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SHARED SPACES
Living,communicating and dealing with a roommate

a good friend gone bad... inside harmful friendships

poisonous pals

Your shoes effect on Your health and posture

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aside from the girl who i saw wearing my clothes in Facebook pictures freshman year, ive lucked out when it comes to my college roommates. and then last year happened. a group of girlfriends and i signed a lease on a big seven-bedroom house downtown. the problem came when one girl backed out on us and we had to turn to the sketchiest of methods to replace her last minute: craigslist. the 36-year-old woman looking to exchange house cleaning for a place to live inquired, the single mom needing to get back on her feet tried to bargain with us and then we heard from a handful of ku students all guys. Following a seemingly normal first impression, a 27-yearold male undergraduate who ill call craigslist (and did call craigslist while living with him) became our seventh wheel. living with a guy, we knew we needed to lay

a few ground rules, most of which pertained to the bathroom. aside from that, we figured that living with a 27-year-old surely meant he was capable of being a considerate, fully functional adult. we were wrong. it didnt take long for craigslist and his surround-sound sexcapades, rank cooking, griminess and blaring, crappy music to make our spacious setup seem like a claustrophobic bachelor pad. civil conversation quickly escelated into passive-agressive notes on the whiteboard: if you have a penis, clean the bathroom. Get a hotel room or a quieter girlfriend. one roommate even got so fedup with craiglists dirty dishes that she hid them under the porch for at least five days. our immature answers to living in a yearlong episode of the real world provided nothing other than a good laugh every once in a while and maybe a way to stay sane while sharing a home with a dude from the internet. we really just made things worse. For more on roommate communication, see baileys feature on page eight. Sometimes, a little more patience and communication can go a long away. other times, you might just be living with a crazy person.

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CONTACT KANSAS IN HEAT // exTerior exploraTioN

> Tackling the sticky world of relationships. KJHK caller asks: My girlfriend likes it when I tickle or gently stroke her back side, but shes not sure about anal sex. Do I continue with the tickling or would it be OK try something more? I really dont want to get a slap upside my head, but would like to explore all sexual possibilities with her. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks! Michelle answers: The introduction of a taboo sex act like anal sex can be tricky. But anal play can be very pleasurable for both parties involved. Remember, men can enjoy anal play just as much as women - but well save that for another column! I always say, Try it! If you dont like it, then you dont have to do it again! Every partner is different. The same sex play you did not enjoy before may be extremely satisfying with a new partner! If your girlfriend is interested in trying something more than tickling or stroking, try these tips: 1) Discuss and gauge her interest level. If she is doing it just to please you, the experience may not be enjoyable for either party. Enthusiasm is a key ingredient in sexual satisfaction! 2) Create a calm and relaxed environment. Use various extended foreplay techniques: bathing together, erotic massage, oral sex, or stroking, caressing and licking the backside. 3) Begin exploration with sex toys designed especially for anal play. These can include vibrators, beads or dilators. Introduce the play slowly with plenty of lubrication. As some of these toys have multiple uses (both anal and vaginal), remember to always thoroughly clean the toy after use in each area. 4) Always have on hand a variety of lubrication! Try water based and silicone lubrication. Silicone lubrication will not absorb as easily into the skin and is ideal for anal sex play. However, never use silicone lubrication with silicone sex toys! This combination will destroy your toys! 5) If you try everything and she does not respond positively, dont continue to pressure her! Anal play is only one aspect of sexual exploration. Use this experience as a springboard for even more exploration and satisfaction.
Contributed Photo Michelle MacBain is a graduate student from Kansas City. She studied sexuality, psychology and communiction studies at KU and The University of Amsterdam.

CATCH OF THE WEEK // Ted McNulTy

> A weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea.
TURN-OFFS: Girls that are stuck up, have cankles and dont laugh at my jokes. BEST PRANK HES EVER PULLED: I saranwrapped my friends toilet below the seat, but his mom was the one who ended up using it first! IF HE COULD BE ANY CARTOON CHARACTER, HE WOULD BE: Crimson Chin from The Fairly OddParents. I too fight crime with my sexy butt chinin spandex. Contributed photo YEAR: Senior HOMETOWN: Iowa City, Iowa MAJOR: Communications INTERESTED IN: Women HOBBIES: Napping on the couch, practicing karate in the garage and putt-putt golfing. Im a pretty fun guy. TURN-ONS: Someone with a good smile, great childbearing hips and lower back dimples. Those are sexy. And someone who can make me laugh, play sports and is athletic. HIS GUILTY PLEASURE: Watching crappy reality television, like Real World, Teen Mom and Jersey Shore. Its fun to be able to watch somebody else do something you would never want to be taped doing. FAVORITE SONG TO KARAOKE: I cant choose one. Either Im Too Sexy by Right Said Fred, Ja Rule and Ashanti duets with my best friend Tim or the classics like Dont Stop Believing by Journey and I Want You Back by *Nsync. | CHRISTINE CURTIN |

HOW WE MET // KrisTaN TiNoco aNd daMiaN Mora

> All great relationships had to start somewhere.
Twelve-year-old kids often act like theyre too cool for just about anything, which is exactly how Damian Mora, a senior from Kansas City, reacted when he met Kristan Tinoco, also a senior from Kansas City. Kristan and Damian first met in seventh grade while at a Bishop Miege High School football game. Although they went to different schools, they had mutual friends and ended up approaching each other at the game. I had a crush on him initially, but he wasnt having it at first, Kristan says. He was being kind of stupid because we were in seventh grade and he was trying to be cool around his friends. Damian even admits that although he knew Kristan liked him, he didnt really want anything to do with it. I talked to her for about five seconds and then went back to my friends and said, No, I dont like her, Damian says. But that wasnt the end of it. Damian and Kristan saw each other at dance mixers for their two schools, and eventually started having more friendly conversations. They started dating shortly after. Now that Damian and Kristan have been dating for eight years, its safe to say he isnt too cool anymore to admit he likes her. | CHRISTINE CURTIN |

Contributed photo Playing It Cool: Damian acted like he didnt want anything to do with Kristan when they met in seventh grade.

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When your friendship takes a turn for the Worse

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Photo by Travis Young Good friend gone bad: A simple lack of communication can ruin a friendship.

During his junior year of college, Ben Pera, a senior from Chicago, lived with a roommate who didnt speak. Peras roommate didnt have a physical ailment, but rather his girlfriend broke up with him and he chose to keep his emotions bottled up. Weeks passed and the only words that he uttered were: hello and goodbye. It was really annoying to have to live with someone like that because it puts a downer on everyone elses moods, Pera says. The emotionally unhealthy environment of his house left Pera a victim of what Florence Isaacs, author of Toxic Friends/True Friends: How Your Friends Can Make or Break Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Career, would call a toxic friendship. Unlike healthy friendships, there is no balance between friends; one is constantly giving but doesnt receive anything in return. A toxic friendship is regularly unsupportive, unrewarded, unsatisfying, draining or unequal, Isaacs says. Maintaining a toxic relationship can take a toll on your mental health, so learning how to spot and handle one is crucial. S p o t t i ng a Cul p r it Toxic friends come in all forms. Here are three of the most common types: t he Dr a m a Que e n This is the friend who thrives on drama and

constantly seeks attention through his or her lavish stories. He or she will call in a frenzy because, ohmygosh, they cant believe what so-and-so just did. Melanie Gorman, blogger and vice president of a relationship advice blog, yourtango. com, says that these friends use drama to hide their insecurities. [Drama] is a distraction so that we dont have to look at our real lives or ourselves, she says. People create drama to deal with boredom and not deal with the real stuff. Next time a friend bombards you with a questionable story, Gorman says its best to gently ask if it really happened that way. Its not mistrustful, but rather a way to dissect the facts and understand if theyre hiding something. th e B a C k S ta B B er A backstabbing friend is someone who will sacrifice you and your reputation to better him or herself. His or her needs come first; the friendship comes second. Fatou Bayo, a senior from Michigan, was in a toxic friendship with her high school friend. She wanted to be accepted by everybody, so throwing people under the bus wasnt a problem for her as long as the people she wanted to be accepted by were OK with it, Bayo says. After confronting her, Bayo decided that there was too much distance between them to try and salvage the friendship, something that

itS not you; itS me What to do if you recognize that youre the toxic friend: Before you run to apologize to your friend, talk to someone who you trust. Tell him or her that you sense a toxic element to your personality and ask if he or she has noticed. If you get a secondary validation, dig deeper and figure out where it comes from, says Gorman. Whats the need being met by manifesting this negative quality? C a lling it Q u i tS Try and understand the underlying cause. If you have determined that a friendship Maybe it stems from childhood insecurities is irreparable, its time to break up with your friend. You should approach things in a mature or maybe it has to do with the environment in manner and use I statements to avoid attack- which youre living. Regardless of the cause, ing the person. Erase the word you from your remember that its always possible to change your ways. vocabulary, Isaacs says. You arent saying, You borrowed a sweater and got a stain on it. When you use the word you in that way, the

Gorman says is sometimes necessary in this relationship. Before calling it quits, though, Gorman suggests examining the friendship. Did you do something to make them mad or hurt them? If the answer is no, Gorman says its best to end things since you cant change them. th e uSer Friends who use you make you suspicious of your role in the friendship. Maybe theyre constantly taking advantage of your generous employee discount. Whatever the method, they make you question their loyalty. Before you overreact, Isaacs says to approach the friend and express your concern. Often times, the person didnt have any malice; they didnt realize they were doing something that would annoy you, she says. More than likely, he or she will apologize and things will return to normal. But, if your friend continues to use you, it might be time to reexamine the friendship.

other person gets defensive. Dont be afraid to bring up your needs either. Tell the friend what you feel is missing and see if he or shes willing to compromise. If not, then they were, indeed, toxic. But if they do, it signifies a true friend. With your soul-mate friends, you can be exactly who you are around them, in your big-girl panties with no makeup and bawling your eyes out, and theyre going to love you anyway, Gorman says. Those who are truly your friends, theyll be your friend forever.

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HEALTH

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Taylor Boyle, a junior from Minnetonka, Minn., wears her gold-chain-watch nearly every day since she got the watch three months ago. Boyle says she has never had her watch or any other piece of jewelry cleaned and probably never will. I dont think it ever gets dirty. I have a couple of pieces of silver jewelry that are scuffed up but I think it gives them character, Boyle says. Rich Yeakel, co-owner of Marks Jewelers in Lawrence, says watchbands are one of the most disgusting pieces brought in to be cleaned. People wear them for years without ever having them cleaned. They dont realize their sweat turns to grime, he says. Yeakel has seen his share of dirty jewelry brought into the shop and has the stories to prove it. A woman once brought in a ring her dog ate and she later found in a pile of doggy dung in the back yard. She tried to rinse it off, but it was still really gross, Yeakel says. Not all of Yeakels jewelry cleaning stories are disgusting; some are just downright funny. We had a gal bring in a doom ring once with

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green particles stuck around the stone, he says. It appeared to be weed. We cleaned it and didnt say anything about the green stuff. To avoid your own gross jewelry story, and to make sure your jewelry is kept in good condition, Yeakel says jewelry should be cleaned every six months. Jewelry cant be cleaned too often as long as it is done properly, Yeakel says. The at-home cleaning kits and solutions works fine for a quick do-it-yourself cleaning.

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Its common to have a little hump of midafternoon sleepiness programmed into our brains, according to a 2009 Harvard health publication. Midday naps can re-energize our bodies to get us through the remainder of the day, says Roger Roubal, DDS, at Advanced TMJ and Sleep Center in Omaha. There is a biological clock located in a cluster of cells in the hypothalamus of the brain where the circadian (daily) ups and downs of physiological processes, including sleep and wakefulness occur, according to the Harvard health publication. Napping is beneficial, but it is an indicator that you are not sleeping enough or not sleeping well at night. Its kind of natures way in trying to catch-up, Roubal says. It is ideal to get eight hours of continuous sleep each night. If not, being sleep deprived poses health concerns because youre more immune to colds and viruses, Roubal says. But, it is better to take a nap than not. Limiting naps to 45 minutes will give you some restorative sleep, but it will also prevent you from getting into rapid eye movement. REM sleep occurs at the end of a long period of

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sleep and is disruptive to wake up during. Michael Agre, a sophomore from Overland Park, says he takes naps every few days, especially after dinner because that is when he is the most tired. After his twenty-minute nap, Agre feels energized and more productive because he feels he has to make up for the loss time. Taking naps can help your ability to retain knowledge because the more sleep you have, the easier it is, Roubal says. | KYLIE NUTT |

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HEALTH

From Sole to Sole

Photos by Kylie Nutt Nick Colbert, a sophomore from Overland Park, says he prefers to wear tennis shoes because they give him fewer blisters and are more comfortable. Your feet combined have 52 bones, containing 25 percent of all the bones in your body, but only one-quarter of adults regularly care for their feet, according to a 2010 survey by the American Podiatric Medical Association. The way you walk affects the rest of your skeleton, says Johannah Youner, a podiatrist at her private practice in New York. Feet have an effect on your knees, hips, back, posture and joints. As you get older, your body can wear down quicker if you do not wear shoes that have support and cushioning. Youner specializes in womens foot issues along with common foot ailments. Heels and the back of the foot area need the most support because it controls the foot. If the back of the shoe is closed, you will be ahead of the game, Youner says. This means flip-flops are bad for your feet and they fail on many levels. Flip-flops can cause a number of problems, such as arch pain, contracting germs on the street and people often fall when wearing them, Youner says. September is a busy month for podiatrist appointments, especially college students, due to flip-flop related injuries, such as arch problems. When foot arches fall, your feet hurt, causing plantar fasciitis, which is a severe inflamed arch pain, Youner says. Arches are like bridges, if the bridge isnt supported, the whole structure will cave in. Each step you take has three times your body weight weighing your foot down. So, if you weigh 110 pounds, each foot takes on 330 pounds, Youner says. Imagine how much weight your feet support after a full day of walking around campus. There are a few easy fixes to support your arch. You can avoid wearing flip-flops, but if you must wear them, buy some with arches. They may not be as fashionable, but at least you will save your feet in the long run. There are hundreds of shoes that already have arch supports, but if they dont, its simple enough to buy a pair of arch supports at Walgreens for $13.99. High heels are just as bad as flip-flops, but in different ways. They can cause bunions, Neuromas, a nerve problem and affect your back by taking it out of its normal position. But, by limiting the amount of time to less than four hours and not wearing a heel more than two inches makes them fine to wear for special occasions, Youner says. So, what can we wear? Since feet are vital in holding our bodies up, wearing a good, fitted shoe is crucial. As a rule of thumb: the thicker the sole, the stiffer the shoe, the better the arch support, the better the shoe is going to be, says David Laha, a podiatrist at Kansas City Foot Specialists in Overland Park. The biggest problem for students is they do a lot of extra walking than they are used to, so having good footwear is going to make the hike around campus more comfortable and avoid injury, Laha says. Wearing a running shoe to get from class to class is the best option. Instead of spending small amounts of money on cheap shoes, save it up and buy one good pair. Motion control running shoes are usually the best for most people because they have features that prevent the foot from rolling inward, Laha says. Remember to buy shoes later in the day while your feet are at their largest from swelling. And when you try a shoe on, it needs to feel comfortable because if it is tight, it will cause problems, Dr. Laha says.

The effects shoes have on your body and health.

| KYLIE NUTT | with friends, she enjoys wearing high heels. For a long time I wore shoes that had worn out arch support and I got knee problems from it, says Scott Stoops, a sophomore from Ottawa, Kan. I have to put insoles in all of my shoes, no matter what I wear. Stoops says he usually wears Samba soccer shoes since he is used to them, but occasionally wears Sperrys. I had a pair of jellies, the plastic ones, and they made my feet bleed, but I threw those away, says Alisha Kidd, a sophomore from Overland Park. I wore them on campus and I looked down and there was blood on my foot. Kidd says after that experience she sticks with flip-flops, Keds and Sperry Top-siders even though they sometimes cause blisters on her feet. I usually wear sandals during the summer, but now I wear tennis shoes says Nick Colbert, a sophomore from Overland Park. Its definitely easier to walk in them [tennis shoes], but sandals are more trendy. Colbert says he finds sandals and Sperry Top-Siders to be comfortable and hasnt had any blisters.

Joni Chastain, a senior from Burleson, Texas, loves wearing flip-flops because theyre low maintenance. However, her feet often hurt because flip-flops typically have little cushion and padding.

What students say about their shoes:

I definitely do [wear shoes] for comfort, but I wont wear something that doesnt match, says Eileen Remley, a senior from Concordia, Kan. When I shop its hard because I want shoes that are comfortable, but also shoes that are fashionable. Remley says she usually wears tennis shoes or Sperry Top-Siders on campus because they are comfortable, but has already started wearing boots since the weather is getting chilly. When I walk a lot my feet start to hurt because with [flip-flops] theres no cushion, says Joni Chastain, a senior from Burleson, Texas. I usually just put up with it. Chastain says she typically wears flip-flops to class because it takes less time and effort, and when shes out

After a painful incident with a pair of jelly sandals, Alisha Kidd, a sophomore from Overland Park, now wears Sperry Top-Siders while on campus.

Eileen Remley, a senior from Concordia, Kan., switched from flip-flops to a more comfortable pair of boots now that the weather is getting chilly.

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ITS NOT YOU, ITS ME

| Bailey atkinson |

FEATURE
Some people change when they come to college. At least that is what Jane (name withheld at sources request), a junior from Kansas was told by her high school best friend and freshman-year dorm mate. Before coming to college, Jane told her friend and future dorm mate that she would be rushing for a sorority. She believed it would not affect their relationship. Soon into the semester, Jane joined a chapter and started spending time with her new sorority sisters. Jane invited her dorm mate to come along with the group whenever they went out. Janes roommate always declined the offer and began getting angry. She started leaving Jane rude notes like, Pick up your shoes, around the room instead of talking to her personally. The tension became too much for Jane and after a semester she moved out of the room. The two, both juniors, have not talked since freshman year. Dorm relationships like this arent uncommon for strangers moving in together, says Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College. Cohen has complied research on this topic from more than 400 college campuses in the last 17 years. He says the four major issues that come about from this are not setting boundaries, avoiding confrontation, not being respectful and having unrealistic expectations. Cohen has accumulated many ideas through this research to better a roommate situation, including the 24hour agreement. Cohen encourages all new roommates to set boundaries at the start of moving in with each other. He refers to this as the 24-hour agreement. This entails sitting down within the first 24 hours of moving in together and share everything that you dislike and what makes you uncomfortable, like dirty dishes, loud music or constant guests. Getting this information out while first meeting each other can make it easier to discuss issues later on. Kristen, a sophomore from Abilene, never made a 24-hour agreement with her roommate causing tension when Kristen wanted a cleaner room. I never asked her if she could periodically clean her side of the room, says Kristen. I wasnt her mother so I didnt feel the need to do so, even though her mess always bothered me. The 24-hour rule is vital for new roommates but another common issue roommates have is being afraid of confrontation. Dorm mates need to be able to share when they are upset about something. Telling a friend instead of the roommate causes more harm than good. The worst thing a roommate can do is not share when something is bothering them. Everybody keeps secrets when they get pissed off and they tell everybody but their roommate because they dont want the conflict in the room, Cohen says.

Lack of communication causes troubLe in the dorm room

Photo illustration by Travis Young Housing horrors: considerate communication can go a long way when it comes to successfully sharing your living space with someone.

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Conflict is not uncommon between any type of relationship. Partners who live together, they argue, and people who want to get along and coexist argue, says Cohen. An unhealthy relationship is keeping secrets. Being able to communicate with a dorm mate is not enough; instead, dorm mates need to be able to communicate with each other respectfully. A common issue that roommates have is not being to communicate with consideration or not wanting to compromise, says Jennifer Wamelink, associate director for residence life in the department of student housing. It is important to know what you need and what you want out of the situation and be able to communicate that to your roommate in a respectful way, says Wamelink. Michelle, a sophomore from Overland Park, and her dorm mates had issues with this. The four roommates had a whiteboard posted in the living room between the couch and the closet. The whiteboard was an effort for four people with various schedules to communicate with one another. The board made it possible to get comments to each other quickly. However, the messages got ruder as the semester went on. Messages like, Someone needs to take out the trash, or, Looks like the floor is getting messy. Michelle said that on multiple occasions she wanted to rip the board off the wall. The four roommates had the same problem that many other roommates have issues with; a lack of respect for one another and not being able to compromise. Another issue that roommates face is having unrealistic expectations for their roommate before moving in with them. Cohen uses the term roommate from hell to describe a person who allows troublesome situations to affect a living situation. The roommates from hell expect too much from their roommate without willing to work to make the situation work them. These expectations range from assuming that a roommate will have the same lifestyle as him or herself. Dorm mates cannot assume that they want the room cleaned a certain way or study hours to be at a certain time. This needs to be discussed. Cohen says that shy roommates are the biggest roommates from hell because they dont share and their roommate cant read their mind and doesnt know how they feel. Soon the shy roommate will hate his or her roommate and that will make them resent the roommate back. More importantly a person cannot expect his or herself to be best friends with a dorm mate. Cohen stressed that roommates do not need to be friends, just co-exist. In fact, it is almost better if they were not friends. Having friends on the same hall, offering a place to escape if you need someone to talk to. Lauren, a junior from Chicago started off as good friends with her roommate as the beginning but as problems rose the two found it hard to communicate. Lauren found relief of what to do

with the help of friends on her floor. They were there to help me with whatever I needed, says Lauren. They helped give me the courage to calm down, figure out how to approach her, and when I actually did approach her I felt ten times better about it. While it is important to have somewhere or someone on your floor to escape to, it is more importantly is having a life outside of the floor like a club or team. If a roommate never leaves his or her room they will begin to expect too much from the roommate. It is important to remember that the person is just a roommate. Too many times roommates come into a situation expecting something, wanting something, from someone else, Cohen says. Roommates dont need to talk to you, like you, be your friends, you and your roommate just needs to coexist. In many cases the roommates cannot come together to resolve these issues themselves and need help from an outside source. That is where resident assistant comes into play. Jessica Bartlett, a resident assistant last year at Naismith Hall, experienced many issues between roommates on her floor. Bartlett explains that if a people want to move out of their rooms, they should go to their residenct assistant who will out a request to leave. Then, they meet with the resident director to move out and talk about why they want to leave. If the situation is serious enough, they can be moved out that day or the following. A resident

assistant job ranges from therapist, rules enforcer, mediator to even referee. But more importantly residence assistants can also be friends. Sarah, (name withheld at sources request) a sophomore from Chicago, can prove this. While living at Naismith, Sarah became friends with her resident assistant, Jessica Bartlett. Sarah felt comfortable enough to go to Bartlett whenever she had any concerns or issues with others on her floor. If people were loud or smoking in their rooms, I would vent to her and ask them to stop, says Sarah. Sometimes two people just cannot coexist, no matter how hard they try and sometimes, language barriers keep roommates from easily coexisting. This was the case with Katelyn ODonnell, a senior from Chicago. ODonnell and her roommate spoke barely 10 words to each other the entire year, almost always a hello. The two did not have typical roommate communication issues. ODonnells roommate was from China and while the two tried to communicate, it was difficult. With a difference in language, it was hard for the two to discuss what bothers them and what guidelines they wanted to set for their room. We basically lived around each other instead of together. Communication is a two-way street, which is often forgotten in the blame game of roommate problems, Cohen says. People with a bad roommate dont realize that theyre half the problem, he says.

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PET PEEVES OF SOME JAYHAWKS Food on plates that they havent finished eaten and is still in the room Paige Blevins, a senior from Great Bend. Not coming to me when they have a situation that needs to be resolved Rachel Benoit, a sophomore from Wichita. When people are really noisy in the morning when getting ready for school and when they get home at night Camille Clark, staff member for the office of multicultural affairs from Kansas City, Kan. Listening to music really loud when I am trying to study Tyler Yoder, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan. Sleeping with their socks off Chris Scrugges, a sophomore from Bakersfield, Cali. Eating my food and generally not taking responsibility for keeping up with the house Sarah Pyle, a junior from Overland Park. Letting their friends go into your room and use my stuff, like my bed for pleasures Maddie Kulik, a sophomore from Lenexa. Roommates who leave condoms laying around Danny Sanchez, a sophomore from Lenexa. Constant loud music when I am trying to study Nick Czarnecki, a sophomore from Overland Park.

Photo illustration by Travis Young Note the best: passiveagressive written messages solve few problems.

THREE THINgS TO ASK YOURSELF TO KNOW IF YOU ARE THE ROOMMATE FROM HELL 1. Do I want to get along? If you dont want to get along with your roommate, you are not going to get along. 2. Am I willing to give my roommate permission to be nothing more than just someone I coexist with? 3. Am I willing to share things that make me uncomfortable? Source: Harlan Cohen

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NOTICE WHO TO FOLLOW //

What she does: Reality TV star, celebrity Twitter Handle: @nicolerichie Why: Nicole Richie is one of my favorite celebrities to follow on Twitter because shes real and interesting, says Ashley Cohen, a sophomore from St. Louis. @nicolerichie: My grandma better step it up this year and give me a 10 dollar bill for my birthday this year! @nicolerichie: Gonna wear beige tomorrow so people think Im responsible. @nicolerichie: Champagne Wishes & Cavier Dreams! sounds like a serious case of morning breath. @nicolerichie: When in doubt, just quote Jay-Z. | AMANDA GAGE | @nicolerichie: Sooooodoing the snake isnt cool anymore right? @nicolerichie: My sister just challenged me to a Beyonce dance-off tonight at her BDay party. Let her win? Or make her cry? Decisions decisions

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| JOEY STALLMAN AS TOLD BY AMANDA GAGE | to tell her then. I go Mom, did Crystal (my sister) ever tell you anything about that time we went out to breakfast? She says no and looks puzzled. Again, I look down at the table, trying so hard not cry, lip quivering. And she just looks at me, and says as calmly, Joey, I know. Ive known for a while. And then she cried and I cried, and were crying, in the middle of this Chinese buffet. But she just told me that Im her son and that nothing would ever change that. I had already decided when I came to KU that it was when I was going to start fresh and not hide who I was at all. I never walked around campus waving my rainbow flag, but if people asked, I would tell them. Not one single person ever seemed uncomfortable. Now, I have a great group of brothers, I met my roomie of three years having the are you gay? conversation, and its made me closer to my mom and sister. After everyone found out, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of me. Looking back I dont understand what I was so afraid of.

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From childhood, Joey Stallman, a senior from Hutchinson, knew he was more attracted to males. Up until senior year of high school, Stallman kept his secret until he vowed to himself that he would let his loved ones and peers know so they could embrace and know all of him. Thinking back on it, I dont think Ive ever really been attracted to girls. Around middle school I started to get exposed to different things that made me realize what I was feeling inside wasnt the same as everybody else because of the negative connotations associated with homosexuals. I tried as hard as I could to hide who I was. Fast forward to summer before my senior year of high school. I had attempted to keep my sexuality a secret up until then. I was visiting my sister in Boston. I had decided earlier that it was time I let it all go and start telling people, since I would be moving from high school and my hometown soon. I asked my sister if we could go out to breakfast, just me and her. We went to Duncan Donuts. I could barely eat my donut because my mind was racing. I finally just took a deep breath and said Crystal, do you think mom would be upset if I wasnt able to give her grandkids? She had a really confused look on her face. All I could do was look at the table, and I literally started bawling. We sat there and talked about it. She was really open and supportive. I made her promise not to tell anyone, not even mom (who was on the trip with us). I felt better as we left, and realized that it really wasnt hard to tell her. Two weeks later, my mom and I are out at dinner. I had already decided that I was going

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MANUAL ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS // Selling on ebay

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Unused and unwanted items can quickly accumulate in your house and take up valuable storage space. Selling those items on eBay is an easy way to get rid them and earn extra income on the side. If youve never sold before, follow this guide to get started. 1. Register as a seller on eBay and PayPal. 2. Research completed sales of your item to see how much its selling for and how much to list it as. Then prepare photos of your item and a description. 3. List your item on eBay using the Keep it Simple form, which includes step-by-step instructions. 4. Choose how you want to ship your item to your buyer, and how you want to be paid. Then sell and ship the item. Lower prices draw people to eBay, making it easier to sell items. I bought a dress for a fraction of the cost of what it would have been in the store, and its in perfect condition, Sarah Smith, a junior from Leawood. I was definitely happy with it and would use eBay again, she says. For those who dont have the time to research the best price, there are stores that will sell your items for you. I can ship overseas, which sometimes intimidates people who havent done it before, says Sean Passmore, owner of Bling Drop-Off store located on the corner of 9th and Mass. I also recommend selling your items sooner rather than later, before they go down in price value, he says. | KATIE JAMES |

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CITIES & THRONES
jobs at the moment, but their passions for music makes time in their busy schedules to practice and play shows. Music is something wed love to keep doing. If anyone could take a hobby and make it a career, that would be the best the best job in the world, says Ed Irvine, guitarist. To show for all their hard work, guitarists Irvine and Kennedy say they are hoping to digitally release their new EP in March, just in time for Spring Break. To hear Cities & Thrones, visit their Myspace at http://www. myspace.com/citiesandthrones and follow them on Twitter for their latest updates, @ citiesandthrone.

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It played a set on the Ernie Ball Stage at this years Vans Warped tour in Bonner Springs. It performed with full-time touring bands like The Chariot, Norma Jean and Vanna. Its Cities & Thrones, a six-piece metalcore band from Kansas whose music is influenced greatly by its faith and beliefs. Over the past year, Cities & Thrones has progressed into a group that strives for perfection. Its constantly taking its old songs and renewing them to improve its sound as well as writing new tunes for fans. We are recording ourselves, so we are constantly changing and learning from that, says Ryan Kennedy, guitarist and certified audio engineer. We want our music to be exactly how we want it and hear it in our heads. Cities & Thrones incorporates a lot of electronic into its metal riffs thanks to House vs. Hurricane, a band that has influenced its sound and use of synth. Its clean vocals currently set the group apart from other bands in the metalcore genre. All the members have full-time school or

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Lawrence Through the Lens

The growth of the Kansas film scene
to be an independent filmmaker to be able tell the stories that I wanted to tell, Willmott says. Ive always believed in taking advantage of the freedom we have in Kansas, particularly in Lawrence and Kansas City. People are not jaded about film in the area, people are really supportive. Kansas, unbeknownst to many, offers what Willmott says is a very supportive environment when it comes to filmmaking. In Hollywood your ideas have go through kind of a corporate filter in a sense, and for them its still a business before its anything else, he says. The key thing about independent film is that you do something that Hollywood is not going to do. Mark von Schlemmer says another reason for the growth of the independent film scene in Kansas is the fact that, after graduating, many students are realizing they dont have to go to Hollywood or New York to get jobs. Theres a lot more homegrown talent now, Schlemmer says. With groups like KU Filmworks, the number of people collaborating on films and creating projects of their own in Lawrence is on the increase. KU Filmworks, which receives funding from the University to make their own projects, has played a big role in increasing the film presence in the area. A lot of our members do projects outside of school, they have these projects that are really close to | JEFF KARR | them, and they just look for the best people for the job and they create these really stunning films, says Laurie Winkel, president of KU Filmworks. Willmott, who grew up in Junction City Kansas and had his first hands-on experience with film in high school using a reel to reel machine, also attributes the growth of the Kansas film scene to the accessibility of film equipment. One of the big changes is the technology. Our students come to our department, and a lot of them have their own cameras. A lot of them have their own editing equipment, he says. It takes more than the knowledge of technology to tell a good story, and thats what I think we offer more than anything.

Contributed photo A still from Candy Apple Red directed by Todd Norris. Lawrence is notorious for fostering creativity. On any given night there is live music, and on the last Friday of every month, talented artists display their work along the sidewalk and in various storefronts downtown. Friday September 30th was no exception to this tradition, but this time another medium was thrown into the mix: film. As Mass street bustled with activity, the 20th annual Harvest of Arts Film Festival took place at the Granada Theatre. Twenty eight short films from a variety of genres were featured, and no awards were distributed. Mark von Schlemmer, a KU graduate and film professor at the University of Central Missouri, has organized the festival since its inception. The original spirit of the Harvest of Arts was neighbors showing their art work to each other, Schlemmer says. For Schlemmer, the idea behind the festival wasnt to reward local filmmakers for their work, but to offer a chance for Lawrence residents to see the work coming out of the area. What happens is we have a lot of local people making these films, but no one near by necessarily knows about them. They send them off to film festivals in other areas, but other people in lawrence dont necessarily see these films, Schlemmer says. The festival consisted entirely of short films, none of which exceeded 15 minutes in length. Short films, as Schlemmer says, are not financially driven. They are a way for filmmakers to exercise their creativity and develop their skills without many of the constraints associated with feature films. Theres room for experimentation, and theres also room for people to tell the stories they really want to tell without the pressures of a studio telling them they need to have people that are beautiful, blonde and thin in their movies, Schlemmer says. Although Kansas is not generally regarded for its film scene, the number of people creating their own projects in the Lawrence and Kansas City area is growing. Kevin Willmott, associate professor of film at the University of Kansas, and director of such films as the Confederate States of America, and The Only Good Indian, has worked in the film industry for 30 years. He has written screenplays for Hollywood productions, but he prefers making his own movies in Kansas because of the excitement and freedom associated with independent filmmaking here. I came to the conclusion early on in my career that I needed

Contributed photo A still from Love and Buns directed by Jason Badgett.

Contributed photo A still from Hell Week by Patrick Rea.

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HALLOWEEN-THEMED TV
on the insane. But the famous Hush episode is the onlyreally scary episode. The demons of Hush, known as the Gentlemen, take away everybodys voices, so that they may float around town and collect hearts with the help of their straight-jacketed burn victim henchmen. The episode is also critically acclaimed, having been nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series. Utilize Netflix this autumn for some real scares! The Twilight Zone is also a great example of another series with some creepy episodes. |CHANCE CARMICHAEL |

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Halloween is on his terrifying way, so its time for some horror fun. Thanks to Netflix, there are tons of options for your horror movie marathons, but I want to throw out a couple of creepy TV episodes worth the watch. Ive been revisiting The X-Files lately. Its a great show to just drop in on some episodes, because theres a lot of monster-of-the-week episodes. I suggest catching The Host and Home episodes. The former is about a humanoid parasite that lays its eggs in bodies and the latter is so messed up, Fox wouldnt air it. However, The X-Files is known for its aliens. The Duane Barry episode is beyond creepy. The episode is pivotal to the overall plot of The X-Files, but its own plot of a seemingly insane man recounting his encounters with aliens makes for chilling flashbacks. Speaking of creepy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer had trouble producing skin-chilling episodes, but it has a few. Killed by Death and Listening to Fear both effectively present terrifying monsters; one who sucks the souls out of children and the other that feeds

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MOVIE REVIEW //

> Hollywood hots, indie flicks, and everything in between.

If you can look past the plot and garbled tough guy dialogue, Marty McKendrys Killer Elite is a perfect espionage thriller with one or two memorably-staged action sequences. Thats the kindest thing that can be said for the newest Jason Statham vehicle, which pits the badass against fellow Brit action stud Clive Owen in a heady cocktail of spy vs. spy. Statham plays Danny Bryce, who in standard spy movie fashion, has retired following a crisis of conscience during a routine assassination. Of course hes soon thrust back into the life after receiving word that his mentor Hunter (a grizzled Robert De Niro) has been kidnapped by an Oman sheik, who demands that Bryce hunt down the three ex-SAS agents responsible for killing his sons. Bryces biggest obstacle will be Clive Owens Spike, a spy hunter whose Feathermen division has been tasked with protecting former SAS operatives and their cach of dirty war secrets. Any scene featuring both Statham and Owen crackles with wicked intensity, with each actor calling on all his stubbly, drawling machismo to outmatch the other. Statham even manages to pull off a convincing fight scene while duct-taped to a chair.

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STYLE REVIEW //
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NAIL POLISH: COLOR BLOCKING

Unfortunately, these moments of excellence are few and far between. The pacing drags and the rest of the cast fails to match the enthusiasm of the leads, especially De Niro, who essentially muddles through a role that at one time could have produced a classic performance. Yvonne Strahovski makes for curvaceous subplot as Stathams Aussie paramour. Frankly, its all a bloody shame, because with a few more good men and some tactical rewrites, Killer Elite could have been a direct hit. |LANDON MCDONALD |

Color blocking is a fashion trend thats made its way from clothes and accessories to the nail polish industry. The blocking look is achieved by polishing nails with bold colors in simple patterns. There are a variety of methods to achieve the blocking appearance. A popular approach is to paint all nails a solid shade except for the ring fingers on each hand. Use a similar variant of the main color on the ring finger to enhance a subtle contrast. Another color-blocking technique is to use two colors on a single fingernail. Polish each nail with a solid color except for the ring fingers. Paint the ring finger nails using the color-blocking method. Paint one half with a richly colored tint and the other half with a lighter strain of the same color on the chosen nail. Divide the coloration horizontally or vertically and mix and match the cast of colors to find the ideal combination. Gloss your blocked out nails with glitter polish to add a bit of glamour to the striking look. The overall offset presentation of colorblocking adds spunk and innovation to the conventional manicure. |MAGGIE YOUNG |

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A Cross-Country 48 states later, I finally understand Discovery how life is different for everyone.
---------------------------------------------------------------Ive grown up in a cookie-cutter suburb just outside of Chicago my entire life. Its like they show in the movies my house is the same as the one across the street. Im pretty sure every family has a dog. And every day at 5 p.m., all of the dads come home to dinner on the table. While I cant imagine living elsewhere, it could have easily shaped me into a suburban-sheltered kid. I was a step away from crossing a line that would have made me think everyone pronounces their Os as AHs and every kid has a group of friends theyve known since grade school. But my parents decided they wouldnt let their kids grow up that way; so, the Curtin family vacations were born. Im not talking about family vacations where you fly to a Florida time-share for a week. Im talking about hardcore family vacations, which involve multiweek road trips, numerous states and hundreds of miles per day. They involve laughs, tears and a whole hell of a lot of bonding. The first vacation took place in the summer of 1990 when I was 4-months-old. Granted, I have no recollection of that vacation, but apparently I was very wellbehaved. It was an overnight trip to Madison, Wis., and Dubuque, Iowa. Two states off the list. From there, the trips only got longer, more intense and a lot more interesting. We never flew anywhere. For those two weeks every summer, my home away from home was a side-of-the-road, youre-probably-going-to-be-killed-by-an-ax-murderer type of motel by night, and our green Chevrolet truck by day. We never took highways. It was always back country roads, so we could really see how the rest of America lived. I cant begin to tell you how many hours I spent in the little cab of that truck. It was a two-door, and the pickup portion was stuffed full with bags, tents and every vacation necessity. My brother and I always sat in the back seats. In between us was always a cardboard box filled with coloring books, stuffed animals and every game imaginable, from Car Bingo wouldnt be best for our sanity. We had to go out big. Three weeks. Seven thousand miles. Eleven states. You name a western state, we were there. We went to Yellowstone in Wyoming down to Texas where we ate at a hole-in-thewall country bar in Amarillo and then headed to the Grand Canyon. My dad was so angry that we were going there (tourist trap, he said) that he refused to drive home. My mom and I had to split up the drive from the Grand Canyon back to Chicago. This was also the trip that I visited the University of Kansas, which turned out well, to say the least. Now its been four years since Ive been on a family vacation, and to put it simply, I miss it. I may have spent the majority of the time sleeping and complaining, but then I think back to moments where I would look out the window and see something so different from identical looking houses or fenced-in yards with dogs. I think back to standing on top of mountains, or in the middle of deserts, or on the shores of oceans or just in the boondocks. Its taken me until this year to realize what my parents were trying to do by taking my brother and me on those long trips. They gave us an experience that most kids never get the opportunity to learn about our country and see that not everyone lives the same life. People grow up differently, but thats not to say theres any right way to live. I assumed everyone was like me, but Ive seen that theyre not. And thats okay, because diversity gives our country life. Now, where do I find myself wishing I could be? Cramped up in that green Chevy truck, waking up from a nap and looking out the tiny window with sleepy eyes to some of the most amazing scenery. I may live in a typical suburban town, but I have memories of thousands of other towns scattered about the United States that arent typical whatsoever. | CHRISTINE CURTIN |

Cross country: At six-years-old, Christine breaks from her family roadtrip for a snack in Canada. to Gameboys. My Dad mostly drove. He would have his sandals off, both arms stretched over the steering wheel, never really keeping his eyes on the road. My mom would sit in the passenger seat, a picture of our family dog propped up on the dashboard in front of her (the thing we missed most about home). She would be filing her fingernails or trying her best to entertain us. We went everywhere. In 17 years, we covered the 48 continental states (Ive been told Im on my own for Alaska and Hawaii). We went to Acadia National Park in Maine, where we tried to go camping until realizing we forgot the tent poles and ended up at a motel in the midst of a storm that knocked out electricity on the island. We went to Washington where we built a campfire on the beach and roasted hot dogs because it was too cold to swim. We went to Montana and hiked up Big Mountain for four straight hours, staring at bears in the distance. We went to Virginia and spent days at Civil War battlegrounds. We went to North and South Dakota, and drove through countless Indian reservations where little kids were playing soccer barefoot in the dust. We went to California and drove the Pacific Coast Highway, which was right on the edge of cliffs that gave way to the Pacific Ocean below, from San Francisco to Laguna Beach. We stopped in Alabama in the middle of the night, pulled over on the side of the road next to an abandoned gas station and stepped on the dirt. And I hated it. If we drove eight hours, I spent seven sleeping. Every now and then, I peeked out the window and saw mountains, pine trees, desert, lakes and cacti, but I never understood why I was being dragged on these trips. After all, it was just endless fighting with my brother and being forced to listen to my parents lame history lessons. Before I knew it, it was our last family vacation. I was 17-years-old, heading off to college in a year, and it became clear to us that four adults in a truck for weeks on end

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