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Wednesday, September 19
WhAt: Cooking Demo
WhERE: Kansas Union, Lobby, Level 4
WhEN: 3 to 4 p.m.
ABOUt: Join experienced cooks from
around campus and the Lawrence com-
munity for free cooking lessons.
WhAt: Volleyball vs. Creighton
WhERE: Horejsi Family Athletics Center
WhEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ABOUt: Watch the Jayhawks take on
the Blue Jays.
Thursday, September 20 Friday, September 21
WhAt: Tea at Three
WhERE: Kansas Union, Lobby, Level 4
WhEN: 3 to 4 p.m.
ABOUt: Enjoy free tea, punch and cookies
in the Union.
WhAt: Read Across Lawrence: Methland:
The Death and Life of an American Small
Town
WhERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WhEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ABOUt: Join Lawrence community members
for a discussion with Nick Reding, author
of New York Times bestseller Methaland,
which is about meth abuse in a small
Midwestern town.
WhAt: Voter Registration Drive
WhERE: Kansas Union
WhEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ABOUt: Every Thursday and Friday through
Oct. 26, SUA will have a table providing
voter registration forms and information.
WhAt: Twenty Minutes into the Future
WhERE: Spencer Museum of Art
auditorium, 309
WhEN: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ABOUt: Architect Henry Smith-Miller
will talk about his studio and avant-
garde architecture.
WhAt: Voter Registration Drive
WhERE: Kansas Union
WhEN: 3 to 4 p.m.
ABOUt: Every Thursday and Friday
through Oct. 26, SUA will have a
table providing voter registration
forms and information.
WhAt: Soccer vs. Oklahoma State
WhERE: Jayhawk Soccer Complex
WhEN: 5 to 7 p.m.
ABOUt: Watch the Jayhawks take on
the Cowboys.
Saturday, September 22
SALT LAKE CITY His cam-
paign at a crossroads, Mitt Rom-
ney struggled Tuesday to limit po-
litical fallout from his dismissive
comments about nearly half of all
Americans while Republican of-
fcials debated the impact of serial
controversies on the partys hopes
of capturing the White House.
President Barack Obamas
White House piled on, seven
weeks before Election Day.
When youre president of the
United States, you are president of
all the people, not just the people
who voted for you, said press sec-
retary Jay Carney.
He added that Obama deeply
believes that were in this togeth-
er.
Romney seemed to say other-
wise in a video that surfaced on
Monday in which he told donors
at a fundraiser that 47 percent of
Americans dont pay taxes and be-
lieve they are entitled to extensive
government support.
My job is not to worry about
those people, he said. Ill never
convince them they should take
personal responsibility and care
for their lives.
Privately, some Republicans
were critical of Romneys most
recent comments and his overall
campaign to date, saying he had
frittered away opportunities.
Tey also noted that with early
voting already under way in some
states, the time to recover was
smaller than might appear.
Linda McMahon, the Republi-
can candidate for a Senate seat in
Connecticut, was open with her
criticism.
I disagree with Governor
Romneys insinuation that 47 per-
cent of Americans believe they are
victims who must depend on the
government for their care, she
said in a statement posted to her
website.
Still, with high-profle presi-
dential debates and seven weeks
of campaigning ahead, others said
those concerns were overstated.
I dont expect the negative
headlines of this week will be what
were talking about a week from
now, said Fergus Cullen, the for-
mer Republican state chairman in
New Hampshire and a close ally of
Romney.
Like other Republicans, he said,
Its incumbent on the Romney
campaign to make it (the election)
about Obamas handling of the
economy.
Top Republicans in Congress
volunteered no reaction to Rom-
neys remarks just as they re-
frained from commenting a week
ago when he issued a statement
that inaccurately accused the
Obama administration of giving
comfort to demonstrators afer
they breached the U.S. Embassy
in Cairo.
Supporters grow
critical of Romney
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
arrives at Salt Lake City International Airport during a visit to Utah for a pair of
fundraisers on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
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WhAt: The Intergalactic Nemesis,
Book 1: Target Earth
WhERE: Lied Center
WhEN: 3 to 5 p.m.
ABOUt: The Lied Center presents
the frst half of a live-action graphic
novel. Journalists Molly Sloan and
Timmy Mendez discover an impend-
ing invasion of sludge monsters
from the planet Zygon. Three actors,
sound effects artists and a pianist
use over 1,000 hand-drawn images
to tell the story.
WhAt: The Intergalactic Nemesis,
Book 2: Robot Planet Rising
WhERE: Lied Center
WhEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
ABOUt: In the second half of the
live-action graphic novel, Molly
must rescue a robot emissary and
Timmy has telekinetic powers.
Information based on the Doug-
las County Sheriffs Offce book-
ing recap and KU Offce of Public
Safety crime reports.
A 37-year-old Lawrence man was ar-
rested Monday at 10:40 p.m. in the 1500
block of North 1550 Road on suspicion of
burglarizing a vehicle, theft of property
or services less than $500 and criminal
use of a fnancial card. Bond was set at
$7,500.
A 55-year-old Lawrence man was ar-
rested Monday at 4:05 p.m. in the 3600
block of East 25th Street on suspicion of
burglarizing a vehicle, criminal use of
a fnancial card and theft of property or
services less than $1,000. Bond was set
at $1,500. He was released.
A 21-year-old Lawrence man was ar-
rested Monday at 4:04 p.m. in the 3600
block of East 25th Street on suspicion of
criminal possession of a club or knife.
Bond was set at $500. He was released.
A 23-year-old Topeka woman was ar-
rested Monday at 2:41 a.m. in the 4800
block of Bauer Farm Drive on suspicion
of driving while suspended, driving while
intoxicated and refusing to take a blood
alcohol test. Bond was set at $1,000. She
was released.
Rachel Salyer
POLICE REPORTS
POLITICS
LAGOS, Nigeria Despite
all its cutting-edge technology,
Google Inc. has turned to the
humble text message to break into
Nigerias booming economy.
The search engine has started
a service in Nigeria, as well as in
Ghana and Kenya, which enables
mobile phone users to access
emails through text messaging.
That comes as Googles office
in Lagos has begun working with
small business owners in this
nation of more than 160 million
people, bringing more than 25,000
businesses online over the past
year.
Googles choice of using text
messages to reach consumers
highlights the challenges of doing
business in Africas most popu-
lous nation. There is money to be
made, but most people rarely have
access to electricity, let alone the
Internet, and a $20 mobile phone
is as close as many will ever come
to owning a computer.
We dont want to just come
in and start looking for how to
generate profit, said Affiong
Osuchukwu, Googles Nigeria
marketing manager. We consid-
er (sub-Saharan Africa) to be an
investment region. We know we
have to invest resources and time
to develop the market in order for
the market to become valuable to
us in a way that we can do busi-
ness.
Google makes tens of billions
of dollars a year from advertising,
much of it coming from simple
text ads that pop up next to its
search results. But such ads are
rarely relevant to Nigerians look-
ing for goods and services in their
neighborhoods. Only a fraction
of business owners have websites,
and those that do rarely offer con-
sumers many services online.
Google Nigeria is trying to
develop the ecosystem by mak-
ing the Internet part of more peo-
ples lives, Osuchukwu said. Its
most recent push came in July
as the company began advertis-
ing its text message email service,
which allows users to receive their
emails through Gmail for free as
text messages. Users also can reply
to the emails for only the cost
of sending a text message. They
also can access local classified ads
hosted by Google.
More than half of the 44 mil-
lion people who use the Internet
in Nigeria access the web through
smartphones, according to
International Telecommunications
Union, but that represents only a
fraction of mobile phone users in
Nigeria.
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KABUL, Afghanistan NATOs
decision to restrict operations with
small Afghan forces to mitigate
the threat of insider attacks means
fewer boots on patrols and a shift
in how the U.S.-led coalition will
fight the war in Afghanistan.
Its unclear whether the coali-
tions exit strategy can succeed with
less partnering with Afghan police-
men and soldiers, who are slated to
take over for foreign combat troops
by the end of 2014, just 27 months
from now.
What is clear is that the mantra
that Afghans and coalition forces
are fighting the Taliban shoulder
to shoulder is looking more and
more like theyre standing at arms
length.
Earlier this year, the U.S. military
stopped training about 1,000 mem-
bers of the Afghan Local Police, a
controversial network of village-
defense units. U.S. commanders
have assigned some troops to be
guardian angels who watch over
their comrades in interactions with
Afghan forces and even as they
sleep.
U.S. officials also recently
ordered American troops to carry
loaded weapons at all times in
Afghanistan, even when they are
on their bases.
Until now, coalition troops rou-
tinely conducted operations such
as patrolling or manning outposts
with small units of their Afghan
counterparts.
MINSK, Belarus (AP) An
Associated Press photographer
was beaten and briefly detained
Tuesday by plainclothes security
officers in the Belarusian capital.
Sergei Grits was among eight
journalists covering a protest by
four opposition activists calling
for a boycott of this weekends par-
liamentary election when plain-
clothes security officers attacked
them in downtown Minsk.
Grits said one of the men
grabbed him by the neck from
behind, while another punched
him in the eye, breaking his glass-
es and leaving a gash. They then
pushed the journalists into a van
without license plates and drove
them to a police station, where
they were held for two hours before
being released without charges or
explanation, Grits said.
Such violence by police against
a journalist peacefully going about
his work is unacceptable and must
be protested in the strongest possi-
ble terms, said John Daniszewski,
APs senior managing editor for
international news.
AfricA middle eAst
europe
NAto to
restrict
forces
Journalist beaten in Belarus
Google uses
email via text
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An unidentifed man walks past a Google advertisement in lagos, Nigeria. With all its cutting-edge technology, Google inc.
has reverted back to text messaging in its efforts to break into Nigerias booming economy.
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Belarus plainclothes security offcers detain opposition activist paavel Vinogradov
during a protest in minsk on tuesday. sergei Grits says he was among eight journal-
ists covering a protest.
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Because the stars
know things we dont.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Hold back on spending, and dont
get cocky. Go slowly and steadily to
prevent breakage. Dont get into a
fght with your mate over preferences.
Its not worth it.
Today is a 5
taurus (April 20-May 20)
You and a co-worker clash. Pa-
tience and discipline are required.
Use the awkward moment as another
learning experience. Change the ap-
pearance of the package.
Today is a 7
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Circumstances shift, so use this
to your advantage. Work progresses
nicely, but may require a compro-
mise. There could be a tough lesson
involved. Its useful.
Today is a 6
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Say hello to your creative muse.
Your energys all over the map. Rath-
er than trying to rein it in, discover
where it takes you. Take notes.
Today is an 8
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Work and romance collide, and
something you try doesnt work, but
youre stronger for the effort. Get out-
side and move your body to let your
mind rest.
Today is a 8
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
A romantic misunderstanding or
barrier could turn into a new pos-
sibility. Establish new accounts and
watch profts grow. Beware of spend-
ing money you havent collected.
Today is an 7
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Dont throw away something youll
want later; its purpose comes to you.
Be forgiving for your own foolishness
and grateful for your abilities. Move
quickly to increase sales.
Today is a 6
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Keep your hands on the wheel and
your eyes on the future. You have ev-
erything you need to move forward,
so take action. A bump in romance
makes you stronger.
Today is a 8
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You may want to postpone trying
out a new idea until tomorrow. Handle
mundane tasks now with ease. Bal-
ance your checkbook. Tell friends
youll see them later.
Today is a 5
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Try a new tactic with an artistic
touch. You dont have to start from
scratch. Add an emotional hook. Let
a partner lead, so you can take it
easier.
Today is a 7
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Exceed your own expectations.
Work fows well, but it could interfere
with romance. Avoid creating upsets
that you will later regret. Let your
partner choose the destination.
Today is a 7
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Study trends and listen to con-
siderations. Private concentration is
productive. Learn from a recent loss.
Grab a good deal. Old familiar love is
best.
Today is a 7
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MOvIE REvIEW
At this point in the Resident
Evil flm franchise, theres no
reason to expect the movies to be
anything other than completely
ridiculous.
Whereas the video games pro-
vide engrossing narratives, heart-
pounding thrills and some of the
most intense scares in gaming,
the cinematic adaptations only
tried to replicate that feeling in
the frst installment. Each suc-
cessive entry grew increasingly
more over-the-top and mind-
lessly action-oriented.
But you know what? Despite
the fact that Resident Evil: Retri-
bution is dumber than any of its
many zombies whose brains get
splattered onto the wall, I have to
admit that I had a pretty decent
time watching badass babe Milla
Jovovich kick all sorts of undead
butt again.
Retribution picks up ex-
actly where the last movie lef
of, opening with an explosive,
entrancing set piece involving
dozens of helicopters attacking
Alice (Jovovich) and crew on-
board a sea barge, all unfolding
in reverse slow-motion. A sur-
prisingly graceful prologue then
follows, giving viewers a neces-
sary refresher on the convoluted
plot of this series, before jumping
back into zombie mayhem.
Jovovich gets several scenes to
show of her acrobatic and melee
skills before Ada Wong (Li Bing-
bing) arrives, and the flm begins
to succumb to what have always
been the weaknesses of this se-
ries groan-worthy dialogue,
stilted acting and a silly plot. Like
the last movie, clones also fgure
into the story, allowing some pre-
viously killed characters (most
notably Michelle Rodriguez and
Oded Fehr) to return.
Te rest of the journey re-
volves around Alice and Ada
meeting up with an extraction
team to escape and destroy the
evil Umbrella Corporations base
of operations, traveling through
its diferent levels and fghting
what are essentially boss battles
along the way.
When Retribution sticks to
playing like a video game, its an
extremely dumb, but nonetheless
fun, spectacle of violence and de-
struction. Its no secret writer/di-
rector Paul W.S. Anderson values
style far more than substance,
and he certainly directs the ac-
tion scenes with plenty of cool,
extreme fair especially in the
vivid 3-D. Enemies are killed
with a barrage of slo-mo bullets
,and subtlety is never part of the
equation.
Dont get me wrong: Tis is
most certainly a bad flm, but its
guilty pleasure entertainment.
Fans of this series like these mov-
ies because they can shut down
their brains for 90 minutes, watch
an outrageous display of zom-
bie action eye candy, a few jump
scares and Milla Jovovich being
awesome. And once in awhile,
thats exactly what you need.
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vAnDALISM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Two-
time Olympic gold medalist
snowboarder Shaun White faces
charges of public intoxication and
vandalism, accused of drunkenly
destroying a phone at a Nashville
hotel and ending up in the hospi-
tal afer he hit his head.
Ofcers responded to the Loews
Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. Sunday
afer a drunken man identifed as
the 26-year-old White pulled a fre
alarm, forcing the hotel to evacu-
ate all guests. An employee also
reported seeing White destroy a
hotel phone.
White tried to leave the hotel
in a cab before being stopped by
a hotel guest who told the driver
that police had been called. Ac-
cording to police, White kicked at
the man before running away. Te
man chased him and they collided
when White turned around. White,
who is also one of the worlds top
skateboarders, fell back and hit his
head against a fence, police said.
White, who appeared to be
drunk, was given the opportu-
nity to sign misdemeanor cita-
tions and refused, police said. A
spokeswoman for Baptist Hospital
said White was treated there and
released on Monday before being
arrested and booked by police. A
mug shot released by police shows
White with a black eye.
White was released by police
late Monday afernoon on his own
recognizance. His court date was
set for Oct. 10.
Drunk and disorderly White
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Olympic athlete Shaun White is photographed in new York on April 18. A nashville,
Tenn., police report says the Olympic gold medalist snowboarder was charged
with vandalism of $500 or less.
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I
n college few things are
absolutely certain. There are
always questions of whether
or not well graduate on time,
where well sign our next lease
and if our next gas fill-up will be
an overdraft.
But when elements of our rela-
tionships become certain like
Orange Leaf and trashy TV on
Monday nights, playing trivia on
Wednesday nights and 60 cent
boneless wings at Buffalo Wild
Wings on Thursday nights the
monotony of it all can make us
feel very uncertain about the
quality of our dating lives.
My weekly schedule has
become totally predictable since
I started teaching middle school
English and communications.
The details of my weeks in my
classroom vary, but what doesnt
change is how tired I am when its
all over each Friday afternoon.
The weekend, which was once
a time of trekking downtown to
whatever bar that boasted the
best drinks, had become reduced
to me surfing YouTube, invit-
ing my boyfriend over to eat ice
cream in bed and finally falling
asleep at 11 p.m. I was so tired
that I didnt want to do anything
else, but eventually my boredom
with my relationship left me
dying for a solution.
Then I found the simplest
answer to my biggest relationship
problem: stop making excuses
and do stuff.
That particular piece of advice
is easier said than done, especially
if you fall victim to laziness. But
boredom can be disastrous. It
may seem small, but it can wreak
serious havoc on our relation-
ships.
According to a Good In Bed
survey, boredom can be the single
biggest threat to an otherwise
solid relationship. Sex expert Ian
Kerner, a sexuality counselor and
founder of Good In Bed, who
helped analyze the study, said
that boredom is basically like
an attack on our relationships
immune system.
And it can spread quickly if
its ignored. Boredom can lead
us to get a wandering eye or nix
the relationship altogether. But
often we become bored in our
relationships because we become
bored with our lives. In this way
monotony gets the best of us and
disguises itself in the form of a
decaying relationship.
If we dont step carefully,
our relationships as we know
it can end from this seemingly
simple problem, and the issue can
become chronic in our next ones
if we dont recognize the root of
the conflict. If we arent careful
about determining the real issue
at hand, we could end up making
a choice thats fatal to one of the
best relationships in our lives.
Sometimes our partners really
are at fault. But in reality, they
usually arent. Even if theyre not,
the consequence (like a breakup)
is still the same, and can leave
them stunned with unanswered
questions about what went
wrong. And when the relation-
ship isnt actually the problem, it
can leave us with little but a
hurt heart.
For the sake of our relation-
ships when life becomes routine,
we need to break the cycle and
continue to maintain the fresh
feeling of them before they grow
fatally stale.
If we dont act fast, the bore-
dom virus is sure to spread, and
the healthy heartbeat that once
was in our relationships will soon
be flatlining. But at least when it
comes to boredom in dating, the
problem is easy to fix by simply
going out and participating in
society.
And when we learn to resusci-
tate dying relationships as easily
as that, we can finally keep our
great loves alive.
Rachel Keith is a graduate student in
education from Wichita. Follow her
on Twitter @Rachel_UDKeith.
A
few months ago, I was
spending time with
my five-year-old niece,
along with one of her uncles.
Im not quite sure how the con-
versation started, but at some
point we were discussing things
my niece could be when she
grows up. Her uncle started
jokingly telling her that one of
the options (it might have been
a lion tamer) was not the best
idea. However, rather than let
it slide, my niece turned to him,
replying with indigence vividly
sharp in her voice, hand on her
hip, I decide my own life!
As my niece proudly declared
herself in charge of her own
fate, I grinned and high-fived
her like the good feminist aunt I
am. But, I couldnt help but feel
a bit of sadness along with my
pride. See, when my niece says
I decide my own life, even
though every fiber of my being
wants to tell her Yes, youre
absolutely right, of courseI
cant nod along with 100 percent
honesty.
My niece believes her rights
for bodily autonomy are par for
the course in what she sees as
a fair world. Not having a say
in her own life is a bewilder-
ing concept for her to wrap her
head around. My niece believes
she should have choices, and get
to make those choices, whether
its choosing her lunch or choos-
ing her future career.
However, the notion that my
niece should be powerless in her
own life is not at all bewildering
to an alarming number of peo-
ple. In fact, the notion that peo-
ple, particularly young people,
and particularly young people
with the capability to become
pregnant, should feel powerless
in their own lives is the driving
factor behind an entire political
movement.
This scares me. No scratch
thatthis terrifies me.
According to the American
Pregnancy Association, 49 per-
cent of all pregnancies are unin-
tended, and the rate of unin-
tended pregnancy is particu-
larly high among 18 to 24-year-
oldsthe age of the typical KU
student. An age group my niece
will belong to when she goes
to KU or Harvard (she hasnt
decided which yet).
There is a very real possibil-
ity that entities will attempt to
take the power of I decide my
own life away from my niece.
She may be raped. She may be
lied to by her doctor about her
health and body. She may be
told she has no right to a deci-
sion about her body, that she
is not an authority on her own
life, that she in fact cannot, and
should not be able to say, I
decide my own life.
I want her to be able to
decide.
This is the root of the pro-
choice movement. This is my
niece, someday, if she happens
to have an unplanned pregnan-
cy, being able to decide her own
life. This is my niece, or your
niece, or sister, mother, friend,
or you, me, or any of the people
whose body has the capability
to become pregnant, being able
to say I decide my own life.
This is about having options,
and having access to those
options; about deciding to end a
pregnancy, or about continuing
with a pregnancy and choosing
adoption, or about continuing
with a pregnancy and being a
parent.
The pro-choice movement is
not the pro-abortion movement.
The pro-choice movement is
the you decide your own life
movement. Having options
available to a person, and allow-
ing a person to choose the
option that is best for them, and
their current and future family?
That is choice.
My niece is five years old.
She was born five years ago
because of an unplanned preg-
nancy when my sister was 19
years old, younger than I am
now; the age of a significant
amount of students on campus.
My sister, when discovering
she was pregnant, looked at her
options: abortion, adoption, or
parenthood. She decided, for
her own personal and unique
circumstances, that parenthood
was the best option for her. She
had the means to be able to do
this unlike many others, which
makes her very lucky and grate-
ful because being a parent has
worked out for her. It doesnt
for everyone.
I want my niece, and all those
with the capability to become
pregnant, to be able to pick the
best option when it comes to a
decision that literally can decide
the path your life takes. And I
want my niece, and us all, to say,
I decide my own life.
Gwynn is a sophomore majoring in
English and women, gender, and
sexuality from Olathe. Follow her on
twitter @AllidoisGwynn.
Yeah, I totally saw that FFA on a
meme... fve months ago. Use your
imagination, people.
Im writing Bill Self in on the 2012
presidential ballot. Whos with me?
Ctrl+F: My dignity.
I need more Sylas!
I see that one of the stone trash cans
on campus has been smashed in half.
Ah, weekends in Lawrence.
I used to think that Cs and Ds were
bad test scores. Then I went to engi-
neering school.
Thanks to my native Vietnamese
name, I am The Last Airbender of Mc-
Collum 5th Floor.
Were going to get tattoos on tat-
toos... Tats on tats on tats.
Im pro-life and the dead baby
pictures make me squeamish. There
are other ways to get your point across,
folks.
I am still waiting for the day when all
the outfts I repin on Pinterest will just
magically show up in my closet.
Totally just got caught by a passerby
picking out belly button lint. Note to
self: Anschutz study rooms have giant
glass windows.
Its not cheating if its not Facebook
offcial, right?
Sucks to be the hotdog stand next to
the dead babies.
Response to Free For All on Monday:
Im a single, sober, non-smoking lady
who likes to cuddle! Youre the guy, you
fnd me!
Do people really have a problem with
kissing and holding hands? I thought
we were in college now, not middle
school. Grow up, please.
Did anyone else not realize right
away that a poke-fanatic is someone
who loves pokemon? Sad poke-fanatic.
Knowing how to clap along with
the fght songs properly should be
a requirement to be at KU. Editors
note: If you want, like, 5 students on
campus. Sure.
If she knows what Ctrl+F is, shes too
smart for you, bro.
Im not lazy... peeing outside is
refreshing.
It would be interesting if KU had its
own version of TMZ.
The majority of men at KU are a lot
like our squirrels: hairy, scary and all
about their nuts.
T
he reality television show
on MTV, The Real
World, was the start of
the reality TV phenomenon of
our generation, but since 2000,
reality TV has exploded into all
of our living rooms and its a
dirty mess.
According to the Journal of
Consumer Research, people
watch reality TV for a number
of reasons and those reasons
include: imagining yourself as
the participant, wanting to be
surprised or thrilled by an out-
come of the show and having a
voyeuristic need to watch people.
It has always been a strange
concept to me to sit down and
watch somebody else live his or
her own life. Quite honestly, Im
more concerned with issues that
affect my life. I know, boring.
Of course I still get in a little
movie time or get my fix of Its
Always Sunny in Philadelphia
every now and then.
Everyones preference is
different and our reasons for
watching what we watch is as
unique as we are, but recent sta-
tistics of viewers that tuned into
the Republican and Democratic
National Conventions might
be a strong argument for what
people prefer to watch or where
the future of our programming
is headed.
According to ABC News, the
Republican National Convention
brought in 1.2 million viewers
on Foxs Aug. 29 coverage of
the convention while 2.9 mil-
lion viewers were more partial
to watching TLCs Honey Boo
Boo. I might not even have
to explain what type of show
Honey Boo Boo is but just
close your eyes, place yourself
in rural Georgia, imagine a
stay-at-home mom known as
The Coupon Queen, a little
girl bouncing off the walls, lots
of sugar, and siblings with
nicknames like Pumpkin
and Chubbs. And if the mere
description doesnt give you a
headache, then youre one of
millions that would find this
show interesting.
Since 2008, ratings for both
parties conventions were down
by millions and that could be
in part to the 89 percent of
Americans that say they dont
trust the government that was
reported by the New York Times,
or the increased millions that
tune into reality TV to watch
real people with real issues.
I cant argue there because with
quotes from Mitt Romney defin-
ing the middle class income
as a range from $200,000 to
$250,000, its evident that if
we want to tackle real issues
then we need to start with real
people.
Its clear that reality TV isnt
going anywhere. The ratings
are continually increasing and
its a trend that even cable news
channels are finding attractive.
CNN has been losing ratings and
a late-night roundtable seems
to be their solution. Im imag-
ining Carson Daly, Anderson
Cooper, Katie Couric and Wolf
Blitzer talking about the newest
Flo Rida song, a recap of what
happened on Honey Boo Boo
for the week and foods to make
you last longer during sex. I
guess people are getting tired of
staying up on current events or
maybe these topics are the new
current events.
I might tune in to the next
Honey Boo Boo to see what
all the hype is about but the
moment I see a White House
Reality TV show with the
President confessing how he
and Biden drank too much at
a Fundraiser and ended up in
Vegas, Im giving away my televi-
sion.
Montano is a senior majoring in
journalism from Topeka. Follow him
on Twitter @MikeMontanoME.
DATING
TELEVISIoN PoLITICS
Boredom can destroy relationships
By Rachel Keith
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By Mike Montano
mmontano@kansan.com
By Katherine Gwynn
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is a dirty mess
Pro-choice movement is
part of personal freedom
what is the best
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tRIVIA of thE DAY
!
This is the fourth lockout for the NHL
since 1992.
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fAct of thE DAY
Chipper Jones is the picture of
loyalty, a guy who stayed with the
same franchise throughout his career,
through thick and thin, because thats
what he wanted to do.
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MccLAtchY tRIBUNE
L
arry Chipper Jones plans
to retire at the end of this
season, but he is doing
something many cannot in the
twilight of their playing career
he is still performing at a high
level.
The switch hitter will retire
with eight All-Star game appear-
ances, two Silver Sluggers, a
batting title and an MVP award.
Jones also won a World Series
in 1995, but his most impressive
accomplishment in my book is his
ability to leave baseball while he is
still on top. Too often players will
linger around the game until they
are forced to retire because they
no longer can compete with the
younger league members.
It was sad hearing the stories of
Ken Griffey Jr. failing to produce
and even falling asleep in the
dugout during his final year in
the league. Seeing a star dimin-
ish so greatly is one of the hard-
est parts of being a sports fan,
making Joness retirement-tour-
turned-victory-lap all the more
refreshing.
In 100
games
this year,
Jones is
batting
.297 with
14 home
runs and
60 RBI,
lead-
ing the
Atlanta
Braves to an 84-63 record and
possession of a Wild Card spot.
Since he entered the league in
1993, Jones has been the gold
standard for third basemen, and
the end of this season will mark
the end of one of the greatest
careers in the history of the game.
nHL at croSSroadS
As a Minnesotan, I can safely
say hockey is in my blood. I never
played organized hockey, but my
childhood winters consisted of
skating lessons, pond hockey and
following the Minnesota Wild.
Now, before perhaps the most
anticipated season in the his-
tory of the young
franchise, the
NHL has locked
out the players.
This is incred-
ibly deflating to
a fan base that
was eager to see
the newly-signed
stars Zach Parise
and Ryan Suter.
Now, as play-
ers and owners fight to start the
season and teams struggle to keep
their season ticket holders, the
fans are left puzzled, frustrated
and without hockey.
The NHL had the opportu-
nity to separate itself from the
NFL and NBA, which both went
through long-winded work
stoppages before last season,
and show fans that the league
really cares. They squandered this
chance by not reaching an agree-
ment before the midnight dead-
line on Saturday.
NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman still has the opportu-
nity to save face and ensure no
regular season games are
missed. The NBA suffered
in TV ratings during the
playoffs last year after its
lockout took up half the
season while the NHL
saw a significant uptick in
viewers during the Stanley
Cup playoffs. The NHL
risks losing the momen-
tum it gained for atten-
tion against its biggest
rival and needs to make
amends with an angry fan
base by coming to an agree-
ment before any games are
lost.
cabrera deServeS MvP
Though the Tigers stand three
games out of the American
League Central Division lead
after their 5-4 loss to the Chicago
White Sox, Miguel Cabrera has
carried the team to contention
all year long. The Tigers right-
handed third baseman leads the
American League in average, RBI
and slugging percentage and is
fifth in home runs.
Cabrera moved from first base
to third base this season after
the Tigers signed the left-handed
slugger Prince Fielder and has
still managed to put up an incred-
ible offensive performance.
The Tigers pitching staff has
been hard to predict this season
and their defense has been shaky
at best. Without their vaunted
offense, lead by the 7-time all-star
from Venezuela, the Tigers would
not be in the picture for playoffs.
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