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mily Hooker has waited 30 minutes for an elliptical machine and shes frustrated. If I go in the evening I have to wait every single time, Hooker, a junior from Andover, said. Sometimes I just give up and leave. Whether students are sticking to their New Years resolutions or trying to slim down for spring break, the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center is seeing high volume. With a total enrollment of 30,102 at the University, some wonder why facilities such as the recreation center arent larger. I definitely think it needs to be expanded, Hooker said. Its just not supporting students like it should. The recreation center, which opened in 2003, underwent an extreme expansion that started in 2007 and was completed in 2008. With an addition of 45,000 square feet, the $6.3 million project created a quarter-mile track, four gymnasiums and racquetball courts among
other new amenities. Hooker said the money she paid in campus fees wasnt well spent. I cant buy a pass elsewhere and I shouldnt have to, she said. I already pay to go to the rec. Students pay a student recreation and fitness center fee of $75.50 per semester as part of student fees. Student fees total $423.35 each semester. Mary Chappell, director of recreation services, said the building was given a limited amount of space but as many as 5,000 students have visited the recreation center in one day. We did a lot with the space that we were given, Chappell said. If we had more space we could fill it up. With intramural sports now flooding the courts, Chappell said the recreation center will be overcrowded at times. This semester, 250 intramural basketball teams have signed up to play at the recreation center. Now, there is a waiting list for teams because they are out of playing space. Intramural basketball is coming up and when that happens it seems like were exploding at the seams, she said. But things change with the weather. People can
University offers online file Donors give record sum storage option to students Despite a harsh economy, Endowment numbers are flourishing.
BY KIRSTEN KWON
the University has one gigabyte of kstroda@kansan.com space on Hawk Drive, the service currently hosts only a fraction of KU Information Technology the student population. Loats said formally introduced Hawk Drive many students still dont know an online storage space once about Hawk Drive. In December, available only to University fac- KU Information Technology ulty and staff to students in an placed information about Hawk Drive on login pages to KU e-mail e-mail Monday afternoon. Hawk Drive promises students accounts. Judith Rincon-Cross, a junior a gigabyte of storage space accessible through the Internet, accord- from San Cristobal, Venezuela, ing to the e-mail. By logging in to said she uses her USB flash drive, the Hawk Drive website with a or jump drive, to store files for her KUID username and password, interior design classes. She said users can store, share, collaborate, she thought the majority of other secure and save different versions students did the same. Loats said the storage space of document files using the prois a more accessible option than gram. A feature called ticketing a jump drive allows users for many stuto collaborate dents because with people Hawk Drive is accessible it is accessible outside of the from any computer with online. U n i v e r s i t y, If you lose giving them an Internet connection your jump a restricted and its always there. drive, youre login. sort of out of J u l i e JULIE LOATS luck, Loats Loats, the Director of IT, Enterprise, said. Hawk Un i v e r s it y s Applications and Services Drive is accesdirector of sible from any Director of computer with IT, Enterprise an Internet Applications connection and its always there. and Services, said Hawk Drive is similar to a virtual locker. The You know you wont lose it or system was developed similarly to forget it. Steven Fair, informaother University file storage protion specialist in the School of grams. Although each student at
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BY KELLY STRODA
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Over the last two fiscal years, alumni and other donors have broken records for donations to the University of Kansas Endowment Association. Rosita Elizalde-McCoy, senior vice president of communications and marketing, said in fiscal year 2008, donors contributed $94 million, the highest amount ever donated to the Endowment Association at that time. That record was broken again in fiscal year 2009 with donors giving $106.4 million. In 2009 the Endowment Association funded student scholarships, fellowships and awards amounting to $29.3 million and $5.2 million for student loans. The Endowment Association also supports faculty, research, academic programs and new facilities. Elizalde-McCoy said, in total, the association gave $105.4 million to the University in 2009. Abe Jacobs, a senior from St. Paul, Minn. and student manager at the Endowment Association call center, said because of KUs tradition, alumni are willing to give even in this economy. Last year was a really fantastic year because we have great alumni, Jacobs said, Most couldnt give everything they had but they usually still participated and gave some amount because we have such great tradition here. Fundraising has been a challenge for colleges across the nation. According to a report by the Giving USA Foundation, in fiscal year 2009, giving to universities declined to its lowest drop in 50 years. Still, the Endowment Association has seen contributions in harsh economic times. While average college endowment returns were down by 18.7 percent last year, The University of Kansas endowment sees redemption ahead, according to Elizalde-McCoy. In a study by Commonfund and the National Association of College and University Business Officers found, on average, 842 of participating colleges are suffering the highest decline for higher education since the
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was transferred it total to KU Great Depression. The Universitys returns suffered, as well, with a decline of 22 percent in 2009, leading them to cut contributions to the University by 10 percent. Our investments have positioned us well for the inevitable recovery, and were already seeing an improvement in the 2010 fiscal year, Elizalde-McCoy said. As of Dec. 31, our returns were up by almost 18 percent. Edited by Anna Archibald
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recaps from the mens and womens basketball victories on saturday as well as track and field results.
WEDNESDAY
Feb. 3
n summer study Abroad Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the kansas union on the 4th Floor. . contact: 785-864-3742; osa@ku.edu
THURSDAY
Feb. 4
n Former boxer George Foreman will present in the ballroom of the kansas union from 7 to 9:30 p.m. n screening of Fantastic mr. Fox from 8 to 11 p.m. at kansas union. Tickets are $2 with a ku student Id, $3 for general public and Free with student saver card.
FRIDAY
Feb. 5
n Pilobolus dance Theatre will perform in the Lied center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students and $30 for adults. n The play, ku confidential, will show in the William Inge memorial Theatre in murphy Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
n kris ercums will present the Tea & Talk lecture, community 2009: Asian Art Worlds from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the reception room of the spencer museum of Art. .
SATURDAY
Feb. 6
n screening of Fantastic mr. Fox from 8 to 11 p.m. at kansas union. Tickets are $2 with a ku student Id, $3 for general public and Free with student saver card. n The play, ku confidential, will show in the William Inge memorial Theatre in murphy Hall from 9 to 10:30 p.m.
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Feb. 7
n The play, ku confidential, will show in the William Inge memorial Theatre in murphy Hall from 2:30 to 4 p.m. n nFL superbowl, Indianapolis colts v. new orleans saints, 5:30 p.m. cdT.
MONDAY
Feb. 8
n The commission on the status of Women will present the Vagina monologues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Lobby of the kansas union. n robert Tyler will present the lecture, The maintenance of culture: The Welsh Language in a nineteenth century Australian Gold Town, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the seminar room of the Hall center.
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According to the Public Safety Office, four incidents of vehicle damage in the lots by Oliver Hall were reported within three hours of each other:
n Around noon on sunday, someone damaged the driver and
passenger side mirrors of an unattended vehicle. The car was parked by oliver Hall and the damage is estimated at $300.
n early sunday afternoon, someone damaged the drivers side
mirror of an unattended vehicle. The car was parked by oliver Hall and the damage is estimated at $150.
n early sunday afternoon, someone damaged the drivers side
mirror of an unattended vehicle. The car was parked by oliver Hall and the damage is estimated at $200.
n At 3 p.m. sunday, someone damaged the drivers side mirror
of an unattended vehicle. The car was parked by oliver Hall and the damage is estimated at $150. Other crimes include:
n early Friday afternoon, someone was found in possession of
ODD NEWS
neWPorT beAcH, calif. Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the california waters off newport beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them. The animals weigh between
20 and 40 pounds, but a few fishermen have reeled in 60-pound creatures. The Humboldt squid is also called the jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid and squirts ink to protect itself. They can grow up to 100 pounds and 6 feet long and follow food sources. The squid have also recently been spotted off san diego, oregon and Washington. robert Woodbury with newport Landing sportfishing says
anglers in orange county have caught about 400 of the big squid since Friday night.
JuneAu, Alaska Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog day. Then-Gov. sarah Palin signed a bill last year to make every Feb. 2 marmot day in Alaska. The bill was introduced by sen. Linda menard, a Wasilla
republican. because there are no groundhogs in Alaska, menard says it made sense for the ground squirrel to become Alaskas version of Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog famed for his winter weather forecasts. menards bill didnt give marmots any weather forecasting duties, but she hopes the state will create educational activities around the animal.
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With the cold wintery weather and countless new years resolutions, overcrowding in the Ambler Student Recreation Center is a prevalent problem at the start of a new semester. During peak hours, students often face long lines to get onto a treadmill or weight machine. then go outside to work out. both its food options and convePeople have reported lines of nient location, is one of the most about 40 people this semester, she crowded areas on campus. But said. Nona Golledge, director of KU Parking is also an issue at the Dining Services, said that accordrecreation center. There is limited ing to their data, transactions have parking for people without passes. actually decreased from 2009 to For those looking to park for free, 2010. On a typical day in January they must wait until 5 p.m. on this year, 3,009 transactions were weekdays. The time restrictions made at The Underground; a can lead to a heavy flow of people decrease from the 3,453 transacin the evening. tions made on an average day in Donna Hultine, director of January 2009. parking and transit, said there had Sales relate to what the popualways been a limited amount of lation is on campus from year to spaces in the area. When the recyear, Golledge said. Each day it reation center was created, traffic varies dependonly grew. ing on the The recweather, and Around lunch time, 11 to reation cenwhat classes ter was built 1, I find The Underground and events are without any happening on is almost too crowded to additional campus. But p a r k i n g , function. days in January Hultine said. are pretty simiThe lots that KrIStIN Abbey lar. border the Augusta , junior T h e center were Underground there before first opened the building in September 2004. The previand at the time were already pretty ous location only offered snacks full. I imagine over the years its and quick meals. Golledge said been hard to find a space in that they came upon an opportunity lot at certain times of the day. to enhance service by renovating and adding to the space, but it was The underground limited. Kristin Abbey, a junior from We took the square footage we Augusta, said that on a normal were given, 7,000 square feet, out day, she spends about five minutes as far as it could go and it soon searching for a place to sit in The became 11,500 square feet. It gave Underground. Then she usually us a lot more space, Golledge just leaves out of frustration. said. If we expanded anymore it Around lunch time, 11 to 1, I would be very costly. find The Underground is almost The venue is supposed to fit too crowded to function, Abbey 707 people with additional seating said. I usually go there during outside. Golledge said it can be this time and thats when it is least difficult to know the exact numtolerable. ber of people in The Underground The Underground, popular for at a given time because customers use several entrances. With the recognition of The Undergrounds popularity, KU Dining Services knew they needed to offer students other alternatives. We were surprised at how quickly The Underground became popular, Golledge said. We immediately began adjusting our master plan to help spread out the traffic across campus. Four Hawk Stops were added across campus, three of which, in Strong, Watson Library and Anschutz libraries, are in close proximity to The Underground. The Anschutz Hawk Stop will be renovated to include a coffee Pulse Express and a wider range of food options. Other dining services, such as The Studio in Hashinger Hall and The Market at the Kansas Union, have been renovated in recent years. Even with the several different dining areas around campus, Golledge said she sometimes receives complaints about the lack of seating in The Underground. We do hear a few comments mainly during the winter when the outdoor seating is not being used, she said. Golledge said the staff does all it can to keep the crowds moving in order for all diners to have a good experience. The Underground leadership does a great job being visible on the floor during peak serving hours to assist guests with moving through the operation, Golledge said. They monitor the situation and offer suggestions on available seats. Edited by Kristen Liszewski
Hamilton said students who dont meet the requirements for Office of Study Abroad scholarships might still be eligible for scholarships from other organizations. She said the office provided information to students who dont meet the eligibility requirements for scholarships throughout the office. The deadline for scholarship applications through the office for the summer and the upcoming academic year is March 1. Edited by Jesse Rangel
AdMInISTrATIon
Students will be able to meet the third candidate for the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Greg Simpson, on thursday. Simpson is currently the interim dean of liberal arts and sciences. the student question-andanswer session is scheduled for thursday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in the
International room of the Kansas union. Simpson said hes excited for the opportunity. Its been really a great experience to have the opportunity to be in this position for a while and Im excited about the prospect of making it more long term, Simpson said. the next candidate will be announced on Monday, Feb. 8. the other two candidates previously
announced are Joseph C. Shields, chairman of the department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio university, and Susan Carlson, associate provost for faculty advancement and diversity at Iowa State university. More information on the candidates can be found on the provosts website, provost.ku.edu.
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Taylor Smith, a junior from Fulton, Mo. plays the bassoon Friday night in Murphy Hall for the first 2010 performance of the KU School of Music Student Concert Series. Smith played for a crowd of more than 40 people. Music students earning performance degrees are required to perform two recitals during their time at the University. A calendar of the series can be found at www.music.ku.edu.
CeLebrITY
Its no secret by now that taylor Swift is the woman to watch. Not only is she sweeping the awards shows, recently winning three Grammys and a video music award, she has also been known for catching some serious cuties. Linked in the past to the middle Jobro Joe Jonas, twilight hottie taylor Lautner and in recent months John Mayer, Swift
has appeared to move on with a new up and coming celebrityGlee star Cory Monteith. Monteith, 27, and Swift, 20, were spotted on an intimate dinner date Jan. 29 at Jerrys deli. the couple was then seen together again at a pre-Grammy party hosted by Clive davis, Sony Musics chief creative officer, held at the beverly Hilton Hotel Jan. 30, according to MtV News. the budding romance could also lead to a possible cameo on
the newly announced second season of Glee, returning in April. Im really loving Glee right now, said Swift, according to e!. If [I did get offered a guest spot], Id love to see what they would do with me. In the past Swift has been tight-lipped about her latest beau, but that never stopped anyone from gossiping before.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7 Shift from work to play. Team games show you a different style of cooperation. Be flexible as you start a new venture. TAurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 When the Moon conjuncts Saturn today, you get the ball rolling on a practical project and stay on track. Dont ease up until days end. GeMini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7 Original ideas emerge from a dream or meditation early in the day. Take on new responsibilities and listen to advice from a woman on the details.
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CAnCer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 5 As the Moon enters Libra, you may feel youre facing challenges you would just as soon ignore. Work from home can be very productive. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 As you work through issues left over from yesterday, you find that youre capable of sorting out significant details. Add your stamp of approval.
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VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Today is a 7 Self-esteem improves as balance returns to your emotional life. Responsibilities become more manageable. You know how to proceed, so get moving. LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22) Today is a 6 Imagination carries you forward faster than anticipated. Get practical matters in hand early in the day. Then you can fantasize all you want. sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) Today is a 6 You spend a lot of the day hearing peoples complaints. Redirect them and focus on your own game. Youd prefer to spend time at home in the evening. sAGiTTArius (nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7 Every action you take today provides feedback you can take home to review. Taking stock now prevents losses later. Results lead to optimism. CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 Put shoulder to the grindstone and ear to the ground. Theres plenty to do, and youll hear about how youre doing it. Listen and learn. Then choose actions. AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7 You know exactly where you want to go. Youre missing some details about how to get there. As the moon enters Libra today, you suddenly see an alternate route. pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6 Relationships feel just right. You dont have to say much, because you understand without words. Later in the day you tackle a big business question.
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cHIcAGO Are the Black Eyed Peas a bunch of swagger jackers? An online music magazine posed that question last year when comparisons first surfaced between a chicago rappers song, Boom Dynamite, and the Peas hit Boom Boom Pow. A swagger jack, according to urbandictionary. com, is a someone who appropriates anothers music. The combustible question has blown up into a federal lawsuit filed last week by chicago singer Phoenix Phenom, and her manager/producer, Manfred Mohr. The hook portions of the song are so strikingly similar that there can be no other reasonable explanation but that the Black Eyed Peas copied Phoenixs song, according to the lawsuit.
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Man, I got on FFA today thinking I just loved making out. Thank God I know now that I have deep emotional problems. n n n
Whatever happened to hand jobs? Did those go out of style with yo momma jokes? n n n
I just realized I had an opening with a girl and totally blew it because I didnt read her signals. n n n
Girls need to understand that men will hardly ever understand their signals, no matter how obvious they try to convey to men that they are attracted to them. n n n
tudents love The Underground in Wescoe Hall for its numerous cuisine choices and convenient campus location. Unfortunately, because of extreme overcrowding, this hub of campus food favorites has been deemed a frustratingly congested dining service. This congestion isnt just annoying for students; its also a safety risk. KU Dining Services must make an effort to fix this problem. The cold weather plays a role in the overcrowding in The Underground. When it is too cold to eat outside, people jam into the limited indoor space. During this years winter months, an average of 3,000 transactions occurred every day at The Underground. This results not only in lengthy waits for tables to open, but also dangerous clusters as people crowd walking space and exits. When The Underground opened in September 2004, designers were not given a lot of room to work with, according to Nona Golledge, director of Dining Services. The original location was 7,000 square feet and housed mostly quick bite and snack vendors. They were able to reach 11,500 square feet with the expansion. Even with this significant amplification, space is still scarce. Though the expansion was a step in the right direction, its still not enough to meet the demand for space and address the risks of overcrowding.
The Underground can hold 707 people with an estimated 100 seats located outside. But actually keeping The Underground at capacity with all of the walking traffic is rarely accomplished. Golledge attributes this difficulty to the abundance of entrances located throughout Wescoe. Because of the cost another expansion would entail, changes to The Underground should first start with the patrons. Until the weather permits patrons to eat outside, there is little students can do to unclog The Underground. There are, however, little things they can do to make everyones experience at The Underground more enjoyable. They should start by making an effort to be courteous to their fellow students. Lone students sitting at a table for four is a common sight, as are people simply passing time at a table reading or doing a crossword puzzle. If this is you, be mindful that there is a library conveniently located across the way, or be open to meeting new students and sharing your not-so-crowded table with a couple of strangers. Responsibility should also be assumed by Dining Services, which needs to find a way to enforce the limit of people allowed in The Underground to make sure it is a safe environment for students. Stefanie Penn for The Kansan Editorial Board
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Is Taylor Swift on crack? Ive never seen anyone talk that fast and bounce off the walls while completely lucid. n n n
he recent Google versus China affair revealed two things to the world. First, it is apparently illegal in China to give flowers without a permit, as wreaths left on the doorsteps of Google China were deemed an illegal flower tribute and were taken away by Chinese police. The second revelation is something altogether more serious than contraband tulips: It is the state of constant warfare that exists in cyberspace, penetrating private industries and governments around the world. The Chinese government has denied involvement in the hacking attacks targeted toward Google and the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. Despite this, multiple cyber-security analysts still claim the Chinese government, either directly or through a proxy, is responsible for these attacks. Quite honestly, it is hard to believe a country with such tight control over the Web that searches for Tiananmen Square come up blank would allow independent breaches of cybersecurity to originate within its borders. Google originally opened its Chinese operations under the caveat that it would help the government to strangle the free-flow of information on the Internet. However, in reaction to the recent attacks, Google reversed its policy of allowing China to censor search results on its engine. It also threatened to pull its operations out of the country if China refused to cooperate. Though Googles turnaround in policy is an impressive show of support for human rights and freedom of speech, what the entire affair should do is make us reconsider what we call war. During the last few years, multiple computer attacks have resulted in the theft of precious data from U.S. national security institutions. Violations include the Pentagon, national laboratories such as Sandia and companies such as Lockheed Martin.
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Though it is only publicly suspected that China is to blame, there is enough evidence to assume Chinese military operations have stolen U.S. security secrets. So at what point do we call it a war? Though war with China would never be a good thing, it is highly unlikely that our two countries would ever come to blows. We need to show them that we dont take these attacks lightly. Attacks on our digital infrastructure should be handled as seriously as those against the homeland. The U.S. is in need of a serious investment in its cybersecurity, but thats only one part of the problem. The issue is not only confined to the U.S. and China, but it needs to be dealt with by the international community as a whole. In 2007, the entire governmental and economic infrastructure of Estonia, a country once lauded for advancements in e-government, was shut down by Russian attacks. These attacks came either officially or through independent groups working for the government. Similar denial-of-service attacks against Georgia preceded the 2008 Russian invasion. If shutting down an entire country by force isnt an act of war, Im not sure where we draw the line. While we laugh about illegal flower tributes and praise Googles moral integrity, we should also be concerned with the changing nature of war and how the U.S. can meet the cybersecurity challenges it faces. Lowell is a senior from Concordia in political science.
Did anyone else see the K-State fans fist pumping? I didnt realize Manhattan was part of the Jersey Shore. n n n
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I just cant believe people who like their own status on Facebook. Isnt that the whole reason that they put the status the way it is? If they didnt like it, they wouldnt post it. n n n
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The sun is up. The sky is blue. Its beautiful, and so are you. Dear Prudence, wont you come out to play? n n n
How do you suggest to someone that their doppelgnger would be a Keebler elf? n n n
I bought underwear at Walmart so I didnt have to do laundry. One of the many reasons why I should never have children. n n n
A girl today told me that I look like one of the Jonas Brothers. I dont know much about them, but Im assuming theres an unattractive one. n n n
hen our parents were in college, the sight of an obese person was a rarity. Today, those who are excessively overweight are no longer considered a minority. The National Institute of Health found that 64.5 percent of Americans are overweight and nearly a third of the population is clinically obese. Although theses numbers are already staggering, the country is only getting fatter. By 2015, 75 percent of Americans are expected to be overweight and 41 percent obese according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health. With numbers like these, the argument that individual irresponsibility or lack of self-control is the sole cause of the obesity epidemic would be irrational. Although there is certainly some individual fault, Americas eating problem can be seen in the center aisles of the everyday grocery store and the absurdly low prices of fast food items. This connection is no coincidence. As author Michael Pollan frankly put in an interview with Christian Science Monitor, We are subsidizing obesity. U.S. crop subsidies were initially used to ensure the financial survival of farmers and thwart off famine during the great depres-
sion. Now, though, crop subsidies serve a different purpose. Today, the most highly subsidized crop is corn. Corn subsidies jumped from around $2.5 in 2004 to more than $9 billion dollars in the past two years. As a result, junk food products containing subsidized-corn ingredients are extremely cheap. This skews the food market for costumers to purchase unhealthy foods. Anyone gulping a Coke, biting into a KFC drumstick, munching on a Twinkie or partaking in all three, is ingesting some form of processed corn. Among the most lethaland popularof the corn concoctions is high-fructose corn syrup. This serves as a fatty sweetener found in soft drinks, yogurts, cookies, salad dressing and countless other products. Meanwhile, vegetables and other healthy selections in the grocery store are either imported from foreign countries or their producers receive little to no aid
from the government. The prices tell the story. For low-income families, the rational choice among the grocery aisles would be the cheap, less-healthy foods instead of expensive vegetables. Not surprisingly, poverty is one of the most prominent indicators for higher obesity rates. Food production companies catering to the fast food industry use subsidized corn to feed their animals because its cheap. In turn, fast food companies use subsidized ingredients to create food-like items on the dollar menu. Although many of these junkfood items may seem cheap at first, we are all paying the price. With cancers, diabetes, heart disease, and countless other health problems that arise from an unhealthy diet, it is estimated that we are paying more than $75 billion a year because of our poor eating habits. Taxpayers are paying corporations to cook for us. Consequently, companies have created a system that provides extremely cheap items containing three ingredients that our bodies are hardwired to love: salt, sugar and fat. We are all getting sick because of it. Katz is a junior from Overland Park in creative writing and political science.
ake it from Sarah, the 1990s called and it wants its grammar back. First person speech is as out of style as the fanny pack. Just as some try to hang on to the outdated fanny by throwing it over a shoulder and calling it a roo, people just cant seem to let go of the first person pronouns. Sarah has moved on. Third person is what its all about. If Sarahs parents had wanted her to blend into the sea of first person pronoun-ers in her 300-person lecture class, they would have named her I or me; Professors dont know one I from the other 299. Sarah has emerged from monotony with omniscient narration of her own life. Narcissism is in for 2010.
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as a third person reference ever sounded anything but ridiculous? Before using a third person reference, consider the message you are sending to others about yourself. If you consider yourself important enough to drop the usual first person I and replace it with your name when speaking, others are likely to consider you pompous. Youll probably receive several eye rolls and mockery as a result. Its doubtful friends will soon let you forget it. If you need a modern example to understand the silliness of third person references, look no further than the reality-hit Jersey Shore. The Situation loves talking about The Situation. But everyone except The Situation thinks The Situation is a tool. Just sayin.
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Henrickson said. Shes more ath- shots, Missouri never held a lead. letic and explosive and should be Sometimes the reason was good able to sit underneath Johnson defense. Often times the shots and force a tough two. just werent falling. The Jayhawks Instead of held the Tigers Kansas jumpto just 21-ofWhat we do is about ing out to a 59 shooting 9-3 lead and and 3-of-16 habits. It will either raise perhaps setting 3-pointers. your play or cripple you. the games tone Yet Johnson, much sooner, Su t h e r l a n ds bonnie Henrickson S u t h e r l a n d s defensive coach b l u n d e r assignment, brought the managed to score to 7-5 stand out as and balanced the exception. a previously uneven momentum She finished with sixteen points, scale. seven rebounds and four assists. Henrickson quickly took her Minor miscues that have out of the game in favor of Smith. hobbled Kansas defense, like She needed me to regroup and Sutherlands missed rebound, sit down so she could tell me what cannot be quantified. But they was going wrong, Sutherland have continuously popped up this said. season. The Jayhawks soon went on a She hasnt practiced well. Its a 10-0 run and pulled out a narrow recipe to play poorly, Henrickson victory, but the sporadic holes of said. What we do is about habits. the defense lingered. While one It will either raise your play or play never equates to an entire cripple you. games story, Sutherlands blunder Sometimes the biggest plays, or served as a glaring microcosm to lack thereof, dont show up in the her recurring defensive lapses. box score. Aishah is a tough player, but sometimes she gets lackadaisical, Edited by Anna Archibald Smith said. Despite a bevy of uncontested
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who was the last Jayhawk to earn the honor for the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, 2008. davis tallied her first career double-double with 10 points and a career high 10 rebounds in Wednesdays victory against colorado. she scored a career high 20 points, snagged nine rebounds and converted all eight of her free throw attempts in saturdays victory at missouri. the Houston, tex., native has scored double figures in four of the past five games since being inserted into the starting lineup. davis timely emergence has softened the blow of the injury to freshman guard Angel Goodrich.
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1 last week but dropped to fourth after losing to South Carolina, its first loss of the season. The Wildcats (20-1) had one firstplace vote. Kansas fell from No. 1 to third after losing at Tennessee. Since then, the Jayhawks have won six straight, including Saturdays 81-79 overtime victory at Kansas State. Kansas coach Bill Self said now that conference races are under way, it will be hard for any team to hold on for long at the top. There could be a new No. 1 next week, and the week after, he said. Because when you play road league games, people are going to lose. Its not a major upset. We won the national championship and lost three league games in five games. But Id rather play like a No. 1-ranked team than be ranked No. 1. Hopefully, we can do that. Michigan State was fifth, followed by West Virginia, Georgetown, Purdue and Texas, which dropped from sixth to ninth. The Longhorns (18-3) were No. 1 for two weeks before dropping to sixth last week. Their 80-77 overtime loss to Baylor on Saturday was their third in four games. Duke and Kansas State tied for 10th. BYU was 12th followed by Ohio State, Tennessee, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Gonzaga, Vanderbilt, Temple and Baylor. The last five ranked teams were Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Butler, Northern Iowa and
Mississippi. Butler and Northern Iowa returned to the poll this week, replacing Connecticut and UAB. Butler (18-4) was 11th in the preseason poll but dropped out for five weeks. The Bulldogs have won 10 straight games and are 11-0 in the Horizon League. Northern Iowa (19-2) moved into the rankings two weeks ago at No. 20 and then dropped out after losing to Wichita State and ending a 15-game winning streak. The Panthers are 10-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Connecticut (13-8) fell out from 19th after losing to Providence and Marquette this week. The Huskies, who were 12th in the preseason Top 25 and reached as high as No. 10, are 2-2 since coach Jim Calhoun took an indefinite leave of absence for undisclosed medical reasons. UAB (18-3) was 25th last week, but the Blazers dropped out following a 74-65 double-overtime loss at Texas-El Paso on Saturday. UAB was ranked for one week earlier in the season. The teams that comprised last seasons Final Four are split in their poll success this season. Villanova and Michigan State, which both returned the bulk of their teams from last season, are third and fifth, respectively. Neither defending champion North Carolina (13-8) nor Connecticut, which both saw their rosters gutted by graduation and players leaving early for the NBA, received a single vote this week.
Freshman forward carolyn davis carried her team in saturdays victory at missouri and now shes being recognized for it. A panel of journalists voted davis as the big 12 Freshman of the Week for dAVis games from Jan. 25 to 30. she averaged 15 points and 9.5 rebounds in victories against colorado and missouri. davis play has solidified her starting role, previously held by junior center krysten boogaard,
boone, n.c. clarence smith scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help king college upset Appalachian state 87-76 monday night. brian Hewitt also had a double-double for the tornado (13-4), scoring 15 points and dishing out 10 assists. the tornado finished with 15 steals, helping to lead to 18 mountaineers turnovers. mark dockery scored 15 points, kite 12 and elisha murray 11 for the tornado. Josh Hunter led the mountaineers with 22 points.
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the university of Kansas Athletics department bought the First Serve tennis Facility and will rename it the Jayhawk tennis Facility. It is a great opportunity for us and the athletic department, coach Amy Hall-Holt said. It is a good way to start off the new year and get things going. they bought the facility from the founder and owner, Mike elwell for $3.1 million. the owner wanted to sell, so it made sense for us to purchase it because it is a good tennis facility and it provides a home for the team in good weather and bad, Jim Marchiony, associate athletic director, said. this facility has been home to Kansas tennis team practices and home matches since 2006 when Kansas Athletics Inc. entered into a contractual relationship with elwell. before that relationship, the team practiced as far away as topeka or Kansas City for indoor courts. I think it will enhance the quality of our program, and we will be able to accommodate our
athletes, Hall-Holt said. Leading up to the acquisition of First Serve, Kansas Athletics funded additions to the building including workout facilities and a locker room for the team, spectator viewing, along with updating some of the indoor and outdoor courts. I am excited about it and anxious to make it an exciting college venue, Hall-Holt said. We can put our own flavor with what we want to do inside to showcase current and former athletes, male and female. Over the next couple of months the department will discuss more additions. It was a well-run facility and we want to continue that, Marchiony said. We always want to improve it though. the other 150 members of First Serve will be welcome at the new facilities with their memberships continuing along with the staff staying in place. We are going to do whatever we can to make sure the club remains a viable indoor tennis facility for both Ku and the tennis players of Lawrence, Marchiony said.
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LOuISVILLe, Ky. edgar Sosa scored 15 points and handed out eight assists to lead Louisville past reeling Connecticut 82-69 on Monday night. Jerry Smith added 14 points while Samardo Samuels chipped in 13 points as the Cardinals (148, 5-4 big east) bounced back from a potentially devastating loss at West Virginia on Saturday with arguably their biggest win of the season. Louisville never trailed and
built a 19-point lead early in the second half before holding off a couple of mild runs by the Huskies. Jerome dyson led uConn (13-9, 3-6) with 18 points and Stanley robinson had 14 points and 11 rebounds but the Huskies fell to 2-3 without coach Jim Calhoun, who is on indefinite medical leave. the Huskies have lost six of their last eight overall. uConn shot just 38 percent from the field and turned the ball over 18 times.
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Tennis vs. Notre Dame, 3 p.m. check that, enjoyable. Without the laundry list of elite quarterbacks, guys like Matt Schaub and David Garrard stepped up and delivered strikes down the field for huge touchdown passes. Many players were micdup (perhaps my favorite technological inclusion to the NFL), allowing viewers to listen in on the huddle, or stare in amazement as defensive signal-callers like Ray Lewis barked out orders. Most of all, the game showed fans that the players still care. Cameras captured guys on the sidelines laughing and joking with one another, and replacement or not, they were all simply happy to be there. And as long as it matters to them, its still of value to us fans. Edited by Cory Bunting womens swimming at Iowa State, 6 p.m. Track at Husker Invitational, all day
impact on the season, as the winning league earns home field advantage in the World Series. In the NBA, while their contest doesnt carry the same reward, fans can still rejoice at the bevy of alleyoops and behind the back passes. Same for the NHL, where seeing the best scorers in the league glide up and down the ice is a treat all its own. Arguably, the style of play in the NFL is least translatable to the All-Star Game format; football is a brutal, hard-hitting sport. Guys arent trying to blow out a knee in an exhibition contest, so vital elements of the game are missing; for example, offensive and defensive line-play is virtually non-existent, and defensive backs arent allowed to press coverage. In spite of my cynicism, I decided to flip on Sunday nights Pro Bowl anyway. And to my surprise, it was watchable
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Yesterday, the Big 12 announced its 2010 television schedule, which will air nationally on Fox Sports Net. The Jayhawks will be featured in one of the six games in the package when they travel to Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State on Saturday, May 1 at 2 p.m. The game marks the fourth straight year that Kansas will make an appearance on national television.
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Junior center Cole Aldrich was announced Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday thanks to big double-doubles in his last few outings. Aldrich had monster performances against Missouri and Kansas State, Aldrich averaging 15 points, 13.5 rebounds and five blocks in those games. Its pretty cool, he said of the award. It definitely helps. The guys on the team have helped me obtain that achievement. Its just finally nice to start playing better. On the season, Aldrich is averaging 11.6 points and 10.3 rebounds with 3.6 blocks. He has nine double-doubles on the season, including three in his past three games. I started out real slow for quite a while, Aldrich said. But now Im starting to get my feet back under me and starting to get more confidence.
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The baseball team has already begun to garner some national attention, earning a ranking from two publications and being selected for a national television appearance. Rivals.com lists the Jayhawks at No. 25 in their preseason top 25, while the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ranks them at No. 33 in their own preseason poll. Kansas joins Texas at the only other Big 12 team ranked by the Rivals poll; the Longhorns tabbed as No. 1 in the nation. In the NCBWA poll, the Jayhawks were slotted behind three other conference opponents: Texas (No. 1), Oklahoma (No. 25) and Texas A&M (No. 28).
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Sherron Collins layup sealed the 81-79 victory for Kansas in overtime against Kansas State Saturday. But he might not have had the opportunity to do that if it werent for junior guard Tyrel Reeds defensive play at the end of regulation. With the game tied 69-69 and about 10 seconds to go in regulation, the Jayhawks had the ball to take the final shot. Collins tried to drive inside the lane but met a double team, stumbled and threw the ball back to Kansas State. With just under four seconds left, K-State freshman guard Dominique Sutton had time to sprint down the court for the game winning basket. I was nervous, junior center Cole Aldrich said. He was running down and I was like, oh please, somebody get the ball and run the clock out. Staying with Sutton the whole way, Reed slapped the ball away from Sutton, right when he went up for a shot, sending the game into overtime. The Jayhawks outscored the Wildcats 12-10 in overtime. Coach Bill Self said he didnt know how big Reeds play was at the time because he was on the opposite end of the floor when it happened. When he got home, he saw game highlights on television and saw how significant the play was. I texted him right then, Hey, you saved the game, Self said. At the time, Reed said he was not aware of the significance of
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Senior guard Sherron Collins attempts to drive past Jacob Pullen in the final seconds of regulation before turning the ball over. Kansas State's Dominique Sutton nearly scored the game-winning basket before being stripped by Tyrel Reed. the play. But afterward, he said watching the game later that night told him the magnitude of his game-saving slap. The text message he received from Self confirmed this. He said hey, that was a big play. I didnt realize it at the time, Reed said. While the crowd pleaded for a foul, television replay confirmed Reed slapped the ball away cleanly from Sutton, who was running full speed. With multiple fouls called early on in the game, the crowd was irate when no call was made. But Reed said he thought the refs got it right. Reed said he hasnt studied the video close enough to see if he fouled Sutton. I dont think I fouled him, Reed said. I thought I got all ball in reaction from trying to stop him from getting the shot up. For Reed, who played 10 minutes and scored two points, that was about as much as an effect
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ther Kansas athletes might be getting more attention, but no one is as impressive as middle distance runner Lauren Bonds. At the Jayhawk Classic Saturday, Bonds broke an 18-year-old school record when she ran a 9:30.9 in the 3,000 meter. Bonds record setting performance was also an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Remarkably, this was only another layer on Bonds already historic career at Kansas. She already owns two other Kansas track and field records. During the 2009 indoor season, Bonds set the mile record at the ISU Classic with a time of 4:43.74. At the 2009 Big 12 Championships, she set the 1,000 meter record with a time of 2:46.60. Bonds gives fans a reason to spread their enjoyment of successful Kansas athletics around to other lesser publicized programs. She has been turning heads at track and field meets for years but has yet to receive the local recognition she deserves. Bonds is the best athlete at Kansas no one is talking about. Last fall during the 2009 cross country season, Bonds established a legacy described as one of the greatest individual seasons by a KU womens runner in school history,
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mvosburgh@kansan.com by the KU Athletics Track and Field department. There had not been a female athlete from Kansas to compete in the NCAA Cross Country National Championships in 16 years since Bonds did last November. Bonds finished 61st overall. She was selected to the All-Big 12 team for the second consecutive year, becoming the first woman in school history to do so. It may be hard to believe that someone who holds three indoor track and field school records is able to concentrate much on schoolwork but Bonds academic resume is just as impressive as her athletic accomplishments. At the conclusion of the 2009 cross country season, Bonds was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the third consecutive season. She will take her degree
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Freshman Victoria Khanevskaya follows through on a shot during singles play at the Jayhawk Invitational in September. doubles team from Georgetown. So far as a doubles team, the pair has gone 3-1. For the entire fall season, Khanevskaya finished with a 3-5 singles record and a 7-2 doubles record. We communicate really well and in doubles communication with your partner is very important, Morozova said. We play different ways, but we got together and it has been really good. In the fall, Khanevskaya and Morozova were two of four players invited to play at the Intercollegiate