JOUR 636 - Opinion and Commentary

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University Education

Carry your Bookstore

The future of textbooks and bookstores

KU from the UK

Will you PLEASE keep it down...

It may be the fact that the end of the semester is drawing to a close, and that my patience is drawing to a close, but I am finding myself with less tolerance for those who come to the library just to socialize with people. On a typical Sunday night, ...

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?" ...

Mandy Matney

How to stay healthy in hectic times

End of the semester stress? Learn how to boost your brain power during this stressful time.

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Adventures in gardening

My new hobby is expensive but fulfilling.

Erin Brown

Feelings about broadcast media

Television news can certainly make you feel more than its print companion.

Katie Blankenau

Facebook pages make great evidence

Anything you post can and will be held against you in a court of law.

KU from the UK

What a Royal disaster.

The royal wedding of the decade took place on Friday. Millions of people around the world tuned in as Prince William and Kate Middleton finally were joined in holy matrimony at Westminster Abbey, London. While Kate looked every part the princess in her stunning Alexander McQueen lace gown, the crowd ...

Wood's Words

True Life: I woke up at 4 a.m. to watch the Royal Wedding

Whether you watched the Royal Wedding or chose to sleep, there was more than one reason to watch for this girl.

Mandy Matney

Where my motivation comes from

I was asked last week in an interview where my source of motivation comes from, four days later, I figured out the answer.

Katie Blankenau

Slow down for spring

Campus foxes (and yes, I mean the animals) offer a sight of spring.

Anything But Traditional

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 ...

Hindsight

Goodbye, Soda

At long last, Lent is over! After what was possibly the longest 40 days of my life, I am now free to indulge in the sweet, forbidden taste of soda. You see, back in March I thought it would be a good idea to give up the fizzy drink to ...

Royal Pains: The 2011 Kansas City Royals Cryblog

Royals Cryblog Week 4 - Let the crying officially begin.

The Royals have lost six of eight, dropping to 12-10 on the year and third place in the AL Central. This is when the real Royals will show up and crush the dreams of anyone foolish enough to think they would actually compete for a playoff spot this year. They're ...

Wood's Words

You Go Girl!

A 10-year-old shows us that even youngsters have a voice too.

An Old-Fashioned Girl

'Made in America' harder to find these days

How many of the things you buy are actually made in America?

Red Rocks

My "The Social Network" Manifesto Pt. 2

(continued from last week) I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’ve never been a huge soundtrack buyer. They always seemed kind of lame to me. I think the first soundtrack I ever got was to the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film in 1990, but that was just because I ...

Red Rocks

My "The Social Network" Manifesto Pt. 1

I saw The Social Network on September 23 – eight days before it was released to ya’ll, the little people – which means I am not only part of the elite and therefore important, but that my opinion matters more than anyone else’s. Proud of you! I loved The Social ...

Just Kuhlman

Is it safe to turn the TV on yet?

Why can't we have celebrities that are actually worthy of paying attention to?

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