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Mike Anderson, Dellwood, Minn. graduate student, is the host of Kansas in Heat, a talk show about sex and relationships that airs Wednesdays at 11 p.m. on KJHK, 90.71m and at kjhk.org. Michelle MacBain is his co-host.
> Tackle the sticky world of relationships
Q. My boyfriend of 18 months says that we should move into a place together so that we can save money and not have to worry about new roommates. Should I move in with him?
// MIKE ANDERSON
A. It is a bit of a tough call not knowing the situation a little better, but living together is not just a big step, it is a huge step. I know you think you probably know him by now but 18 months isn't that long. A whole lot of small conflicts can sprout up when you live with someone, and if your relationship is not at a level where it can take those struggles then it might suffer. My worry is that living with your boyfriend will produce more negatives than positives. What are the benefits? Maybe you get to pay less in rent, but you can always get a roommate. So what if you don't know your roommate? He/she will be a lot easier to split from than a boyfriend.
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The life of a college student is stressful enough as it is; you don't need the stress of living with an ex-boyfriend that you can't get rid of because you signed a year lease. If he threatens to leave you because you won't live with him, then I say let him leave. Enjoy the college experience. If you are dead set on living with him then please get the shortest lease you can find. Some might say that the experience of trying to live together might make you a better person and allow you to have a better understanding of what you want in a partner, but you are young. You will be able to figure that stuff out in less painful ways.
"Well (getting the ball to Davis) has always been the message. Then the lane gets more crowded. Ten people living in a one-bedroom apartment-that is what it looks like in there," Henrickson said.
A. Here's a story. A 25-year-old, Kim, met a man, Matt. They fell in love and decided to move in together after two years. Financially, the move benefited both, and they were basically living together anyway. Three years pass and Kim and Matt decide to breakup. Both thought the split would be easy - it's not like they were married. However, this breakup was not only a separation of individuals, it was a separation of things. Kim and Matt fought over everything they bought together for their "home": a new TV, sofa, dishes, shower curtain, even Christmas decorations. But splitting up the two cats, their "babies" that they adopted while they were in love, was the most painful for the ex-couple. This breakup felt like a divorce.
Do not move in with your significant other until there is a lifelong commitment made to each other! I'm not saying you have to be engaged or married, but you must have an understanding that the person with whom you sign that lease, buy those new household items, or share anything close to babies, will be with you for the rest of your life. Can you be 100% sure of this lifelong commitment after only 18 months? You are young and your life will change considerably in your twenties! Please consider what happened to Kim and Matt, and many other couples, and what could happen to you before you make that commitment to play house with your boyfriend!
// MICHELLE MACBAIN
Missouri and Kansas traded buckets before RaeShae Brown and BreAnna Brock made back-to-back jumpers to spark Missouri's 15-0 run.
ter who we play in this league, you have to be able to fight. There are nights when you have to be able to make a run and you have to be able to answer runs, and we have allowed people to make big runs on us and not answered. That is a toughness, gut check, teamwork thing," Henrickson said.
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Sophomore guard Angel Goodrich fires off a three-pointer during the last minutes of the second half. Goodrich was one of two Jayhawks in the double figures with 10 points and dished out a team-high six assists.
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Selby's talent paves the road to team's success
During his first 11 games, Selby had his ups and downs. The way he plays the remainder of the season will be key for Kansas.
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Freshman guard Josh Selby is the key. Ask an expert — any really, from SI to ESPN to CBS to The University Daily Kansan and on — about who is most essential to Kansas' success, and you'll likely get that answer. Selby is the key.
So while it's nice for Kansas that
Brady Morningstar scored in double figures for the first time in just under a calendar year, and it's good that Marcus Morris is arguably the best player in the Big 12, and it's a little frustrating
that Tyrel Reed couldn't buy a shot Tuesday at Colorado, that all goes by the wayside in looking at the box score.
Self has spelled out Selby's essentialnesssto the Kansas offense a number of times. Kansas has a bushel of talented guards. Tyshawn
5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
"it's huge for him," Morningstar said. "Of course, in the first half he came out hot, and that's what we needed. He hasn't been like that for a while, and it's good for him to get his stuff rolling."
"It's good to see Josh be aggressive. Josh hasn't been aggresive at all."
The eyes fix on Selby's stat line, which, after so many games of struggling from the field, saw a whiplash-inducing reversal of the trend. Selby hit 7-of-14 shots (3-of-6 from three) at 17 points to go along with four rebounds and a
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Taylor's better than most in the country at getting into the lane and kicking to an open shooter on the wing. Reed and, now, Morningstar are the benefactors of
Taylor's skills. Both are also spot shooters and steady caretakers of the ball. Elijah Johnson is somewhere in between those three. He's a sniper from outside with the help of Reed and Morningstar and possesses Taylor's athleticism.
But no one on the roster, not even Morris, has Selby's talent for taking a broken play and turning it into points. The scouting report
Because he can mix his shots so drastically, Selby becomes the toughest matchup on the Kansas roster, but only when he's on, which has recently been rare. Which is why Tuesday—apart from bouncing back from a loss, picking up a half-game on Texas and winning without the grieving Thomas Robinson—was huge for Selby.
That's why at practice Monday, Self told Selby to stop thinking so much and just be aggressive. It's not something coaches tell a lot of freshmen — there's an inherent risk of turnovers and sloppy play included with that — but not many freshmen have Selby's talent.
on Selby is that he can catch-and-shoot, score off the dribble, post on a guard and can shoot from well outside the three-point line.
"It's good to see Josh be aggressive," Self said. "Josh hasn't been aggressive at all."
And Selby's responding well.
"I was playing not to make mistakes," Selby said. "Now since I had that conversation with coach, everything's fine."
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more likely Tyler Need is to put up bigger numbers.
No offense to UMKC, Michigan and Miami (OH), but these teams aren't of the caliber that the Big XII teams are. With regards to Michigan, who put up a hell of a fight, none of the aforementioned schools would succeed in the Big XII, which makes the case for Reed all that more interesting. At the end of a close game, it seems like Reed is one to come up in the clutch, as further evidenced by his two free throws against Colorado on Tuesday to put KU up by four, and the game out of reach for the Buffaloes.
It isn't just his stats that make Tyrel Reed a threat; Reed has the intangibles that make him a more than noteworthy weapon on the KU offense.
It's becoming increasingly evident that when the going gets tough, Tyrel Reed gets going.
In the loss to Texas, Reed put up some of his best numbers of the season. His 34 minutes tied his second highest total this season. His 17 points and 6 rebounds also tied his second highest totals of the season.
Reed is never one to quit on a play, and always hustles back hard to play defense; he can shoot the three from just about anywhere on offense, and always seems to get the last second pass for a wide-open shot.
Reed also has the highest free throw percentage on the team at 85.4% (35-41), which if he stays at this pace would be his highest career average, second to the 83.3% that Reed shot from the line last year.
On a team full of talented leaders, as most Bill Self coached teams are, Tyrel Reed is as poised a leader as they come. When the game is on the line I can't think of one person on the roster I would substitute for Ree. His stats don't lie. If it's crunch time, look out for "La Flama Blanca" to ignite.
Edited by Brittany Nelson