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DOING WITHOUT // FACEBOOK
> Absence makes the heart grow ... ?
It was mid-morning when I turned on my Macbook. My fingers went on auto-pilot and I began to type: www.faceboo — STOP!
I went to my email and felt a sinking feeling in my stomach and a slight gloom gripping my heart. I'd have no notifications since I'd disabled them all the night before. No happy red flags to greet me. No photos to browse through. No comments to read.
This was the start of my seven-day Facebook fast.
Day one was decent. But by day two, the tension had arrived. Insatiable cravings for Facecrack haunted me. That further confirmed my need to detox.
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I began to fill my time with other things:
cleaning, organizing and studying. I even wrote a song with a friend and recorded it.
My social network didn't crumble, either. simply employed the good old-fashioned methods of calling people and meeting them face-to-face.
John Wade, a doctor of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Watkins Health
Center, says that CAPS has helped students struggling with time management. "Facebook has come up as an issue in some of those cases," Wade says. "It's helpful to make a conscious decision to get on for 30 minutes instead of unconsciously logging on and realizing three hours later that you're still on."
My life sans Facebook was surprisingly satisfying. But give it up for good... for real? Doubtful. However, be more strategic with my time rather than wandering aimlessly around Facebook for hours?
// JENNIFER DIDONATO
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Photo by Jennifer DiDonato Social cravings: Jennifer DiDonato finds productivity easier without Facebook for a week.
GET SOME CULTURE // FREE TANGO LESSONS
> It's not all about fast food and beer pong.
Upon entering the art gallery-turned-dance studio you'll find dancers gliding in unison to the bittersweet cries of a violin.
Every Monday night, Lawrence Tango Dancers (LTD) offer free Argentine tango lessons above Signs of Life Bookstore and Coffee Shop from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
"Tango is a dance that focuses on connection to one's partner and to the music," Doug Nickel, LTD founder, says. "It's a very freestyle and individualized dance."
For people who are new to tango, LTD first teaches them how to move intuitively with their partners, rather than learning set steps. For Austin Jones, Wichita senior, that skill came with practice. After attending LTD's Bootcamp for beginners, he began going regularly, where more experienced dancers worked with him one-on-one.
Jones got the fever and his only prescription has been more tango. He now tangos three times each week in Lawrence and Kansas City. For anyone who doubts his or her tango potential, Jones says, "If you
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Two to tango: Austin Jones dances tango at LTD's practica and attends their monthly tango dance events in Lawrence and Kansas City.
can walk, you can tango."
Nickel says that dancers of any skill level are welcome to come as often as they choose with or without a partner. He recommends wearing comfortable clothing and footwear.
For more information, visit www.
theprairiedogs.net/lawrencetango.
// JENNIFER DIDONATO
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Kansas gets by North Dakota in sloppy game
Junior catcher Chris Manship celebrates after making a home run against North Dakota at Hoglund Ballpark. Manship was at bat 3 times on Wednesday, scoring 1 of 5 points for Kansas' 5-3 victory against North Dakota.
BY MIKE VERNON
mvernon@kansan.com
The Kansas baseball team came into Wednesday's game against North Dakota hoping to get the bats on track over a winless North Dakota team. Instead, they ended up winning in a 5-3 dogfight victory to get back to 500 at 6-6 on the season.
The Jayhawks recorded a season-high 10 hits in Wednesday's victory over the Fighting Sioux. With the way the bats have been struggling, recording 10 hits sounds like it would make the Jayhawks and coach Ritch Price pleased with their performance at the plate.
Instead, Price and the Jayhawks seemed to think that they took a step backwards at the plate in the Jayhawks sixth victory of the season.
upset after the game.
The Jayhawks only managed to scrap together three earned runs against a North Dakota team that has struggled mightily on the mound this season. The Fighting Sioux came into Wednesday's game with an abysmal team of ERA of 11.65. In North Dakota's three game series with Missouri State, they allowed 9, 12, and 13 runs in those games.
season.
"Today I didn't think the quality of our bats were very good at all." Price said.
The reason Coach Price was so upset after the game?
runs in the lacrosse game.
For the lajayhawks to only put a total of five runs on the board, is a major let-down for a team that was hoping to get into a rhythm in this week's games.
Now that the Jayhawks are 12 games into their sea on and are
"I was really disappointed, to be honest with you," Price said. "We had some really bad at-bats."
still in a team-wide slump, the problems become mental. Price said the team appears to be trying to force the issue, and the result Wednesday was an unusual amount of pop-ups from the Jayhawks.
One of the few bright spots for Kansas at the plate Wednesday was sophomore catcher Alex DeLeon's performance. DeLeon hit a line drive solo homerun
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"There were three consecutive innings where we had six consecutive pop-ups for outs." Price said, "It's guys trying too hard."
to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning, and he knocked two batters in off two separate sacrifice flies. DeLeon finished one-for-two with three RBIs and a run. DeLeon credits his improving play to better patience at the plate.
plate.
"I'm feeling pretty good," DeLeon said. "I've been swinging at better pitches, making sure I get a ball elevated in the zone, and just putting a good swing on it."
sophomore starting pitcher Thomas Taylor, who had a
strong performance going 5.2 innings and only giving up one run, seemed much less concerned about the team's batting struggles.
"They're already doing a lot better from the beginning of the year," Taylor said. "They'll be fine."
Another good sign for the Jayhawks today was senior outfielder, Jimmy Waters, getting back on track with two hits today, including a screaming line drive down the right field line that resulted in a double.
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For the Jayhawks to get on track, Waters and the other seniors in the middle of the order have to heat up.
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"It's got to start with Waters getting it going, and [Casey] Lytle has got to get it going, and [Brandon] Macias has got to get it going," Price said. "For somebody to take the pressure off of the lineup, it's got to be those guys that have been successful in the past."
little option but to keep him there
hute option out to keep them. But there are two problems. First, there may come a game when the Jayhawks' offense isn't running smooth and Selby is the Jayhawks' best option in a broken floor. Watch him play, and you will see the incredible talent buried just beneath the surface. Self acknowledges this.
"He could still be a guy for us this year that comes out and gets 15 or 18 points when we are really struggling," Self said. "He is potentially still that guy. He just needs to have a bit more confidence moving forward."
But Selby has likely never seen the bench for as long as he has this season. He's been the most talented player in almost every gym he walks into. He's never been a sidekick, like he will be to Marcus Morris, even in his finest moments this year.
But still, the perception stands, and it can and will be used against him when the jayhawks get into a recruiting war with any team for any top recruit. Kids in the top 30, roughly, of every recruiting class generally think they are the world's greatest basketball talent. An opposing coach could have an easy go of convincing them that. In Self's system, they will face the same fate as Selby.
The second problem, any coach recruiting against the Jayhawks will happily spout, is that there is now a stigma that Self cannot coach a one-and-done player.
This is obviously and unquestionably ludicrous. Bill Self is a remarkable basketball coach, and his string of seven consecutive titles in one of the most difficult basketball leagues in the country is all the evidence you should need.
But here's the thing about Kansas. This year's team — its most balanced an overall-talented since the title-winning team of 2008 — is built out of three- and four-year players. Marc Morris was ranked No. 29 in his class and Markieff was No. 49. Elijah Johnson is the only five-star recruit that starts, and it's a guarantee that he will be back in Lawrence next season.
So does Kansas even need the top recruits?
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