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building, Falley said. Summerfield just doesnt have the capabilities of creating these collaborative spaces where people can go and socialize and work on team projects and what not, Falley said. You know, people come here, they go to classes and they leave because its just kind of how its built. That really is the focus. Were trying to make this the most user [and] student friendly experience possible as something that any student in the business school, or any student at KU can come and enjoy. Edited by Cara Winkley
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Junior from Overland Park Preferred pronouns: He/Him/His I knew I was probably gay at a young age, but I didnt really question it especially since I went to Catholic school. I was already kind of discriminated against because I am racially ambiguous. Im also a little bit more feminine and my voice isnt the most heteronormative-straight voice in the entire world. I got made
pened was I just fell for a guy at my high school. We were really good friends and I always had a feeling he was gay. I was like the third person he came out to; I was really excited for him and we just started casually dating behind everyones back. Secret love: Romeo and Juliet. No one knew. Eventually, though, we decided to come out to our parents at the same time. I always used Catholicism as an excuse to be in the closet, and he knew that, but I wanted to support him and agreed to do it. He had planned to throw this huge party for his coming out, but no one else in our friend group knew I was gay or that we were dating. So they were throwing this huge party for him even though I was coming out too. It was a little sad. But I came out to everyone anyway. I have two gay uncles on my moms side of the family, so I obviously knew she would be OK with
it. She said that she had always had a feeling that I was gay and could just tell, even from when I was like 2 years old. But both of my parents were very accepting and it was pretty easy even though I rushed it upon them. The only person who didnt know for a while was my little sister, who was 12 at the time. After telling everyone, the majority of my friends said that they actually had wanted to date me but also knew that I was probably gay. That was kind of the general feeling. I mean, I embrace my femininity and Ive never really tried to hide that. WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRISE SINCE COMING OUT? Looking back on it, I honestly would have rather come out in my own time. I was just starstruck in love, and wanted to appease someone else. I think the most surprising thing is
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Junior from Overland Park Preferred pronouns: She/Her/Her Growing up, I had really short hair and tended to dress in clothes from the boys section. My favorite clothes to wear were camo; I went through a crazy camo phase. It wasnt until around middle school that my mom wanted me to start growing my hair out for high school so I wouldnt get bullied. I did it. I guess I started dressing more feminine-
ly but halfway through high school, like 2009, I had a crush on my best friend and we were going to Italy over the summer for a class. We made this joke about being like Paolo and Lizzie from The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and it was just a joke but I was completely feeling it. I came out to mostly gay people at first, just because I wanted to test the waters. I mean I knew theyd all obviously be fine with it, so I came out to my older sisters gay friend and he helped me come out to her. I am also a twin, though, and she was actually the last person to know. My twin sister and I have kind of a strange relationship, because a lot of things just go unsaid. Being so close, her opinion mattered most to me so I was very nervous about what she would think or say. One of our mutual friends
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What: Graduate Research/Write-In When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Watson Library, 4th Floor About: The KU Writing Center
Political Communications: Lessons from the Obama Campaigns When: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Dole Institute of Politics, Simons Media Room About: Dole Fellow Mark Sump will examine political communication strategies that resulted in two Obama victories. Admittance is free.
What: Film Screening: One Day
Humanities Conference When: 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Kansas Union About: A conference for undergraduate and graduate research sponsored by the Humanities and Western Civ. program. Also takes place on Friday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
What: Subversive play in the class-
roost: U.S. Policy Spurring Mexican and Central American Migration When: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons The Department of Anthropology brings the latest lecture exploring human migration from social, economic, demographic and biological perspectives. Free to attend.
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presents an intensive day of writing in Watson Library. Workshops and one-on-one sessions with a research librarian or writing consultant will be available.
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After Peace When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Spencer Museum of Art auditorium About: A documentary showing the perspective of a woman who has experienced South African apartheid and the Palestinian-Israeli conict rsthand. A short panel discussion will follow, and admittance is free.
room: The power of immersion in learning When: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Budig Hall, 135 About: A seminar with Peter Felten of Elon University and Leslie Tuttle of the KU Department of History. Attendance is free, and lunch will be provided if registered by April 2. To register, email cte@ku.edu.
University of Kansas When: 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Where: Higuchi Biosciences Center, 130 About: A seminar from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology titled Global Legal Regimes to Protect the Worlds Grasslands.
Morgan Cabaret When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall About: In a special benet performance for the Friends of the Theatre (FROTH) Student Enrichment Fund, Lauren Stanford, KU alumna and 2013 Metrostar winner, returns to Murphy Hall for one night.
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continue funding conversations if GrowKU is voted into office, Said said. Said said this event will bring past, current and future KU fans together. This is so large scale that it goes beyond just one student group, Said said. A social justice minor was added under the Beyond platform last week. The proposed curriculum would offer students another alternative for a rounded-out education,
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was because my best friend, who I liked at the time, had a crush on this model guy who had this specific haircut that she thought would look great on me. I was like Yeah! So, I cut my hair and that sent a message, I think. I also made a Facebook post about it on National Coming Out Day, but at that point all the people I cared about knew, just from like, I guess I dont really know how I came out, probably just from having a girlfriend.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRISE SINCE COMING OUT?
How much more comfortable and confident I am. In high school I was awkward and didnt have that many friends, but then I came out and everyone wanted to be my friend and it felt good. More of my friends started coming out after me and we just had all this stuff to bond over. Realizing how strong the community is has been cool. Edited by Kate Shelton
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hand, mostly. Just at least from the days Ive been out there weve planted probably 4,000 onions and maybe a thousand potatoes. Despite the hard labor, Suenram thoroughly enjoys his time out on Hallstrom Farms. Weve been friends forever it doesnt even seem like work to me, Suenram said. Although farming as a profession did not occur to him during his years at the University, Hallstrom now enjoys running his own farm. Nobody gets rich farming, but I feel good about what Im doing, Hallstrom said. The best part of what Im doing now is that I am my own boss, so I can really handle what I do however I like. Its nice to have that freedom to determine how Im going to make my living. Edited by Cara Winkley
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what was leftover into one of the two parties. The Tea Party was quickly run over and turned into an ad campaign. Thats the ultimate extreme of groupthink and the acceptance of societal givens by the public. These examples run rampant throughout social and political spheres. Its a logistics problem. Most individuals cant get anything done without supporters and money. That means groups. That means
mottos and party platforms and, worst of all, ideologies. I read an argument recently that the worst possible way of trying to solve a social problem is to determine an end goal and work toward it. The problem with that approach is that you make sacrifices along the way to reaching that goal. Ideas come and go in the process but can be dumped for the sake of that end result. The same goes for overarching political groups and social collectives. Determining that this right here is whats wrong with the world, we must solve this is setting yourself up to box out alternative (and likely more effective) solutions and approaches. I realize the issue of individuals being unable
to affect change on their own. Im not advocating the dissolution of these groups, because they can sometimes do some good. I am pushing for self-evaluation. I hope that if we look inward at the factions, groups, and societies we claim as allies and good guys, we can rediscover solutions and reform problems within those institutions. While this is all very nebulous and based in ideas rather than actions, I think its absolutely essential to demand political and social groups that arent shackled to the mantra theyve got plastered on their wall.
Wil Kenny is a sophomore from Leawood studying English.
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lways a controversial topic, same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights are some of the most talked about and most prominent movements in America today. I myself am not gay, but Ive never had a problem with gay marriage. Personally, Ive never understood the argument against it. The most common argument against samesex marriage is that multiple prophets and disciples, (such as Timothy, Leviticus, Corinthians among others) say in the bible that samesex relations are an abomination or are only for the sexually immoral. With all that being said, everything I have read gives no real reason why it is considered such an abomination. In addition, I have not seen one passage where Jesus speaks out against same-sex marriage and being gay in general. In the bible, Jesus explicitly speaks out against divorce. And in our society, divorce is becoming much more prevalent. This being in a society that is incredibly built off of Christian influences, and the majority of people in the United States actively practice Christianity. I was raised in a Christian family and practiced the religion until I was 16 years old. From personal
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experiences at church, bible studies and youth groups, I was supposed to take the bible as the word of God and his followers. I was taught to take almost everything out of it as truth and lessons to live by. It doesnt make sense to me how many of these religious leaders and groups are accepting of people who get divorced, and yet are so hateful against people being gay. Some of these figures believe same-sex marriage is disrupting the purity of marriage. If anything, divorce is harming marriage when upwards of two million people in the United States are getting divorced yearly. Thats almost half of all marriages ending in divorce. Some of the leaders and groups against same-sex marriage also believe being gay is a choice. But if you are someone who thinks this, may I pose this question: when did you decide to be heterosexual? You probably dont know. Just like I dont know. Which brings up the point of the House Bill
2453, nearly passed here in Kansas and also Arizona. The anti-gay segregation bill would grant business owners the ability to reject job applicants on the basis of perceived sexual orientation. There was also House Bill 2203 passed last year that denies protection for sexual orientation in the hiring process. This bill overrides the anti-discrimination clause that was approved in the city of Lawrence. To me, this is exactly the circumstance that the Civil Rights Movement strived to prevent. It is blatantly discriminatory. It is the same as store owners in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s denying AfricanAmericans service or work, solely because of the color of their skin. The final factor in my misunderstanding towards the argument against being gay, is why does anyone care? Why should anyone care who someone else wants to be with? It has zero effect on your life, so why should you even be able to have an opinion on it? Its not for you decide. Believe what you want to believe, but dont force it upon others. G.J. Melia is a freshman from Prairie Village studying journalism.
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f you dont have a TV, youre weird. But undoubtedly youre also missing one of the great new series this spring. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 13-part, science documentary series that airs Sunday nights on FOX. Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the show explores a handful of scientific theories that explain the workings of our universe. A reboot of the 1980 TV series presented by Carl Sagan, Cosmos is intensely interesting and entertaining. If you havent yet, watch it. Amazingly enough, a documentary that talks entirely about science caused an uproar with the airing of its second episode, titled, Some of the Things That Molecules Do. The episode aired Sunday, March 16, and presented an explanation of evolution and the origin of life. A science documentary explaining a scientific theory how shocking. Creationist groups are furious, with some even demanding equal airtime to explain their own theory of the origin of life on Earth. Now look, I dont want to get in a debate over creationism versus evolution, frankly because I dont want to have to explain freshmen-level science to someone who writes an angry letter to the UDK. This is America after all, and youre entirely free to believe whatever you want, even if youre completely wrong. The issue here is much more simple why should the creators, financiers and producers of Cosmos devote airtime to an idea they dont
believe in? Tyson recently criticized the media for even considering the idea, reminding us that in science, there are no fair and balanced views. This is science, not CNN. Some people are right; some people are wrong. The theories adapt, humanity progresses, and hopefully soon well have hoverboards. Thats how science works. If only creationists could understand. See, its not up to Cosmos to provide a fair and balanced view. If creationists want to create their own documentary series titled, Genesis: A Biblical Odyssey, thats entirely their prerogative. It could explore the handful (literally, one hands worth) of biblical theories that explain the workings of our universe. I probably wouldnt watch it, but Im sure some people in Kansas would. So to the creationists out there complaining its not Neil deGrasse Tysons job to adapt his program. Evolutionists have Cosmos, where they present their explanation of proven, testable theories of science. Creationists have the Creation Museum, located in scenic Petersburg, Ky., where they present explanations of their beliefs. Naturally, consumers will select one or the other. Preston Bukaty is a graduate student from Overland Park studying law.
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The Moons in your sign, and your words travel. Take an undisciplined approach farther than imagined. Works required, and it could get chaotic. Others contribute creatively. Difculties become apparent. You can do more at home. Get family to help. Use elbow grease. Glimpse the future.
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Ive learned a lot about auditioning and just being a person on stage... CHRISTOPH NEVINS student
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perfectly fine, Nevins said. He said his role as Balthasar in the production Much Ado About Nothing was a great experience for him because he got to play his guitar on stage and that was something he wanted to do later on in his professional acting career. Being in a show requires working on it on average five days a week for six weeks plus dress
rehearsals and actual performances. So why do they do it? For the love of the arts, of course. Mechele Leon, the chair of the department, said she loves doing what she does, being so involved and basically running the department. I get to do the two things I love most, Leon said. I get to make theater, which I have been doing my entire life, and I get to nurture the talents and dreams of young women and men who want to make their lives in a creative art. The departments next masterpiece is More Than You Know: A Helen Morgan Cabaret at the Robert Baustian Theatre and was written and performed by Lauren Stanford. This show is a performance benefiting the FROTH Student Enrichment Fund. Edited by Jamie Koziol
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The Business of College Athletics: Should Student Athletes be Paid? Wed., April 2nd, 7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute
March Madness just got more interesting! Edelman and Jessop will be discussing the incredibly timely and controversial topic of paying college athletes. As specialists in sports law, both have written on this topic for outlets including Forbes and US News & World Report. You wont want to miss this hot button conversation.
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Shortstop Justin Protacio elds a hard hit ground ball during the 6th inning. Kansas defeated Wichita State 4-2 Tuesday night. and he was poised to only get better. Villines is a goofy freshman from Lake Forest, Calif., who weighs 146 pounds and throws a mid-80s side-arm fastball. No one expected him to be closing games for a division one program. But where Piche has struggled, Villines has thrived. Villines has allowed 13 hits this season with a .40 ERA over 22.1 innings. He has struck out 14 and walked only three. He has pitched to near perfection. I keep mixing up looks, Villines said. My release throws hitters off. But Id be nowhere without Kai (Eldredge) and the defense behind me. Piche came into the game struggling with an ERA in the mid fours. He had blown five saves, four consecutive and had not been looking himself. But as Price preaches, the key to a teams success is finding the right roles for everyone. Piche was dominant in the seventh. He was untouchable. Im happy for Stephen, Piche said. He looked great out there. Its been fun to teach him, kind of show him the ropes out there. Hes a guy that pays attention and really wants to learn.
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Were going to turn over every rock possible as we move forward here. Well continue to add to the competitive depth to our roster, and thats what we do every day. John Dorsey, Kansas City Star
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finances to be big-time players this offseason. The repercussions of Dwayne Bowes ill-advised $56 million contract are beginning to be felt, seriously reducing Kansas Citys potential to dip into this years free-agent pool. A bit worrisome, yes, but signing marquee, high-dollar free agents has never been Dorseys M.O. Dorsey is the closest thing that the NFL has to a Billy Beane (Moneyball); he prefers undervalued players who fit well in his teams system. While not necessarily popular with fans, a move like allowing Pro-Bowl lineman Branden Albert to leave KC to be overpaid in Miami is just how Dorsey does
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business. The situation with departed Dexter McCluster was a similar one too much cash, not enough production. Simple logic, really. Still though, Kansas City will surely need more than the milquetoast acquisitions its made thus far into the offseason if they expect to compete in 2014. Why? You might recall that the Chiefs drew a relatively easy schedule in 2013, not playing a team with a record over .500 until Week 11. Yeah, well, this season appears primed to be the exact opposite of that. Six of KCs eight road games this season are against teams that finished .500 or better in 2013. Toss in a couple of home matchups against the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, and the Chiefs playoff chances in 2014 are looking cloudier than Willie Nelsons tour bus. The last remaining opportunity for
Dorsey to upgrade before OTAs and training camp begin is through the upcoming draft. Though, with only one selection in the first 86 picks, he has his work cut out for him. The Chiefs GM has a plethora of roster issues still to address, but limited cash and draft picks to address them with. Concerning, sure, but still not a reason to fret. Dorsey isnt just some dude that stayed at a Holiday Inn last night; hes done this before and hes done it well. So while the offseason admittedly hasnt gotten off to a desirable start in Kansas City, dont start the Dorsey bashing just yet. Hes proven himself a great football mind in recent years and, one way or another, will provide coach Andy Reid with the tools he needs by the beginning of the season. Edited by Stella Liang
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Tharpe photo shows poor leadership
By Matt Corte
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n an age where college athletes lives are seen more off the court than ever before, its imperative that players start taking responsibility for their actions, especially on social media. Unfortunately, Naadir Tharpe never got this message. The soon to be senior and leader of the Jayhawks next year was the most recent culprit of a Twitter mishap involving a lewd photo. Whether the photo was posted for a minute or a day is irrelevant, as it was still enough time for it to circulate the internet and cause commotion among sports fans. How much of a disturbance this will cause to the program is something well find out in the coming weeks or perhaps months, but for now coach Bill Self will have to do his best job remedying the situation. Self got his first chance on Monday when he was asked about the photo following Andrew Wiggins press conference. Self told the Topeka Capital-Journal, Obviously, we are aware and had it brought to our attention this weekend. Certainly extremely disappointed with what transpired and the judgement that went along with it. To say anything else publicly would be something that would be inappropriate at this time. It will be handled internally. It will be addressed, and it will be handled internally. It is a shame Self had to answer a question about such a subject in the first place. After all, it was meant to be a press conference for Wiggins, and it is the only one where he can announce and celebrate his dream of making it to the NBA. Instead of joy there was a bitter taste left, not because Wiggins wont be in a Jayhawks uniform next year, but because his day was somewhat tainted from the actions of another player. As mentioned in Bill Self s quote, any disciplinary action will be handled internally by the basketball program, which apparently is a process Tharpe is getting way too familiar with. Just this season Tharpe was suspended internally for one game because he participated in an unauthorized summer league game while visiting teammate Jamari Traylor in Chicago. We will have to wait and see what punishment Bill Self will hand down to Tharpe, but another suspension could be looming for the point guard. If Tharpe needs guidance on how to be responsible while using social media outlets like Twitter, he needs to look no further than his own teammates. In early March, Wiggins tweeted about issues involving campus safety awareness as well as telling people to follow @ JayhawkersKU and the #growku campaign. Needless to say, those couple tweets got more favorites and retweets than any University Twitter account would have. If Tharpe wants to be a positive influence not only on the team but around campus as well, these are the types of acts he must conduct. Whether this happens or not next season is of course yet to be seen. However, when youre one of the oldest players and a senior on the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team, those are the types of acts that are going to be expected. Edited by Cara Winkley
Kaiana Eldridge appeals the call, raising the baseball after a play at the plate that resulted in a run for the Wichita State Shockers. Kansas beat the Shockers 4-2.
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sophomore second baseman Colby Wright. The Jayhawks were not done there. McKays replacement in right field, freshman Joven
fielder Michael Suiter single, to complete a four-run, sixhit inning after the Jayhawks were hitless in the first.Anytime you get four runs to
Any time you get four runs to put on the board, its easy to pitch because you know have room to work with. DREW MOROVICK junior starting pitcher
put on the board, its easy to pitch because you know you have room to work with, said junior starting pitcher Drew Morovick. Morovick got the nod on the mound and picked up his sixth win to push his record to 6-1 on the year. He had a six-inning outing, allowing just two runs off seven hits. The Shockers only scored twice, both in the fourth, despite out-hitting the Jayhawks 10-9. A leadoff walk was fol-
Afenir, pinged an infield single to third base and turned on the wheels to reach first safely in what should have been the third out, which scored senior catcher Kaiana Eldredge and Hernandez. For a freshman to make a really good hustle play, it was really a big play on his part, it was a game changer, could earn him some more playing time, Eldredge said. Afenir would later score in the inning off a junior left
lowed by a RBI double by senior second baseman Dayne Parker. Parker later scored on a sac fly to right. These were the only runs earned by the Shockers, thanks to superb defensive play by Kansas. Countless times the Jayhawks made plays defensively to get themselves back in the dugout while leaving the Shockers stranded. In the fifth with runners at the corners and one out, Morovick forced sophomore shortstop Tanner Kirk to hit into a double play to get out of the jam. It makes it so much easier to pitch, I trust these guys that when I put a 2-0 fastball, and the ball gets laced, they will be able to make a play on it, Morovick said. Perhaps the play of the game occurred in the top of the eighth. With Smith on the mound, the Shockers had runners at the corners with no outs looking. Their best hitter junior first baseman
Casey Gillapsie shot one down the right side before first baseman Ryan Pidhaichuk, who just took the field for Blair Beck, made a diving snag then turned and tagged first for the double play. That play won us the game, Eldredge said. Following its six hit-inning, the Kansas offense only mustered three hits the remander of the game but was able to hang on. Suiter had a flawless day at the plate with two singles and two walks. Jordan Piche came into the seventh rather than his usual closing role to retire the Shockers. He struck out two before handing the ball to Smith. Freshman Stephen Villines picked up his first collegiate save by allowing just one hit in 1.1 innings pitched. Edited by Stella Liang
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Kansas alumni softball player Maggie Hull-Tietz loved softball ever since she could remember. As soon as I could walk I was hitting the ball off the tee, Hull-Tietz said. As for wanting to play softball in college, early in her high school career she didnt know that was an option. Most people know that theyre going to play in college. Theyre training for that goal, she said. After Hull-Tietz sophomore year at Free State, she received All State Honors. Her coaches approached her and said she was good enough to play at a college level, but if its something she really wanted to do, she would have to work hard. That summer is when her and her twin sister Rosie Hull started the recruiting process and played for a competitive team. It was really important for us to play together, said Hull-Tietz.
I decided to enter the draft really quickly. Its one of those things you dont turn down. MAGGIE HULL-TIETZ former Kansas softball player
with a .409 batting average. She also tied the Universitys record for runs scored on the season with 46. That season she was named All-Big 12 First Team, Academic All-Big 12 First Team, Team MVP, Capital One Academic All-District and Team Captain. In her senior season at Kansas, Hull-Tietz start-
the team that year with nine sacrifice hits. Her sophomore season was when things started to mesh together for Hull-Tietz. She started in every game and led the team with a .346 batting average on 56 hits. 14 of those hits were doubles, with nine being home runs. She recorded 49 RBI on the season as well. She was named