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Julia, Bill and Oprah are lefties are yOu? fOr tOday, Jayplay caters tO Our lefthanded readers.
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At family dinners, I have my own special seat at the end of the table. My mom used to cut the fabric for me when I would sew, because I couldnt use the scissors properly. Before I shake hands with people, I have to stop and think before I stick out my right hand. I am a lefty. And I live in a right-handed world. I have to use the computer mouse on the right side, turn my body to write on right-handed desks and am painfully bad at sports because theyre designed for righties. Today, Jayplay is catering to the lefties of the world. You may have noticed your copy of Jayplay opens from the opposite side, making it easy for southpaws to thumb through and giving righties a taste of their own medicine. Jacky Carter looks at life through the eyes of a southpaw, uncovering what makes that 10 to 15 percent of the population different and how a leftys life can be stressful living in a right-handed world. Even this world is predominately geared toward right-handed folk, Im accustomed to the right my wrong way of doing things. And, who knows, maybe with some more practice Ill get better at sports.
Carolyn Tharp, Editor
CALENDAR PEOPLE
rubber-buying anxiety
CONTACT
puppy park
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EDITOR QUEEN OF THE CASTLE Carolyn Tharp ASSOCIATE EDITOR PUDDIN POP Becka Cremer CLERK GETS AROUND TOWN Rene Ward DESIGNERS MAKE IT PRETTY Kim Wallace Bryan Marvin PHOTOGRAPHER MCGUYVER STUFF Amanda Sellers Jared Gab Kimberly Westphall BITE/HEALTH GOOD FOR YOU Erika Bentson Rikki Kite Rachel Parker CONTACT HELP YOUR LOVE LIFE Lisa Anderson Megan Heffley PEOPLE KNOW EVERYONE Katherine Loeck Frank Tankard OUT HIT THE TOWN Carissa Pedigo Caleb Regan NOTICE TAKE NOTE OF IT Beth Breitenstein Jacky Carter Bart Vandever CREATIVE CONSULTANT KNOWS A LOT Carol Holstead WRITE TO US jayplay06@gmail.com JAYPLAY The University Daily Kansan 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall 1435 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045
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Ca l e n d a r
THURSDAY
october 19
FRIDAY
october 20
SATURDAY
october 21
SUNDAY
october 22
TUESDAY
october 24
VENUES
where?
Lecture: Bamboo: Applications in Furniture and Sculpture with speaker Thomas Huang. Kansas Union, 4 p.m., free, www.calendar. ku.edu.
Liberty Hall 20th Anniversary featuring Chuck Mead. Liberty Hall, 8 p.m., all ages, $12.50, libertyhall.net.
Gallery Exhibit: Textiles. Union Gallery, 9 a.m., all ages, free, www.suaevents.com. Film and Discussion: The Lost Boys of Sudan. Alderson Auditorium, 12:30 p.m., free, www.calendar.ku.edu. Murderball. Kansas Union Ballroom, 6 p.m., all ages, free with for SUA Preferred Student card or $3, www.suaevents.com. Tunnel of Oppression. Lewis Hall, 6 p.m., free, www.calendar. ku.edu.
Beaumont Club 4050 Pennsylvania St. Kansas City, Mo. (816) 561-2560 The Blue Note 17 N. Ninth St. Columbia, Mo (573) 874-1944
White Glove Tour. Dole Institute of Politics, 10:30 a.m., all ages, free, www.calendar.ku.edu. Dole Institute Archivists will allow a behind-the-scenes look at the Robert J. Dole archive.
Womens Ranch Rodeo. Kemper Arena, 2 p.m., all ages, $10, kemperarenakc.com.
Comedy Night with tommy davidsoN. Voodoo Lounge at HarraHs Casino, 5 p.m., 21+, $15.
Rally the Fray / Rebuild / Bullyrag. El Torreon, 7 p.m., 21+, www.eltorreon.com.
Bottleneck 737 New Hampshire St. Lawrence (785) 841-5483 El Torreon 3101 Gillham Plaza Kansas City, Mo. (816) 931-6962 The Granada 1020 Massachusetts St. Lawrence (785) 842-1390 Grand Emporium 3832 Main St. Kansas City, Mo. (816) 531-1504 Jackpot Music Hall 943 Massachusetts St. Lawrence (785) 843-2846 The Jazzhaus 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. Lawrence (785) 749-3320 Kemper Arena 1800 Genessee Kansas City, Mo. (816) 513-4000 The Record Bar 1020 Westport Road Kansas City, Mo. (816) 753-5207 Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts St. Lawrence (785) 749-7676 Uptown Theater 3700 Broadway St. Kansas City, Mo. (816) 753-8665 VooDoo Lounge at Harrahs Casino 1 Riverboat Drive Kansas City, Mo. (816) 889-7320
Draft Horse Show. Kemper Arena, 1 p.m., all ages, $11, kemperarenakc.com. Mat Kearney / Griffin House. Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $10, www.thegranada.com. KU Jazz Ensembles I, II, III. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $5 students, www.arts.ku.edu. The Wood Roses / Diane and the Shell. Replay Lounge, 7 p.m., all ages, www.replaylounge.com. You, Me and Dupree. Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.suaevents.com. Zoya / Swill / Vermillion Sky / Out of the Suffering / Molech. Beaumont Club, 8 p.m., 18+, www. kcclubs.com/beaumont.cfm. DJ Scottie Mac. Granada, 9 p.m., 18+, $5, www.thegranada.com. Hawk Nights Discoteca Series. Kansas Union, 9 p.m., all ages, free, www.calendar.ku.edu. Simon Shaheen and Dr. A.J. Racy with members of the Near Eastern Music Ensemble. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $20.50, www.lied.ku.edu.
MONDAY
Gallery Exhibit: Textiles. Union Gallery, 9 a.m., all ages, free, www.suaevents.com. Memorial Service for KU Professor Bud Hirsh. Woodruff Auditorium, 4 p.m., www. calendar.ku.edu. Hallmark Design Symposium: Bazillion Pictures animation production company. Wescoe, 6 p.m., all ages, free, www.arts. ku.edu. Tunnel of Oppression. Lewis Hall, 6 p.m., free, www.calendar. ku.edu. Students will be exposed to different kinds of oppression to understand issues about body image, hate speech and domestic violence.
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Calvin Johnson / Karl Blau / Drakkar Sauna. Replay Lounge, 6 p.m., all ages, $5, www. replaylounge.com. Silverstein / It Dies Today / He is Legend / Man Alive. Granada, 7 p.m., all ages, $17, www. thegranada.com. Lecture: Drinking Green Tea and Living Longer? Kansas Union, 7:30 p.m., free, www. calendar.ku.edu.
WEDNESDAY
Gallery Exhibit: Textiles. Union Gallery, 9 a.m., all ages, free, www.suaevents.com. Open Mic Series. Hawks Nest in Kansas Union, 7 p.m., all ages, free, www.suaevents.com. Nick Lachey. Uptown Theater, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $39.50-$49.50, www.uptowntheater.com. Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular. Voodoo Lounge at Harrahs Casino, 8 p.m., 21+, $17. Electric Six / Aberdeen City / The Blue Van. Record Bar, 9 p.m., 21+, $12, www.therecordbar.com. Hot Buttered Rum. Bottleneck, 9 p.m., 18 +, $8, www. pipelineproductions.com. SideWise / Blade of the Ripper / The Cast Pattern / The Doll House Rumor. Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m., 18+, www. jackpotmusichall.com.
october 25
Heavy Heavy Low Low / Ed Gein / Ligeia / Before the Firing Squad. Grand Emporium, 8 p.m., all ages, www.kcclubs. com/grandemp.cfm. You, Me and Dupree. Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.suaevents.com. Stardeath and White Dwarfs / Superrape. Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2. www. replaylounge.com. Periwinkle and the Vivid Tangerines / Shhh / Minutes Too Far. Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m., 18+, www. jackpotmusichall.com. Trampled Underfoot. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4, www.jazzhaus. com. Clay Cumbie. The Blue Note, 8:30 p.m., $10. Wizard of Oz the Ballet. Folly Theater, 7:30 p.m., $18-25. PBR Enterprise Open with Rodney Adkins in concert. Kemper Arena, 7:30 p.m., $11-85.
The Wailers. Granada, 8 p.m., 18+, $20, www.thegranada.com. You, Me and Dupree. Woodruff Auditorium, 8 p.m., all ages, $2, www.suaevents.com. Gourmet Mushroom X. Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2. www. replaylounge.com. White Whale / Ad Astra Per Aspera / Boo & Boo Too / The Boy Dandy. Jackpot Music Hall, 10 p.m., 18+, www. jackpotmusichall.com. Trampled Underfoot. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4, www.jazzhaus. com.
Hunger Banquet. Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union, 7 p.m., all ages, free with KUID, www. suaevents.com.
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Jennifer Shack,
Meteorologist, Channel 6 News
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When I was younger, my brothers and I went down to the creek and caught crawdads and a few frogs, and my mom cooked them for dinner. When I was in fifth grade, my best friend and I decided to go as a two-headed monster. We used a white sheet and got out the puffy paint. We spent three hours stepping on each others feet. Is this the question where I include a dorky weather reference? Like, Windy, Kansas or Squall Line, USA? I guess I would name it Early Riser. I have been doing TV morning shows for over five years, but the alarm clock does not get any easier. My sister says this is stupid, but sleep control. I want to be able to fall asleep as soon as I hit the pillow and sleep two hours and feel fine, ready for the next day.
CATCH week
of the
Name: Aziz Sultani, Shawnee senior Major: Cognitive psychology Jobs: Boys and Girls Club after school group leader and Psycholinguistics Event-Related Potentials (ERP) lab manager Hobbies: Sand volleyball, frisbee golf, mountain biking and reading and writing poetry What he looks for in a girl: Confidence, good sense of humor, easy-going, cute smile Ideal date: Something crazy and adventurous like bungee jumping, sky-diving or even just driving to Kansas City, staying at a nice hotel and being waited on. Worst date ever: He and a girl went out to eat, and it was difficult to get her to talk. He would ask questions, and she would give oneword answers. I wanted to walk out because it wasnt working, and we both knew it, Sultani says. He stayed on the date but realized he had wasted his time.I did learn not to plan a date when youre drunk though, he says. If he could be one fictional character he would be: Gonzo. In elementary school Sultani was really shy and a really big, mean girl the tallest kid in class always picked on him. He hated it, and to him, the girl always personified Miss Piggy, so he could really relate to Gonzo. Plans for the future: Starting in or around February, hell be working as a real estate agent for one year in Washington D.C. then going to graduate school to get his Ph.D. Fun fact: Nick Hexum, the lead singer of 311, once told him that he rocks. What his friends say: Hes a very motivated guy. Hes got good work ethic, and hes always trying to get a bunch of things going for him with his research and getting things published, Nick Zawada, Sioux Falls senior, says. Hes always on top of everything. He just has his shit together. Lisa Anderson
Raw fish. Not sushi, just raw fish that is salted. It is a traditional Russian meal. I actually enjoyed it.
3. Monsters Ball Halle Barry and Billy Bob Thornton showed a type of raw, realistic passion that I thought was captured well by the camera. Shaher Ibrahimi, Lenexa senior 2. Basic Instinct The one with Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas because its hot. Shes an ice-pick murderer, and she ties him up so you dont know if shes going to kill him or bang him, and shes all naked and sweaty and hot. Kyle Rowe, San Antonio senior 1. Cruel Intentions When Sebastian takes Annettes virginity. I like it the best because its real. It has both the lust and the love aspects, which I believe are needed to have phenomenal sex in real life. With Colorblind playing, the story leading up to the sex scene, seeing a fair amount of sweaty skin... its not hiding the fact that they actually had sex. It also doesnt hurt that theyre both gorgeous. I love it. Scott Southern, 2006 graduate Lisa Anderson
I would call it Mufaca because it sounds like Mufasa, and it kind of sounds like a cuss word. It would be on a remote island.
When I was 10, my sister and I went through a phase in life that wed like to fix up our old shirts and shorts with puffy paint. I have this childs size medium sweatshirt that I used glitter puffy paint and put fly high on the front, and the back has peace signs and the words cool and dude.
Beth Breitenstein
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CONTACT
by Megan Heffley
getting glove
for the love-making machines Who cant suck it up and buy the dang condoms themselves, others make it easier for you to avoid having a little bundle of joy.
found ways to distract attention from the boxes of lover covers in their carts. Kendra Meives, Olathe sophomore, is a cashier at Walgreens, 400 W. 23rd St. and has witnessed many men keeping their rubbers under cover. Most guys will buy other stuff with the condoms whether it be gum or something else, Meives says. The embarrassment doesnt seem to fade with age. The most hesitant condom shoppers are older men, timid to admit that theyre bumping uglies, Meives says. Love-making freebies In a National Retail Security Survey done in 1995, condoms were listed as one of the items most frequently stolen. Public groups and organizations have a solution to this problem: give out rascal wrappers for free. For the love-making machines who cant suck it up and buy the dang condoms themselves, others make it easier for you to avoid having a little bundle of joy. Student Union Activities passes out condoms on campus to promote awareness of sexual health issues.The douglas County AIdS Project (dCAP) has had an impact on the sexual health of KU students. The organization is 17 years old and receives funding from the Kansas department of Health and environment. dCAP
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is responsible for the condom bowls that excite almost as much some grinding action and are located throughout Lawrence. These bowls are full of free protection from babies and syphilis. Alcohol can up your odds of jumping in the sack, so the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., is one of the locations that requested a bowl of condoms. Cooper Moon, bartender at Replay thinks having the condoms around is a good idea for sexed-up bar-goers.We have a bowl of condoms cause its a bar, people get drunk and, ya know, Moon says. dCAP also handed out condoms in front of Wescoe last month along with copies of The University Daily Kansans Sex on the Hill. Making sure youre safe when
eighth Street Tap Room 801 New Hampshire The Haircut 3727 W. Sixth St. The Pool Room 925 Iowa Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts St. Java break 17 e. Seventh St. Student Union Activities (SUA) Kansas Union Fourth Floor Hashinger Hall 1632 engel Road
Deacon Jones, Olathe senior, grabs a box of condoms at Conoco, 955 E. 23rd St. you bump and grind should outweigh embarrassment, says Kristin brumm, executive director of dCAP. This day and age, there is really no need to be embarrassed. Its the safe thing to do and the right thing to do, she says. There are no legitimate excuses for not protecting your man or womanhood. even if you cant get over the fear of the blonde betty assuming youre a player when you walk up to buy those Trojan goodies, you can get them at the bar on Saturday or even in front of Wescoe on your way to class. get yourself some condoms, wrap it up and get it on.
HAWK TOPICS
Country singer sara evans leaves Dancing With the StarS, files for divorCe from her husband.
You really have to feel for the kids in this situation. Not only do they have to suffer through a messy divorce, their mother sings country music AND participates in crappy reality TV shows, which in a rational world would constitute child abuse.
A PennsylvAniA jury finds WAl-mArt guilty of forcing Workers to Work during breAks And After shifts hAd ended. WAl-mArt must PAy A grouP of Workers $78 million. Wal-Mart responded by releasing a statement describing the suing workers as lazier, whinier and less productive than the Chinese children working in our factories.
Greys AnAtomy stars IsaIah WashIngton and PatrIck McdreaMy deMPsey get Into a fIght on the set of the PoPular shoW.
Making crappy, amateurish videos accessible to a large audience hasnt been this profitable since the first season of Greys Anatomy came out on DVD.
They were trying to answer the question that TV viewers have asked for years: Whats more painful, getting punched in the face repeatedly or watching an entire episode of Greys Anatomy?
yankees piTcher corey lidle faTally crashes his plane inTo a hiGh-rise ManhaTTan aparTMenT buildinG.
Yankee fans expressed great sorrow and despair when they found out that the Yankee player killed was not A-Rod.
Who else but our basketball team could hold Oklahoma State to fewer points than our football team did?
a New aircraft Named after GeorGe h.w. bush is christeNed by the former presideNts family aNd the curreNt presideNt bush.
The current president was confused and disappointed when he found out that the Navy ship wasnt actually owned by his family and that he couldnt take it out for a spin.
The diamond was purchased by Kobe Bryant, who plans to give it to his wife after his next alleged infidelity/rape.
President Bush was again confused and disappointed when his aides informed him that Team America was just a movie and that Kim Jong-il is, in fact, still alive and extremely close to building a working nuclear weapon.
New research says that marijuaNa may help to stave off the oNset of alzheimers.
So, like, what youre telling me is that using a drug that makes you forgetful now can help prevent you from becoming forgetful later? If youve already forgotten something, can you forget it again? Holy crap, Im so stoned right now
Chris Raine
out
by Caleb Regan
some RuLes and ReguLations foR mutt Run off-Leash dog PaRk
All dogs declared dangerous by the code of the City of Lawrence are not permitted to use the park and are not permitted on the premises. All dogs must be legally vaccinated and wear visible licenses. No dogs under 4 months of age are permitted. Handlers must pick up poop and place it in a designated container. Dogs must be on a leash while entering and exiting off-leash area. No female dogs in season. Spayed/Neutered animals are recommended. No spiked or pinch collars allowed. Handlers must have one leash per dog in their possession at all times. Maximum of three dogs per owner. Handler must fill all holes dug by the dog(s) in their possession. Dogs must be removed from designated area at first sign of aggression. Use area at your own risk. Neither the City of Lawrence or the Corps of Engineers shall be held liable for injury or damage of dog or handler in off-leash area. Handlers are responsible for injuries caused by the dog(s) under their control.
Cam Jacques, Shawnee Senior, plays fetch with his dog Bailey, a chocolate lab.
PHOTO/BECKA CREMER
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GRAD CHECK
Each year students make the legendary walk through the Campanile, down The Hill and into the real world. Were here to check in on them.
Back in the day: Fambrough, now known for his eternal dedication to KU football as a coach, started at the University of Kansas, as a student and football player after World War II. He attended the University of Texas before the war, playing as a guard in the Cotton Bowl in 1943 before he joined the Air Force. After the war KU All-American fullback Ray Evans persuaded him to attend the University of Kansas. It was a little different situation, he says. Wed all been in the service for around four years and we were older. My junior year I was 26 at KU and married with a family. We had some freshmen who were 17 years old who would say, Yes, sir and No, sir, to most of us. But they were our teammates and they respected their elders. Like a rock (chalk): Fambrough graduated after a heartbreaking 20-14 Orange Bowl loss to Georgia Tech on Jan. 1, 1948. He stuck around the following year as a graduate assistant coach and worked as an assistant for 19 years before becoming head coach in 1971. He served as head coach until 1974 and again from 1979 to 1982. He played or coached in five Jayhawk bowl games. Today: Fambrough lives in Lawrence, and through retirement his dedication to KU football has stayed strong. I try to go to practice every day, he says. Im very proud to be a Jayhawk. Word of advice: When I started college as a freshman at Texas, I was 17 years old. I was looking for a lot of good times and all that, he says. I just had a different attitude when I got out [of World War II]. I know you think you can do all these other things right now. But youre really a select group. Not a lot of people get to go to college to get an education.
Frank Tankard
Whether youre singin along, groovin by yourself or just studying in the library, well catch you with the
Dan Fambrough
Year: 1948 Hometown: Lawrence Degree: Education Age: 82 today is his birthday
Listener: Andrew Erwin, Naperville, Ill., sophomore Tune: We All Die One Day by Obie Trice Action: Walking home from class She says: I have his entire CD on it. Hes different from other rappers hes not like the mainstream.
Listener: Tom Myers, Mission junior Tune: Waiting for my Ruca by Sublime Action: Walking home from class She says: I felt like some Sublime and its the first song on the CD. Its got good beats.
Frank Tankard
*FRIDAY* NIGHTS
$2 JAGERBOMBS $1 WELLS DJ NICK REDDELL EVERY FRIDAY
21+ 9pm Coat Check Available.
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PeoPLe
by Katherine Loeck
For the visually impaired, Penthouse, the radio and braille have something in common.
Sound For
Naomi Lomax has seen the ocean and the sunrise. Shes seen Disney Land and the circus. Now she wants to see if her daughter looks tired and if her sons hair is growing gray. She wants to see the differences between her granddaughter and grandson. Lomax, a 68-year-old Olathe resident, wants something that she can never have again: her sight. Lomax had knee-replacement surgery on Valentines Day in 2000. She stopped breathing that night from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., leaving her in a vegetative state for three days. Doctors said she would be non-responsive for the rest of her life and encouraged her family to pull the plug on her. Lomax says she was miraculously brought back to life by a message from God to never give up. She was alive, but unable to see. The doctor said her vision may come back within 18 months. It didnt. Today Lomax is unable to walk and can only see shapes and shadows with her 20/2800 vision anything less than 20/200 is considered legally blind. I have no eye contact with anyone, Lomax says. Its so lonely. A service at the University of Kansas helps fill the void in Lomaxs days. The Kansas Audio Reader Network, 1120 W. 11th St., broadcasts current printed materials to individuals who are unable to read for themselves. Everything from Oprahs Book Club to Penthouse magazine is available on a specially tuned radio that is loaned, free of charge, to any applicant who is diagnosed with visual impairment, says Sarah Hemme, development associate for the network. The Audio Reader Network fosters an enriched and independent lifestyle for more than 6,000 people who are print-impaired throughout Kansas and western Missouri, Hemme says. A radio schedule listed in Braille allows listeners to tune in to their favorite programs, which are read live or recorded by volunteers. Lomaxs Audio-Reader radio is the first thing she turns on in the morning and the last thing she turns off at night. In addition to The Washington Post, local news, the weather and books from the Harry Potter series, Lomax listens to a disability program that provides information like how to use a computer with damaged hands or how to get a job. The travel shows take Lomax out
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of her chair to places where she cannot was the second radio reading service physically go. Audio Reader takes her in the world. Today, Audio Reader is one into another world, she says. It may be of 100 services in the U.S. The signal is the only laugh I have in a day. transmitted 24 hours a day to regional The broadcasters themselves have listeners. Only the special Audio-Reader an impact on listeners radios can pick up the too. About 25 of signal. Be a Sound For Sight the 300 volunteers In Lawrence the who broadcast for program runs on 91.5, To get involved with Kansas Audio Reader are KU Kansas Public Radio. Audio-Reader contact students, and the Jennifer Nigro, Coordinator of The signal is also service works flexibly streamed worldwide Volunteers, at jnigro@ku.edu around students or visit http://reader.ku.edu for on the Internet. Its schedules, Hemme just like a library, more information. says. letting people listen Marissa Massoni, to what they would Lawrence freshman, normally read, says has volunteered with the program Art Hadley, Audio Reader producer and for three years. She broadcasts the engineer. newspapers of northwest Missouri. Ben Englebrecht, Wichita freshman, Having access to local newspapers works for KU Disability Resources, and information is an important part another service that assists the visually of being in a community, Massoni says. impaired. He reads tests aloud to Her work is emotionally involving and visually-impaired students, writes fulfilling, she says. If one of my friends answers for them and takes notes. didnt have access to a newspaper, I Englebrecht, a mechanical would do it for them. engineering major, walks to school, Established in 1971, Audio Reader wears glasses and was born legally
blind. Without his glasses, which are barely thicker than average, his vision is 20/800. With them its 20/200. He is one of 15 visually impaired KU students who use Disability Resources every year, says Melissa Manning, Disability Resources associate director. Engelbrecht cant read the clock on the wall, but he can read print in a 12 point font just fine. However, at 10 point he reads considerably slower. By filing for disability services at KU, Engelbrecht receives more time to take tests than his classmates. The worst thing about being legally blind is that he can never have a drivers license, he says. I really dont have a big problem with it. All my friends know, and they take care of me. Individuals with visual impairments are unable to do everyday things like simply reading a magazine that most people take for granted. After her surgery, Lomax asked God to take her life. She couldnt walk, talk or find her nose with her hand. Today, she still cannot find her nose but AudioReader reminds her to never give up. Its become my life, she says.
Blake Cripps, Topeka senior, reads the TV Guide aloud Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 19, at Audio Reader, 1120 W. 11th St.
Its a
Heard of the Sistine Chapel? Ever made an ethical decision? Seen Pretty Woman? Thank a lefty.
National Left-Handers Day Whether youre a southpaw or just want to celebrate them, the annual celebration is Aug. 13. Ellen Young, Lawrence resident, likes that shes a little different from everybody else. She takes this day every year to display her southpaw pride. Young wears a button and receives calls from friends and family acknowledging her special day. Young has been celebrating since 1996. Her lefty pride continues year-round. Young visited a lefthanded store in Branson, Mo., and bought a T-shirt that says I may be left-handed, but Im still in the right mind.
Left-handeRS heaven
Jealous that characters on The Simpsons have a special store called the Leftorium to cater to all their left-handed needs? Although real stores are harder to find, the Internet offers a variety of products made especially for lefties. Notebooks Stop by the store and any number of spiral-bound notebooks are available, some even cost less than $1. But for lefties, spiralbound notebooks present a handwriting challenge. The Left Hand Web site, www.thelefthand.com, offers notebooks with the hole-punches on the left side and the spiral on the right. Although one 100-page notebook costs $3.95, the benefit of an ink-free hand may be Calendar The left worth the price. side features the weekly agenda and the right side has left-handed trivia. Costs less than $20. http:// www.anythingleft-handed. co.uk/acatalog/desk_and_ engagement_diary.html Keyboard The Left Hand Web site, www. thelefthand.com, also offers a keyboard that is redesigned for optimal use of the left hand. The number pad is on the left side. Keyboards, which generally come with computers, can cost as little as $15 to $40. A lefthanded keyboard will set you back around $100 though. Watches With a dial on the left side, these watches make it easier for lefties to keep time. Anything Left-Handed, www.anythingleft-handed. co.uk, offers multiple styles, ranging from $35 to $70. Other watch styles are counterclockwise, with 12 at the top, 9 on the right, 6 at the bottom and 3 on the left.
Can-opener For $12.95, the Left Hand Zone, www. lefthandzone.com, offers a can opener that allows lefties to actually use their left hands when opening cans.
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Adam Brazil, Chanute senior, throws a football with his left hand. Left-handed athletes face more challenges because equipment is geared towards righties. learning to write when they used their left hand. Kerry Benson, professionalin-residence for the school of journalism, says her kindergarten and first grade teachers hit her on the left hand when she used it to write. Her teachers told her that her left hand was wrong, Benson says. During parent-teacher conferences, one teacher told Bensons mother that although her daughter was bright, she wouldnt succeed if she continued to write with her left hand.I thought Id fail at life, Benson says. She wanted to do well in school so she practiced using her right hand. But it wasnt that simple. She did everything as a left-handed person, and her body was conflicted. Left-handed people are always reminded that theyre not like the majority of people because theyre always adapting, she says. By second grade, Benson consistently wrote with her right hand. She was able to
write with both hands until she was 20, when her left hand was crushed and she wore a cast for a year. Although Benson stopped writing with her left hand nearly 30 years ago, she doesnt consider herself righthanded. I am left-handed, she says. I write with my right hand, but I think with my left hand and that makes me a left-handed person. Joanie Starks, Lawrence resident, experienced similar challenges in elementary school. Starks writes with her left hand but doesnt consider herself a true lefty. She says that her elementary school teachers didnt allow students to write with their left hands so she was forced to learn how to write with her right hand. Because she learned to use both hands early, Starks says she doesnt have typical lefty traits. She doesnt have a hook a horizontal rather than vertical hand positioning when she writes. Junior high was the first time Starks was able to use her left hand without being punished. Ironically, she broke her left hand and had to use her right one until the left hand healed. Although Starks had difficulties adhering to lefthanded life, when her son was born, he naturally started using his left hand, but her husband trained him to be right-handed.
Everyone tended to not want him to be left-handed, Starks says. Her husband, expecting their son to play sports when he got older, didnt want to buy lefthanded golf clubs, so when their son ate, used crayons or picked things up with his left hand, her husband would pull it away. I wonder how many people do that not wanting to have a left-handed in a right-handed world, Starks said. If I could go back, I wouldnt have made him switch. Sports Handwriting wasnt the only place I had problems. Playing sports is a whole other evil. My right-handed cousins tried teaching me how to play softball. I had to throw and catch like a right-handed person because gloves for lefties were not only hard to find, but much more expensive. I learned how to throw like a right person, but never got the hang of batting. During dance classes, I thought I was clumsy and uncoordinated. With wall-to-wall floor-length mirrors in the studio for everyone to see my every move, I stood out as I pirouetted the wrong way and barely escaped colliding with the other ballerinas. We always began dance moves starting to the right, and I naturally spun in the opposite direction from everyone
else. Sometimes I would catch myself before I turned left and made a conscious effort to spin to the right with everyone else. Lefties often have similar experiences with sports. Starks, a physical education teacher for Lawrence Public Schools, had trouble with athletics. When she was learning how to play softball, she didnt know which hand to put the glove on. She plays the field left-handed but bats right-handed. Because of her experience, Starks says she encourages her students to experiment with both sides. Finding a dominant side to play sports can be confusing for left-handed people. Kati Purmort, Colorado Springs, Colo., graduate student, says she had trouble adapting to right-handed equipment. She remembers playing catch with her father and having to use a right-handers glove because that was all he had. She never learned the correct way to throw a ball because she says she was using the wrong hand.To this day I throw a ball terribly because I was never able to practice with the right glove and learn how to do it right, Purmort says. Purmort managed to overcome the challenges of being a left-handed athlete. Purmort, who played for KUs soccer team while she was an undergraduate student, says was the only player who could kick a
soccer ball equally as well with both feet. In volleyball, the other team didnt expect her to hit with her left hand so they didnt block her correctly. Purmort says she had an advantage in soccer and volleyball because she was lefthanded and left-footed. Despite my sixth-grade handwriting hurdles, Ive managed life just fine. In fact, my left-handed, right-brained thinking suits me well in my creative pursuits of magazine and newspaper design. While it does get annoying to wash off the ink stains from writing and to arrange my placement at the dinner table to avoid hitting people, its something Ive learned to live with. Although the left-handed population wont soon become a majority, the world owes a lot to the lefties who have not only adapted, but excelled in acting, writing and musical compositions. So on behalf of lefties everywhere, I hold my head high. Weve learned to adapt to notebooks, guitars and can openers. We can wrangle a righty desk and wrong-handedly maneuver a computer mouse with equal ease. And we gave the world a show about nothing, the political sex scandal of the century and Moonlight Sonata. So on behalf of all lefties: Youre welcome, mankind.
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a urinary tract infection can make a visit to the bathroom your worst nightmare.
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You have to pee, and you have to women daily with an infection. pee now.Ten minutes later you have Symptoms include frequent, to pee again and this time, urine urgent and painful urinating, blood stings and burns its way in urine, foul-smelling What iS the out. In a couple more urine and, on occasion, hours it feels like youre urinary tract? pain in the lower pissing razor blades. abdomen, says Patricia The system that When you turn to flush, Denning, physician holds urine, the liquid in the bowl at Watkins Memorial including the resembles tomato juice. Health Center, 1200 bladder, kidneys Stacie Weninger has Schwegler Drive. and ureters. become quite familiar Courtney, Atchison with these feelings. junior, had a recent The Wichita senior had about one UTI that wouldnt go away. The urinary tract infection a week last pain of the infection was the year. She wouldnt wish the pain of ultimate discomfort, she says. She one upon anyone, she says. tried different antibiotics until one These pesky urinary tract finally worked for her, she says. infections, or UTIs, are most Both men and women get common among females, says infections when bacteria crawl into Jean Schrader, physician at Family the urethra, but women are more Medicine Associates, 4921 W. 18th prone to suffer from UTIs because St.Schrader sees two to three young their urethras are shorter, making
it easier for bacteria to find its way upward, Schrader says. Dealing with UTIs can be painful; these tips on how to prevent and treat them can make your trips to the bathroom more enjoyable. How it happens E. coli bacteria from the body commonly causes UTIs, Schrader says. Other times bacteria enter the bloodstream and travel downward into the bladder, Denning says. If you thought gastrointestinal problems were bad enough, you can also get infected after having diarrhea because of the thriving bacteria, Schrader says. If untreated, bacteria can sometimes travel into the kidneys, causing serious illness, including fever, backache, nausea and vomiting, Denning says.
Relieve yourself your body and prevents illness in Make sure to make a pit stop. general. Adults should drink 64 Women frequently get infections ounces of water daily about when they dont pass urine after eight glasses. The average college sexual intercourse, Schrader says. student only drinks about half of You can also get a UTI when you that, Denning says. dont urinate for long periods Cranberry juice is especially good for the urinary tract because of time, which lets the urine the juices pigment become stagnant, SymptomS of a uti stops bacteria from she says. When youre Frequent and urgent clinging to bladder walls, Schrader says. finishing up in urinating the bathroom, Pain during and after You can buy 100 percent cranberry remember to wipe urination juice or cranberry from front to back, Blood in urine extract pills at local Denning says. This Smelly urine helps keep bacteria Pain in lower abdomen drug, grocery and from climbing into Source: Patricia Denning, health stores. If you experience places you dont physician at Watkins want them. Health Center pain when you urinate for more than 48 hours, start drinking fluids Water works Staying hydrated helps flush out and visit a doctor for a urinalysis,
where medical laboratory personnel test your urine for bacteria. Physicians commonly prescribe an antibiotic that kills infection and has an anesthetic to numb the pain of urinating, Denning says. Why me? Some women are more prone to urinary tract infections. Last year Weninger, Wichita senior, had about one each week. When women have recurrent infection related to sex, a prophylactic antibiotic can be taken around the time of intercourse. Denning says women who have four to six documented urinary tract infections each year may receive this treatment. Ladies, drink plenty fluids and dont fret your trips to the bathroom.
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whatever reason, this guy isnt good enough for you, but its easier for you to keep him around until you find his replacement than to be honest with him and with yourself. Soon, youll go on a date with some Tahoe-driving d-bag, and youll tell your exboyfriend about Todd (whos such a nice guy, seriously) a few weeks later. Hell freak out, sink into depression, drink heavily and drop out of school, and youll have a hot new boyfriend to show off to your friends! Problem solved. Niloofar: Treat this like a drug addiction. While you dont want him anymore, its really hard
Niloofar Shahmohammadi
My ex-boyfriend and i broke up a while ago. we still see each other around caMpus and we still talk on the phone, but i dont see Myself having a future with hiM, so i dont want to get back together. the More we talk the More eMotionally attached i get. how should i handle this? Jenny, Junior
Chris: I noticed that you left out two important details whether youre still sleeping with your ex, and whether youre sleeping with somebody other than your ex. Since your boyfriend, sorry, EX-boyfriend, isnt freaking out and will still actually talk to you, I assume that youre still nailing him and that youre not nailing anybody else yet. That, or hes already sleeping with somebody else, in which case youre the sucker for becoming more emotionally attached. Although I dont think thats the case. I dont see myself having any sort of future with him is obvious girl-speak for Im looking to upgrade. For to kick the habit. Going cold turkey isnt an option in fact, it will lead to major withdrawal symptoms, not to mention its just plain mean. So do what Dr. Phil says: Find a substitute behavior to replace the old one. In your case, that means find a substitute boy. Even if dating is the last thing you want to do right now, forcing yourself to go on a few casual dates will be good for you. And subtly letting your exboyfriend know or better yet, running into him on campus while youre all over Todd (who probably IS a nice guy) will get the message across that youre moving on, even if youre still friends after your break-up.
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My BoyfrIend and I wenT on a HIkIng TrIp and Had sex In THe MIddle of THe woods. soMeHow, I ended up wITH a spIder BITe In My downsTaIrs. IT ITCHes and HurTs lIke Crazy and of Course I CanT sCraTCH IT In puBlIC. and now IM geTTIng THIs weIrd dIsCHarge froM My vagIna, and IM sCared To go To My doCTor BeCause IM so eMBarrassed aBouT How IT Happened. wHaT sHould I do? JaMoCHa, sopHoMore
Chris: Im just trying to imagine what this spider was thinking. If I found a moist, musty cave and there was a big pink snake that kept poking his head in there, and then the snake vomited all over, would I then decide to go wandering into the cave and see what the ground tastes like? I think not. That was one dumb, disgusting spider. Regardless, you really should see a doctor, and you really should be embarrassed. Theres something about your vagina that attracted that spider. Does your boyfriend know about this? If so, does he care? I would. The discharge thing is pretty gross, and Id be worried that theres more spiders in there. Maybe the spider laid eggs. For all you know, theres an entire family of poisonous arachnids just waiting for the next sucker to wander in there so they can hitch a ride out. You could be the first woman to ever spread an STSB Sexually Transmitted Spider Bite. They should make you wear a shirt that says I have spiders in my vagina. Maybe you should shave your pubic hair into the shape of a spider. You can call your vagina Jamochas Web, and you can call your boyfriends penis Wilbur. You should dress up as a spider for Halloween, and your boyfriend can dress up as a vagina. You should go see your gyno and not tell her about the spider. Then when she sees it, yell Trick or Treat! Niloofar: So the eensy weensy spider climbed up your water spout? Thats what you get for having sex in the woods, Sweetheart. But dont take Chris vaginal insults personally. In fact, I bet sex in the woods was your horndog of a boyfriends idea. Go to the gyno and dont worry about being embarrassed. You could always say you stopped in the woods to pee but the truth is it was the big pink snake that started the trouble, and for that reason, he should come with you to the doctors office for moral support. He should even help you apply your STSB cream. Or dont even tell your boyfriend about Charlotte hed probably freak out even though its his fault. Then, when his anaconda wants to enter the cave a second time, you can let all the spider babies in there bite him and then hell know what its like to have strange discharge, plus hell be dysfunctional for a few weeks, which means you can plan another hiking trip with some actual hiking involved this time.
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Most bartenders have a routine and start at one end of the bar and serve customers down the line, says Danny Loental, bartender at the Sandbar, 17 E. Eighth St., and 2005 graduate. Whats another way to annoy a bartender? Yelling an order across the bar is very uncouth. You will get skipped, Loental says. Wait your turn and toss a few extra dollars in the tip jar. Remember, keeping your bartender happy will keep your drinks full.
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Sweatshirts were once reserved for sleeping and working out, but now the hooded tops are considered comfortable everyday wear and a way to show school spirit, even if its not for KU. Flaunting the logo of another university is a great way to annoy KU sports nuts, and when that logo is on a sweatshirt, its a great way to stay warm too. Laura Gerth, Omaha, Neb., graduate student, wears her Luther College sweatshirt, even though she doesnt think anyone actually knows where the college is. She doesnt own any KU attire, so she wears this as an alternative, she says. In the spirit of keeping nostalgia alive, Annie Hagg, Palatine, Ill. senior, says she dug a bit deeper into the back of her closet and dusted off a classic from her days in elementary school. Its one of my favorites because back when I was a fat kid in elementary school, I couldnt fit into it. Now it fits.
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Waterloo to Anywhere
Dirty Pretty Things may be an awful band name, but its an apt description of the 11 tracks on Waterloo to Anywhere, the latest from former Libertines Carl Barat and Gary Powell. The album has the grimy feel of stale cigarettes and half-empty bottles of Carlsberg, fashionably disheveled and relentlessly catchy throughout. Famously produced by Mick Jones of The Clash on their Libertines debut, Up the Bracket,the boys continue to mine the sound of that touchstone band, all skinny power chords and mush-mouth vocals, wrapped up in tight, three-minutes-anda-cloud-of-dust punk spasms. Barat, no longer tethered to former band mate and British tabloid sensation Pete Doherty, harbors resentment on Waterloo to Anywhere. Dohertys well-documented affection for heroin, crack and Kate Moss prevented the Libertines from ever having much success stateside beyond the praise of critics, who loved the bands sloppy,
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London-punk sound. Youre a legend in your mind but a rumor in your room, Barat spits on Bloodthirsty Bastards, no doubt aimed at his one-time mate. Waterloo to Anywhere is the sound of a band purging its past, finding solace in the dirty, pretty things around them. Catharsis never sounded so good.
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After almost 100 years of producing feature films, Hollywood should be able to make a movie about itself. Instead, The Black Dahlia is a celluloid knot of absurdity. Clearly, Hollywood has yet to master its own art. The Black Dahlia is almost two hours of pure, unadulterated nonsense: a murder that is hardly addressed, a buddy cop movie without humor, action or intrigue, a romance without any, well, anything. Josh Hartnett stars asBuckyBleichart who, along with his partner and friend Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) discover a gruesome murder behind the apartment complex of a young, untalented actress (Mia Kirshner). The murder then fades into the background for almost an hour of failed character development before
a series of events tied by a very frayed string force Bucky back into the murder investigation. By this point, no one cares. They came to see a murder mystery and instead got a soap opera. Adding insult to injury, Hartnett has pathetic stage presence and stumbles through the movie. He doesnt solve the murder; the perpetrators gleefully unravel the whole mystery at the end. One would think evildoers know not to do that anymore. There is brilliant cinematography and direction by Brian de Palma, but that isnt enough to save this steaming heap of film.
Andy Hunt
Based on the beloved novel, the drama All the Kings Men displays wonderful performances but is accompanied by a soggy and disengaging plot. The film follows the life of an ambitious Louisiana man, Willie Stark, as he climbs the ominous ranks of politics. Sean Penn gives an inspirational and commanding performance as the up-and-coming governor. His speeches are the films highlights. Jude Law plays an unbiased journalist, Jack Berg, who later serves as Starks investigator of his enemies. His simple and poignant narration describes the tarnishing of an idealistic every-man. In spite of Penns powerful performance, Laws quiet witness steals the show. The always-solid Kate Winselt and sincere Mark Ruffalo fill out the cast as brother and sister to a former Southern governor. The film disappoints somewhat as an energetic beginning quickly turns into a chain of dull political schemes. Its weakness is its inability to match
thriller portion cant stand on its own feet. Unfortunately, this political drama starts turning the characters into one-dimensional figurines as the movie eventually becomes a boring presidential courtship without the paparazzi and then a boring chase without any action. The film,starring RobinWilliams
who sometimes transcends his role as the funnyman, tries to make a pointed attack on political targets before election day. As a comedy it might have struck Washington, but the conventional drama remains stuck to it like a hanging chad.
Andy Hunt
the wonderful acting of the cast with an interesting plot. Similar to the classic Citizen Kane, this flick shows the death of the American dream the transformation of a good-hearted man into a conniving and devious
politician. Overall, this uneven but well-acted southern saga lacks that comforting southern charm.
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friends. My roommate and best friend finally had enough of it and broke down crying. She said, Why are you doing this to yourself? You are just fine, Carissa. You are perfect. For the first time I felt ashamed for being so critical of myself. Abusing my body and my self-esteem was not just affecting me; it was hurting the people whose opinions should have meant the most. I didnt have to be skinny to be any happier; I just needed to trust that people loved me for being myself. It has been two years since I have struggled with my eating disorder. Finding the strength to stop was not easy. I opened up to my friends and family about my obsessions with food and weight. They tried their best to understand, and helped me ditch the scales and diets by encouraging me to get back into healthier activities like sports to stay thin. I also learned to listen when they told me there was nothing wrong with the way I
ILLUSTRATION/CATHERINE COQUILLETTE looked and that there is no such thing as perfection. I was lucky that I could beat this with the help of friends and family alone, but that isnt always the case. According to Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc., 4 percent of college-aged women suffer from bulimia nervosa, while about 1 percent of female adolescents are suffering from anorexia. Without treatment, up to 20 percent of people with serious eating disorders die. With treatment, it is less than 2 to 3 percent. I can still pick out all the imperfections on my body, but Ive accepted that changing them is an impossible goal. Finding confidence and selfworth within myself came a lot easier once I stopped wanting to be someone else. Now whenever I begin to feel down on myself I ask myself, Who do I need to be perfect for? Everyone who matters to me loves me just the way I am, imperfections and all.
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