FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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If Jayplay is right, I need only three things: a wingman, confidence and the ability to dance *badly.*
45 minutes of sleep. One hour of class.Eight hours of work.One exam.This is college.
Tyrel Reed is like the Dos Equis man; one time he missed a free throw, just to see what it was like.
Funny story... I was at a house party and I texted a guy there saying "Come take a shit with me!" (I'd meant to say SHOT.)
Want to cure depression?
Masturbate. Feels good, bro.
By the way, you grabbed my butt in a dream last night. Not cool.
I want to marry the guy in B.o.B! He can sing, play guitar, piano and rap. Everything I want in a guy!
If that's all you want in a guy, I suggest you go find some standards. Or just find a bum to date...
Just looked in my trash can and realized how ironic it was that I threw away a piece of paper that had a GIANT green recycling symbol on it. Sorry UDK.
Watching Toddlers & Tiaras a 7-year-old girl listed these things as her favorite things: pink, money, pageants and winning. My God, the world is messed up!
I had sex with a girl from KSU once. She didn't have a clue what she was doing.
I'm never sure how specific to be when emailing a professor: Do I just say "I'm sick" or do I say, "I couldn't make it to class because I was puking my guts out every 15 minutes because I thought the milk was still good"?
I've been single for 20 years? All I want is to see someone I respect without their clothes.
I smoked a joint with a 76-year-old homeless dude today.I'm not sure what you did,but I'm pretty sure I win.
I sold a bag of oregano to a 76-year old homeless dude today. What a coincidence.
My boyfriend broke up with me before the KU/KSU game. He goes to KSU. I feel the need for revenge
Is it so horrible that all I want in life is to get an MRS degree with a sexy man and be the best hottest mom
My chocolate wrapper just told me that someone is thinking of me right now...creepy.
Man I smashed it like an Idaho potato.
Income summary is like a prostitute. Doesn't take you long to be done with it.
Go to any Kansas men's basketball game, and you'll see some of the greatest school spirit in the country. The air in Allen Fieldhouse is palpable with the love Kansas fans have for their state, their school and their team.
EDITORIAL
Chiefs chant during National Anthem has no place in Allen Fieldhouse
It's not surprising to see enthusiastic faces as everyone in the stands pays homage to the University while singing the Alma Mater — it is, after all, one of the many things unique to the Kansas game day tradition.
like a bunch of kids who haven't grown up.
The newspapers in the air, the loud support for the team and the loving loyalty each Kansas fan has for the school is an indication of the history of tradition that rests in Allen Fieldhouse. Visitors from around
Game day at the Fieldhouse is something that cannot be replicated. It's unique to our school — it's something we'll all remember fondly as we leave the University. But in order to preserve the respect for tradition that's associated with Kansas, we need to leave our silly diversions at the door.
Roshni Oommen for the Kansan Editorial Board.
the country have respect and reverence for the near-sacred creed that's known as the Phog.
But one particular game-day tradition is bothersome. Somehow, despite everything, a group of students has decided that it's appropriate to yell "Chiefs" at the end of the National Anthem, when the word "brave" should be sung instead.
It's disrespectful to the people who continue to fight for our country our friends, siblings and peers who are currently risking their lives to protect our freedom.
It's disrespectful to those who fought for our country, for our freedom and for our rights.
Forget the fact that it doesn't really make sense — this is Lawrence, not Kansas City; these are the Jayhawks, not the Chiefs. Forget the fact that a majority of the University students aren't even from the area.
Yelling 'Chiefs' at the end of the National Anthem is not just silly, it's disrespectful.
It's disrespectful to a song that's almost 200 years old.
Yes, we have the freedom to say and yell whatever we want to. In fact, we've tested that freedom several times in the recent history of the University and will probably do so several times in the future.
But really, its not worth it — yelling 'Chiefs' doesn't make us sound cool or even clever — we just sound
POLITICS
In Chinese new year,let's re-evaluate our relationship
Many think that good of' Uncle Sam's best days are behind him. Some say Sammy's broke, broken down and doesn't have much left in the tank.
When compared to the up-and-coming economic powerhouse that is China — a central-planned machine
— the old champ looks haggard and not quite up for the challenge.
China's rising power alarms Americans. They feel threatened by China's expanding economy and the vast amount of U.S. debt it holds.
Last month during the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama referred several times to the relationship as a competition. And despite Obama's recent chatter about "winning the future," many fear we are losing this super-power battle royal.
If he takes the tape that measures super-power status as gross domestic product — America will lose by decision in the next ten years.
This us-versus-them world view works well in the movies but for the sake of both countries, we must begin looking at China as a partner and not a Chinese-version of Captain Ivan Drago from "Rocky IV." We must divorce ourselves from this old, tired view or run risk of chasing an unattainable chicken.
Maybe the shift from the number-one superpower to the number-two superpower can help Americans escape this outmoded worldview of looking at these two nations in terms of one and two.
John Kennedy, an associate professor in political science at the University, is currently in China as a Faculty Research Fulbright Fellow. He said in an e-mail that business is "the bedrock relationship" between the two nations, which benefits both sides. The political relationship, however, is more volatile as politicians pander to their domestic audiences.
Our politically framed outlook on China is similar to how we measure success and status in GDP — it's a broad stroke that misses important details, like how far China lags behind America in per-capita income or our country's high infant mortality rate, Kennedy said.
When we marginalize China as a mere competitor, we overlook the individuals. This is no way to sustain a meaningful relationship. Students at the University have a prime opportunity to make a much-needed shift away from this worldview.
Changing one's worldview is twofold. First, students must witness the world outside the framework of Western civilization — for instance traveling to a different country or
In this framework, as in sports, there's no "I" in team. And that's what's most important: the "Is" that makeup both countries.
BY D.M. SCOTT
dscott@kansan.com
studying abroad. Second, within a diverse campus, students can seek relationships outside their own cultural comfort zone, said Kevin Liu, associate director at the KU Confucius Institute.
When crossing multi-cultural borders, students learn the critical idea needed for this necessary shift: the importance of relationships.
One of the biggest differences between the two nations is how each values relationships. Liu used an analogy to explain this difference: typically in business, Americans like to close the deal first and form relationships second. Chinese, on the other hand, like to establish relationships first and then proceed to business.
Liu also sees this differing worldview in Chinese and American undergraduates. Often, American students ask open-ended questions about Chinese culture, and Chinese students ask close-ended questions about American culture. The close-ended questions are detail-orientated because Chinese students have already taken the initiative to learn about American culture and its people.
A worldview that centers on "winning and losing" and guided purely by national interests cannot forge this much-needed partnership.
Plus, it's a dismal way of looking at the world.
We should promote education and innovation not because we lag behind other countries or to stay competitive, but because we want to become a better partner.
"What will be important in the future as the world gets smaller is that we as individuals understand each other. We must understand each other's culture, so we can have the difficult discussions on the environment, security and business," Liu said.
In the year of the rabbit, let's begin looking at this relationship other than through the "Eye of the Tiger." Let's start looking at the people that make up China rather than Team China, and let's work on our relationships instead of trying to win.
Scott is a junior from Overland Park in journalism. He is the opinion editor.
What is the most obnoxious pop lyric on the radio right now?
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Katy Perry - "Baby, you're a firework."
Rihanna - "Oh na na, what's my name?"
B. o.B.- "I got the magic in me."
Bruno Mars -"When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change."
Kesha - "Got Jesus on my necklace."
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
'21 bong hits' column too juvenile for college paper
First off, I am steering completely clear of the debate over whether or not marijuana rules should be legalized or marijuana is the devil and should be banned.
Simply put, my judgment on the "21 bong hits" article being a pathetic waste of space does not come from a moral point of view.
The humorless article lacked any trace of intelligent writing. It's embarrassing that a college with such a reputable journalism school would publish such a juvenile article in its
I feel as though this is something a 14-year-old would write for a high school newspaper in an attempt to be "rebellious and cool."
paper.
Come on Kansan, I get Lawrence is "liberal and hip" and that marijuana is a hot topic in this town, but leave the embarrassingly immature stoner stories to the blog-loving tweens.
Amanda Campbell is a senior from Wichita.
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