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February 22,2010
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Ghost
hunters
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Nikki Bomgardner
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Vol. 77, Issue 22
Staff Writer
t’s the night before your
big test. You would
have studied earlier,
but “things” just got in
the way.
You have eight hours and
counting to cram this knowledge into your head, saving your
scholarships and really the world
when you think about it. (One of
these days you might be in charge
and that information could come
in handy.)
The only problem is you can’t
keep your eyes open. What do you
do?
For most students, the answer
is simple – reach for some caffeine.
For some its energy drinks
and for others soda pop or coffee
does the trick when sleepiness
has come knocking on the door.
Chris Grey, Liberal Arts major, said he can vouch for the effectiveness of energy drinks.
“They only work for a brief
while,” Grey said. “But they
work, they work.”
He only reaches for energy
drinks about once a month and
often uses them as drink mixers.
But Jenni Branhan, senior in
Liberal Arts, noted other students
rely on the containers full of energy a little too much.
“People try to rely on them
too much and then you may be-
come dependent,” Branhan said.
“Hurts more than it helps.”
The possible effects of energy drinks are what keeps Jamie
Walsh, senior in Communication
Studies, from drinking them.
“I don’t drink energy drinks,”
Walsh said. “I am a little worried
about what will happen to me. I
don’t know why. I drink coffee.”
For many of those who have not
developed a taste for energy drinks,
coffee seems to be the staple.
“They only work for a
brief while. But they
work, they work.”
Caffeine content
of major energy drinks
Name
Ounces
Caffeine (MG)
180
8.2
90
5-Hour Energy
2
138
6-Hour Power
2
125
AMP Black Tea
16
180
AMP Green Tea
16
155
AMP Lighting
16
160
AMP Overdrive
16
159
Brewed coffee
8
108
Coca-Cola
12
35
Expresso
1.5
77
Full Throttle Berry
16
144
Full Throttle Agave 16
144
Full Throttle Mocha 16
128
Full Throttle Citrus 16
144
Jolt Endurance
2
200
Monster
16
160
Red Bull 8.4
80
Rockstar Juiced
16
160
SoBe No Fear 16
174
Starbucks tall coffee 12
260
Stats from www.energyfiend.com .
Melissa Oribhabor
Assistant News. Editor
Possible changes to scholarships for Missouri college students awarded through the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program
went to a vote Feb. 11 in the Missouri Legislature and failed.
Currently, students attending private colleges/universities can receive up to $4,600 a year
while students attending public schools receive
up to $2,150 per year.
A new bill was introduced in the Missouri
General Assembly for a second time proposing
balancing the financial support for public and
private colleges.
Under the bill proposed by Sen. Kurt Shaefer, R-Columbia, and Rep. Gayle Kingery, RPoplar Bluff, the most Access Missouri could
award would be set at $2,850 a year.
“Students who attend private
institutions are currently eligible
for more than twice the funding of
those who choose to attend public
institutions”
CHRIS GREY
Student
Brittany Rardin, senior in
Communication Studies, said she
lives off of it.
Katie Kline, lecturer in the
English department, always has
coffee close at hand.
“I drink coffee a lot – all the
time,” Kline said. “If I went without it, I would have a raging headache.”
Energy drinks, sodas and
brewed favorites are available at
locations around campus.
Jesse Pisors, general manager
of Sodexo/UMKC Dining Services, said brewed and espresso
coffee creations sell better than
energy drinks.
“Red Bull is awesome and
No change
to scholarship
distribution
GARY FORSEE
University of Missouri System President
Photo NATHAN LANG AND ALEXIA STOUT-LANG
AMP will get you going, but our
customers more often prefer their
favorite brewed drink or individualized espresso beverage,”
Pisors said. “Justin Hofstetter, a
graduate Education student and
our star barista at the UMKC
Café, has a customer who comes
occasionally for a carmel macchiato with hazelnut and extra carmel. I think customers often enjoy
the experience of a personalized
drink made by a friendly, talented barista more than a bottled
beverage – no matter how much
energy is in that bottle.”
““I drink coffee a lot –
all the time. If I went
without it, I would have a
raging headache.”
KATIE KLINE
Lecturer in the English department
Starbucks coffee is brewed at
the UMKC Café (University Center), Café à la cart (Miller Nichols
Library) and the Hospital Hill
Café (first floor of the Health Sciences Building). Einstein Bros.
sells its branded “darn good” coffee blends in Royall Hall. And
Roasterie Coffee, a Kansas City
original, is served up at Smart
Market in Oak Street Residence
Hall, the Union Cafeteria in the
U-Center and at catered events.
“From mochas to macchiatos
and from triple-shot espressos
(yikes!) to vanilla lattes, espresso-based beverages, both hot
and cold, are created by talented
baristas at the UMKC Café, Einstein Bros. Bagel and the Hospital
Hill Café,” Pisors added.
Not to leave the energy drinkers out, a variety of canned and
bottled options can be found at
the UMKC Café/Frëshens in the
U-Center, Smart Market, Café à
la cart and the Hospital Hill Café.
Pisors said he has not measured specifically, but there is a
slight increase in coffee and energy drink sales just before final
exams.
He offered a piece of advice
for students.
“I would add that energy
drinks have an important place in
the college student’s life – and I
speak from personal experience,”
Pisors said. “But there is no substitute for a balanced diet, sufficient rest and regular exercise.”
For more information about
the amount of caffeine in beverages, visit www.caffeinefiend.com.
For a little fun, visit www.
energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine, select your favorite energy
drink, enter your weight and it
will tell you exactly how many
energy drinks you would have to
consume before you “push up the
daisies” – die that is.
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Governor Jay Nixon supported the bill saying since the money comes from taxpayers, it
should be distributed evenly.
University of Missouri System President
Gary Forsee also supported the new bill.
“Students who attend private institutions
are currently eligible for more than twice the
funding of those who choose to attend public
institutions,” Forsee said. “The governor is on
the right track to make this a fair and balanced
financial aid program that will improve access
to higher education for all students.”
If the bill had passed it would have gone into
effect in 2014, but many private universities,
as well as Missouri’s higher education boards,
spoke in opposition to the legislation.
Gerald T. Brouder, president of Columbia
College, a private college in Columbia, Mo., expressed his concerns with the proposal.
“Lowering the amount of funds available
to needy, but qualified students choosing to
be educated at an independent college or university will put a significant hardship on them
and squander a great opportunity for the state,”
Brouder said.
When this bill was proposed last year, it
failed in the Missouri Senate and never made it
out of the Chamber of Commerce to be voted on
in the House of Representatives.
This time the legislation was brought to a
vote, Coordinating Board Chairman Lowell
Kruse was the lone vote in favor.
“Conditions have changed dramatically
since the award amounts were established,”
Kruse said in a statement posted on the Missouri Department of High Education’s Web site.
“State support for public institutions is not at
the level that was anticipated at the time and
they are struggling. I know we’re all in favor
of higher education, no matter where it takes
place. The question is how to proceed deliberately and fairly.”
The current terms of the Access Missouri
Financial Assistance Program are set to expire
in 2013, leaving an opportunity for similar legislation in the future.
Visit http://dhe.mo.gov for more information
about the Access Missouri Program.
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February 22,2010
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Ghost hunters: They exist
Patrick Shami
Staff Writer
Most people don’t believe in ghosts,
but many are still interested in the thrill
associated with paranormal activity.
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UMKC student Melissa McGrath is
certainly not a skeptic when it comes to
ghost hunting.
“Ghost hunting became a hobby of
mine when I started taking classes at
Wentworth Junior College in my hometown of Lexington, Mo.,” McGrath
said. “It’s a military academy that has
been around for a long time and is pretty famous for its paranormal activity.”
For her, any ghost hunt only involves “patience and a camera.” Like
most hunters, she looks for haunted
places or places with reported paranormal activity.
“There’s so much activity that it feels
alive when you’re there [at Wentworth],”
she said. “The energy is unexplainable.”
One specific account of paranormal
activity came from that campus.
“I think it was my first time working with this group at Wentworth when
my friend purchased a brand new battery for her laptop and fully charged
it before she set it up to capture video
in Hickman Hall,” McGrath said. “We
were going to let the video camera run
while we were working in the high
school building and we would retrieve
it once we were done there. We only
ended up being gone from the laptop
about 30 minutes. And when we came
back, the battery was dead and the laptop had shut.”
She explained one of the military
cadets had hung himself in that room
and, of course, the dead zone is right
at that spot.
“Whenever you go in there and you
stand right in front/below of where he
was cut down, your camera will not
work. Step to the left, it works. Step to
the right, it works too. The first time
I experienced this I had to leave the
building.”
McGrath said she has always been
interested in paranormal activity since
she was a kid.
Many people wonder about life after death and she believes ghost hunting can offer answers to those kinds
of questions. So, she loves to share her
experiences with others.
“It’s important for people to think
of what waits for us beyond this life
and to be aware of those who might
still be lingering here with us.”
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Confronting terrorism
Kate Lawler
Staff Photographer
Terrorism was the topic of discussion at the
UMKC School of Law last Monday.
In conjunction with the International Relations Council, Alliance Fancaise and the Edward A. Smith Brian K. Fletcher Fund, the
Law School hosted guest speaker Judge JeanLouis Bruguiere, chief Counter-Terrorism Investigative Judge in France.
Bruguiere also works with the United
States in counter terrorism efforts.
“I represent Europe and England to the
United States concerning very sensitive programs – namely terrorist finance programs,”
Brugiere said. “The goal of this program is to
use and expose all financial messages.”
Jeffery Thomas, the Law School’s associate dean for International Affairs, shed light
on some of Bruguiere’s accomplishments and
qualifications.
“One of the most interesting things for me
was to learn that he was actually involved in
the capture of Carlos the Jackal, a notorious
terrorist,” Thomas said. “He was the judge in
the case of UTA flight 772 which was lost in
an attack over the Sahara desert in 1989. He
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also prepared a controversial and important report on the 1994 assassination of the Rwandan
president.”
Bruguiere examined the difference between
his title as an investigative judge and a judge in
the United States. As an investigative judge in
France, he has more involvement in cases.
“I have two capabilities,” he said. “I can
conduct the cases and control the police, but as
a judge I can issue on my own all the warrants.
It is a very flexible system. With national and
international relations, as the chief investigative judge, I can give orders directly, even by
cell phone and say to the police, ‘You have to
search,’ just as an example.”
During the lecture, Bruguiere commented
on the Dec. 25 attempted attack by Nigerian,
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
“The last incident, the Christmas day incident, brought light on the fact that the threat
coming from Al Qaeda is not behind us but always, unfortunately, before us,” he said.
In addition to this comment, Bruguiere also
touched upon political cooperation needed
within the United States.
“The Christmas day incident has been used
as a political dispute in this country,” he said.
“But, I consider, personally, that it is very, very
dangerous to use and manipulate such a sensitive issue as a terrorist threat in a political
dispute. The political issue should always be
separate.”
Attendee Walt Clements, director of the
Lewis White Real Estate Center at UMKC’s
Bloch School of Business, said he learned from
Bruguiere’s lecture.
“One of the most important parts was how
vast that terrorism has spread in the subtle fashions throughout Internet and everything else,”
Clements said. “How widespread it really is.”
Bruguiere concluded the lecture on a more
personal note, re-instilling a point he raised
early on.
“I know that in this very fine country, in
the state of Missouri, maybe you are not very
aware of what could be dangerous for you in
a terrorist threat,” he said, “But as a matter of
fact, Al Qaeda is increasing its pressure and
it poses vital and critical threats. And that is
the reason why in this state and others we need
to have the same consciousness of threats. We
should share, we have to share what we consider a very big threat for all of us.”
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February 22,2010
Ultra light bicycle
coming to life
Jason Patterson
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Top: Joe Terrqieuz, Brian
Richman and Sean Robertson
Middle:
Bottom:
Staff Writer
In the Old Maintenance Building
on the north side of Flarsheim Hall, a
team of engineering students are designing and building a cutting-edge
bicycle.
This is no ordinary bicycle though.
It is for the American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s Human Powered
Vehicle Challenge.
Each year, engineering students
from universities across America design, analyze and build a human powered vehicle. These competitions allow
students to apply the solid engineering
practices they learn in school to build
efficient, reliable and sustainable
modes of transportation.
Each entry is judged based on four
areas — a design event, a drag race
event, a utility endurance event and a
speed endurance event.
Scores from each event are totaled
to obtain the overall score for each vehicle class and a winner is named.
The team from UMKC has entered
this competition for the last several
years using a variety of designs. But
this year, the team has taken a radically different approach to building its
entry.
Previously, the teams have built a
bicycle with a frame build out of chromoly steel or aluminum tubing. This
year, the students are experimenting
with the use of hand-laid carbon fiber
sheets over a ridged foam core.
“The use of this technology can be
found in most racing applications so it
was only natural that the team use it,”
said Joe Terriquez, senior in Mechanical Engineering and team project manager. “Because of the use of strong,
lightweight materials, the team should
be able to travel faster and for greater
distances using the same amount of
energy as before.”
A lot of thought has gone into improving the efficiency of the bicycle.
Each part has been designed in the
3-D modeling software Solidworks.
This allows the team to test its designs
on the computer and make adjustments
before building.
Senior Jerry Duru designed the
fairing to cover the bicycle during the
event. He then was able to create a
scaled-down version out of ABS plastic using the university’s recently-purchased Rapid Prototyping Machine.
By making a prototype, Duru was
able to put his design in a wind tunnel
to verify its aerodynamic characteristics without building a full-size version, saving time and money.
The team recently finished its first
frame using the new material and has
begun the assembly process of the bicycle.
The students want to get in as much
testing time here at UMKC as possible, working out all the kinks in their
design to ensure there are no issues at
the competition.
The team will travel to the University of Central Connecticut May 5-7
for the competition.
For more information, visit http://
sce.umkc.edu/cme/students/hpv/.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S SIGNATURE
by ALEXIA STOUT-LANG
Tr e a s u r e s a r c h i v e d f o r d i s c o v e r y
Could i please have a deck to fill this
space
Ernest Hemingway is considered
one of the greatest writers of the 20th
Century.
The American author and journalist lived a troubled life, from July 21,
1899 to July 2, 1961.
During his life, he published seven
novels, two works of non-fiction and
six collections of short stories.
Among his more famous works is
“A Farewell to Arms,” a semi-autobiographical novel about an American
serving as an ambulance driver in the
Italian army during World War I.
A signed copy of “A Farewell to
Arms” can be found at the Miller
Nichols Library.
The book is believed to have been a
gift to the doctor who delivered one of
Hemingway’s children.
An inscription in the front reads,
“To Dr. Don Carlos Guffy with much
admiration and grateful remembrance
of a caesarian that was beautifully
done and turned out splendidly. Ernest H.”
The writing is quite sloppy. A note
below the inscription explains the
slovenly handwriting.
“Written with the left hand due
to fracture to the right humerus with
open deduction,” it reads.
The date on the page is 1929.
To view the signature of the famous author, visit the LaBudde Special Collections on the fourth f loor of
the Miller Nichols Library. Or go online to http://library.umkc.edu/speccol-home.
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A&S seeks ombudsperson
Beatriz Velasco
Contributing Writer
The School of Arts & Sciences
is currently looking for a faculty
ombudsperson, a person who investigates concerns.
Dr. Ronald A. MacQuarrie,
dean of the School of Graduate
Studies and vice provost for Academic Affairs, said the person
who fills the position will serve as
advisor to faculty members who
have concerns about policy applications and implementations.
MacQuerrie said the ombudsperson will also help faculty
resolve personnel, workload and
other issues that affect them directly in a more informal way.
UMKC currently has a formal
grievance processes to help faculty members deal with these kinds
of concerns.
MacQuerrie said the grievance
policy involves a committee that
reviews the information of concern, meets with faculty members,
does an investigation and finally
makes a recommendation.
“This is someone who will
work on behalf of the faculty
member.”
DR. RONALD A. MACQUARRIE
Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
and vice provost for Academic Affairs
“The ombudsperson will be
a trusted faculty member who is
very knowledgeable about the university’s procedures and process-
es, about university offices and
administrative structure and who
will be able to provide the faculty
member with guidance, with information and recommendations
as to how address the concerns,”
MacQuerrie said. “This is someone who will work on behalf of the
faculty member.”
UMKC has never had an ombudsperson in the past.
MacQuerrie said the ombudsperson will have access to administrative information to which
faculty members may not normally have access.
He or she will be able to see
files and personnel information
and will be able to access the administrative structure more freely
than faculty members can, MacQuerrie said.
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SIFE
Financial Corner
Jason Slieter, a Spanish and
Nursing major, asked, ”How
does graduate school funding differ from undergraduate
funding?”
As an undergraduate student you are eligible for many
funding options. They include
Pell Grants, scholarships, government-sponsored subsidized
and unsubsidized student loans
and private student loans.
Subsidized loans are where
the government pays the interest on the loans while you are
in school. On the other hand,
unsubsidized loans have the
option to have the accrued interest added to the principal of
the loan during school or you
can pay the interest as you go.
Currently, the maximum
you can receive a year in Pell
Grant is $5,500 and the maximum amount of governmentsponsored student loans you
can accumulate is $57,500.
Although there is no limit to
the amount of private student
loans you can accrue.
As a graduate student, you
are no longer eligible for the
Pell Grant.
But the limit for government student loans is raised to
$138,500, with no more than
$65,500 being subsidized.
One method for graduate
students to pay for college is
to work at a university assisting in research, grading papers or teaching a lab. Usually
these positions waive a portion
of your tuition plus pay you a
monthly stipend.
Please e-mail your financial
questions to [email protected].
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February 22,2010
Students capture work of code officer
Lydia Strong
Staff Writer
Ryan Kasper-Cushman doesn’t
usually get much attention for his job as
a city code officer with the Kansas City
Neighborhood Preservation Office.
But last semester, four UMKC students captured the essence of his work
in a short documentary.
“You know, they had to make a
five-minute film,” Kasper-Cushman
said. “And I think, in five minutes they
got, in a nutshell, what a city code officer does.”
Kasper-Cushman inspects houses
and lands for possible violations of the
city code for public safety.
“I go in, photograph everything and
then send the owner a big ‘laundry list’
of things that need to be fixed,” he said.
What makes Kasper-Cushman’s
job interesting is the area he covers.
He works in the poorest part of Kansas
City. The zip code is the title of the film,
“64130.”
“There are more homicides in that
zip code than in any other zip code in
the whole city,” Kasper-Cushman said.
“It’s not that safe of a place. I think in
the last month, there have been five
homicides. People kill each other over
there regularly.”
Paul Cholewa, a Communication
Studies junior at UMKC, met Kasper-
Cushman at a party. When he heard
about Kasper-Cushman’s job, he found
it interesting.
“He goes into houses that are abandoned, into which people sometimes
break-in,” Cholewa said. “There might
be gang members or homeless people.
It is usually a really bad scenario and
he goes in with a clipboard and a flashlight. I thought it was amazing.”
“There are more homicides
in that zip code than in any
other zip code in the whole
city.”
RYAN KASPER-CUSHMAN
City code officer, Kansas City
Neighborhood Preservation Office
There is often tension between
Kasper-Cushman and the residents.
Some people might think the inspector is in the neighborhood to cause
trouble, to give them problems.
“When in fact, someone complained about the condition of another
person’s house, so the inspector has to
go, look at it and find out what’s wrong
with it,” Cholewa said.
When Professor Caitlin Horsmon,
of Communication Studies, assigned a
five-minute documentary film in one
of Cholewa’s classes, he knew immediately what he wanted to do.
“I wanted to get the cameras out and
follow him,” Cholewa said. “I wanted
to talk about what it’s like being this
guy, going into a house (and) walking
around the neighborhood.”
Cholewa found his inspiration in
Studs Terkel’s book, “Working: People
Talk About What They Do All Day and
How They Feel About What They Do.”
“Terkel interviewed people from
different professions – garbage collectors, prostitutes and city council members,” Cholewa said. “There (in the
book) is nothing but the job description
and someone’s opinion of what it’s like
having the job. I always wanted to do
something along that line.”
So Cholewa and his classmates
Spencer Davison, Brittany Fossey and
James Barnard took three cameras and
followed Kasper-Cushman around.
They rolled all three cameras at the
same time and filmed an hour of his
daily routine. Then the team had to edit
three hours of footage into five minutes.
“All four of us wanted to take part in
the editing because none of us have ever
edited a documentary before,” Cholewa
said. “So instead of saying, ‘This is my
project,’ or ‘Hey, I shot it,’ and bickering
about who edits, everyone just did their
Day in the life:
Film Studies student
Nikki Bongardner
Staff Writer
Filmmaking is a passion for UMKC senior Dion Laws.
A non-traditional student, Laws joined
the workforce before going to college. He
worked for Ford Motor Company for four
years before deciding to pursue a career in
filmmaking. He said he is determined to succeed.
“Dig in and do whatever it takes to become successful,” Laws said. “If that includes stepping out of my element, do something I wouldn’t normally do, then so be it.
I’m on a mission.”
He chose the film program at UMKC
because he thought it seemed pretty wellknown.
Laws is currently enrolled in 19 credit
hours at UMKC and plans to graduate in
May 2010.
He said the 19-hour course load sounds
bad, but this is probably the easiest semester
of his college career.
Laws has written, directed, produced and
edited 10 videos with the help of his life-long
friend, Frederick Nunley II (Freddy).
A few of those videos have starred Nunley, Laws’ wife Rachel and even his dog Raphi.
Nunley is credited with helping Laws edit
four of his videos including “Raphi,” “TBS
We Be Rockin,” “Black Walt Drama” and
“Bike Ride.”
Nine of the 10 videos can be found on
YouTube. (Search “jlaws81” at www.youtube.
com.)
“My favorite piece of work is the video I
just completed for an alternative band, Ama-
dius,” Laws said. “The look and the color
represented the style of work I want to continue doing.”
One of his more recent projects, “Isaac’s
Time,” was presented at the UMKC Student
Showcase in December 2009 at the Tivoli
Theatre.
The story is about a young man who is
finally getting his life back on track when
tragedy strikes and his past catches up with
him.
The short film features Nunley, Rachel
Laws and two other friends.
Learning more and experiencing different types of filmmaking is something Laws
is eager to do.
Aside from filmmaking, politics is also
one of Laws’ interests.
“I love politics, not because we have a
black president, but because not knowing
what’s going on in the world,” he said. “I feel
you are giving your freedom away, the freedom of knowing the truth.”
He doesn’t necessarily want to be a politician, but perhaps an activist.
Laws has met many people along the way,
but he points to two people as being influential in his life.
“One of the best teachers I have had was
my Spanish teacher, Mrs. Collins,” he said.
“She had a lot of patience with me. But the
person I’ve learned the most from is my wife,
Rachel, who inspired me to pursue my goals
and career.”
Laws’ short-term goals are to continue
what he loves and find a job in filmmaking.
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From Left: Paul Cholewa, Ryan Kasper-Cushman
own edit and we pieced together what
we got.”
To fuse together four different ideas
and different styles of editing was not
easy, Cholewa said.
“We all made sacrifices and allowed
another person’s ideas to be shown. We
were learning how to do this together.
So for four people who never made a
documentary before, we have a good
film.”
The film captures the more humorous side of a city code officer’s work.
The homeowners often have a good
sense of humor, Kasper-Cushman said.
“They are usually kinda humorous,” Kasper-Cushman said. “You’ll
see somebody who didn’t want to have
anything to do with me in his bathrobe.
But if you rode around with me for a
week, or a month, you would see all
kinds of other stuff, the drunks and the
gang members.”
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February 22,2010
briefly mentioned
Campus
by MELISSA ORIBHABOR
LGBTQIA Resource Center hosts ‘Safe Space Training’
On Tuesday, LGBTQIA (gay, genderqueer, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, questioning, queer, intersex, ally and
asexual) Resource Center hosted “Safe Space
Training.”
“[We want to] help participants understand
the experience of LGBTQIA persons,” said
Luke Gorham, interim coordinator for LGBTQIA Programs. “Hopefully [to] provide
resources for the LGBTQIA individuals who
come into their office and if they can’t provide
help, they can promote awareness of safe locations on campus.”
Attendees were given an opportunity to
hear statistics and learn more about the LG-
BTQIA community. They then decided if they
were comfortable taking a “safe space sign” to
hang on the outside of their door.
“The sign signifies where students can
come in and feel safe and share,” Gorham said.
“[We want them to] feel comfortable with who
they are and feel comfortable with the person
who displays the safe sign.”
For those who missed this training day,
there is another opportunity at 8 p.m. April 6
in the Oak Street Residence Hall classroom. It
is open to all students, faculty and staff.
For more information, please contact the
LGBTQIA Resource Center at lgbtqia@umkc.
edu.
Members of ACT Inc. to speak at UMKC
ACT Inc, the not-for-profit organization
that created the ACT college entrance exam,
has teamed up with UMKC to discuss student
success.
At 8:30 a.m. Feb. 24 Dr. Steven Robbins,
vice president of Research for ACT, Dr. Wes
Habley, coordinator of ACT’s State Organizations and principal associate in Educational
Services, and Mr. Charles Ramos, director
of P-16/Outreach Services for ACT, will be
speaking to students, faculty and staff in Pierson Auditorium.
Each presentation will be followed by
a 15-minute question and answer segment.
When the presentations are finished at 11:30
a.m., the floor will be opened up for a discussion between the presenters and the audience
about ACT’s work with UMKC.
For more information, visit www.umkc.
edu/provost/events/.
Novelist Margot Livesey to visit Kansas City
Author of “The House on Front Street”
and UMKC’s 2010 Cockefair Chair Writerin-Residence, Margot Livesey, will visit
Kansas City March 22-26.
She will meet with local writers and high
school students and hold a conference with
students in UMKC’s department of Arts and
Science as well as those in the MFA Creative
Writing Program.
Livesey, who also wrote “The Missing
World” and “Eva Moves the Furniture,” will
also host a reading at 7 p.m. March 22 in
Pierson Auditorium where her books will
be for sale and she will be available to sign
books.
UMKC professor and New Letters radio
host, Angela Elam, will interview Livesey
in front of a live audience 6:30 p.m. March
24 at the Kansas City Public Library-Plaza
Branch on Main Street.
Admission to both events is free, but it
is recommended that those interested in attending the New Letters interview make reservations by calling 816-701-3407.
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Police Blotter
Feb. 12
11:59 a.m. Illness –
Officers responded to a reported seizure in the Dental School. The victim was
transported by ambulance to
the hospital.
12:03 p.m. Vehicular Accident –
A driver backed into another vehicle in the Oak Place
Apartments parking lot.
Feb. 13
10:46 p.m. Check the Welfare –
Officers responded on a call
from KCPD about a possible
suicidal party in Oak Place
Apartments. The call was
unfounded.
Feb. 15
12:01 p.m. Common Assault –
A student in Oak Place
Apartments was pushed
against the wall. The suspect
was arrested.
3:02 p.m. Attempted Burglary –
A student heard noises at the
back door on the 5300 block
of Harrison Road and scared
away the burglary suspect.
8:27 p.m. Larceny –
A student left her car unlocked on the Hospital Hill
campus and returned to find
property missing.
Feb. 16
12:33 p.m. Hit & Run –
Can we fill
this plz?
by ALEXIA STOUT-LANG
A driver observed damage to
her vehicle while washing it.
12:46 p.m. Information –
A reporting party observed a
door jamb pulled apart at the
51st Street Annex.
.
6:57 p.m. Injury –
A student injured her knee
playing basketball in Swinney Recreation Center.
Feb. 17
9:25 a.m. Misc. Investigation –
An officer responded to a
faculty member’s report of a
possible identity theft.
10:52 a.m. Information –
Officers received information on a pending order of
protection.
11:58 p.m. Warrant Arrest
–
The driver stopped for a
traffic violation at Cleaver
II Boulevard and Troost Avenue was arrested on outstanding warrants.
Feb. 18
9:02 a.m. Vehicular Accident –
A driver struck another vehicle while attempting to
exit the Oak Street Parking
Structure.
9:52 a.m. Violation of University Rules and Regulations –
A party was found to be using a parking hang tag in the
Block School parking area
that had been reported lost.
Campus Crimes as of Feb. 19
CRIMES
BURGLARY*
ROBBERY
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT*
LARCENY
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
COMMON ASSAULT
FORCIBLE SEX OFFENSES
DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS
Online shopping
safety tips
2009 YTD 2010 YTD
3
10
0
0
0
1
14
14
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
* MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS AND BURGLARIES INCLUDE ATTEMPTS
Courtesy the Torrance Police Department
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trusted sites you can access directly
by typing the address into a Web
browser.
Do not click on links or advertisements from unsolicited e-mails
because unauthorized online retail
pages that appear identical to a reputable site can be made.
Always look for the security icon
– a locked padlock or unbroken key
symbol – in the window or check
to see if the Web site begins with
https. You can research a company
through the Better Business Bureau.
Only shop with companies that
offer a guarantee and/or warranty.
Read and understand the shipping, return and privacy policies before making any purchase.
These policies will provide information on what the seller is gathering from you, how the information
will be used and how you can stop
the process.
If a site does not have a privacy
policy posted, you may want to
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Do not save your credit card information online. Although it seems
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Culture
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February 22,2010
‘Slammed!’ by the recession
Alexia Stout-Lang
T
News Editor
he recession has hit home. The
protective bubble that once
guarded the Midwest has been
popped.
“Slammed! KC Speaks out
on the Recession” is a snapshot of how Kansas
Citians of all walks of life have been affected
by the current economic downturn.
A UMKC Theatre production, “Slammed!”
was written and directed by Stephanie Roberts, assistant professor of Theatre. But the
words are really yours, Kansas City.
During the fall semester, Roberts taught
a class about developing plays. The students
went out into the city and talked with everyday
people about the recession.
The interviews were recorded and combined to form the backbone of this play. Roberts worked over the holiday break to bring
these comments to life on the stage.
A company of 15 actors – some of the same
students who did the research – came together
to represent more than 40 people who have
faced layoffs and pay cuts.
All of the students played their parts with a
passion. They said that’s because they actually
met and talked with the people they portrayed.
A few actors stood out as the shining stars,
although they all deserve good reviews.
Dina Kirschenbaum played three parts perfectly. She was funny, serious and bold.
But then she sang. Kirschenbaum’s voice
rang out sweet and clear in “Hard Times,” a
song about making it when it’s tough. When
her cast mates joined in, I was completely
blown away. These kids can sing.
As David Jewell, a self-employed man who
hit hard times and lost his home and wife,
Zachary Andrews could not have been funnier.
He brought a laugh to even the most serious
moments.
Jewell constantly conspires to get revenge
on the bank that repossessed his home. One of
his more entertaining ideas was to torch the
house, buy hot dogs and marshmallows, invite
the press and enjoy the flames. Later, he conceded to thinking of legal ways to get justice.
Grant Fletcher Prewitt has a great singing
voice. But I adored Prewitt’s character, Stew-
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art Langer, a small business owner who has an
explosive, opinionated, completely hysterical
demeanor. You really never knew what he was
going to say or do next. It was priceless.
Greg Brostrom, Noel Collins, Andrea Morales and Amy Urbina all deserve props for
great delivery.
It’s amazing how this group of artists was
able to take such a serious, depressing topic
and make it something we can all talk about.
Roberts said at least one person represented
in the play showed up at each performance.
“Sometimes [actors] walk through the revolving door [on the set] and see them right
there in the front,” she said.
Kirschenbaum said this play has a very important purpose.
“It gives a voice where voices need to be
heard,” she said.
The cast members agree they could just be
in school and ignore the recession, but this play
would not allow them to do so.
This play will change how everyone looks
at the recession. It brings hope to the hopeless
and awareness to those mostly untouched.
The final performance of “Slammed!” was
Sunday. However, after urging from many of
the people who have seen the show, Roberts is
going to look into taking the play further.
For now, the Theatre students are preparing for their next performances in “La Bete,”
which opens Feb. 26.
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Courtwarming Roos unite ... at these events
by ALEXIA STOUT-LANG
Monday, Feb. 22
Create Your Black Tie: From 10 a.m. to 3
p.m., visit the APC office to make a black tie
that will be put to good use later in the week
at the Courtwarming Dance.
Ballroom Dance Classes: From 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., stop by Swinney Recreation Center to
learn a few smooth dance steps. Classes will
be held every 30 minutes in the north lobby.
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Caught in the Action: The APC street team
will be scouring campus all day looking for
Roos wearing black ties for Courtwarming.
Anyone caught with a tie gets a gift card.
p.m. in Pierson Auditorium. Roos will gather
to display team spirit with skits, dances and
more.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Trivia Night: Are you a UMKC genius? It’s
time to test your knowledge at the APC Trivia Night. The event is from 7-9 p.m. in Pierson Auditorium. Winners will receive prizes.
Friday, Feb. 26
Courtwarming Dance: Dance the night
away while dressed in your finest. The dance
is from 7-11 p.m. in Pierson Auditorium.
Desserts will be provided and formal attire
is suggested. But the dress code is flexible.
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Saturday, Feb. 27
Yell Like Hell: It’s pep rally time from 7-9
Stuff the Bus and Coronation Game: APC
is stuffing a bus full of students and Roo
spirit. Sign up in the Student Life office
to catch the ride to Municipal Auditorium
for the game. Mr. and Mrs. UMKC will be
crowned at the game.
Sunday, Feb. 28
Green Day Festival: The APC and fellow
students are giving back to the community
by volunteering at Green Day Festival, an
event aimed at bringing awareness to environmental issues in the Kansas City area and
providing realistic opportunities for change
and involvement. Participants will meet at
11:30 a.m. at the University Center and carpool to the festival. Volunteers will work
from 12-4 p.m. at the Westport Community
Center, 3601 Roanoke Road.
For more information about any of these
events, go to www.apcactivities.com.
Candidates for Mrs. UMKC
• Lea Mrosak, Alpha Delta Pi
• Diana Dhjana, Chi Omega
• Danielle Dwier, Delta Zeta
• Markie Greenway, Gamma Alpha Lambda
Candidates for Mr. UMKC
• Derik “Swoosh” Neuner, Lambda Chi Alpha
• Aaron Grey, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Kyle Sanders, Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Max Pecina, Lambda Theta Phi
• Jay Devineni, Beta Theta Pi
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Culture
February 22,2010
Artist Profile: Stephanie Coulter
Nila Hall
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Staff Writer
Stephanie Coulter has loved photography since high school.
She has a bachelor’s degree in music
and is now a graduate student pursuing a
degree in photography with an emphasis
in multimedia.
Coulter finds inspiration in music and
other photographers’ pieces.
The majority of Coulter’s work deals
with an illness she faced.
Currently, she is working on her thesis, which also addresses her illness.
Coulter likes when viewers individually interpret her work.
She hopes her art brings awareness to
what other people are going through.
Her works portray emotion and grief.
Coulter has participated in a student
art exhibition for the last two years and
has also competed in online competitions.
While she enjoys the artistic aspect
of photography, she is also a commercial
photographer.
Her ambitions include to one day have
her own exhibition and to get her name
out there.
She would also like to do both commercial and artistic photography.
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Country crust bread
Chelsea Soetaert
Staff Writer
This bread has been handed down
through my family for decades.
Country bread is a great substitute for
store-bought loaves and a delicious treat
any time of the day.
Make it on the weekend and enjoy
fresh bread every morning for breakfast.
This recipe can be modified to make cinnamon bread or whole wheat bread for
those health nuts.
Ingredients:
2 package dry yeast
2 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 eggs
1/4 cup shortening
6 to 6 1/2 cups bread flour
knife. With hands, stretch and spread one
half onto floured surface. Starting from
one end of rectangle, roll very tightly using your fingers, until the dough is a cylinder. With a karate chop motion, crease the
dough about 2 inches into each end of roll.
Pull and stretch the end pieces under
the loaf.
Place loaf into a greased bread pan, set
aside and let rise for 1 hour, until doubled.
Repeat with other half.
Heat oven and bake for 20-30 minutes
at 375 degrees until golden brown and
when tapped makes a hollow noise.
Remove from pan and try really hard
to resist cutting into it until it’s mostly
cooled. This is the hardest part of the entire recipe.
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Directions:
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir
in sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 3
cups of flour and beat until smooth. Mix
enough remaining flour to make dough
easy to handle.
Turn dough lightly onto floured board
and kneed until smooth and elastic, 8-10
minutes.
Place in greased bowl, turn side up.
Cover, let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about one hour.
After rising, punch down, remove
from bowl and cut in half with a sharp
dating 101
Sex at first sight
I meet a lot of random people every week
and it is my goal to be best friends with them
all by the end of a typical Saturday night.
Lately, my newest random best friends
have asked my opinion on current dating issues.
Last night the question was, “Should I
sleep with someone on the first date?”
Read this carefully and underline it if
you feel I am being somehow vague in my
statement.
I do not advocate random hookups.
There is no wiggle room in this.
However, I feel I should point out that
while there are no excuses, there might be
an exceptions category.
It is entirely unacceptable to pound back
a few drinks and pick up the loser at the end
of the bar before closing time and simply
chalk it up the next day to feeling “emotionally vulnerable.”
All the soap in the entire Metro area will
not wash away that kind of shame and perhaps an S.T.D. So I beg you to understand
multiple Jager bombs have a way of skewing
the judgments of even the most pious among
us.
At this time, I think we should all say a
small prayer of thankfulness if our lives do
not parallel Tara Reid’s.
If you have to pause due to a memory
lapse over the course of last weekend, then I
urge you to watch her riveting performances
in “Taradise,” where she reviews trendy hotspots while attempting to not slur her speech
or spill her drinks.
Now ask yourself if you really want to be
that girl.
So picture this: It is a first date and Mr.
Perfect is looking at you from across the
table after an hour-long conversation about
the need to save the dolphins or his weekly
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commitment to reading to blind and orphaned children while juggling a successful
medical practice.
Nickleback is playing in the background
and the sexual tension is so thick the waiter asks if you need an extra knife when he
drops off the pudding you ordered for dessert.
Before you leave to follow him back to
his eco-friendly, but professionally decorated downtown loft for what is sure to be
a night of life-altering, carnal-yet–intimate,
love-making pleasure, decide if it is worth it
should this turn out to be just sex.
For most women, sex happens between
the ears. It is everything leading up to it that
is most important.
For most men, sex is the two and a half
minutes right before he puts his clothes back
on and promises to call the next day.
There are those urban legends women
tell one another where a one-night stand
eventually ended in matrimony. But having
never experienced this, I have to rely instead
on the 150 years of collective dating wisdom
from my friends and myself.
There has never been a single one-nighter (with a pre-conceived expectation of any
sort of longevity) that ended in anything
other than harsh exfoliating, weeks of guilt,
feelings of self-inadequacy, stalking or penicillin involved.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not a
prude with unresolved issues about childhood traumas.
I love sex and would like to have it on a
semi-regular basis if the opportunity should
arise. On this issue, I’m going to leave it in
your capable hands and, most importantly,
your heart.
If you find yourself asking if it’s OK to
have sex at first sight, ask yourself if you’re
OK if it’s just that.
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February 22,2010
ViewSpace
at Linda Hall Library
Melissa Cowan
Staff Writer
The William N. Dermus III
Cosmology Theater at Linda
Hall Library has been home to
ViewSpace since the library’s
renovation in 2006.
The exhibit is a self-updating,
multimedia astronomy display of
images and descriptions run by the
Space Telescope Science Institute.
The institute houses NASA’s
Hubble Space Telescope.
Linda Hall is one of more
than 180 venues in the United
States that shows ViewSpace.
“The Cosmology Theater
provides an opportunity to view
Hubble images,” said Eric Ward,
associate director of Communications/Marketing for Linda Hall
Library. “The programs run anywhere from 10-15 minutes.”
But he is not sure how many
programs are in the exhibit.
The institute automatically
adds new images every couple
weeks, he said.
“We don’t have to do much.
We turn it on in the morning and
off in the evening.”
ViewSpace is open 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday, the
same hours as the library.
“One strength we have is our
History of Science rare book collection,” Wade said.
“This (exhibit) compliments
that collection.”
Four wall-size images frame
the theater’s entrance: two from
Hubble and two from books in
the library’s rare book collection.
The theater is open to anyone
and holds 20-30 people.
There are no plans to replace the exhibit, so you can see
ViewSpace any time.
“(It will be here) as long as
the library’s here,” Wade said.
“It’s just one more way to
draw people to the library and
educate the public.”
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Kansas City bites
by CHRISTIAN ROSE
Hamburger Mary’s
It was bitter cold outside when
my friends David and Sasha and I
drove to the relatively new establishment downtown that it is easy to spot
from about 10 blocks away.
With a bright purple hue in stark
contrast to all of the other businesses,
Hamburger Mary’s, 101 Southwest
Blvd., sticks out like a sore thumb.
While I ran to the door trying
to escape the wind chill, Sasha sashayed through the covered walkway
into the restaurant with a strut only
she, and ’80s supermodels or drag
queens, can effectively master.
This mental image was the perfect complement to what we saw
next – a drag queen named Jayonce
greeted us at the hostess stand.
Yes, Hamburger Mary’s is not
your typical restaurant chain.
It is loud, tacky, garish and deliciously obnoxious.
It is apparent the decorator had
a definite flair for the histrionics.
Beauty shop hairdryers have been re-
wired and made into overhead lighting, plasma screens play “Mommy
Dearest” and cross-dressing waiters
who are covered in glitter take your
order.
“Beauty shop hairdryers
have been re-wired and
made into overhead
lighting, plasma screens
play “Mommy Dearest” and
cross-dressing waiters who
are covered in glitter take
your order.”
The menu is packed with themed
drinks like The Fuzzy Tea Bag, appetizers with names like YMCA Macho Nachos and entrées such as The
Ike and Tuna and When Harry Met
Sally Pork Tenderloin.
To start things off, we had one of
their signature cocktails (which were
a weak pour for the price) and the
aptly-named “cala-mary” calamari.
The appetizer lacked flavor and
was rubbery, seeming like the chef’s
afterthought. Feeling utterly dejected with our drinks, Sasha kept urging me not to throw the cold calamari
at the drag queen hostess out of spite
and insisted we order dessert so we
all split The Deep Fried Twinkies.
Being from Kentucky, I am accustomed to all things fried. Hell,
we invented KFC. However, even in
the south, this is one thing we do not
marinate in hot grease.
It somehow just seems wrong to
do so. But covered in whip cream
and raspberry sauce, I could literally feel my arteries clog with every
mouthful.
It was a decadent indulgence that
cost me an extra hour on the treadmill the next day, but was worth every drop of sweat.
Once Erik, our waiter, brought
our ticket to the table (placed in a
bright, ruby-colored pump), the gentlemen across the room received the
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restaurant’s signature hamburgers.
Although prepared to leave, my
mouth fell open and I started to salivate.
The hamburgers are enormous
concoctions covered in provolone
and blue cheese or garlic aioli and
hummus sandwiched between brioche or a multi grain bun.
The gentlemen agreed the hamburgers were “hands down, some of
the best in town.”
Having since been back twice, I
would agree.
But I suggest you visit during
happy hour for the best deals.
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Culture
February 22,2010
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Top five good alternatives to bad food
Melissa Oribhabor
Assistant News. Editor
A nutrition professor at Missouri State University once said there is no such thing as junk
food, only “nutrient dense” food.
Meaning, if you normally eat 2,000 calories
a day and so far you’ve only eaten 1,800, you
can eat a 200-calorie Snickers bar without being unhealthy, although the food itself offers
no nutritional value.
But as delicious and unhealthy as candy
bars may be, it is usually better to either eat
them in extreme moderation or not at all. Luckily, there are alternatives to these “nutrient
dense” foods that are not so dense.
5. Hamburger
You would be hard pressed to find anyone
who actually thinks a Whopper is good for you.
But if you’re on your way to class and you’re
hungry, Burger King is a very convenient, inexpensive way to fill you up.
The good folks at BK figured out a way to
cater to those cautious hamburger lovers on the
go – veggie burgers.
BK now offers Morning Star brand veggie burgers on its menu. According to Burger
King, the veggie burger is only 420 calories
and 16 grams of fat, compared to the traditional
Whopper that is 670 calories and 40 grams of
fat.
4. Mexican food
It’s pretty safe to say Taco Bell is amazing.
It has incredibly low prices and it is just as
fast as McDonald’s or Burger King. But it also
has the same downside – nutrition.
During the past few years, Taco Bell answered the call for more healthy food and it has
since introduced the Fresco menu.
According to its Web site, from this menu
one can get a taco with only 150 calories and
seven grams of fat. The best part? It’s only 99
cents.
3. Chips
Doritos are fast, inexpensive and fit in your
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backpack so you can eat them while walking
to class.
But, a standard-sized bag you can get in a
vending machine has a whopping 13 grams of
fat and 250 calories.
And let’s be honest, no one really eats half a
bag and puts the rest away for later. But luckily,
Doritos brand also has a nice alternative.
A bag of baked Doritos of the same size has
only 120 calories and 3.5 grams of fat, which is
73 percent less fat than the original. And they
still taste just as good.
2. Soda pop
Everybody knows that carbonated beverages like Coke and Pepsi have a lot of sugar
and calories.
Therefore, many people exclusively drink
diet sodas, like Diet Dr. Pepper and Coke Zero.
But a study out of Perdue University in
2008 found artificial sugars, like those used in
diet pop, can actually lead to weight gain.
ABC reported a recent study with more
than 18,000 people showed those who drank at
least one diet drink a day were more likely to
gain weight.
Alternative? Green tea. Caffeine-free green
tea is not only good for your body, but is good
without added sugars.
Skim milk and soy milk also promote a
healthy lifestyle without any artificial sugar or
flavoring.
1. Candy bar
Hungry? Why wait? Go to the store, pass
by the Snickers and the Milky Ways and head
straight to the health food aisle where you can
find 90-calorie Fiber One Chewy Bars. You
might be thinking Fiber One sounds like something your grandmother would eat to help keep
her regular.
But it’s important to know getting sufficient fiber in your youth can potentially save
you from terrible conditions later in life, such
as Diverticulitis, which is a painful condition
that affects your colon.
Fiber One is low in calories, sugar and fat
and very delicious.
And fiber makes you feel full so it is a great
snack to take on the go if you’re not going to be
able to eat again for a while.
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movie review
by LEANNA LIPPERT
‘Shutter Island’
As the lights dimmed in the movie theater
and “Shutter Island” began, my eyes became
glued to the screen, where they stayed for every moment of the entire movie.
“Shutter Island” made me feel an array of
emotions – sadness, fear, empathy, confusion
and, at times, uncomfortable.
But, what else can be expected from director Martin Scorsese?
The movie takes place in 1954 at an insane
asylum called Ashecliffe Hospital on Shutter
Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts.
We meet U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels
(Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner
Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) on the ferry to
Shutter Island.
When they arrive, we realize the ferry is the
only way on and off the island.
Daniels and Aule are there to investigate
the disappearance of Rachel Solando, a patient
at the Ashecliffe Hospital who drowned her
three children.
As Daniels and Aule interview orderlies,
doctors and patients, it is apparent Ashecliffe
Hospital holds secrets.
Scorsese strategically shoots scenes that are
missing vital props to help create this effect.
While searching Solando’s room, Daniels
finds a piece of paper hidden under a piece of
linoleum that says, “The rule of 4. Who is 67?”
Further along in the movie, we learn Ashecliffe Hospital caters to 66 patients. The piece
of paper, however, suggests there is another patient the doctors aren’t mentioning, which only
adds to Daniels’ suspicions of the hospital.
Throughout the movie, Daniels is consistently plagued with disturbing nightmares that
recreate what he saw while liberating Dachau,
a concentration camp, as a WWII soldier.
Only Scorsese could capture the realism
and ambience of a concentration camp. These
images alone contribute to mixed emotions.
Daniels also dreams about his wife, Dolores (Michelle Williams), who was killed in an
apartment fire a few years before.
We learn Daniels requested to take this job
because of another patient, Andrew Laeddis,
who was responsible for the apartment fire.
The search for Solando quickly ends with
her miraculously showing up a day later, even
though a hurricane hit the island the day she
was missing.
Daniels decides to stay on the island to investigate the secrets the doctors are not telling
him and to maybe get closure by talking to
Laeddis.
Daniels theorizes there must be medical
experiments the doctors are performing on the
patients.
During his research, his nightmares become more vivid and he begins to wonder if
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it’s the works of the doctors, making sure he’ll
never leave the island.
He questions everything – the doctors and
their medical tactics, the orderlies, patients, his
dreams, his new partner and even his own mind.
There’s a reason why this movie is rated R.
It’s mysterious and thrilling and throws you
through twists around every corner.
The acting DiCaprio exhibited was amazing. He has definitely come a long way since
“Growing Pains” in 1992.
This is another great film by director/actor
duo Scorsese and DiCaprio. Could they be the
next Spielberg and Hanks? Let’s hope.
A+
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Tattoo of the week
“Remember you are mortal,”
is the translation for sophomore
Tyler Fallon’s freshly inked
arm.
Fallon joined the Navy after high school and, in 2007,
had a close call with death. He
lost a lot of blood and his heart
stopped for about four minutes.
Luckily, they revived him.
Ever since that experience,
Fallon has wanted something
to remind him death can come
quicker than expected.
Fallon’s left forearm says
“Momento Mori,” which is the
middle Latin variation of the
phrase “memento mori.” They
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by CASEY OSBURN
have the same meaning, just a
slight difference in spelling.
“I think it is good advice,”
Fallon said.
The tattoo took a little under
an hour to finish at Irezumi’s in
Waldo.
Fallon definitely plans to get
more tattoos someday.
He said he can look at his
arm and it reminds himself he
is mortal.
“I’m not a sparkle-pire – it’s
to show people I don’t sparkle
in the sun,” Fallon said, joking
about the hit movie and book
series, “Twilight.”
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February 22,2010
How to: Save money
Melissa Cowan
Staff Writer
Money is tight for most college
students.
Most of us have other expenses in
addition to school loans. And most
of us work in entry-level, part-time
jobs that pay enough to barely cover
our needs.
So how can we set aside money to
save for our future when we’re continually paying off debt and bills in
the present?
It sounds impossible.
I’m no expert either. But I’ve
found a few ways to decrease (or
avoid) some expenses, allowing me
to save some money.
Get a second job:
Most of us have a difficult time
balancing school, work and other activities as it is. But if you have some
extra time, there are flexible jobs
that will give you some extra money:
Wait tables, bartend, baby sit, mow
lawns, freelance.
Whatever you can think of where
you can pick your own hours is the
most beneficial to you.
Put this money aside and use
your “regular” job as your source of
income.
It may not seem like much at first,
but it adds up if you leave it alone!
If you absolutely don’t have time,
consider selling unwanted items in
a garage sale or to a consignment
store. You could also use eBay.com
or Amazon.com.
Stay living at home:
Some of you may not have this as
an option. Your parents may live too
far away from school, etc.
If you’ve moved out and are
struggling, consider moving back.
Sure, we all want that freedom
and independence.
But if you want to save money,
this is huge – and acceptable as a
college student.
Take advantage of being able to
still live with your parents without
society thinking you’re a loser.
All of that money you would be
spending on rent and utilities you
could save for a few more years.
Stop partying:
I know – how dare I even suggest
such a thing!
But have you ever sat down and
thought about how much you’ve
spent on going out? What about how
much money you’ve spent on cigarettes?
According to an MSN article,
“The high cost of smoking,” a packa-day smoker spends roughly $1,638
per year on cigarettes.
And according to pbs.org, college students spend more money on
alcohol per year than they do textbooks.
So, if you do both, you could save
about $2,000 (or more depending on
how much you drink and smoke) by
quitting.
Look out for freebies:
The biggest freebie you can get is
a scholarship since student loans will
likely be one of your biggest expenses. Apply for as many as you can.
But also enjoy the little things,
like free food and t-shirts – without
traveling far from campus.
There are plenty of events and
meetings right here on campus that
offer free stuff.
Check the calendar on the UMKC
Web site for upcoming events.
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Compiled by SABRINA OSBORN
Monday, Feb. 22
First 8-week classes: Last day
for undergraduates to withdraw
from first eight-week classes with
assessment.
“Love your bod”: Take advantage
of the free “Love your bod” boot
camp class. The free class starts
at 10 a.m. at Swinney Recreation
Center, Aerobic room 304.
Pool party: Grab your arm-floaties
and get ready for the dive-in movie,
“Pride,” to celebrate Black History
Month. The movie starts at 8 p.m.
in the pool at Swinney Recreation
Center.
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Chess Club: Join the Chess Club at
7 p.m. at Westport Flea Market, 817
Westport Road.
“Grey Gardens”: This is your
last week to see “Grey Gardens,”
a musical about a mother and
daughter pair (aunt and first-cousin
of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)
as they fall from their perch at the
top of the social ladder. The show
starts 7:30 p.m. at the Unicorn
Theatre, 3828 Main St. Tickets start
at $25, call 816-531-7529 for more
information.
Lunch and learn: Author Gill
Robinson will lead a discussion
about his book, “Not in my family:
AIDS in the African American
Community.” The event is from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in University
Center, room 147. Please RSVP to
the Multicultural Student Affairs
office at 816-235-1109 if you plan to
attend.
$20, call the box office for more
information, 816-931-2232.
The “F-word”: What is the
“F-word” and how does it relate to
women’s leadership? Join the Starr
Women Leaders Program from
8-9:30 p.m. in University Center,
room 147 to find out.
Know your status: Free HIV/
STI testing from 11 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. at the MindBody Connection,
University Center, room 161.
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Inconvenience yourself: Today is
national Inconvenience Yourself
Day. Go out of your way to do
something nice for someone else
today.
“Money of the Olympiads”:
Celebrate the last week of the
Olympics by viewing the coins
minted to commemorate the games
throughout history. There are 30
coins, both ancient and modern-day,
on display from 8:30 am to 4:30
p.m. in The Money Museum at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City, 1 Memorial Dr.
Nelson-Atkins: Celebrate 75 years
of the Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art with a walk-in tour. The
guided tour starts at 1:30 p.m. at
the information desk in the Bloch
Building, or you can take an audioguided tour anytime by picking
up an audio guide at in the Bloch
Building lobby – whichever you
choose, this tour is free.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Ballet: The Kansas City Ballet’s
52nd Winter Season performance,
Val Caniparoli’s Lambarena, opens
at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre,
1029 Central. Tickets start at
“Diary of a Tired Black Man”:
Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and the
Multicultural Student Affairs invite
you to view the documentary “Diary
of a Tired Black Man,” and take a
look at romantic relationships in
the African American community.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the
Johnson Hall Lounge.
Friday, Feb. 26
Barbie: Come discuss Barbie and
material culture. Bring your lunch
and participate in a discussion
with UMKC Professor of History,
Miriam Forman-Brunell. The
discussion starts at 12 p.m. in Miller
Nichols Library, room 303.
“La Bete”: UMKC Theatre
presents the undergraduate spring
performance of “La Bete” a period
comedy, performed entirely in
verse. The show opens at 7:30 p.m.
at Grant Hall Theatre. There are
additional performances Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for
seniors and $6 for students, call the
Central Ticket Office to purchase,
816-235-6222.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Healthcare discussion: UMKC
and a distinguished panel of experts
will lead a non-partisan, fact-based
discussion for the community about
the current state of Health Reform
bills. The discussion will be from
9:30-11 a.m in the UMKC School of
Law E.E. Thompson Courtroom.
Roasterie tour: Get a free tour of
Kansas City’s biggest independent
coffee roaster. Tours start at 10 a.m.
at The Roasterie, 1204 W. 27th St.
Tours are free, call 816-931-4000 for
more information.
Sunday, Feb. 28
“Evil Dead The Musical”: This
stage comedy takes on elements
of cult-classic horror films “Evil
Dead 1,” Evil Dead 2,” and “Army
of Darkness.” If you’re really brave,
you can buy a ticket in the “splatter
zone.” The show is at 7 p.m. on
the City Stage at Union Station.
Tickets are $15, call 816-460-2020
to purchase.
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Sports
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winter
olympics schedule
Compiled by BRIAN SANDERS
Monday, Feb. 22
Cross Country Skiing: Men’s team
sprint, Women’s team sprint
Figure Skating: Pairs ice dancing
Ski Jumping: Large hill team
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Alpine Skiing: Men’s giant slalom
Biathlon: Women’s relay
Figure Skating: Women’s short program
Freestyle Skiing: Women’s ski cross
Nordic Combined: Men’s team large
hill
Speed Skating: Men’s 10,000 meters
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Alpine Skiing: Women’s giant slalom
Bobsled: Two-woman sleigh
Cross Country Skiing: Men’s 10 km
relay
Freestyle Skiing: Women’s aerials
Short Track: Women’s 3,000 meter
relay
Speed Skating: Women’s 5,000 meters
XMetro22
WC: 333
John Pfortmiller
Sports Editor
Thursday, Feb. 25
New channels for
sports fans
At 6 p.m. on
March 1, Time
Warner Cable will
John Pfortmiller
launch two new
channels to its programming lineup,
Metro Sports 2 and
Metro Sports HD.
Time Warner Cable says the changes
will, “dramatically
increase the network’s coverage of
local sports and provide exclusive new
viewing choices for
Time Warner Cable
Kansas City subscribers.”
Metro Sports 2
will be available to
digital cable subscribers on channel
222 and will highlight what Time
Warner is calling the
Sports Editor
“Metro Retro” programming.
This consists of
rebroadcasts of significant games featuring local teams
of all levels, youth
sporting events and
Metro Sports documentaries.
Metro Sports
HD will be available
on channel 1030 and
will provide a digital
version of the programming that aired
on the original Metro Sports on channel
30.
“It’s
thrilling
to be able to bring
Metro Sports 2
on 222 and Metro
Sports HD to our
local
viewers,”
Metro Sports General Manager John
Denison said. “The
expansion of local sports coverage
and
possibilities
for high-definition
broadcasts will continue to make Metro
Sports the place to
find the best local,
professional,
college and high school
sports coverage.”
Denison
also
mentioned that the
new channels will
allow the original
Metro Sports network to focus on
live sporting events
Cross Country Skiing: Women’s 5 km
relay
Figure Skating: Women’s singles
Freestyle Skiing: Men’s aerials
Ice Hockey: Women’s final
Nordic Combined: Men’s individual
large hill 10 km
Friday, Feb. 26
Alpine Skiing: Women’s slalom
Biathlon: Men’s relay
Curling: Women’s final
Short Track: Men’s 500 meters, Women’s 1,000 meters, Men’s 5,000 meter
relay
Snowboarding: Women’s parallel giant
slalom
Saturday, Feb. 27
Alpine Skiing: Men’s slalom
Bobsled: Men’s four-man
Cross Country Skiing: Women’s 30
km
Curling: Men’s final
Snowboarding: Men’s parallel giant
slalom
Speed Skating: Men’s team pursuit,
Women’s team pursuit
Sunday, Feb. 28
Cross Country Skiing: Men’s 50 km
Ice Hockey: Men’s Final
Closing Ceremony
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Sporting Events
Men’s Basketball
Date
Event
Place
Time
2/25
Centenary Municipal Auditorium 7:05 p.m.
2/27
Oral Roberts
Municipal Auditorium 7:05 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
2/22
IUPUI
2/27
Oral Roberts
6 p.m.
Municipal Auditorium Indianapolis, Ind.
7 p.m.
All Day
2/28-3/1
2010 Islander Spring Corpus Christi, Texas All Day
Classic
Men’s Golf
2/22-23
Snowman Getaway
Chandler, Ariz.
(Whirlwind Golf Club)
Women’s Golf
Softball
(Corpus Christi Country Club)
2/26
Texas State
Tulsa, Okla.
10 a.m.
2/26
Creighton Tulsa, Okla.
2 p.m.
2/27
Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla.
3 p.m.
2/27
Texas State
Tulsa, Okla.
7 p.m.
2/28
Eastern Illinois
Tulsa, Okla.
10 a.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
1 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
12 p.m.
Men’s Tennis
2/24
Cowley County
Community College
2/27
Arkansas Women’s Tennis
2/27
Drake
2/28
Northern Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
6 p.m.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
11 a.m.
All Day
Track and Field
2/28-3/1
The Summit League
extra points
by JOHN PFORTMILLER
Pep-talk controversy
Shaun White winning the gold medal last
week in the halfpipe finals was marred by controversy over an exchange between him and
his coach, Bud Keene.
The reason for the marring was two grown
men saying curse words.
No, they did not walk up to a camera and
drop the F-bomb. Keene gave a very pumped
White a pep talk that included vulgar language. NBC announcers noticed Keene’s lips
and the easily readable cursing and apologized
immediately.
Problem is, they apologized for the wrong
reason.
NBC apologized for Keene’s language and
said “there was a lot of energy running through
White and his coaches.”
Yet, it is not Keene or White’s fault that
two grown men said some foul words before
a final run. It is NBC’s fault for showing the
exchange.
Keene and White had been working for that
moment for four years. One would think that
they would be nervous, agitated and anxious to
see the whole thing through. Sure, a little swearing might be in order to loosen the tension.
If Keene and White knew that a camera
crew would be recording what they thought
was a private conversation, then yes, their
words would have been out of line. But Keene
and White were under no obligation to clean up
their words for the 25 million people watching
at home.
After the incident, which made White’s final run seem worthless in comparison, Keene
realized he had been caught swearing, but said
“usually there’s not a camera in my face” to
reporters.
NBC’s apology really only fueled the fire
and probably created an even further rift between athletes, coaches and the media. Apologizing for someone saying swear words, who
did not even know you were recording them,
is ludicrous.
NBC should have issued an apology for
their apology (as redundant as that sounds).
They should have informed everyone that the
only reason anyone noticed the curses was
because NBC was recording the interaction
between Keene and White just before his run.
Of course, there are those of you out there
who will mention that Keene and White understood that cameras would be on them at all
times and they needed to be on their best behavior.
Think of it this way, if you were the last
to go in a competition that pitted countries
against each other to see who was the best in
the world at a sport would you be able to control your emotions? It is highly doubtful that,
unless you never curse, you wouldn’t let something slip.
Sure, what Keene said may have been a bit
excessive, but remember that he was not aware
of the camera crew, he and White were ecstatic
for the last run and they had trained like hell
for four years. When things of this nature are
brought to the attention of the public, in the
way NBC brought them, all they do is create
controversy that makes the athletes look like
idiots.
Hopefully, everyone understands that
Keene and White are human and even professional athletes should be cut some slack, except Tiger Woods of course.
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February 22,2010
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It doesn’t take
a ‘darn’ Einstein
NICOLE BOMGARDNER
I
’ve been attending this
great institution – UMKC
that is – since June 2009.
My first class last summer was in Royall Hall. My
first teacher here was Adela Collins.
(Hola, mucho amor a usted!) And my
first dining experience on campus
was at Einstein Bros.
Besides the save-my-ass-fromwalking, awesome location, I am
struggling to come up with much
else positive to say. And it’s not because I’m a Starbucks addict.
It is baffling this chain has not
figured out a more efficient way to
accommodate the countless patrons
each day.
Purchasing your coffee, bagel
or hot dog wrapped in some doughlooking thingy is only doable if you
visit when there are fewer than five
people already in line.
Each and every time I have been
to Einstein, which has been often in
the past nine months since most of
my classes are in the Quad, I wait.
And wait. And wait.
I stand in that dreaded python of a
line wrapped around the already toocrowded, loud seating area and disgustedly huff, puff and roll my eyes to
the front.
Oh, but it gets worse. If the order taker has not jotted your name down along
with your order, you will eventually get
to the front of the line, pay, stand there
and wait. And wait. And wait.
You will wait in a tight, little,
compacted space along with the five
to 15 other people anxiously awaiting their food and/or drink to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Someone behind the counter
shouts to the masses, “Everything
bagel toasted with cream cheese only
on half, egg on the side …Oh and a
latte.” Dead silence.
For the love of everything holy!
“Of the 50 people standing here
no one has ordered that ridiculous
breakfast?” I’m screaming on the
inside.
Fifteen more orders are shouted
out by the random bagel-fixers, half
of them kinda standing around not
doing much.
Now how can 15 more orders be
shouted out when there are about
only 10 of us standing here? Some
of the orders are going to the trash
unclaimed. How is this happening?!
Good “darn” question Einstein.
An argument erupts among the
employees behind the counter as orders are confused because the flustered order-taker didn’t find it necessary to take names with orders, even
though the line was wrapped around
the friggin’ building.
“Cinnamon raisin bagel not toasted with cream cheese” (that’s my
order) never makes its way out of an
employee’s mouth.
They didn’t even have to put it in
the toaster! All they had to do was
take the bagel, slap some cream
cheese on it and throw it in a little
bag.
I had ordered a Cookies n’ Cream
to go along with it. Unfortunately,
the shake was handed to me as I
was paying, without a straw. And
that means for 15 minutes I’ve been
standing there with a frozen drink in
my hand, unable to drink it because
I’m too terrified to walk away to get
a straw thinking my food will be
auctioned off to someone else who
just got sick of waiting.
So, we are at 20 minutes later. A
whole 10 minutes late to class, melting drink in hand that is normally
dee-lish when fresh and I’m ready to
throw it back at them, demanding my
money back.
The heavens then part and God
sends Patric (Patric with just a C according to his name tag) to my rescue.
He must’ve seen the blood filling my
face, the steam rolling out of my ears
and heard the sirens dancing around
my head.
For Patric, so gently and quietly
looked at me and asked, “What is
it that you are waiting for ma’am?”
And by the way, I’m only half tee’d
off that he called me “ma’am.”
I am older but not that old.
The blood is draining from my
face and all the poor schmucks
standing with me are now staring
at me as if to say, “How the hell did
SHE get picked out of the group?”
I manage to calmly sputter my
order to this savior of time and a horrific scene.
His eyes get wide and he rushes
off. Twenty seconds later he appears
with my precious little bagel order.
Twenty seconds I tell you!
“I apologize for the wait,” he said.
I say thank you, ask him for his
name, look at his name tag and rush
off to class before my former waiting buddies get the chance to start
throwing stuff at me.
“It doesn’t take an Einstein” – or
maybe it does in this case – to get
some crap figured out. Step it up!
Since this last “darn” incident,
I’ve noticed a table has been placed
in the little waiting area with a stack
of comment sheets on it. First of
all, they put a table in the already
cramped “waiting room” of the Einstein joint? Second, someone actually cares what we think now? Too
little too late Einstein Bros.
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Ruling Democrats choke
EVAN HELMUTH
One year ago, Democrats seemed
to have the world at their feet.
With about as much power and
popularity as is possible for any
party in the American system, it
looked as though nothing could
stop their ambitious agenda to reshape the three pillars of domestic
policy — health care, education
and energy.
Despite the best (often heroic)
efforts of prominent Democrats
and their many lackeys in the media establishment to dismiss opposition to their agenda as racist, ignorant, xenophobic and motivated
by a few corporate “hate mongers”
(Harry Reid came up with that
one), their plans have been summarily rejected by voters in each
of the three opportunities they
have had this year to voice their
displeasure.
The most decisive political
bloody nose for Democrats came
last month when voters in deepblue Massachusetts made Scott
Brown the first Republican the
state has elected to the Senate
since 1978.
Brown ran on a pledge to be the
41st senator against Obamacare,
which clearly belies the laughable
claims of establishment liberals
that the election was not an indictment of their agenda.
Brown’s win also meant the
first pillar of the Democratic agenda, the radical revamping of the
health care system, went overnight
from being a done deal to being
dead on arrival.
Since the January electoral uprising in Massachusetts, the choking sounds emanating from congressional Democrats that started
last summer with the original
failed attempts to foist Obamacare
and Cap and Trade on the country,
have only grown louder.
So loud, in fact, and so pervasive has the Democrats’ choking
become, last week it claimed yet
another in a string of the party’s
prominent members of Congress.
Centrist Indiana Senator and
perennial Democratic golden boy
Evan Bayh announced last week he
was retiring at ripe old age of 54.
Bayh’s decision to exit the train
wreck that is Democratic governance has everything to do with
his wanting to salvage the considerable popularity he still has and
not see it ruined by the incredibly
“So loud, in fact, and
so pervasive has the
Democrats’ choking
become, last week it
claimed yet another in
a string of the party’s
prominent members of
Congress.”
unpopular policies Democratic
leaders have made their members
walk off a cliff to vote for.
Bayh has been a leader of the
centrist faction in his party, and
has fought tooth and nail to moderate the radical agenda adopted
by the party’s leadership (almost
all of whom come from safe districts on the coasts).
Having failed to do so, his
decision to retire is a very public
invitation to the Democratic congressional leadership to go take a
flying leap.
That Bayh is choosing to retire
rather than wage a bitter reelection fight and associate himself
with unpopular policies is not just
an indication of the unraveling of
democratic governance.
It also illustrates the near impossibility of maintaining moderate positions in today’s ultra-polarized political climate.
You can try to slough off the
tea-partiers as wackos.
You can dismiss election losses
in Virginia and New Jersey as local contests.
If you’re really good at disingenuous rhetoric, you can even try
to claim that losing a Senate race
in Massachusetts is not a judgment
of your agenda.
But when all of these things are
followed by Bayh, who has never
lost an election, quitting Congress
in disgust, no feat of mental gymnastics is sufficient to avoid the
conclusion your policies have been
rejected by the people who voted
for you.
Nor is this choking without political consequences.
As the months go on and Reid
and Nancy Pelosi refuse to back
off of their “progressive” agenda
and continue to drive moderates to
the political sidelines, the careers
of their members of Congress are
beginning to pile up on their leaders’ alters to health care “reform”
and Cap and Trade.
Look for much, much larger
mass political sacrifices to characterize November’s elections. And
almost all of the casualties will
have the same letter after their
names.
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February 22,2010
Word on Campus
Interviewed by NILA HALL
How do you feel about Access Missouri
Grant being reviewed by Missouri
Legislature?
“I think it’s a good thing that
they are reviewing it. I feel that
all public universities should get
the same amount of funding.”
“I feel like it’s only fair because
it’ll help students here who have
a hard time paying and those
who have work-study jobs.”
BEN THOMPSON
Junior
Criminal Justice
KENNISHA ROBINSON
Junior
Biology
“If it’s giving us more money, I’m
happy with it.”
“It’s a good idea because,
obviously, I’m in a public
university so I will benefit from
it.”
SANDRA DUPREE
Freshman
Pre Med
SEAN RIVERS
Sophomore
Mechanical Engineering
“Maybe it would be good to
help get more funding for public
universities.”
“Public universities are already
underfunded. So if private
universities are getting funding
from the state, they should be
held to the same standards as
public universities.”
RUTH ANN MILLER
Sophomore
Piano Performance
EMILY VAN PELT
Junior
Urban Planning and Design
How do you get your caffeine?
A. Coffee or Tea
B. Soda
C. Energy Drinks
D. Energy Pills
E. I don’t use caffeine
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on campus?
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B. No
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A. 17%
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Production Manager
Asst. Production Manager
News Editor
Asst. News Editor
Culture Editor
Sports Editor
Forum Editor
Copy Editor
Photo Editor
Podcast Editor
Online Editor
Distribution
Faculty Advisor
Printer
Cass
Hilary Hedges
Stefanie Crabtree
BJ Allen
Hilary Hedges
Leanna Lippert
Alexia Stout-Lang
Melissa Oribhabor
Alexia Stout-Lang
John Pfortmiller
Alexia Stout-Lang
Sabrina Osborn
Kevin Bryce
Ethan Parker
Ethan Parker
BJ Allen
Fred Wickman
County Publishing
The University News is published Mondays by students of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. 4,000 free copies are
distributed to the University, Plaza, Westport, Brookside, Midtown and Downtown areas. Opinions expressed are not
necessarily those of the University or staff. Letters to the editor, whether submitted electronically or by mail, should
be 350 words or less and must include writer’s phone number for verification. Unsigned letters will not be published.
Letters may be edited for clarity or space. Subscriptions are available for the cost of postage, $25 a year. The first copy of
the University News is free. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 each, payable at the University News office in
advance. No person may, without prior written permission of the University News, take more than one copy of each
week’s issue.
The University News is an equal opportunity employer.
Board of Publishers of the University News:
David Atkinson (chair), Mark Berger, Lindsey Scarcello, Robin Hamilton, Patrick Hilburn, Wayne Lucas, Harris Mirkin,
Hilary Hedges, Fred Wickman, Patty Wolverton, Jennifer Kaminsky, Glenn Young
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