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Lejuez to stay interim provost

firm will be used in the process to find candidates.

Lejuez told the Kansan he has already applied for the permanent Provost position.

“I’m very honored to be in this role and I look forward to serving over this extended interim period.”

Carl Lejuez Interim provost Kansan file photo Chancellor Doug Girod recently announced that Interim Provost Carl Lejuez will stay in the position through spring of 2019. Lejuez has taken the reigns on the University’s $20 million budget cuts.

NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury Chancellor Douglas Girod announced on Thursday that Interim Provost Carl Lejuez would remain in the position until spring of 2019.

“I’m very honored to be in this role and I look forward to serving over this extended interim period,” Lejuez said in an email with the Kansan.

In his original statement on the vacancy of the position in April, Girod said a decision would be made “in the coming weeks.” In the wake of $20 million budget reduction, Girod decided to keep Lejuez on board as “there is value in stability during such a complicated budget process.”

Lejuez, who was previously the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, came into the

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position after the previous provost, Neeli Bendapudi, left the University to be president of the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

Lejeuz has been the primary spokesperson for the ongoing budget town halls and the $20 million budget cuts.

The nuances of the search for the Provost are expected to be revealed during the spring 2019 semester; though, a search

In addition to Lejuez’s extended tenure, the search for the Vice Chancellor for Research is still ongoing, according to Girod. Currently, Rodolfo Torres holds the interim role for the position, after taking over from previous interim vice chancellor for research, John Colombo.

Candidate visits for the vice chancellor position are projected to occur in September, and the University is said to be on track to announce finalists by the end of the semester.

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Provost to hold town hall meeting NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury

Still have questions about the University’s recently-announced $20 million budget cuts? Interim Provost Carl Lejuez will be hosting another budget town hall in Eaton Hall on Aug. 27 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Lejuez will be updating the breakdown of the $20 million cuts, and answering questions from students and faculty about the budget reduction and strategies to address the cuts.

“We’re committed to making sure students have the academic research and

quality of life they came to KU for,” Lejuez said.

This is the second town hall Lejuez has hosted in an effort to be transparent with University students and faculty, as he stated in an earlier interview with the Kansan.

“We put the budget in a PowerPoint, and that’s never happened. Any spending we do, we’re going to share it,” Lejuez said in the interview. “My goal is — no matter who the next Provost is — I want to make the culture here one of transparency. So at all times, our student and faculty don’t have to trust me, they can see it for themselves.”

Student shares human trafficking scare experience KALLI JO SMITH @kallijosmith After stopping outside of a gas station in Hays on her way home from a Universal Cheer Camp, Olivia Bannister, a junior from Iola, noticed a man in the gas station that seemed oddly interested in her.

As Bannister used the restroom, she said the same man continued to wait directly outside for her and proceeded to ask her questions about her personal life.

“At this point I’m getting kind of creeped out and he follows me to the checkout counter and asks if I’m sure I don’t need any help and I say yes, and as I’m paying for my drink he asks, ‘Well can I talk to you for a second?’” Bannister said.

Walking toward the cashier, he followed Bannister out to her car, she said. Becoming frustrated, Bannister walked to another car that wasn’t hers as the stranger asked her questions like, “Why are you out here by yourself?”

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

“Where are you from?”

After the incident, Bannister said she didn’t call the police, but did take to Twitter to express how the incident had scared her, cautioning others to be vigilant when out by themselves.

Bannister is not the first to share a story like this.

In the past month, multiple people in the Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa areas have taken to social media to caution women and girls about traveling places alone by sharing incidents

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similar to Bannister’s.

As many post about their fears of sex trafficking in the Midwest area, Adrianne Nuñez, human trafficking program coordinator for the Willow Domestic Violence Center, said it’s an issue that needs to be discussed, but with the right facts.

Nuñez said individuals who are already in vulnerable situations to start with are the most likely victims.

In 2017, of the nearly 25,000 runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, one in seven were most likely victims of sex trafficking, according to NCMEC. Of those runaways reported, 88 percent of those children were in the care of social services when they went missing.

“Honestly, what I see the most of from those who are sex trafficked are individuals in vulnerable communities that get recruited through emotional and psychological restraints,” Nuñez said. “Last fiscal year we served 70 something people, a very

small amount of those people were being physically taken or restrained.

I do have clients it’s happened to, but a majority of clients were homeless, or in rehab for substance abuse.”

The Kansan reached out to the Lawrence Police

Department and KU Public Safety Office to comment on local trafficking risks, but neither party returned those requests.

Another vulnerable group of individuals are LGBTQ children and children in the Foster Care System who later find themselves on the street, according to Nuñez.

Nuñez cautioned however, this wasn’t a reason for others to not be vigilant.

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, between the years of 2012 and 2017, 2017 saw the most amount of reports, 51, for sex trafficking in Kansas.

However, Nunez said statistics on sex trafficking are hard to distinguish due to the of the lack of reporting that actually takes place.

“Most of the time these people aren’t reporting because of the repercussions they could face from their own traffickers,” she said.

Nunez mentioned hotspots for trafficking in Kansas tend to be in larger cities like Topeka and Kansas City, which connect

to main highways, but advised trafficking can happen anywhere.

Nuñez said the biggest ways in which individuals are recruited for sex trafficking, especially young people, are by traffickers reaching out to them on social media, typically in a romantic way.

Other ways in which traffickers might get ahold of young people is by posting advertisements that offer payment for traveling or modeling, Nuñez said.

“Don’t trust those because those are definitely recruiting tools for sex trafficking,” Nuñez said.

Nuñez cautioned that everyone should carry mace with them and consider taking self-defense classes.

“We live in a day and age where if someone, women especially, want to go to a grocery store or out for a run, we have to think about what time of the day it is,” Nuñez said. “My advice to people is to trust your gut. If you feel threatened in anyway, get out of that situation.”

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Four positions, including the provost, are currently held by interim leaders. Officials say it’s “not at all unusual”

NICOLE ASHBURY @NicoleAshbury Within the past year, four departments at the University have been taken over by interim leaders, including the Provost and the Dean of Engineering, but campus officials say the flux is not at all unusual.

“Sometimes just with the way things change over, there will be a time where we have several interim positions open,” said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations.

Currently, the positions that have yet to be filled are the Provost, the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Dean of Engineering. While some search processes have already begun, others have been pushed back for as far as spring of 2019.

Chancellor Douglas Girod recently announced that in an effort to have stability through the $20 million budget reduction, current interim provost Carl Lejuez will remain in the position through the next semester. The news comes following an initial announcement from Girod on April 17, claiming the search for a new, official provost would begin “in the coming weeks.”

And until the Provost is officially appointed, the

KANSAN FILE PHOTO Strong Hall is home to many members of the University’s upper administration.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will still have interim dean Clarence Lang at the helm.

Lang explained that having interims take over is a common practice at any unit, including the non-academic ones on campus, and the positions can occur for a variety of different reasons.

Lang listed a possible illness or a temporary leave as some of the reasons for interims existing, but in his case, it’s the departure of previous Provost Neeli Bendapudi to the University of Louisville.

“You can find at any given time a handful of people

who have had to fill a role that was vacated — those would be interims,” Lang said.

Regardless of only temporarily fulfilling the role, Lang explained he still has the ability to make the same decisions as someone permanently in the role of the dean would have.

“An acting or interim person is in power to make the decisions that need to be made,” Lang said. “In this case, even though my role is being an interim, I have the authority, the prerogative and the privileges of making decisions as are necessary, of course in consultation with various people

within the College.”

Other positions on campus, like the Vice Chancellor for Research, have remained unfilled for an even longer period of time. Rodolfo Torres replaced John Colombo as the latest interim vice chancellor in April, and prior to that, Colombo served in the position for eight months.

Girod recently announced candidates will be visiting in September to permanently fill the role, and stated that finalists would be announced by the end of the fall 2018 semester.

As for the Dean of Engineering, Lejuez said a

basis in a way that the public can understand what scholars are talking about, and that’s really important not only because it benefits, I think, the populous — it helps people understand the world they live in, understand each other, have new perspectives on their experiences and their interactions — but also because the tax-base is really important to the funding of humanities research and work, and of course, the University itself. So if you have a tax base that doesn’t understand what is going on at the University, why should they continue to let their tax dollars go towards things like the University, and or the National Endowment for Humanities, which of course is under fire.

KANSAN: How is the Hall Center handling the recent budget cuts? Is that going to affect anything in the future?

BISHOP: It’s hard to say.

I hope not. I hope it will continue to be just as robust with our programming as ever. We’re very lucky to be well-endowed through charitable gifts from the Hall Family Foundation, our namesake.

It certainly does impact our budget. I think that fundraising is really important and we’re going to continue to do as much fundraising as we can.

KANSAN: How is KU and the Lawrence community unique?

BISHOP: Lawrence has a

really spirited and passionate community of artists and art lovers and culture lovers and of course this is a college town, lots of scholars, lots of really well-educated people.

My personal feeling is that the Hall Center should be bringing the most cutting-edge thinkers and creatives and scholars to the Lawrence community, and as much as possible to the state of Kansas. So we do an event every year where we go to Wichita, it’s called KU in Wichita. We take a scholar from KU and we bring them to the Wichita Arts Center.

I think we’re trying to think more about how we reach more portions of the state with this kind of programming, because I think it’s really, really important.

But at the same time I think it’s really important we try to have conservations that engage everyone.

There can be a tendency to see universities in college towns across the country as sort of set apart, so there’s this kind of division between town and gown. So how do you help people feel really engaged in the life of the University if they’re not apart of it, and how do you not exclude people who feel a little intimidated by certain kinds of scholarship?

So how do we make sure that everybody’s getting to hear the scholarship and isn’t just not engaging the campus.

KANSAN: Is there a specific speaker you’re excited

for in this lecture series?

BISHOP: Oh gosh they’re all really awesome is all I can say. They’re all exciting. Neil Gaiman is probably going to be the biggest draw. We’re expecting to sell out, tickets are free, but we’re expecting to have the total theatre taken up at the Lied Center, so 2,000 seats.

I know a lot of organizations in Lawrence have wanted to have Neil Gaiman come for a long time. And so we feel really lucky that we were able to bring him in and make him free so that everybody can access his talk. The other speakers are also incredible.

Editor’s note: Neil Gaiman is a bestselling author of Coraline and other works of poetry, film, journalism, and drama. He’ll be at the Lied Center on Nov. 19.

KANSAN: Do you have any role models?

search has already begun.

However, at the preference of the engineering faculty and leadership, the search is not being guided by a firm — partially due to the cost.

“They [the faculty from engineering] felt confident in getting the right candidates and undertaking the process,” Lejuez said.

For all of these searches, the details are meant to be more readily available to the public, according to Lejuez. Generally, the process starts with a search committee, and sometimes, a search firm.

Months are spent gathering applicants, and bringing in an estimated six to 10 people for confidential interviews for the position. Following the initial pooling, the applicants are stratified to three to four finalists, according to Lejuez.

For the upcoming Provost search, the exact details for the upcoming search have not been fully released.

“I think we’ve done a really good job of balancing the importance of doing it right, but also in a timely manner,” Lejuez said. “I know from my position, the Chancellor has encouraged me to do the due job. I think it’s really important for folks that are in an interim role to care most about the long-term health of the University.”

Hall Center names new associate director LARA KORTE @LaraKorte After being named interim association director in December, De Soto native Sarah Bishop was given the permanent position at the Hall Center for Humanities over the summer.

Previously the chief communications officer at the Lawrence Arts Center, Bishop now handles the day-to-day operations of the Hall Center, including program development and fundraising.

As the Center prepares for this year’s lecture series, Bishop sat down with the Kansan to talk about the organization’s mission and challenges it faces in the current climate.

Answers have been edited for length and clarity.

KANSAN: The nation, and KU in particular, has been forced to confront some tough issues recently.

What is the Hall Center’s role in this contentious time?

BISHOP: I think it’s really important. The new director will have a clear vision and goals. But one thing I’ve been pushing a lot during my time here is public humanities. This idea that we can’t have humanities research be something that is really just taking place on campus and that’s only being shared with other scholars and graduate students.

Instead, it’s something that needs to be shared with the public on a regular

BISHOP: I have many fabulous role models that I’ve been proud to work with. Kathy Porsch, amazing role model who works in the grant office who’s really helped me get every single job I’ve ever had.

Susan Tate, who was the CEO of the Lawrence Art Center for a long time has been an incredible role model for me. And I have really just loved working with both Clarence [Lang] and Marta [Caminero-Santangelo]. I think they have just been so fun to work with and they have such creative ideas and just so good with the staff and I just hope that our permanent director will be half as good as them.

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Study: Students spending less on books JULIANA GARCIA @slim_jim09

Although a trip to the bookstore may leave some students cringing, course expenses across the country have gone down in recent years.

The National Association of College Stores reports students across the nation are spending at least $200 less on course materials than they did one decade ago. Last year, students spent an average of $484 on course materials, a $92 decrease from 2016-17.

Locally, the sale numbers at the KU Bookstore have decreased over the last five years, in accordance with the report.

However, the number of units sold has increased, according to KU Bookstore Director Jen O’Connor.

This is because of a $2.50 decrease in unit prices, coupled with increased use of digital materials and Open Education Resources, O’Connor said.

We really look at the units because that’s when we know people are really coming to the bookstore and not going elsewhere,” O’Connor said.

While the NACS report found campus bookstores to be the main stop for students purchasing course materials, it also

found that more and more students are finding ways to access free course materials.

The NACS reported that almost 20 percent of students downloaded course materials for free during the 2017-18 academic year. Valerie Jardon, a senior from Overland Park studying mechanical engineering, said professors within the School of Engineering sometimes give students a digital version of the textbook.

“We have a lot of professors that will have a PDF version of their book,” Jardon said. “Or, sometimes they’ll bring it to class already published, and give us a copy.”

Amu Nuney, a sophomore from Overland Park, who is studying both biology and anthropology, purchased $230 worth of textbooks for the semester from the KU Bookstore.

“I think [$230] is definitely lower than I’ve spent in past semesters,” Nuney said. “But, I think it’s just because I decided not to buy printed books this time. I decided to buy e-books or rent books.”

The effort to avoid high textbook prices is not only a concern for students, but it is also something the bookstore is working on. O’Connor said the bookstore is

File Photo/KANSAN Bookstore prices may seem high, but a new study finds that students are spending less on textbooks than they have in the past decade.

working on different solutions to continue to bring prices down for students, including the Open Education

Resources.

Staff members at the KU Bookstore are a part of the textbook affordability task force, which former

Provost Neeli Bendapudi initiated, O’Connor said.

The task force works with both on-campus libraries and the bookstore to

SYDNEY HOOVER @sydhoover17 After 10 years on campus, the KU Dance Marathon is rebranding itself as “Kansas Miracle,” calling this “the new generation of KU Dance Marathon.”

want to bring it back to the families, because we feel like a lot of students view us as, like, ‘oh, they’re just asking for money, they just want us to give money,’ but we are making an impact,” Maloney said. “More than anything we just want to empower students to lend a hand to somebody who’s so close.”

Additionally, the new name isn’t the only change Kansas Miracle will see this year. They said that although there are still details to work out before releasing any other information, the organization has a lot more in the works to accompany the rebranding.

“For us, the whole idea of the year has changed,” Hardesty said. “It’s like, ‘okay, what’s inspiring us right now, what are we going to do, and how are

bring resources such as Openstax, a website that provides free, downloadfriendly material for college students.

The bookstore’s latest efforts include a program called Auto Access, in which students are given access from day one to all of their course materials online.

Students enrolled in Personal and Community Health this semester are testing out the program for the bookstore.

“Last year in the spring, students paid $125 for the [Personal and Community Health] book,” O’Connor said. “Delivering it this way, it’s $70. It’s saving each student $55, which is amazing.”

Auto Access is also an option for HSES 260 students, so if they decide they don’t want to use it, they can opt out free of charge within two weeks. If the test run of the program goes well and students like it, the bookstore will open up Auto Access for more courses in the spring.

“We’re all in,” O’Connor said. “We understand that cost is high. We sell more than textbooks, we sell some apparel, too. And textbooks aren’t going away, but if we can save the students money, we want to be there to support.”

KU Dance Marathon changes name to Kansas Miracle

“...We just want to empower students to lend a hand to somebody who’s so close.”

Katelynn Malone Kansas Miracle

The organization, which provides emotional and financial support to the families of children in KU Pediatrics, announced the renaming on Aug. 17 on its Twitter page, stating that “big changes happened this summer.”

Kansas Miracle Executive Director Ellie Hardesty had the idea for the change last May, and quickly contacted her vice president of external affairs, Katelynn Maloney.

“Katelynn just kind of took it and ran with it,” Hardesty said.

Hardesty said that between the two of them, they were able to create an entirely new look for KU Dance Marathon in the span of about two months, completely changing their original plan for the year.

Kansas Miracle will still be associated with Dance Marathon through Children’s Miracle Network, but Hardesty believes the new name will allow the event to be more successful, and gain more student involvement.

“Above how we look, we

Hardesty and Maloney also agreed that the event isn’t only about a monetary goal, but about showing support to families dealing with pediatric illness.

“I want it to be the best party on campus on Saturday. Honestly, I want people to show up and be like, ‘wow, I didn’t realize this was going to be so much fun,’” Hardesty said.

“I just hope it’s the best day ever. Because it’s the best day for our kids, and it’s the best day for me … if everybody strides out of there saying, ‘I’m so glad I went,’ my personal goal will be met.”

Kansas Miracle has not set a date for the “day of,” as they are calling the event, but are aiming for mid-February. They have fundraisers and other events scheduled throughout September,

Elizabeth Hill/KANSAN Ellie Hardesty (left) and Katelynn Maloney (right)—executive members of KU Miracle—shared their plans to promote the organization and its positive impacts on the community.

we going to make the most of it?’”

In the end, they said, the goal of the event is still the same: to “ignite a movement” and “fight against pediatric illness,” according to the organization’s website.

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Nabi: Youth is the future of change YUSRA NABI @ynabi27

FFA of the Day: women are dope addiction is just a part of life Pros of waking up when your first class starts: more sleep.

Cons: ?

“I’m not driving 100 miles for Tinder.”

I’m not a socialist *because* I want to die I’m riding on that TBE. Tired bitch energy.

My favorite hobby is shopping on Amazon instead of doing homework that’s due in 7 hours

LITERALLY checking my emails at the club ... Why am I like this? if u have to identify yourself with big dick energy, do you really have the energy of a big dick? hey ku please tell me why i spent longer riding the bus across the street from campus than i did in my class i came from Good morning! I miss Obama I had a dream last night Kris Kobach was teaching a Spanish class at KU but he was always wrong. I think at one point he was speaking French You’re only allowed one meme tattoo before you just become an idiot I’m generally a woman respecter I am a slut for almond butter

* sadly * Ugh, I wish I were dead

Marches, walk-outs, protests, boycotts; these are the physical embodiments of our core freedoms. But we don’t realize that it‘s often practiced and organized by those we least expect.

Young individuals are no longer relying on their elders to make change.

The recent rise in youth activism – from March For Our Lives to students in North Carolina protesting the confederate statues, and all the way to teenagers in in Bangladesh rallying for road safety – has spited the common misconception that teenagers in our generation are irrational and immature.

Young people across the globe have shown the world quite the contrary.

Historically, students have always been on the forefront of national reform. Age has never prevented activists in the past. In 1957, Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students, fought to desegregate Little Rock Central High, an all-white high school in Arkansas. During World War II, high schoolers from across the United States protested, proclaiming: “Old Enough To Fight, Old Enough To Vote.” This led to the implementation of the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, lowering the minimum voting age to 18. Time and time again, youth activism has brought positive change to society.

Right now, we’re seeing an extraordinary surge in youth activism. The Parkland students are a prime example of this: Their movement, March For Our Lives, advocates for stronger gun-control legislation.

Though the U.S. na-

Associated Press Police stand guard after the confederate statue known as Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. tional voting age is 18, a 16-year-old high school student, Amy Campbell-Oates, fronted the March For Our Lives movement. The rally she organized was one of the largest single-day protests in Washington D.C.’s history with an estimated 800,000 attendees. Campbell-Oates demonstrates that there is no age limit for leadership and advocacy.

Earlier this week, students at the University of North Carolina tore down a confederate statue located on campus. According to NPR news, a crowd of 250 students protested on their first day of class to condemn white supremacy by taking down the 100-year-old statue dubbed “Silent Sam.” Other often overlooked examples include the young people on the front line of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the group of American Indian youth who helped spark

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ter a speeding bus killed two teenagers, students demanded that the Bangladeshi government improve their transportation policies. Three thousand pedestrians die each year in the country due to road accidents, according to the World Health Organization. The police injured more than 115 students during these protests, and it even led to the government shutting down public high schools for the time being. This did not stop the protesters, some as young as 14, from fighting for what is just.

Teenagers have also taken activism to the next level by deciding to run for political office in their local elections. In Kansas, six teenagers ran for governor this March, some of whom were not old enough to vote themselves.

Young people today have more power to change the world than those before them. Unlike generations in the past, we

have access to one of the most powerful methods of communication in history: social media.

With one click, this generation has the capability to broadcast their message and rally millions people for the cause.

Willingness to change the status quo for the better has always been a motivating factor in the youths’ call for action. Tired of being underestimated and waiting for their elders to promote change, young people continue to force us to engage in difficult conversations regarding the future that they will inherit. This has sparked a new era of youth activism, where young individuals are taking matters into their own hands in order to make a difference.

We’re living in an exciting time. Be a part of it.

Yusra Nabi is a senior from Olathe studying political science and journalism.

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the Standing Rock movement in South Dakota.

But the United States isn’t the only location where youth activism is growing. Across the globe, in Nicaragua, college students were among the first to hold rallies against the proposed social security reform by President Ortega – which would increase taxes while decreasing citizen benefits. Students are also protesting against the construction of a canal through Nicaragua which would be detrimental to the environment.

These very students are currently met by lethal repression from their own government. Since April, at least 317 people have been killed in the violence and many students are fleeing to their neighboring country, Costa Rica.

Let us also not forget the tens of thousands of students in Bangladesh who rallied earlier this month to fight for safer roads in Dhaka City. Af-

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“You have potential, kid. Don’t screw it up.”

Ever heard that backhanded compliment? Maybe not from other people, or in so many words, but in the form of a quiet anxiety underlying your decision-making. The fear of falling short of our potential, or not achieving a standard of success is a hallmark of our generation. They’re symptoms of perfectionism, and their

pull is hard to resist.

To those of us with ambitions, anxiety or just a classic case of millennial delusions of grandeur, perfectionism can be debilitating. We take on too many responsibilities, then crash and burn when we can’t keep up. We want to keep our figures of authority happy and we bend over backwards to be in everybody’s good book – sometimes at the expense of our personal values.

Despite our heroic efforts, the vague, indefinable feeling of failure lingers on.

To be perfect is to meet criteria. It means ticking off a checklist, losing no

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points, being satisfactorily evaluated on all possible counts. But who’s making the criteria? And are we morally obligated to meet it?

Jean Paul Sartre, the revolutionary 20th century philosopher, argued that no, we’re not. In his famous essay, “Existentialism is a Humanism,” Sartre proposed that the only way to live an authentic life was to shun external claims on our choices and embrace the terrible truth that at the end of the day, we ourselves are the only ones who must live with our decisions. Not our parents, not our employers, not our professors: us alone.

When we take ownership and responsibility over our choices, we are no longer subject to external evaluations of who we are. Instead, we are free to act in accordance with

our personal values, goals and beliefs. This requires self-examination, certainly, and the willingness to sift through which motivations are our own and which are imposed on us by the outside world.

Maybe your values compel you to run for Student Senate; maybe your values compel you to join improv club and have a good laugh.

You’re in charge of who you are. You’re in charge of who you become.

As Sartre put it, we are “condemned to be free.”

We can use our freedom for the futility of trying to meet a million expectations, or we can use it to make our own.

This way of thinking comes at a price, of course. Taking responsibility for your choices means embracing their consequences, including, perhaps, missed opportunities and disappointed

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friends. It requires bravery and the stubborn refusal to blame others for what your choices bring. But the pay-off is worth it: perfectionism can’t take hold of someone who has defined their own criteria.

I asked for advice on a very messed-up, immature relationship a few years ago. After explaining the stupidity of such a bad match, my trusted confidant said this: “But you’re the one who’ll be in bed with him at night. Not me.”

You’re the one who, when the lights go out and the job is done, will be in bed with your decisions.

No one will be keeping score then. Let this be a freeing thought, even if a little heavy.

Rebekah Lodos is senior from London studying journalism and political science.

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Chakka: ‘Star Trek’ writer’s legacy lives on JAYA CHAKKA @jaiyaofthebees “Live long and prosper.”

Whether or not you are a Star Trek fan, chances are you’ve heard this phrase at least once. The words are commonly associated with Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock. The phrase actually originates from science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the script for the episode “Amok Time,” where the phrase first appeared.

Sturgeon was born in 1918 and passed away in 1985. Just over 100 years after his birth, his memory lives on at the Spencer Research Library.

The average college student may not be familiar with Sturgeon, as his writings were published between the 1930s and 1980s. Along with a handful of other authors, Sturgeon is considered to have been a pivotal force in the “Golden Age” of science fiction.

“He’s one of the figures associated with that turn away from ‘hard’ science fiction, moving into science fiction that’s grappling with social issues and relationships. He’s a master of the short story

and is known for bringing short stories from a sort of ‘pulp fiction’ to more of an art form,” said Dr. Elspeth Healey, a special collections librarian in charge of the Science Fiction Collection at the Spencer Research Library.

Sturgeon’s relationship with the University of Kansas formed in 1975 as a result of his friendship with Professor James Gunn. Gunn established the Summer Intensive Institute on Science Fiction Literature the previous year.

“During the second year, I decided it would be a good idea to bring in some guest writers to interact with the students. I invited three well-known writers in the field who I knew,” Gunn said.

Sturgeon, along with Gordon Dickson and Fred Pohl participated in the program every year until death or illness prevented them from doing so. Many of Sturgeon’s strongest ties to the University developed after he passed away. Gunn continued Sturgeon’s legacy after his death.

In 1973, Gunn became a selection jury member of the Campbell Conference,

2018 marks 100 years since the birth of science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon. which focused on science fiction, after his novel won the associated Campbell Award.

“In 1978, Brian Aldiss, one of the founders, was looking for a stable home for the Campbell Conference, and I agreed to do that,” Gunn said.

The conference was relocated to Lawrence, where it is still held today.

“After Ted Sturgeon died, I was asked by his significant other if I could

Sarah Wright/KANSAN Sturgeon’s books and manuscripts are stored at the Spencer Research Library.

think of some way to memorialize his work,” Gunn said. “I suggested that we offer a companion award to the Campbell Award to honor Ted’s memory.”

Thus, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award was born in 1987. The award is given to the best science fiction short story of the year, voted on by a committee associated with the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, established at the University in 1982.

Recently, in 2011, a large collection of Sturgeon’s works were donated to the Spencer Research Library.

“We actually have a couple different Sturgeon collections. There was a collection that came from his partner, Jayne Tannehill, not too long after he passed away,” said Healey.

“It made sense for the rest of the materials to come here, given that we already had an established collection.”

The collection includes everything from copies of

Sturgeon’s works — short stories, novels, and both published and unpublished film treatments — to personal notes, correspondence with colleagues and family, and even old report cards.

“I’m glad the family didn’t hold materials back.

They really gave all those things that are pertinent to his life and experience as a normal human who walked through the world and as a writer. It’s an amazingly rich resource for anyone interested in his biography and writing,” Healey said.

Sturgeon was wellloved as a person and as a writer.

“Ted invited me to his home on the Hudson River. We spent a day together just talking about various things. He was very charming and an intense sort of person,” Gunn said.

“He had this ability, when he was with somebody, to really listen to what they were saying and sympathize with them, try to understand them, appear to be their friend. Anybody

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who met him became his follower for life.”

Although, as one Los Angeles Times article points out, there seems to be little-to-no fanfare surrounding Sturgeon’s centenary — but never fear. The GCSSF already has plans in place to honor Sturgeon.

“We’re planning to have a celebration of Ted’s centenary as part of the Campbell Conference next summer,” Gunn said. “We tried to do it this summer, but it didn’t come together, so we want to do it next year.”

Students interested in Sturgeon can explore his collection at Spencer Research Library.

“These materials are here, and they’re here to be used,” Healey said. “[Students] can use the materials as a point of entry to a whole variety of science fiction writers who are represented in his papers.”

Perhaps this relatively-unsung literary hero will have a happy 100th birthday after all.

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Katzenberg: Bender is not the solution JAKOB KATZENBERG @KatzInHatz10

The most talked about storyline surrounding Kansas football this offseason — the three-way quarterback competition — came to a halt on Tuesday. Kansas football announced on Twitter that senior Peyton Bender will start in the season opener against Nicholls State.

This decision is a bit shocking when you consider how last year went. After struggling in the first half of the season, Bender was replaced by then-sophomore Carter Stanley. This came after Bender performed poorly in back-to-back shutout losses.

Eventually, Bender got the job back but coach David Beaty said Stanley would’ve been the guy if healthy.

Here is the bottom line: Bender just isn't the right guy to lead this offense and this team.

It is no secret that Beaty is in the hottest of seats right now.

His decision to start the quarterback who disappointed everyone connected to Kansas a season ago is an odd one.

Anyone besides Bender

would have been a better choice.

Bender is widely considered to have the best arm on the roster.

That being said, he has been wildly inconsistent with it, which is evident by his lackluster completion percentage of 54 percent.

When dropping back last year, there was no telling where the ball would end up: overthrown, underthrown or just completely off the mark. We’ve seen it all.

One play that comes to mind is the overthrown screen pass that West Virginia picked off and took for six. Turnovers like these have haunted the Jayhawks for years.

Last year, Kansas led the Big 12 in turnovers and had a turnover margin of -17, which ranked dead last out of all teams in Power Five conferences. That carelessness with the ball from Bender has cost the Jayhawks games and will continue to do so.

There are other outside factors to consider as well, particularly the offensive line, which has been shaky at best. In 2017, they allowed 29 sacks. Combine this with Bender’s immobility, in

Junior quarterback Peyton Bender throws a pass during practice on Tuesday, April 17.

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and outside the pocket, and you are looking at a recipe for disaster.

All of this raises the question: if Bender doesn’t start, then who should? The safest option and the one that gives Kansas the best chance to win is Carter Stanley.

Stanley is by no means a world beater, but he is the least likely to implode because of his ability to

take care of the ball.

Stanley has only thrown more than one interception in two games throughout his college career.

The high risk, high reward option of the three quarterbacks would be JUCO transfer sophomore Miles Kendrick. Kendrick is by far the best athlete of the three, with a knack for extending the

play when the pocket collapses.

He also has an "all football, all the time" mentality that has earned much praise from offensive coordinator Doug Meachem. On the downside, Kendrick stands only 5-foot-10 and had a rough spring throwing the ball.

Though starting Kendrick would be risky,

it would likely generate the most fan interest for a team that struggles to get fans to the stadium.

Simply put, the Jayhawks need a starting QB that can make plays and win games. With this decision to start Bender, Beaty has seemingly set Kansas up for failure from the get-go.

Kansas also returns fellow seniors Nina Khmelnitckaia and Janet Koch, who teamed up this summer to compete in the Oracle ITA National Summer Championships, which they would go on to win on Aug. 14.

spring schedule will encompass two spring tournaments, located in Orlando, Florida, and Stillwater, Oklahoma, in

addition to 21 duels.

“We are really excited and pleased with our fall and spring schedules,” Chapman said. “As the

level of the team has risen the last few years, we have really looked to push our players with our schedule.”

Tennis faces tough schedule, features 8 top-25 teams MADDY TANNAHILL @MaddyTannahill Coming off an impressive 17-8 season in 2017-18, capped off by a third-consecutive NCAA tournament trip, the Kansas tennis team approaches the fall season with high expectations.

Head coach Todd Chapman released the 2018-19 schedule Wednesday in an Athletics press release and, with eight top-25 teams on the agenda, the Jayhawks have a tough road in front of them.

Beginning with an invitational in Durham, North Carolina, from Sept.

14-16 hosted by Duke, Kansas will compete in eight tournaments during the fall season, ending in Surprise, Arizona, at the ITA National Fall Championships.

Of the teams the Jayhawks are scheduled to face, 13 competed in the 2018 NCAA tournament.

“We have always had

the mindset (that) we want to play the best possible schedule we can, so we can see what is working and what we need to improve (on) in each player’s overall development,” Chapman said in an Athletics press release. “We believe we have a really strong team this year, so it will be fun and exciting to see them get out and compete against some of the nation’s best teams.”

Losing only one senior at the conclusion of last season, the team will be led by a platoon of three seniors, including formerly No.1-ranked Anastasia Rychogava.

Despite missing the last 10 matches of the regular season due to injury, Rychogava maintained her position in the nation’s top 10 throughout the entirety of the season. Boasting an 18-3 mark overall last year, she will likely provide a primary source of leadership for the Jayhawks as they embark on the fall season.

“We believe we have a really strong team this year, so it will be fun and exciting to see them get out and compete...”

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Aside from the veterans, the Jayhawks have additionally acquired a top-20 ranked recruiting class this offseason, headlined by five-star recruit Julia Deming and “Blue Chip” prospect Malkia Ngounoue, who will each compete for Kansas this year.

Following the close of the fall season, Kansas’

Chance Parker/KANSAN Junior Nina Khmelnitckaia returns the ball against Oklahoma on Sunday, April 22. The Jayhawks defeated the Sooners 4-0.

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Arkansas spoils volleyball home opener JORDAN WOLF @JWolfAP

Just two days after an epic come-from-behind victory over Arkansas, Kansas was once again in search of a comeback against the Razorbacks Sunday. This time, though, the Jayhawks were unable to turn it around.

A sloppy start and failure to execute in key situations doomed Kansas, who fell in four sets (13-25, 2426, 25-21, 25-27) for its first loss of the season.

The match ended in a bit of controversy, as the referee called a ball from junior outside hitter Patricia Montero out on set point despite the Jayhawks having believed it touched a Razorbacks’ defender.

Coach Ray Bechard was out of challenges, though.

The call stood, and Arkansas won the match.

The point would’ve tied the game up at two sets each, and likely would’ve shifted all the momentum in Kansas’ favor, as it strung together a comeback attempt very similar to the one Friday.

While Bechard knows the impact the call had, he also knows it wasn’t the reason they lost.

“You can talk about how the fourth set ended, you can do a lot of different things,” Bechard said.

“But you’ve got to finish in the second set, when you have a lead like we had.”

That lead began at 24-21, but quickly disappeared as Arkansas went on a five-point run to close out the set. It’s easy to

Bob(Jiatong) Li/KANSAN Freshman middle blocker Rachel Langs tries to hit over the Arkansas defense Sunday Aug. 26. Kansas lost 3-1 against Arkansas.

wonder what could’ve happened if the fourth frame had gone the Jayhawks’ way, but imagine if they had tied the match at a set rather than going down by two sets.

Kansas had led for virtually the entire set, but couldn’t execute on set point as well as its opponents did. This proved to be the difference between Friday’s comeback effort and Sunday’s failed attempt at replicating it.

“There were some good exchanges, but you’ve got to finish sets,” Bechard

said. “You’ve got to finish sets ... just need to be a little better in-game.

The bumpy end to the second set came only after a rocky first set, in which the Jayhawks were pummeled 25-13. There’s few positives to take directly away from that, but Montero sees how the team responded after the frame as something they can hang their hats on.

“It wasn’t what we wanted, but I think we played hard,” Montero said. “I think we played for each other. It wasn’t pretty, but

we came up from a really bad first set, so I think our team needs credit for that, for bouncing back.”

Montero led the way offensively, finishing with 19 kills, but swinging for a relatively inefficient .217 hitting percentage. Including the exhibition opener against UMKC, she has now led the team in kills in all three games this season.

“She took some great swings,” Bechard said.

“Forty-six swings is too much, balance there needs to be better. But she took

some big-time swings for us.”

Freshman libero Lacey Angello finished with a match-high 19 digs in her first-career start after racking up 21 on Friday.

She also transitioned into the full-time libero role mid-match, switching into the solid-colored jersey to replace junior Allie Nelson, who largely remained on the court to run a sort of dual-libero system.

Bechard also turned to a two-player system at setter, as regular-starter sophomore Annika Carl-

son and senior Gabby Simpson both operated out of the position to provide some different looks for the attack.

“Our team is that way,” Bechard said of his lineup creativity. “It’s just interchangeable.”

Kansas will next travel to Lexington, Kentucky, for the Bluegrass Battle, a two-day tournament opened by a date with Dayton on Friday at 9 a.m. College of Charleston awaits later that night, with Kentucky looming on the horizon Saturday evening.

Soccer unable to capitalize in draw against Oregon LOGAN FRICKS @LoganFricks Despite controlling possession throughout the match, Kansas soccer was unable to claim victory Sunday over the Oregon Ducks, finishing in a 1-1 draw after 20 minutes of overtime.

The Jayhawks, now sitting at No. 18 in the country and 3-0-1, kept up defensive pressure throughout the game, not allowing Oregon to take a shot until the 68th minute.

Throughout the first half, Kansas controlled the pace of play both offensively and defensively, taking eight shots compared to Oregon’s zero.

In the 25th minute, the Jayhawks broke through with senior midfielder Kaycie Young scoring her first goal of the season off a breakaway set up by sophomore defender Isabella Cavalcante.

“I saw a gap in the defense and [Cavalcante]

athletes of the week

played a picture-perfect ball to me,” Young said, according to an Athletics press release.

Going into the half, Kansas led 1-0, putting three shots on goal and two other shots landing just off frame.

The Jayhawks started the second half aggressively, putting up four shots within the first ten minutes. Kansas continued to ramp up the defensive intensity, allowing only four shots by the Ducks.

However, Oregon finally put itself on the board in the 84th minute. Just a few minutes later at the end of regulation the teams sat tied 1-1, which forced overtime.

During the first overtime, only one shot was put up by Kansas, coming from redshirt senior midfielder Miriam Melvin. It was more of the same during the second overtime, as the Jayhawks managed just two shots to Oregon’s one shot, leading to the final score of 1-1.

The Jayhawks put up 19 total shots, seven of which were on goal, with Oregon’s goalkeeper Halla Hinriksdottir stifling the Kansas attack. On the other side, the Ducks finished with six shots, three being on goal.

Kansas put over a third of its shots on goal, but were only able to capitalize on one of them, an area coach Mark Francis hopes to improve by the end of the season.

“It’s disappointing, it kind of feels like a loss to be honest,” Francis said, according to the press release. “We left four really good chances out there that we didn’t put away and to finish the game off.”

Despite finishing in a draw, the Jayhawks statistically outplayed Oregon in nearly every way.

“I thought we played really well today. There were times when the football we were playing was really good,” Francis said.

“We did create opportuni-

Christian Toth/KANSAN Senior midfielder Kaycie Young creates a break against Pepperdine on Aug. 17.

ties, we’ve just got to be a little more clinical in the box. You can dominate the stats, doesn’t mean you win the game.”

Francis hopes to use this game as a learning opportunity moving forward.

“I said to the team, ‘If we learn something from this, we got to learn how to bury teams when we’re

Taylor Christie Soccer

Kansas soccer came away with a third straight victory on Friday, with junior forward Taylor Christie leading the way.

Christie scored twice against Oregon State, first in the 28th minute off an assist by fellow junior forward Katie McClure and again in the 40th minute on a breakaway. She also continued the trend of Kansas forwards scoring as well as tying for the team lead in goals scored with McClure (3).

ahead and we have the momentum,’” Francis said.

In her four years of collegiate soccer, Young knows getting an overtime game early in the season will help with the development of the team.

“Good test early on to get an overtime game under our belt and I think we can take a lot from it

Patricia Montero

— that we have to finish teams off early on when we do have the chances,” Young said. “But we’ll just take it to the next couple of games and learn from it.”

The Jayhawks remain unbeaten as they return to Lawrence to face the Utah Utes on Friday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at Rock Chalk Park.

Volleyball In the midst of splitting a home-and-home series against Arkansas over the weekend, junior outside hitter Patricia Montero stayed consistent throughout both matches. Montero once again led the team in kills, with 16 in the first match and a career-high 19 in the second effort at home. Even though she didn’t have a hitting percentage above .220 in either match, Montero was still the driving force behind the Jayhawks being in a position to win.