be less empathetic
BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
An understanding friend may be harder to come by as technology grows and changes the way society interacts. According to a recent University of Michigan study, college students today, also called 'Generation Me', are about 40 percent less empathetic than those from the '80s or' 90s.
The study measured nearly 14,000 students over 30 years, from 1979 to 2009. A Michigan graduate student Edward O'Brien, who worked on
index
the study, said in the news release that the largest drop in numbers happened after 2000.
"I feel like Facebook changes how we talk to each other," said Erin Tomkins, a senior from Lawrence.
That class of college students seems to correspond with the beginning of a new generation, one still at large, that is totally immersed in the Internet.
With Facebook chat, e-mail, text messaging and instant messaging, college-aged people communicate
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