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Snoop Dogg stunned the crowd Friday at Late Night in the Phog with pole dancers and a money gun — Kansas Athletics apologized

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Kansas tennis went undefeated Saturday during its appearance at the SMU Invitational in Dallas, Texas.

Ad Astra podcasts

The University of Kansas’ student-run radio station, KJHK, airs an Ad Astra podcast series every Wednesday that explores topics from movies and music to mystery and dating.

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Campus emissions have increased since 2015 as several new buildings have been added. Due to this, the Center for Sustainability is working to reduce campus emissions through initiatives such as the Veoride bike share and increased LED lightbulb use.

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KU soccer against Oklahoma Thursday

The Jayhawks will face the Sooners on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in Norman, Oklahoma.

Snoop Dogg performs at the 35th annual Late Night in the Phog Friday, Oct. 4.

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Late Night in the Phog is known for having a wildly entertaining musical guest, but this year’s guest, Snoop Dogg, added a bit of controversy to the night.

While stripper poles, uncensored lyrics and even fake joints all seem like fairly normal sights for a hip-hop concert, it isn’t necessarily what you’d expect to see during the opening celebration of a college basketball program.

After the performance, Kansas coach Bill Self admitted Snoop’s performance was far from what he expected.

“I didn’t know that there was going to be anything like that,” Self said. “I was told this was radio-edited and everything else.

That’s not the direction that any-

body at our school would want that to go at all.”

Athletics Director Jeff Long also voiced his displeasure with the performance in an email statement after the event.

“I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting all the details of the performance.”

Jeff Long Kansas Athletics director

“We apologize for the Snoop Dogg performance at Late Night,” Long said. “We made it clear to

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the entertainers’ managers that we expected a clean version of the show and took additional steps to communicate to our fans, including moving the artist to the final act of the evening, to ensure that no basketball activities would be missed if anyone did not want to stay for his show.”

“I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting all the details of the performance and offer my personal apology to those who were offended,” he said. “We strive to create a family atmosphere at Kansas and fell short of that this evening.”

Before the show, fans could tell the 35th annual Late Night in the Phog’s special guest was going to be much different from years prior. When setting up, girls wearing knee high stiletto boots rolled out Continue on page 7

Homeless drop-in center provides refuge Katie Counts

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Mindy Bentley, 57, and William Gallagher, 66, have been homeless on-and-off for years, but best friends for decades. They like watching TV, drinking coffee and playing sports together — they’ve participated in several Special Olympics. Now at a new homeless drop-in center, they have a place to do some of those things.

“It really is serving a need,” said Loring Henderson, co-director of the center.

The Drop-In And Rest (DARE) Center was founded by Henderson and Ruth Stromberg on June 3. Open from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. during the week, DARE is meant to be a place for Lawrence’s homeless community to rest and relax.

Bentley and Gallagher said they both have housing, but the DARE center is a place for them to hang out and use the center’s resources with others who are homeless.

“We have different aspects that cover homelessness, but no place like this,” Henderson said.

Lawrence has the Lawrence Community Shelter, Family Promise, and Willow Domestic

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Kansas football offensive coordinator Les Koenning has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately, according to a release coach Les Miles sent out Sunday evening.

Senior offensive consultant Brent Dearmon has been promoted to the role of offensive coordinator.

Miles issued a statement on Koenning: “I would like to thank coach Koenning for his contributions to Kansas Football,” Miles said in the release. “This was a difficult decision, but it is in the best interest of our football program both now and in the future. There is still a lot of football left to play this season, and I want to put our players in the best position to be successful, which is why I am making the change now.”

Miles hired Koenning in January 2019. Koenning had previously coached at Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Alabama.

Dearmon was also hired to the staff in January 2019. He came from Bethel University, where Continue on page 7

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tional Nutrition Kitchen (LINK), which serves meals. Part of the planning behind DARE’s location was to give people a place to go after meals wrap up at LINK. The space itself is about 870 square feet and can accommodate about 20 guests at a time, Henderson said.

In September, almost 500 people checked into the center.

On Sept. 1, the Lawrence Community Shelter reduced the number of beds by half because of budget cuts. The shelter’s capacity decreased from 125 to 65.

University of Kansas researchers recently published a study that details how vaping and e-cigarette advertisements influence young adults and lead them to believe that usage is not addictive or harmful to them.

Participants reported that the advertisements show both social and health benefits, such as increased friendships and a safe alternative to smoking, according to a news release.

The study also determined that the advertisements motivated non-smokers to start using e-cigarettes. Additionally, participants were interested in the technical and emotional appeal of the products and when participants searched for information, there was little validation of information shown in the advertisements.

“These e-cig companies steal the entire playbook from the tobacco industry,” said Yvonnes Chen, associate professor of journalism, in the news release. “You see the ‘cool factor,’ the sex appeal and all the same tactics cigarette companies used in advertising.

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Danny Bailey comes to the center every day for survival, coffee, food.

Violence Shelter, but DARE fills the gap for people who need a place during the day.

DARE has a washer and dryer, two showers, a library, T.V. and coffee and donated snacks. Some toiletries and other supplies are also available for guests. Henderson said the washer and dryer are in especially high demand and the staff had to create a sign-up list for people waiting to use it.

Henderson calls it the center’s “most challenging administrative challenge.”

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Students helping students: KU peer listening program offers safe space Ronnie Lozano @Rolo7_96

Having someone to listen is one of the keys for helping students break their mental roadblocks.

To help with this, the University of Kansas has a peer listening program — an extension of Counseling and Psychological Services — which is designed for students to stop by and talk to students who are trained to provide support.

“It’s really making sure that person has a comfortable place for them that whatever you’re going to say is important but not as important as what they’re communicating,” said senior Julie Godchaux-Linneman, who has been a mental health peer educator for over a year now.

Godchaux-Linneman and nine other students work as gateways, listening to students who need assistance with challenges regarding the stress of being a young adult.

Godchaux-Linneman said it’s important for her to be an active listener, and she puts extra effort into thinking about the other student’s perspective. She wants to make sure she does her best for the individual in need of counseling.

As for the stresses of school, she said the heavy workload of college courses doesn’t always need to be looked at through a negative lens.

In fact, Godchaux-Linneman prefers viewing schoolwork in a different manner.

“I think that being busy and doing things that you’re really passionate about can be some-

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But before now we haven’t looked at how those approaches are perceived by adolescents.”

Madeleine Rheinheimer, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, studying English and journalism, said that she is frustrated with popular vaping companies’ approaches to advertising, such as Juul’s.

“I definitely think that that was not a morally correct thing to do, especially if it was for business purposes,” Rheinheimer said.

“With all of the consequences now, there’s just not enough

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Peer eduactors Naomi Mendoza and Julie Godchaux-Linneman listen to what students have to say when they need assistance with their mental health.

thing that can be very positive for people,” she said.

Struggling with mental health comes with a certain degree of shame attached to it most of the time, Godchaux-Linneman said.

She added that she wants people to be more excited about getting psychological help.

Her fellow mental health peer educator, junior Naomi Mendoza,

has a similar perspective, saying she hopes the program can help to work against stigmatization of mental health struggles.

“We’re here to support you.

There’s nothing wrong with getting help for mental health. I think that’s the biggest thing, decreasing that stigma,” Mendoza said.

“It’s like going to a doctor. If you’re in pain you get help for it, and that’s what we’re here for.”

She went on to say that her personal bouts with mental health in the past give her the confidence to empathize with other students in need of support.

Mendoza along with Godchaux-Linneman and their eight co-workers are in various spots on campus during the week. Peer listeners set up stations at nine different locations on campus.

Godchaux-Linneman enjoys her

trips around KU and thinks it benefits her too.

“This job is amazing for outreach and working with people in a way not that many people our age get to have,” she said.

Students can sign up between April and May on the KU jobs website to work for the program, and Godchaux-Linneman said a lot of students apply right away.

“Being in these different places gets into buildings and frames of thought you never would have had otherwise,” she said.

They ended by saying they as peer listeners and an extension of CAPS aim to empower students by lending an ear.

“We want to help them come to their own solutions,” Mendoza said.

studies to allow a 15-year-old to inhale this.”

Part of Rheinheimer’s frustration stems from the fact that her younger sibling is attending high school at a time when vaping is gaining popularity.

“I have a brother who is a freshman in high school and has been talking about juuling since about seventh grade, so that’s something that we’ve definitely talked about in my family,” Rheinheimer said.

“I don’t believe he has a Juul, but it makes me angry knowing that there’s 14 and 15-year-olds out there that have started to do this because their friends do it or because it’s popular in the media.”

Much of the national concern surrounding Juul’s advertise-

ments has to do with how much money the company is spending on advertising — over $104 million in the United States alone in the first six months of 2019 — and the fact that they are reminiscent of big tobacco’s cigarette advertisements. Both types of commercials detail bright, colorful images of young people using their products, according to the Truth Campaign.

Aftan Jameson, a health educator at Watkins Health Services, previously told the Kansan she thought Juul’s advertising tactics were manipulative.

“A lot of their marketing went into those flavors,” Jameson said.

“They also sent reps into high schools, and they asked teachers

and principals if they could talk to them about … addiction education, and then when the teachers left the room, they got their products out. They didn’t sell the product, but they exposed that product to those adolescents for the first time because they knew it would be appealing.”

The University’s research comes on the heels of an eventful few months for the company Juul, which has been under fire for what some are calling an epidemic of mysterious vaping-related illnesses. So far, several lawsuits have been filed against Juul, 800 illnesses are under investigation, 12 people have died and several states have banned the use of flavored e-cigarettes.

Most recently, the CEO of Juul stepped down, and the company agreed to stop all advertising in the United States.

“Their time is going to come,” Jameson said. “The FDA is doing something. It’s just that they’re not moving very quickly. But their time is going to come.”

“We’re here to support you.

There’s nothing wrong with getting help for mental health.”

Naomi Mendoza Peer educator

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The article about the murders of Black transgender women in the Oct. 3 print edition of the Kansan has been updated to reflect the following: Ja’leyah-Jamar — an activist from Kansas City, Kansas, who reportedly also identified with male pronouns under the name Jamagio Jamar Berryman — is considered among LGBTQ+ activists as one of two Black transgender women from the Kansas City area who have been killed this year.

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KUbeSat satellite to launch in 2020 Lucy Peterson

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The University of Kansas KUbeSat organization is building a satellite which will be sent to space in December 2020 to collect data.

The group was formed in response to a NASA initiative called CubeSat which provides universities, high schools and nonprofit organizations the opportunity to launch small satellites into space.

KUbeSat is the first organization

in Kansas to work on the initiative.

“We’re building out this program. We’ve got the satellite, and now we’re working on integrating different payloads and doing all the legwork to get it into space,” said Bailey Miller, KUbeSat vice president.

The cube-shaped satellite is the size of a loaf of bread and will house three payloads — the technology on the satellite that collects data. The payloads will record data on transient luminous events (lightning that goes

above the atmosphere instead of going down), help calibrate radio stations in Antarctica and observe cosmic rays bouncing off the earth.

“That information can be used for Ph.D. dissertations down the road or funding more expensive payloads later,” said KUbeSat President Arno Prinsloo. “The whole idea of the KUbeSat program is not just to launch this one satellite and say, ‘Hey, Kansas has done it. We’re done.’ The ultimate vision is to become the [Jayhawk

Motorsports] version of the aerospace department.”

KUbeSat has received funding and donations from multiple campus organizations and engineering alumni. Student Senate, PepsiCo Inc. and the School of Engineering Funding Advisory Committee have all contributed funding toward the project.

The organization hopes to integrate its hardware and payloads onto the satellite in January 2020 and have the entire project finished and tested by October 2020

Students in KUbeSat organization introduce themselves and their need for funding to Student Senate Wednesday, Oct. 2.

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in order to send it to Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California, for its launch.

KUbeSat hopes to continue the program after the initial launch in order to continue research and integrate more members of the community, such as Lawrence High School, into the project.

The group wants to launch a new satellite every two years.

“We want to make it a self-sustaining thing that will last for years,” Prinsloo said.

They also hope to move further into spacecraft development in the aerospace engineering program, where they’ve been more focused on aircraft development, Miller said.

Prinsloo and Miller encourage anyone who wants to join to be a part of the KUbeSat mission. They believe there is a space for everyone in the organization whether it be building the satellite, reaching out to organizations for funding or designing different models for the satellite.

“We really want to encourage everybody to be a part of it and to look towards space because, personally, I think space is the next frontier, and we really need to be pushing for it and putting things into space responsibly,” Miller said.

The KUbeSat satellite will be attached to a rocket in December 2020 to be sent to space as a SpaceX launch. Because each SpaceX launch is live streamed, the organization plans on having a launch party for its satellite.

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Essayist Kiese Laymon speaks on racial injustice Connor Heaton @ConHeaton1111

“Being a better human being starts with revision,” said essayist and professor Kiese Laymon during the fall 2019 Common Book keynote Thursday at the Lied Center.

“It’s important to understand that nothing is done,” Laymon said. “Everyone can be a better reviser.”

Laymon, a Black writer from Jackson, Mississippi, presented the lecture for the University of Kansas’ Common Book program, hosted by the Office of First-Year Experience.

Laymon’s essay “Outside” was featured as one of the many memoirs in the 2019 Common Book “Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation.”

The essay focuses on themes of Black oppression and racial inequality.

Susan Klusmeier, interim vice provost for undergraduate studies, introduced Laymon along with a note on the importance of the Common Book.

“The KU Common Book is in its eighth year, and our program has three goals: to promote unity, create shared academic experience for our students at KU and to promote intellectual engagement,” Klusmeier said. “We strive to establish programs and services that are creative, inclusive and support a diverse environment for our students.”

According to the Office of FirstYear Experience, Laymon’s novel “’Heavy: An American Memoir,’ was named a best book of 2018 by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly and was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction.”

Laymon began the evening by reading a revised version of his essay “Outside,” which he said “was revised to talk about some of the things I was afraid to write.” The essay was directly addressed to his mother, who is also a professor.

Laymon recounted his time as a professor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, when he found himself deeply troubled by the state of racial injustice in the school system. One of his student’s friends was caught and charged with the intent to distribute cocaine. Laymon sat in front of the university’s judicial committee as the student said he was approached by a “big dark man” who made him buy cocaine at a club.

He said he had more trust in this committee than actual police, judges and prisons.

“The professor started talking to me about transformative justice,” Laymon said. “I told him that I considered myself a prison abolitionist, and I knew well what transformative justice was. I asked again how anything transformative or just could be happening in this room if it was all predicated on us believing that a big Black man made this small, smart master’s student buy cocaine.”

“It’s important to understand that nothing is done.”

Kiese Laymon Common Book lecturer

Laymon said he grew up with “big dark men” his entire life and none of them would force a “small, smart white boy” to buy cocaine and that one of his friends was imprisoned for less than half of what this student was charged.

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Kiese Laymon speaks at the Lied Center on Oct. 3 during the fall 2019 Common Book address.

“I sat there trying not to be resentful as I remembered 10 years earlier getting kicked out of college for taking a library book out of a library without checking it out, and here was this kid caught with cocaine walking out of the room with no expulsion, no suspension no disciplinary probation — free,” Laymon said.

Laymon said he felt uncomfortable helping other “rich white boys” in the future because he felt he was “fortifying their power.”

“Teaching wealthy white boys like him meant to me that I was really being paid to fortify Cole’s power,” Laymon said. “In return for this fortification I would get a monthly check, insurance and the moral certainty that we were helping white people be better at being human. That felt like new work to me, but it also felt like old Black work.”

He said he felt resentment for white people who got away.

“Some of us watch them watch

us watch them walk free after getting caught, and a tiny number of us, those who were extra lucky, would get to teach and free these white boys today, so we can pay for our ailing Black families tomorrow,” Laymon said.

Laymon spoke about his theme of revision after feeling angry about the ways he felt he had failed as a professor.

“The teacher’s job was to responsibly love the rich, white students with the same integrity that I loved my Black and brown students,” Laymon said.

He said being a professor isn’t all about the knowledge gained in school.

“What people may not understand about college professors is that very few of us have been taught [how] to teach,” Laymon said.

An audience member asked what young people could do to fight the power of injustice. He said the first step, before changing

the institutionalized status quo, is to take care of each other.

“One thing I think young folks can do is commune and organize within the group you’re in,” Laymon said. “You have to be connected to some sort of organized principle or group, and you have to love that group with the same tenacity you’d use to go after that power. When you swing back at the institutions, it’s going to be much more powerful.”

Laymon also opened up about what he believes the audience should take away from the event.

“Generally, we have to do what isn’t modeled by politicians or our president,” Laymon said. “Never be the person who says ‘I don’t regret such and such because it made me who I am today.’ I have hurt so many people emotionally. You can’t revise unless you accurately assess what you did yesterday.”

Senior collaborates on music video with dance department Sarah Motter

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After noticing a lack of collaboration between the dance and film departments at the University of Kansas, film and media studies

senior Caleb Simpson decided to create a video to his song “Sound Escape” to match his vision and passion.

Simpson goes by the pseudonym Swade Simpson on YouTube and SoundCloud. He

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Senior Caleb Simpson develops his own music and music videos. He recently collaborated with students in the dance department.

describes “Sound Escape” as a pop-dance beat with heart and soul.

Simpson said he has been producing his own music for about three years but said his background extends back to classical piano training. Simpson creates all the music and lyrics for his songs, but he said he always has someone else sing his lyrics.

To start the collaboration on the video for “Sound Escape,” Simpson contacted the KU dance department’s Administrative Associate Senior Dawn Hawkins, who put him in touch with students to be in the video.

Simpson said making this connection between the film and dance departments isn’t uncharted territory.

“We have these connections now,” Simpson said. “I want them to take and put their own spin on something — maybe take what I did to the next level.”

As a film student, he said he

“I want them to take and put their own spin on something — maybe take what I did to the next level.”

thought the collaboration would be the perfect opportunity for his new song. The music video features choreographer Jillian Armstrong, who graduated from the University last year, as well as a few more students from the dance department.

Simpson also produced and directed the video. When looking for someone to sing “Sound Escape,” he said he contacted his old piano teacher, who then rec-

ommended his son, Asaph Jewsome. Jewsome has collaborated with Kansas City-area musicians with projects releasing soon. “[Working with Caleb] was pretty cool,” Jewsome said. “I never made a music video before — it was new to me. People were professional, and the lights were perfect. Caleb had the vision in his head. He’d tell me what to do, and we would talk and record. It was a cool experience.”

Simpson said he wanted to open an avenue for future students to collaborate between the two departments. He said he hopes people will be able to connect to the soul of the music he makes and inspire them to do something new themselves.

Both Simpson and Jewsome said they hope to collaborate with more students and community members in the future.

Simpson plans to release an EP sometime in 2020 and has more projects planned for the year.

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Unfollow: An Evening with Megan Phelps-Roper on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m., Abe and Jake’s Landing

Dempsey’s Burger Pub 1/2 priced select burgers with student ID Tuesdays

“Living Undocumented” released on Netflix on Oct. 2

The Avett Brothers “Closer Than Together” released on Oct. 4

Jesus Christ Superstar closing night and celebration on Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at The Arts Asylum, Kansas City, Missouri

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Campus Couture: Katie Olson dresses for comfort and style Alicia Marksberry @Aliciamarksb

Katie Olson is dressed for the cool weather with a teddy bear jacket, a cream-colored blouse and dark red pants.

“I woke up this morning, and I checked my weather app and it said that fall was finally here,” said Olson, a dance and linguistics major from Kansas City, Missouri. “So, I busted out pants that I bought in summer.”

Olson said she’s excited for the change in weather because she finally has the opportunity to wear her fall outfits she’s been saving since last year. She used to do a lot of her shopping at fast fashion retailers but recently has cut down on her consumption and has instead been coming up with new outfits using pieces of clothing she already has.

“I’ve built up a lot and just haven’t noticed it because of the way fast fashion is so ingrained in our heads to keep buying,” Olson said.

When picking out clothes, she doesn’t stick to a specific look. Instead, Olson has multiple outfits from different fashion styles.

“Recently my style inspiration is coming from a lot of basic pieces instead of having a huge statement piece,” Olson said. “So I’m picking up a lot of basic clothes from Uniqlo and stuff like that to

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Sophomore Katie Olson dresses for autumn with a teddy bear jacket.

make a consistent outfit.”

Olson looks for clothes that are a mix of both relaxed and stylish to make sure her walks on campus are as casual as possible.

“I try to kind of stick to almost like [K-Pop] idol airport fashion just in a sense of really taking care in what I’m wearing while Shop the Look Blouse: Forever 21 Pants: Uniqlo Jacket: H&M Earrings: Target

still being comfortable,” Olson said. “I think comfort is just so important to me.”

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Many of the books in the library were donated — some by local stores like The Raven Book Store. Guests can take any book they want. However, often up to three people can be found napping on the carpeted floor of the library, Stromberg said.

One of the greatest struggles the Lawrence homeless community faces, Henderson said, is finding a place to sleep. It is prohibited to “camp” in many public spaces.

Henderson and Stromberg connected by chance. Both are retired, but they have worked with homeless communities for years. Henderson, who was born in Lawrence, was the director of the Lawrence Community Shelter and Stromberg was a Christian counselor for more than 25 years.

When the location became available, both separately contacted the owner to see about opening a community space for the homeless. The owner then connected Henderson and Stromberg who have been working together ever since.

“We could call this place Serendipity Shelter,” Henderson said.

Stromberg’s faith is incredibly important to her and it’s one of the reasons she got involved working with impoverished communities.

She runs a Tuesday night Bible study at DARE. Her long-term goals are to help people “come

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to wholeness” and create a loving environment.

“All of us have had some difficult things,” Stromberg said.

Many guests at the center are regulars like Bentley and Gallagher. Danny Bailey who is a self-proclaimed “bum” said he comes into the center every day for the same reasons: survival, coffee and food.

Bailey also said the staff is pretty nice. Regardless of the place, Bailey said he has seen some of the same people volunteering and the same people showing up.

“They can’t change and we can’t change,” Bailey said.

Since the center is entirely run by volunteers, Henderson and Stromgberg said they are always looking for more. Joe, 74, has been volunteering at the center for a over a month. Joe is now retired, but he was once the Episcopal chaplain at the University of Kansas and said he just loves being around people.

“If you’re looking for something to do and people that need you, sign up,” Alford said.

Regardless of whether or not someone wants to get involved at the center, Henderson wants the community to know that homelessness is everyone’s problem.

“We are all in this together,” Henderson said. “West Lawrence.

East Lawrence. Central Lawrence.

The city commission. The county commission. Volunteers like Ruth and me. We’re all in this together and we got to talk about it. We can’t just say I’m going to my part of the town and barricade myself.”

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There’s no more than 20 max” “You look too good not to hit the Hawk tonight” “Wait. Do you guys remember my political debate in the boom boom room?”

Nothing is sadder than waiting in line for the boom boom room only for them to close it before you get in because “there’s not enough people” “KU parking is fascist” I can’t believe McLain’s charges $1.65 for oat milk and I fall for it every day “Peace, love and crab” “You have to love yourself... and

“This whole semester’s been a fever dream” “I’m too chaotic and I’m sorry” “Search for ur Barack” I had an online test today in my ethics class and there was really nothing to keep us from cheating on our laptops other than the fact that it’s literally ethics class Rudolph W. Giuliani has the same energy as Charles E. Cheese “It must be wild being a white man and not being able to process emotions.”

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Monday, October 7, 2019

My daily routine always consists of three things: long walks to the bus stop, tall cups of coffee and the podcast “Crime Junkie” playing in my ears.

While I’m a huge fan of current events podcasts, such as “The Daily,” NPR news, and “Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations,” I especially enjoy “Crime Junkie” because all of the events are real, and they are told in such a way that it feels like the host is telling you the kind of scary stories you ask to hear by a fireside at night (just in time for fall — the spooky season).

“Crime Junkie” host Ashley Flowers and co-host Brit Prawat lay out all of the facts of chilling true crime stories in chronological order, and by the end of the episode they state where the case stands in present time. “Crime Junkie” has covered many notable cases, including the 2004 disappearance of college student Maura Murray.

One of the reasons I appreciate “Crime Junkie” so much is because the hosts not only recount the stories of these crimes, but they also offer listeners advice on to how to stay aware and alive when in dangerous situations.

Here is a list of a few notable tips from the podcast that I think are important to hear for everyone’s

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Opinion columnist Julia Montoya outlines simple steps you can take to improve your safety.

safety: 1. Keeping in contact with your family members, friends, or whoever you are closest to on a daily basis. Use apps like “Find my iPhone” that allow other people access to find the location of your phone in the case of an emergency.

2. In the case that you are being abducted, try to make as much noise as possible and try to drop as many (non-essential) items you have with you such as your college ID, water bottle, earphones etc. — anything that an abductor might ignore or leave behind but someone else can pick up later and associate with you and your abduction.

3. Create an ‘If I go missing’ folder that contains secure personal information including login info for your bank accounts and credit cards, cell phone provider login information, social media and other messaging app passwords, and identifying information about yourself (hair/eye color, tattoos, birthmarks, etc.).

This information is essential in the case that you do actually end up missing. It will make the investigation process easier and could end up saving your life.

Now, I’m more aware of just how often crimes occur, and more aware of things that I do in my daily life that put me in danger of becoming a victim of one of

these crimes. I debated whether listening to all of these cases was making me paranoid, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it truly has just made me more aware of how common certain crimes are and that no one is safe from them. No one ever wants to assume the worst, but I think familiarizing yourself with certain dangers can help you prevent them.

If you’re someone who’s already cycled through every Netflix horror movie, like me, looking for something to set the tone this fall, “Crime Junkie” is your best bet.

Julia Montoya is a senior from Garden City studying English.

Understand complexity through literature OPINION Aisha Mohammed @Aishamolayo

Human beings are a complex species, and this is a result of our rich cultures and different life experiences. Complexity is a beautiful thing.

It allows us to search for more information to attain a better understanding of people, cultures, experiences and events. As marvelous as human complexity is, there tends to be a lot of conflict and pain that comes with it.

What may seem like an unsolvable conflict between two individuals may simply stem from the lack of understanding of the other side of the story. As sad as this scenario sounds, we all have experienced situations like these, either from our own experiences or seeing other people go through these situations.

This is why it’s important to understand other individuals’ viewpoints as well as the experiences they have gone through to make them feel that way. Understanding each other as layers of different stories and identities is important, which can be found in John Green’s novel, “Looking for Alaska.”

“Looking for Alaska” tells the story of Miles, a shy and friendless boy, and his personality development after making daring and intriguing friends in a boarding school. Green explores many

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Opinion columnist Aisha Mohammed reflects on the importance of understanding others’ complexities.

themes within the story, but none more important than human complexity.

Over the course of the story, we witness the growth of both Miles and his boarding school friends.

There is an attachment Green builds between his readers and his characters that not only forces us to wonder about their futures, but also their pasts and how they

Understanding other individuals leads to many beneficial results.

shape the characters into what they are.

Although the story told in this novel is vastly different from what the average person can relate to, it is easy to connect with “Looking for Alaska” because it portrays the concepts of needing to understand and be understood.

Understanding other individuals leads to many beneficial results. Fewer conflicts will occur because of better communication between the two parties. It also gives us a wider perspective on other issues that may or may not be directly affecting our lives.

When we learn about other perspectives, we are able to better relate to other people and sympa-

thize with them. Understanding each other allows for an environment where there is mutual love and respect.

As social animals we want to be heard by, and also connect to, other people. Actively creating this environment by simply listening to others is always beneficial to everyone.

Aisha Mohammed is a sophomore from Lagos, Nigeria, majoring in human biology with a minor in French and Francophone studies.

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Thursday marks the beginning of the competitive season for Kansas swimming. With the success the team showed last season, the athletes have to put forth quite a season to live up to their previous record of eight first place finishes.

This year is important because it is an Olympic trial year.

The team has the potential to be strong this year with new recruits such as Amelie Lessing from Boulder, Colorado, and Erin Downey from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, who are both ranked in the top 500 recruits of the 2019 class. However, practice makes an athlete stronger, and senior freestyle swimmer Jenny Nusbaum has four years of practice with the Jayhawks.

Nusbaum dominated the team freestyle charts last year by having the top time in four individual events and contributing to the top time in three relays. Nusbaum also set the KU record in the 200yard freestyle at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:45.68.

Each year, Nusbaum continues to improve in her physical ability, as well as her leadership. She has easily earned the respect of her teammates and Coach Clark Campbell.

“Jenny is a pleasure to coach because she will want to get better — want to get feedback,” Campbell said.

Just after graduating high school, Nusbaum was one of six swimmers from the YMCA of the Triangle Area swim team to compete in the 2016 Olympic Trials. With the same mindset,

Then-junior Jenny Nusbaum swims in the 200-yard freestyle preliminaries at the Kansas Classic on Nov. 17, 2018.

Nusbaum has dedicated this season to qualifying for NCAA events and to competing again at the Olympic trials.

According to Campbell, athletes have to “do more and do it better” in order to see improvements.

“At this point in the season, Jenny is further ahead in terms of training,” Campbell said. “She is racing at a higher level, and she has the mindset to get where she wants to be.”

Nusbaum has undoubtedly made a mark on the team. Already this season, she led her team to a

“She is racing at a higher level, and she has the mindset to get where she wants to be.”

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second place finish in the CSCAA Open Water Championship after placing seventh individually.

“This was her fourth one, and it was her best one of all. Conditions were tougher, it was a different course, and the wind was against them,” Campbell said.

Nusbaum battled against Nebraska’s Audrey Coffey until the end, when Nusbaum pulled ahead to edge her out.

“She will do everything she can to be the best version of herself.

What she does in a competitive mind is what truly sets her ahead,” Campbell said.

Nusbaum will have several chances to qualify throughout the season.

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“She is very competitive; Because she has a background in another sport (softball), she developed a sense of competitiveness that she brought to an individual sport, and it has brought her great success in the pool,” Campbell said.

Campbell has high hopes that Nusbaum will achieve her goals for the season. As this is her last, she continues to work hard to make this her most successful season yet.

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four tall dancing poles.

In years past, all of the musical guests’ songs were radio-edited but the D-O-Double G’s. Snoop played several of his well-known hits completely unedited. The California rapper even played possibly his most explicit song dubbed “I Wanna F--- You.” Midway through his performance, Snoop pulled out a money cannon and showered it over the men’s basketball team. Interesting choice of actions considering Kansas is a school facing allegations for major NCAA violations including illicit payments.

Snoop Dogg is a rapper known for his promotion of marijuana in his song lyrics. One of Snoop’s back-up dancers was decked out in a full-body dog outfit and spent the duration of the concert twirling around what appeared to be a faux-marijuana-filled joint.

During Snoop’s final track, “Young Wild and Free” the performer walked over to media members and held out his faux-joint as if he was offering them a hit.

Despite the controversial moments in the concert, the crowd inside of Allen Fieldhouse was rocking. Fan favorites such as “Drop it Like it’s Hot” and “Nuthin but a G thang” had a large number of fans breaking down into dance moves of their own.

Sophomore forward David McCormack got in on the action too. He sang along, seemingly word-for-word, to nearly every song Snoop performed.

he coached the nation’s highest scoring offense at any level in 2018. In his brief one year stint at his alma matter, the team posted a regular season record of 10-0, averaging 540.3 yards and 55.0 points per game.

“Brent is one of the brightest individuals I have encountered in all of my years coaching,” Miles said in the release. “His experience as a record-setting coach and quarterback at the collegiate level will benefit our offense immediately.”

The Jayhawk offense currently ranks last in the conference in scoring offense (22.8 points per game) and ninth in total offense (354.5 yards per game), rushing (158.7 yards per game) and passing (195.8 yards per game).

“I am humbled and grateful to coach Miles for giving me this opportunity to be the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas,” Dearmon said. “I am excited to get to work right away with the staff and players, and invest in their future both on and off the field. There are a lot of talented young men on this team, and it’s up to us as an offensive staff to have them prepared each and every week, and that will be our number one priority.”

This comes in the midst of a three game losing streak in which Kansas has averaged 19.3 points per game and 312 yards of total offense. The Jayhawks have been outscored in that span 125-58.

The next game is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 19, at Texas.

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When it comes to the annual Late Night in the Phog scrimmage, it isn’t always an accurate assessment of how a Kansas team will perform during the upcoming season. However, it is the first opportunity for the players to showcase their improved talents and abilities during a brief 10-minute period.

One of those players, sophomore forward David McCormack, proved his second year in Lawrence will be far more than a stepping stone. Listed at 6-foot10, 265 pounds, McCormack is the second-largest member of the Kansas roster, behind senior center Udoka Azubuike (7-foot, 270 pounds).

“A 6-foot-10 guy making a three in front of people, now that’s all he wants to do.”

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But even though his size would contradict that of a perimeter player, the sophomore flaunted his outside shooting capabilities during the mid-way portion of the scrimmage. Receiving a ball beyond the arc on the left-wing, McCormack pulled up to shoot without hesitation. Flicking his wrist effortlessly, the ball floated on-target and into the net.

On the surprising attempt from

McCormack, coach Bill Self was less than impressed.

“That’s the worst thing that can happen,” Self said on the made three-pointer. “A 6-foot-10 guy making a three in front of people, now that’s all he wants to do.

[McCormack] hasn’t shot a three in practice.”

In the ensuing possession, he spotted up just inside the threepoint line near the baseline. Like his previous attempt, McCormack fired with a smooth transition.

The ball fell through on a perfect swish.

Unhappy with the first shot, Self did express confidence in the forward’s shooting skills. “[McCormack] has that span in his game,” Self said. “I said all along, he was our most improved player with [Ochai Agbaji].

Though a 62.5% shooter from the field in 363 minutes of play for the Jayhawks last season, the former four-star recruit was not typically prone to working outside the lane. But on Friday night, McCormack exuded the confidence of someone who is more than willing to stretch the floor.

Finishing with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the scrimmage, the Virginia-native held his own with the towering presence of Azubuike looming over him on each possession.

Self added to the praise with his visions for McCormack and the upcoming season.

“I think [McCormack] has a chance to have a really nice year,” Self said. “He can do some things better than he could last year.”

McCormack notched his career-high in minutes (29) on March 14 against Texas. In that victory, he collected 13 points and nine rebounds on 6-of-7 shooting.

Three games before, he recorded

his career-high in points of 18 in a loss to Oklahoma.

Presumably fighting for minutes with forwards in senior Mitch Lightfoot and junior Silvio De Sousa, McCormack’s apparent soft-touch gives him significant consideration to be the front-runner off the bench.

Next up, Allen Fieldhouse will

get to witness more than the Jayhawks playing against each other.

Following the festivities of Late Night, Kansas will host Fort Hays State on Oct. 24 for its first of two exhibition games in the 2019-20 campaign. Tip-off versus the Tigers is slated for 7 p.m.

Exhibition Game Kansas vs. Fort Hays State Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m.

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Sophomore forward David McCormack plays defense during Late Night in the Phog Friday, Oct. 4.

Kansas vs. OU football: Missed opportunities haunt Jayhawks Jakob Katzenberg @KatzInHatz10

While Saturday’s game ended in lopsided fashion, Kansas had several missed opportunities that led to a 45-20 loss.

With the game tied 7-7 early on, the Jayhawks found themselves staring at a fourth-and-2 inside Oklahoma territory. On the ensuing play, senior quarterback Carter Stanley found senior tight end James Sosinski, but the usually

sure-handed veteran dropped the pass.

“It’s a catch James has made hundreds of times,” Stanley said after the game. “I would throw the same ball 10 times out of 10 and trust him to catch it.”

Kansas had an opportunity to correct its mistake on the following Oklahoma drive. On first down, the Sooners dialed up a screen pass. Senior safety Mike Lee sniffed it out, jumped the route, but dropped what would

have been a pick-six.

Lee’s struggles continued on the next drive. On a first-and-goal opportunity, Oklahoma senior quarterback Jalen Hurts hit junior receiver CeeDee Lamb on a short route. Lee had an opportunity to tackle him dead in his tracks but missed it. Lamb ended up scoring on the play to take a 21-7 lead before halftime. Following the play, Lee was visibly upset, ripping his helmet off in frustration.

The four-year starter, Lee, played the game with a cast, nursing a broken hand — and it clearly affected the way he played. Stanley said after the play he talked with Lee and voiced his support.

“I said ‘I already know it was the cast that messed you up there,’” Stanley said. “I told him how much I appreciate him playing in the first place. Not a lot of guys [would play] if they get an injury like that where your position re-

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Senior safety Mike Lee gets flagged for a late hit out of bounds against Oklahoma. The Jayhawks fell to the Sooners 45-20 on Oct. 5.

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quires you to use your hands to tackle and make deflections or interceptions.”

The Jayhawks’ self-inflicted struggles also carried over to the special teams. After forcing Oklahoma to punt on a long fourth down, nobody on Kansas’ punt return team was in position to field the punt. The ball ended up rolling down to the two-yard line, pinning the Jayhawks back by their own end zone.

This wasn’t the only time this occurred. In fact, the Jayhawks started three of their 11 drives backed up inside of their own 10-yard line.

“Not wanting to mishandle the ball was the key piece to it,” Miles said. “Leave it there, then bring it out may have been the call of the day opposed to a lateral run.

There’s some things we have to fix.”

In the second quarter, Kansas failed to convert on another fourth down. In a power formation with Oklahoma’s defense creeping up to stop the run, the Jayhawks called a play action pass. Although junior tight end Jack Luavasa was open, Stanley overthrew him.

After the game, Stanley took responsibility for the play’s failure.

“That was a newer play that we had,” Stanley said. “That’s me. I got to put it on him. I got to give him a chance at least. “ Critical fourth downs have haunted the Jayhawks mightily in the first six games. Kansas is now a combined 0-for-7 on fourth down attempts. Coach Les Miles said after the game that he thinks the pressure has been getting the best of the Jayhawks in those situations.

“I think that this is a team that will learn how to catch fourth downs,” Miles said. “It’s more of a ‘It’s fourth down’ — a little more pressure situation.”

Miles also said he felt as though converting the two fourth downs would have had a great impact on the rest of the game.

“We got down there into a third or fourth down play and had a drop,” Miles said. “We had two fourth downs, which you do, you say ‘if.’ If we had [converted them] we would have had a much different feeling about today’s performance.”

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