Anything But Traditional

Is Bin Laden Really Dead?

September 10, 2001, I remember going to bed excited to wake up 18 years old. I was finally going to be able to legally buy my own cigarettes. Instead, a call from a frantic friend woke me in the morning. "Someone is bombing the World Trade Center!" he screamed. "What?" ...

Food is Home

As I prepare my family to move to Boston just a few weeks after graduation, I find myself thinking about all of the things about home that I will miss. Most of what I think about is my family, two sisters, one brother, two parents, one sister-in-law, one father-in-law, three ...

Flying, is it worth it?

Flying anywhere in the world is becoming more invasive and inconvenient all in the name of safety, yet flying on an airplane is more dangerous now than ever before. Imagine it this way: You have your bags, packed for the next two weeks. You laptop bag is slung over your ...

Barefoot Contessa Bad Celebrity

Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa" denies cancer stricken six-year-old's wish to meet her.

Benefits of Kansas City-Lawrence Light Rail

With the unrest in the Middle East causing gas prices to rise, a second recession hanging over our heads and greenhouse gases ruining our environment, a light rail in Kansas City with one arm stretching to the University of Kansas would be beneficial. Take my transit costs for example. I ...

The Mom/Computer/Book Bag

Being a mom and a student is ruining my back. Every student knows that book bags can cause serious back, neck and shoulder pain, and poor posture. According to a story published in the Kansan last October, Scott Bautch, spokesman for the American Chiropractic Association, said a book bag should ...

Life as a Nontraditional Student

I came across an interesting word the other day: soporific. It means “sleep inducing.” You could use it to describe a certain beverage that, despite how sweet it is or how much you love the drink, it makes you sleepy when you consume it. This word can also describe my ...