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Less than 48 hours after winning an Oscar, Kevin Willmott was back in the classroom. Willmott boarded a plane to Kansas City the morning after Sunday’s

ceremony, where he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on “BlacKkKlansman.” “It’s still a little bit of a blur,” he said. “But I taught [Tuesday], and it was good to get back in the flow again.”

Sunday was Willmott’s first time attending the Oscars after a 20-year career. He brought his wife and daughters and wore a suit from Weaver’s. The win may go down as one READ MORE ON PAGE 4

BUDGET TENSIONS RISE Lejuez gives new timeline On the west side of Watson Library on Tuesday afternoon, Interim Provost Carl Lejuez updated the campus community on the roll-out of the new budget model during the first budget conversation of the semester. Earlier conversations with Lejuez said he was hoping to have a budget conversation every month, but no budget conversation was scheduled for the month of February. At the previous conversation, Lejuez announced to those in attendance nearly 60 positions were eliminated since July 2018 due to the University’s budget cut. “I want to be really clear. It’s been really hard for higher education. We’re tens of millions of dollars behind where our budget needs to be, and where we want our state to be investing in our University, and not on the back of students,” Lejuez said. READ MORE ON PAGE 2

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As Interim Provost Carl Lejuez gave the campus updates on the latest budget conversation, about 15 graduate students stood up, wearing the same blue T-shirt to represent the University of Kansas’ Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition (GTAC) on Feb. 26 in Watson Library. While the $20 million budget cut has been underway, and Lejuez has hosted campus budget conversations, graduate teaching assistants have consistently asked the provost about financial support for graduate students. They’ve asked how administrators at the University are able to retain six-figure salaries while graduate students have earned about $16,000 per year, as said during a budget conversation in December. Members of GTAC on campus chanted, “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Overpaid admins have got to go!” READ MORE ON PAGE 2

KU Libraries negotiate deal to battle budget woes NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury SOPHIA BELSHE @SophiaBelshe

University of Kansas libraries are in the process of signing a final deal with scholarly journal publishers Wiley and Oxford to restore, in part, resources that were previously at risk of being cut.

Oxford and Wiley provide a number of scholarly journals to the University’s libraries, which are often accessed by researchers on campus. The elimination of these resources “would undoubtedly have a major impact on the research directions of the university,” according to an email sent to faculty by the Office of the Provost on Dec. 13.

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Following the announcement of a possible decrease in these resources, Oxford and Wiley reached out to Dean of Libraries Kevin Smith and Interim Provost Carl Lejuez to seek a resolution. “The news is actually not as bad as what we thought it was going to be when we announced in December,” Smith said. Smith said the libraries were able to negotiate a deal with both Wiley and Oxford. Wiley agreed to negotiate for a smaller package. Rather than having 80 or 90 titles from Wiley, as originally anticipated, the libraries will instead have a package deal for about 216 titles with inflation capped at 3 percent, according to Smith. Initially, the University’s libraries had about 1,500 titles from Wiley, meaning the libraries are anticipating a cut of around 1,300 titles, according to Smith. Wiley still had not signed the deal, as of the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Oxford is where significant cuts are underway, according to Smith. Specific numbers weren’t available from Smith, but he said approximately 50 percent of the current package will be cut.

“...until we get our budget in order and healthy, we’ll be making some tough decisions...” Interim Provost Carl Lejuez

It is unclear how much of a percentage Wiley and Oxford titles make up of the libraries’ full resources, Smith said, since it partially depends how total library resources are counted. The cuts to these resources would primarily affect faculty and graduate students who are looking for the most recent research in specific areas, according to Smith. “We hope to minimize the impact. I think most

students won’t feel much impact at all,” Smith said. “For some it may mean a little bit of delay to get exactly the works that they need.” The collections budget for the library has not been affected by the the recent $20 million budget cut, but it has not increased in nearly 10 years, according to Smith. With inflation on journal subscriptions averaging 5 to 6 percent each year, Smith said the rising costs caught up to the flat budget. “We’ve done a lot to survive in this situation with flat funding for 10 years,” Smith said. “This year, it caught up to us because we had four major journal packages that all had to be renewed this year.” Lejuez said in a previous conversation with the Kansan in January the decision to cut titles from Wiley and Oxford had nothing to do with the importance of the libraries. “Without question, the libraries and access to journals are one of the most

important things at this University,” Lejuez said. “At the same time, our budget cut is because we no longer have resources for all of the things that are important, and until we get our budget in order and healthy, we’ll be making some tough decisions that are less about what we want to do and more about what we simply can’t afford to do now.” The Office of the Provost sent out an email on behalf of Smith and Lejuez in early December, previously stating in part the libraries would be going through significant cuts at the end of the calendar year. “We know that the cancellation of these subscriptions will have far-reaching effects on student scholars and faculty researchers at our university,” the email said. “KU Libraries understand that many of these resources are vital for the work that you do, and the decision to cancel these packages was made after much deliberation and analysis.”

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A hate crime is not hating a person, but rather committing a crime with the added element of hatred. The FBI defines a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.” The FBI released statistics regarding hate crimes in 2017. Of those reports, almost 60 percent were single-bias situations regarding race and ethnicity. According to the Washington Post, there has been an increase in religious hate crimes as well as racial and ethnic crimes and a total of 7,175 hate crimes in 2017. Campus hate crimes, specifically against black students, have risen since 2014. In 2017, the University

Illustration by Philip Mueller/KANSAN of Kansas received two reports regarding an “intimidation on campus,” one racially biased and the other biased on sexual orientation. All policy violations for students fall under the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Hate crimes would, therefore, fall under section VI.A.4 – Harm to Persons, especially if the crime included violence to a person. Josh Jones, Title IX coordinator and clery coordinator for Institutional Opportunity and Access at the University, said in an email that hate crimes

BUDGET FROM PAGE 1 Lejuez said the information presented about the budget cut would not be new, but updates on previously presented budget information. Lejuez started by showing a breakdown of the held-back faculty positions. He said that many were a result of faculty retirements, and that he wasn’t sure how many would be refilled. He also said people were not being let go, no new positions have been lost and no one has been furloughed. “It’s hard when you lose faculty. As I said before, we’ve had cases where we’ve had previous reductions, and they add up. We’re doing things with fewer faculty,” Lejuez said. Lejuez was then interrupted by the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition, who expressed their concerns about low salaries and lack of summer health insurance, among other issues. Lejuez said he would address GTAC’s concerns during the question and answer portion of the discussion, but members left the library. Lejuez went back to discussing the budget reduction, saying one of the main takeaways should be that the cash rescissions for fiscal year 2019 are complete, and that there are no new cuts. “We believe we can manage it. If there was another option, we would have taken it,” Lejuez said about the cut. Lejuez said that, throughout the rest of this year, they will measure the performance of units within their goals. Then, administrators will evaluate in January and February of 2020, and work toward proposing and finalizing the 2021 budget, with the new budget taking effect in July 2020. “The most that we can have everyone prepare, the

might be investigated by the University’s Public Safety Office, IOA, Student Conduct or some combination of the offices. “If a student was found responsible for a policy violation they would be subject to sanctions which range from a warning to expulsion,” Jones said in an email. “There are many factors that would be examined in deciding what sanction is appropriate.” Deputy Chief James Anguiano of KU’s Public Safety Office said in an email that if hate or bias was indicated on a report taken by law enforcement,

it would become a factor in sentencing by the prosecutor. Although the IOA’s annual safety report is up to date, Jones said it may not include the full picture, even though the University has to track certain crimes that were motivated by bias. According to the annual crime report, there was one hate crime reported in 2015, none reported in 2016, and two reported in 2017. Jones stressed that these are only hate crimes that have been reported. Jones said that the campus community must stay informed and alert regarding any report on crime, as it affects several aspects of campus besides the individuals being directly attacked. “With any crime, I think it puts the campus community on alert and affects the sense of safety,” Jones said. “This is particularly true for those who share the same identity or

identities of the victim. It can affect a student’s ability to be successful in the classroom and can interfere with employees’ ability to do their jobs and enjoy coming to work.” Out of the 4,895 offenders known, 83 percent of them were of 18 years and older, according to the FBI report. Campus security authorities are taught about reporting duties, and all students and many employees have gone through bystander intervention training. The University does not specifically train students and faculty on a response or action regarding hate crimes, Jones said. “Continued training around unconscious bias and microaggressions is a really good place to start,” Jones said. “Bystander intervention is also important so that all students and employees know how they can act and react to situations.”

GRADUATE STUDENTS better this will be,” Lejuez said. The first year for the new budget model will be a “shadow year” for the University to gather information and make improvements before the fiscal year 2021 budget. “We have time to ease into it,” Lejuez said. “We’re measuring progress now, so by the next year, the budget model can actually kick in.” The new budget model, which was outlined in an email sent to all students on Monday, includes three categories: one for foundational priorities, one for institutional strategic priorities and a third for unit-level allocations. “We don’t just want to cut, we want to ensure that we’re going to be fiscally healthy in the future,” Lejuez said. African and African-American studies professor Shawn Leigh Alexander asked Lejuez about his salary during the question and answer portion of the conversation. “I believe that we have to pay what is consistent with bringing the best people into our roles… I understand people will not be happy with that, but changing my salary or changing one or two other salaries is not going to have an impact on anything meaningful that our people are feeling,” Lejuez said. “If it’s symbolic, I understand that, but this, I’ll be really frank, this is not something I’m willing to do.” Math professor Satya Mandal was the last to speak at the conversation. Mandal told Lejuez that the University should stop national searches for administrators, and search internally instead, because internal hires are less expensive. He proposed all salaries be capped at $250,000. “I suggest we cut ourselves off from this tumor,” Mandal said, referring to national searches. “We cannot afford it.”

Emma Pravecek/KANSAN Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez speaks about the budget for the University of Kansas. FROM PAGE 1 The posters advocated for more funding to be allocated toward educators. With buyouts being offered to faculty members, GTAC communications committee member Hannah Bailey said the administration has made it clear they are going to depend more heavily on lecturers and adjuncts who aren’t tenured to compensate for the loss. “We are going to continue to be a presence in the conversations of what the University is prioritizing in terms of where it spends its money,” Bailey said in an interview with the Kansan following the budget conversation. “That’s part of the reason why we wanted to take the action we did today to make more of a statement about our concerns.” The Kansan previously reported Lejuez was allotted $410,000 by Chancellor Douglas Girod when he was hired as the interim provost for the University. Graduate students said they were upset by the high salaries earned by administrators when many of the graduate students were struggling to find a substantial amount of financial resources. Shortly after, those in attendance from GTAC filed out of the meeting,

stating in part they didn’t believe Lejuez would answer their questions or implement anything different from previous budget conversations. “Nothing new is going to happen here,” one of the graduate students said as the group walked out of Watson library. Lejuez said later in the meeting, following the walk-out by the graduate students, he wants to push for more conversations between graduate students and administrators. “I was a graduate student. Many of us in this room were graduate students,” Lejuez said. “I certainly don’t feel comfortable with where those salaries are, but if we want to change any of those things, we have to be clear with what we want to stop doing, and I’m open to have those conversations, but I need help with that.” Lejuez said graduate students are the most vulnerable, but he’s not sure how to fix the problems the graduate students spoke out about. However, administration is currently planning on having a meeting with the graduate student advisory board. “They’re not wrong that not having health insurance in the summer is an enormous problem. They’re not wrong that the sala-

ries that we pay are just not high enough,” Lejuez said near the end of the meeting. “We will try to get better, and we’ll need your help with that.” African and African-American studies professor and Faculty Senate President-Elect Shawn Leigh Alexander was at the conversation in support of the graduate students. “I stand with the students, whether that’s the undergraduate students or the grad students,” Alexander said in an interview with the Kansan following the meeting. “We struggle at this University to recruit and support both undergrads and graduates, and in particular as the former graduate director of my unit, I have always struggled funding graduate students.” Bailey said GTAC was concerned they would get the same answers they’ve traditionally received from administration, so they walked out, but they’d be open to having meetings with the provost in the future. “We think that the undergraduate students we teach are paying a lot of money to come to KU and that it’s preposterous that we wouldn’t be paid a living wage to provide the service that the University exists to do,” Bailey said.

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Fermentation specialist to visit campus RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester

Fermentation specialist, food writer and DIY food activist Sandor Katz is visiting the University of Kansas this week as the Hall Center for the Humanities’ Interdisciplinary Scholar in Residence to speak about his work with fermented foods. Katz said he always aims to make the topic of food and fermentation interdisciplinary because it lends itself to disciplines like microbiology, biology, sociology and anthropology. Microorganisms convert sugars in fermented foods to alcohol, making them rich in probiotics. Some fermented foods include yogurt, kombucha and sauerkraut. “I’m always trying to make the conversation interdisciplinary, so it’s not just about the health benefits; it’s not just about the flavors; it’s not just about the traditions,” Katz said. Katz is only the second interdisciplinary scholar in residence, a program started in 2018 and is funded by the Hall Family Foundation. Sarah Bishop, the associate director of the Hall Center, said the Hall Center chooses an interdisciplinary scholar in residence who can connect to students and scholars across disciplines at the University and in the community. “We’re trying to find

someone who can touch a lot of disciplines and relate to a lot disciplines,” Bishop said. Katz first started studying fermentation practices when he moved from New York to rural Tennessee where he started gardening, growing food and cooking. He doesn’t have a formal background or education in culinary studies or microbiology, but he’s learned from his more than 25 years of personal experiences with fermented foods. As Katz started learning more about food and gardening, he said he was surprised when all the cabbage in his garden was ready to pick at the same time and didn’t know what to do with it. “I was such a naïve city kid,” Katz said. That’s when Katz first started experimenting with fermented foods. He started making sauerkraut before moving on to making yogurt, sourdough starters and other fermented foods. Katz said his time working with fermented

Bel Wilcoxen/KANSAN Sandor Katz, the Hall Center’s Interdisciplinary Scholar in Residence will be speaking at upcoming events. efits. Fermented foods can help with digestive issues and can help boost the immune system, he said. Katz also said he eats fermented foods for his own health and nutrition. He has been living with

“I think so many people don’t think of food and food history and food culture as being something that’s in the humanities.” Emily Ryan, director of The Commons

foods has taught him some of their health ben-

HIV for about 30 years and said it helps him with

the digestive problems associated with the medication he takes daily. There is no downside to incorporating fermented foods into one’s diet, unlike the side effects for certain medications, he said. These foods may or may not address particular health problems, but they aren’t going to kill you, Katz said. “Many people’s digestive problems would be improved if they incorporated these kinds of foods,” Katz said. Emily Ryan, the director of The Commons, unofficially nominated Katz for the scholar in

residence. Ryan said she had considered inviting Katz for a previous event for The Commons, so she suggested his name to Bishop when the opportunity for the scholar in residence program came up. “It became a perfect opportunity with the interdisciplinary scholar in residence,” Ryan said. Bishop said Katz’s interdisciplinary work with food helps people see the humanities in a different way. “I think so many people don’t think of food and food history and food culture as being some-

thing that’s in the humanities,” Bishop said. The Hall Center and The Commons, along with other sponsors, will host events around campus and Lawrence this week as part of the interdisciplinary scholar in residence program. Katz spoke at the Lawrence Public Library Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The Commons will also host a discussion with Katz, artist S.E. Nash and University professor of molecular biosciences Josie Chandler Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. at Spooner Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

students.” FMS faculty also had a chance to glimpse the award at a department meeting this week, where Willmott posed with the statue for a group photo. “It was so funny because we have this whole moment: we take a picture with him, there’s a TV news crew, and then we’re back in the room discussing curriculum structures,” said assistant professor Meg Jamieson. Willmott said he brought the statue to campus to show his appreciation for everyone who had helped him win. His success was a community effort. “All the movies I’ve made on my own have all taken a lot of support from my friends and my colleagues and the communities of Lawrence and Kansas City as a whole, and that’s the thing that I wanted to make sure that everybody understood: that my win was a win for all of those people that have helped me along the way,” Willmott said. “BlacKkKlansman” was predicted to win for its screenplay on Sunday. It had already picked up awards along the way, including the Grand Prix at last summer’s Cannes Film Festival, and a BAFTA (the British equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Adapted Screenplay. So when Samuel L. Jackson opened the envelope,

did Willmott expect his name to be read out? “You know, you try to put that stuff out of your head,” he said. “I knew in some ways we were the favorite to win, but there’s nothing ever for sure about any of that. I would remind myself that we were still the underdog in a lot of ways — and we were the underdog. The fact that we won is a miracle.” Despite the excitement, Willmott is already focused on what’s next. His next project with Spike Lee, called “Da 5 Bloods,” has started pre-production in Thailand. He has two documentaries in the works: one about Langston Hughes, and another about the history of LGBTQ activism in Kansas. Matt Jacobson, an FMS associate professor with whom Willmott has worked on six feature films, said this is typical of his friend: Willmott isn’t interested in fame. He just wants to be a filmmaker. “It’s funny because I texted him after he won the Oscar. I texted him immediately and said, ‘Congratulations.’ And I said, ‘What’s next?,’ Jacobson said. “And he texts me back and he says, ‘We’re going to make more movies.’”

WILLMOTT FROM PAGE 1 of the most important moments of the 91st Academy Awards. The award is shared with Willmott’s three co-writers, one of whom is director Spike Lee. Lee famously lost the award nearly three decades earlier to Tom Schulman for “Dead Poets Society.” Sunday was Lee’s first-ever Oscar win after more than 40 years in the business. “It’s hard to get your head around a little bit,” Willmott said. “I don’t think about it too much in terms of the overall impact of it, but it was just a really special moment.” Faculty and students alike in the Department of Film and Media Studies are still buzzing. Television news crews roamed the halls of Summerfield this week, looking for colleagues to interview. Willmott’s students welcomed him back to class on Tuesday with a round of applause. “I think a lot of us came to class pretty early that day because we were very excited for him, obviously,” said Harry Pound, a junior from River Falls, Wisconsin. “We gave him a standing ovation as we came in, and he asked us, ‘What happened?’” The students were in for a treat.

Jacob Downing/KANSAN University of Kansas screenwriting professor and recent Oscar winner Kevin Willmott poses with his Oscar and BAFTA. “Much to our surprise, he pulled the Oscar out of his backpack, and I think we almost all fainted,” Pound said. The students passed it around the room, taking photos.

“I told them that I wanted to reduce the distance between where we are at and winning those things,” Willmott said. “That’s kind of a hard thing to do. Making a successful film especial-

ly — not just a film but a successful film — just seems impossible. You have to try to reduce that distance in your mind, and I hope that getting to hold that yesterday was helpful to some of my

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LFK Pride welcomes LGBTQ community DEASIA PAIGE @deasia_paige

After leaving the University of Kansas in 2011, Sean Noriega waited for an organization in Lawrence to be dedicated to sexual and gender minorities. They eventually got tired of waiting and created their own. “I put up a Facebook event and just said ‘let’s start one,’ and the first one was called LFK Pride Envisioning,” Noriega said. “I was just like, let’s get a bunch of people in the community together and [envision] what we want to see for the the LGBTQ community in Lawrence.” Noriega, who’s originally from New Jersey, said they were surprised to not see a space like LFK Pride when they moved to Lawrence. “Everyone thinks that Lawrence is so inclusive, but there’s nothing here,” Noriega said. “We don’t have a gay club. We don’t have a resource center. Nobody’s done anything to show there’s actual support for the community.” That was the impetus for starting LFK Pride, an LGBTQ community-based organization that launched last month. Although the organization doesn’t currently have any events planned besides meetings, it’s currently working on its overall goal of acquiring an official space. LFK Pride meets every two weeks at the Sunflower House, which is a people’s owned and operated collec-

tive housing unit. “Nobody has taken the action steps toward actually building a community that we can utilize this center for, and that’s what we’re doing now,” Noriega said. “First, we’re going to create a more cohesive community with events that aren’t just at bars. From there, we’re going to try to build the capital to have a building or some sort of office.” The organization is also working toward planning its first LFK Pride Arts Fest in June. Noriega said the festival aims toward creating more of a presence and awareness of the LGBTQ community in Lawrence. The event will coincide with Christopher Street Liberation Day, which marked the first gay pride parades in United States history, and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. “Every meeting that we’ll have is to build up for the big arts fest that we’re hosting this summer, and there’s a lot of planning that goes into that,” Noriega said. “We’ve got artists talking about what we want our art to look like and how we want people’s bodies to be represented. We are making sure our events are accessible and are paying attention to the different skin tones who show up — making sure that it is as safe and inclusive as possible.” Eva Philpot, a visual arts student at the University, said they were happy to be a part of the organization

Samantha Hsu/KANSAN LFK Pride plans to have a LFK Pride Arts Festival in June. and is excited about its future. “I’ve been more involved in some of the arts side of it, and we’re working on having a gallery for the arts festival,” Philpot said. “It’s been a lot [of] planning, a lot, and a lot of organizing.” Noriega said there’s been positive reception since the organization’s first meeting. About 10 to 15 people attend the meetings, and Noriega said the numbers increase with each meeting. “A lot of people are interested in the work that we’re doing,” Noriega said. “Every meeting, there’s new people that come who haven’t been there before. Some-

times they stay; sometimes they don’t, but they want to get involved in other ways. There’s a lot of people who want to help but don’t necessarily know what to do yet, and they want to wait until we have solid plans to give them something to do.” Nebula Child, another member of LFK Pride, said it’s been hard trying to build that space for transgender and queer people of color in Lawrence. “We have planned so many black and brown-inclusive events, and not many people show up,” Child said. “We need to put more ‘umph’ into it, and so

we’re really trying to work together and promote it as much as we can.” That’s why Noriega wanted to ensure intersectionality was at the core of LFK Pride. The group said it’s important the organization ensures no one is left out. “It’s written into our mission, and that’s something that’s been included from the beginning,” Noriega said. “We want to do something that’s specific to black gay and trans culture here in Lawrence because there isn’t anything like that in town. Even the dance parties and drag shows are mostly white

spaces, and we acknowledge that. So that’s why we want to hold a space where black and brown queer and trans people can feel welcomed.” LFK Pride’s next meeting is March 10 at 2 p.m. Noriega said anyone is welcome to share their ideas about how they can better serve the queer and transgender community in Lawrence. “We’re still in the process of planning our pride event,” Noriega said, “So if anybody has any kind of input that they really want to see, we are super open from anyone to join and talk about what they want.”

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FFA of the Day: My computer just hit 0% and didn’t die and honestly that’s a mood “has anyone seen a golf club lying around?” I like to watch Olivia Coleman’s Oscar speech every night to help me sleep. Khaleesi and Obama are my favorite war criminals i can’t believe i can say one of my professors won an oscar KU is a film school now the best thing that happened tonight is i remembered to clock out on time Thought last night’s best picture win was just a fever dream. Imagine my disappointment... Today I learned that the microwave in my apartment is almost as old as I am Damn I should’ve been Baby Jay during my time at KU because I fit the height requirements perfectly!!! “Woman Respecter is my last name.” the only genders: lizard or not lizard The ultimate BDE is taking an Uber home from a night class life tip: never ask someone who’s chronically late to show up to class early to help you study I used to think A Star Is Born was overrated but wow Shallow is a f**king banger I thought I was failing the class I’m taking to fulfill my math credit that I HAVE to pass this semester, but I have a C+ so WE GOOD “Name people with worse timing than campus missionaries. I’ll wait.” i love when my partner doesn’t reply and I end up writing an entire partner paper by myself “It’s like watching two children on cocaine playing Pictionary” Don’t you love when Instagram decides to show you an asmr video of someone eating roses “Kansas weed tastes like egg nog” -Yung Gravy

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It’s time to reject the idea of a perfect body AROOG KHALIQ @aroog_twt This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an initiative promoted by the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). Such an initiative may seem outdated in an era of budding body positivity movements and the glorification of the “slim thick” body type, but eating disorders are born primarily from a dissatisfaction with one’s body image, and such issues persist even as cultural attitudes set their sights on a new body to glorify. A decade later, supermodel Kate Moss has retracted her defense of her iconic quote, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” This quote is the mantra of many young women, and men, who fall into the pits of the internet that glorify eating disorders, anthropomorphizing anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa into “Ana” and “Mia,” who only want you to be the prettiest version of yourself. In reality, anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders, such as binge eating disorder and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, are painfully destructive. Excessive weight loss is only one side of the story; individuals with disordered eating risk hair loss, tooth decay, lanugo and issues with menstrual periods. During recovery, refeeding syndrome can even lead to death from heart

Kansan file photo People with anorexia and bulimia are 23 times more likely to commit suicide. complications, and this contributes to anorexia having the highest mortality rate among all psychiatric disorders, according to a National Center for Biotechnology Information study. The incidence of eating disorders is not insignificant. According to the University of Kansas Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Be-

These disorders eat you alive and leave your body emaciated and weak. There is no beauty in them. haviors (CARE), bulimia is the fourth leading cause of death and disability among young women, and NEDA found that individuals with eating disorders face a higher risk of death by suicide than those without. These disorders eat you

alive and leave your body emaciated and weak. There is no beauty in them. The linkage between poor body image and eating disorders is nothing new. The ways media represents women’s bodies as desirable or undesirable influences body image — this is an established phenomenon. The rise of the Instagram model has displaced the glorification of the “waifish” body type that still dominates the world of haute couture, but as long as the messaging behind what makes a “good” body assumes there is a type that is more desirable than others, negative body image will persist. We will always hate our bodies if the target for perfection endlessly shifts. To break free of the shackles of negative body image, we must embrace the idea of perfection in every body, not a “body of the week.” We must also improve support systems for those

recovering from eating disorders, who are learning to improve their relationship with their bodies, with eating, with existing once more. The unlearning of toxic behaviors and compulsions that allow eating disorders to ravage the body is difficult, and only 40-60 percent of individuals who seek treatment for eating disorders find it effective, according to CARE. Improving care for individuals with eating disorders is the focus of researchers here at the University, particularly in CARE, directed by Dr. Kelsie Forbush. Doctoral candidate Brittany Bohrer, a trainer in the CARE lab, said the theme for this year’s NEDA Week, “Come As You Are,” is of particular interest. In a recent survey of the freshman class, CARE found that “18 percent had an eating disorder — that’s just as common as anxiety and depression,” Bohrer said. “Eating disorders do not

discriminate — they affect people of all genders, ages, races, socioeconomic statuses and sizes,” Bohrer said. “We live in a culture that promotes thinness for women and athletic build for men. Fat-shaming and weight stigma are common. These cultural influences send the message that you should look a certain way, and you aren’t good enough if you don’t. This simply isn’t true. A person’s worth is not determined by how they look on the outside.” We can get through this, my friends. The journey to recovery is different for all of us. It may feel impossible. It may feel excruciating, but you are not alone, and you are not stuck. The path to healing is open for everyone. Let’s take the first step, together. As researchers continue to fight the good fight on behalf of individuals with eating disorders, existing resources are available for those who are in the midst of an eating disorder, those who are recovering, and those who are somewhere in between. The NEDA has a crisis helpline and a text system. More locally, CAPS and Headquarters Counseling Center can help connect you to in-person assistance. Also, as part of NEDA Week, CARE is showing the film Embrace and hosting a panel on Feb. 28 at 6:30 in the Memorial Union.

Aroog Khaliq is a sophomore from Overland Park studying English and psychology.

Girls are more than a number on the scale MAYA MINOCHA @mayaminocha13 I remember the exact moment I first felt something was wrong with my body. I was 8 years old, swinging on the swingset of my elementary school playground. It was the beginning of spring, and I felt the warmth of the sun on my skin as I flew through the air. I jumped off the swing so I could remove my pink Limited Too jacket. As I unzipped it, my friend insisted I put the jacket back on because my tight shirt underneath made my stomach look big. Unfortunately, my personal struggle with body image isn’t a unique story. In a study conducted by the Park Nicollet Melrose Center, by late elementary school, 50 percent of girls are dissatisfied with the way they look. Women also share a similar initial experience of feeling insecure. In a report by Yahoo Health, 60 percent of the women it surveyed responded that their first feeling of negative body image was a result of a comment made by a classmate or friend. Negative body image can oftentimes lead to behavioral disorders. Although most girls develop

a negative body image in elementary school, 95 percent of people who are diagnosed with an eating disorder are between the ages of 12 and 25, according to the South Carolina Department of Health eating disorder statistics. One of the most prominent places we find the dangerous effects of diet culture and weight stigma are on college campuses. In the University of Kansas American College Health Association Health Assessment, 33.4 percent of female students reported that their self-perception had negatively impacted their quality of life in the past 12 months. Body dissatisfaction is so ingrained in the historical oppression of women that it has become normalized in our everyday language, often discreetely fed to us by the media. In the age of Instagram, we have models promoting herbal teas that will flatten your stomach and advertising lollipops that suppress your appetite. Messages targeting the insecurities of women are more accessible than ever. In a recent interview, journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy and actress Jameela Jamil deconstructed

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Illustration by Philip Mueller/KANSAN Millions of Americans face not only the effects of eating disorders, but other psychological problems as well. these messages. “Just because you look like a woman, we trust you and think you’re on our side,” Jamil said. “But you are selling us something that really doesn’t make us feel good, you’re selling us an ideal, a body shape, a problem with our wrinkles, a problem with aging, a problem with gravity, a problem with any kind of body fat. You are selling us self-consciousness.”

In order to reduce negative body image in women, we must change the messages young girls and women are receiving. This first starts by shifting the language women use to discuss their own and others’ physical appearance. Instead of telling young girls they are pretty, tell them they are strong, smart and capable of anything. This also means to stop using phrases like “they

look like they’ve gained weight,” and “they look like they’ve lost weight.” Challenging the structural unrealistic body ideals won’t be instant or easy. It’s a movement that takes time, setbacks and strides, but we have to start somewhere.

Maya Minocha is a senior from Manhattan studying strategic communications journalism and business.

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Engineering students host GEAK5 race MADDY TANNAHILL @maddytannahill

In April, the Graduate Engineering Association at the University of Kansas will collaborate with Counseling and Psychological Services to host the first-ever “GEAK5,” a 5K race to promote mental and physical health and raise funds for the GEA. Simon Velasquez Morales, a second-year graduate student in chemical engineering as well as a GEA ambassador, has played a primary role in the creation and development of the GEAK5. “As a student, we kind of go through ups and downs depending on the stress level,” Velasquez Morales said. “For the GEA, we have social events, professional events, but there’s nothing on health. So I thought that it would be a great idea to try to get students to compliment that part of their life, so that’s how it really came about.” The 5K has been in the works since May 2018, and Velasquez Morales said that the development has been a learning experience for

everyone involved. Despite the learning curve, a committee of roughly 13 individuals — including Velasquez Morales — has brought what was once just an idea into fruition by reaching out to sponsors, vendors and other marketing organizations. “It’s kind of brand new for everybody involved,” Velasquez Morales said. One important part of the planning process was coming up with a catchy name for the event, where Velasquez Morales and company eventually settled on GEAK5, a title that encompasses the GEA’s initials mixed with a bit of humor. “Everybody in engineering is a little geeky, so it’s perfect,” Velasquez Morales said. Within the past few months, the organization has reached out to CAPS for help in promoting the mental health aspect of the run/walk, seeking assistance from professionals to educate participants on mental and physical health. One of those professionals is Dr. Christian Vargas, a staff psychologist and outreach coordinator for CAPS, who will be tabling

Contributed photo The Graduate Engineering Association is hosting GEAK5, a run/walk promoting mental and physical health, on April 14. at the start and finish lines of the race. “We’re going to have some of our educators there as well some staff so we’re available to talk to folks that are interested in learning more about CAPS services or talking about students’ mental

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health overall,” Vargas said. Vargas also said that CAPS plans to have giveaways for participants, as well as handouts and brochures on mental health. While a primary goal of the GEAK5 revolves around mental and physical health awareness, it also serves as an opportunity to raise funds for the GEA, specifically for travelling to conferences and other professional opportunities. The entry fee is $15 for students and $25

for non-students, but those prices will raise by about $5 after Feb. 28. Donations will also be accepted. “We would love to raise $5000, [because] that should cover all the expenses that we should have and also give money back to students in the way of travel awards,” Velasquez Morales said. “The GEA’s main purpose is to provide social and professional, and also travel, help to students. So it’s a fundraiser in a way to promote more travel to conferences and showcase our students.”

With over 600 students participating in the program, Velasquez Morales explained that he hopes to raise enough money through the run/walk to expand the number of engineering students who can attend conferences across the country. More information regarding GEAK5 can be found on the School of Engineering website as well as on the GEA’s Facebook (@geaukan) and Instagram (ku_gea). The race is scheduled to take place on April 14.

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Hoppel continues to impress at Big 12 Championships BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real

To say that junior Bryce Hoppel has been on a roll would be the understatement of the year. His momentum has been incredible, with multiple seasons capped by All-American finishes and broken school records. And last Saturday at the 2019 Big 12 Championships in Lubbock, Texas, was no different. Hoppel was first a member of the Big 12 champion distance medley relay team (9:57.78) — alongside senior Dylan Hodgson, junior Cody Johnson and redshirt sophomore Ethan Donley — but it was his second victory that stood out the most. After winning the 800-meter race at the 2018 Big 12 Championships (1:47.20) — as well as setting the Texas Tech Open Meet record (1:48.44) on Feb. 2 — expectations were high for Hoppel to repeat as Big 12 champion in 2019. His performance left nothing in doubt, proving to be a testament to Hoppel’s work ethic and reaffirmed the fact that Hoppel is, still, one of the best 800-meter runners in the nation. After the first lap, Hoppel’s lead continued to grow, raising questions

Junior Bryce Hoppel competes in the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular on Friday, Jan. 18 about whether or not he could keep up this almostfrantic pace that gave him such a convincing lead on Iowa State’s Festus Lagat, whose personal record of 1:48.80 also made him one of the favorites in the race. Hoppel, on the other hand, had a personal record of 1:47.09 — the second-fastest time in Kansas track and field history — heading into the race, but was looking for an NCAA Indoor Championships qualifying time to get himself back

in the national picture. While Lagat and others seemingly played catchup, Hoppel continued to push the pace, looking as determined as he has in any championship race he’s ran during his career at Kansas. And again, this led to destroying his personal record with a commanding 1:46.35 finish to defend his 800-meter Big 12 crown in convincing fashion. While that is both a new Kansas (Jeremy Mims, 1:47.04) and personal

record, Hoppel’s eyes are always on greater heights. Again, Hoppel is one

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the national level is where the best runners prove their worth.

“A couple of national titles would definitely be the goal right now and maybe even the Olympics down the road.” junior Bryce Hoppel

of the best 800-meter runners in the nation, and while Big 12 championships are respectable, success on

“I want to be a national champion for sure,” Hoppel said in an interview with the Kansan last year. “I want to make

it six-time All-American. I expect myself to be there every year. A couple of national titles would definitely be the goal right now and maybe even the Olympics down the road.” But that still shouldn’t downplay his recent success and the current run that he’s on. Hoppel is a three-time All-American, and has run the ninth (1:48.36), eighth (1:48.10), seventh (1:47.96), fourth (1:47.20), third (1:47.09) and firstbest indoor 800-meter times in Kansas track and field history. He also catapulted to the No. 4 time in the NCAA this indoor season with his time at the Big 12 championships this past weekend. And he’s only a junior, with the rest of this indoor season and all of outdoor in the spring to “pad his stats.” It also is worth noting that Hoppel’s success has coincided with the men’s track and field team being ranked No. 12 in the latest USTFCCCA poll. At this point in the season, momentum and confidence is everything as the NCAA indoor championships are just two weeks away. And right now, it’s safe to say that Hoppel has plenty of both, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down any time soon.

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Kansas at Oklahoma St., Saturday, Mar. 2, 11:00 a.m.

Junior forward Mitch Lightfoot spins and draws a foul against Kansas State. The Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats 64-49 Monday, Feb. 25. MADDY TANNAHILL & BRADEN SHAW @KansanSports

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OKLAHOMA ST 10-18 (3-12 BIG 12)

Ochai Agbaji

Cameron McGriff

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Mitch Lightfoot

Thomas Dziagwa

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Lightfoot has made a name for himself at Kansas as an energy boost off the bench, and this was particularly evident on Monday night against Kansas State. The junior posted nine points, five rebounds and three blocks in a season-high 31 minutes. While those are starter minutes, Lightfoot will still most likely be used as a change-of-pace big man off the bench, which is a role Lightfoot thrives in.

One of the most lethal outside shooters for Oklahoma State, Dziagwa is shooting over 40 percent from beyond the arc. The 6-foot-4 guard also scored 11 points in the Cowboys’ 84-72 thumping at the hands of the Jayhawks on Feb. 9, shooting 3-of-6 from three-point range. Prior to a rough outing against Kansas State on Saturday, Dziagwa tallied back-to-back 23-point performances.

Quentin Grimes

Isaac Likekele

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Looking solely at statistics, Agbaji has dropped off significantly in his last two games, scoring a combined two points. However, the prior 12 games Agbaji played in suggest otherwise. After burning his redshirt, Agbaji is shooting over 50 percent from the floor, while scoring 20-plus points three times, including 23 points against Oklahoma State on Feb. 9.

As the Cowboys’ main surge of offense in their first matchup with the Jayhawks, McGriff had his way with the Kansas defense in Allen Fieldhouse, recording a team-high 22 points in his highest output since Nov. 25 against LSU. Lately though, the junior has seemingly entered a scoring drought, scoring just 19 points in Oklahoma State’s last four games combined.

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It has almost become a running joke at this point as people continue to question the legitimacy of Grimes’ top10 recruit status. However, Grimes played a pivotal role on the defensive end and added a quiet 12 points on Monday night against K-State, shooting 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. For Grimes, the best thing to do at this point in the season is to be on the aggressive front and drive in the lane.

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Beginning to establish some consistency toward the end of an up-and-down freshman campaign, Likekele has averaged just over 12 points per game through the last seven matchups for the Cowboys, including an impressive 14-point outing in Lawrence. Coming into his own after starting all season for Oklahoma State, the recent success of the young guard bodes well for the struggling Cowboy program.

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