University Daily Kansan Dec. 12, 2018

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‘Run Hide Fight’ KU Medical Center students react to Monday night’s shooting at the University of Kansas Hospital

SAVANNA SMITH @savsmith20 HAILEY DIXON @_hailey_dixon Sarah Wienke, a second-year master of public health student at the University of Kansas Medical Center, was putting together a final project at the campus library when she was warned to stay inside nearly half an hour before an alert went out telling students to “Run Hide Fight.”

There was an active shooter on campus at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

Just before midnight on Dec. 3, the text alert informed Wienke and thousands of other University students and staff about the situation.

The shooting occurred in front of the emergency room at the hospital, killing two people.

The gunman, whose name is yet to be released, killed 28-yearold Dominic Garcia at the hospital after Garcia drove there with an unnamed female after shots were reported roughly three miles from the hospital at 7th and Osage, according to a previous article by the Kansan.

According to an

Savanna Smith/KANSAN Two people died at the University of Kansas Medical Center following a shooting Monday night. article by the Kansas City Star, police said the shooting “stemmed from a domestic dispute.”

Wienke, a native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was working on her project with a friend. Two others were in the library at the time, Wienke said, including the security guard who initially warned the students about the reported gunfire.

Even when on

“They were definitely scared ...

They were in disbelief.”

Greg Playter Nursing student

lockdown after the alert went out, Wienke said she felt safe in the library since the building requires a badge to enter.

She said the night was “decently uneventful” on her end.

“It is scary it being so close, but I think I felt okay just knowing I was in a place that was locked,” she said in a phone interview with the Kansan. “We were doing the precautions that we

needed to do.”

Though she knew of the situation before the campus-wide alert was issued, Wienke said she was glad the University took this step to warn students.

“I’m glad that they did do the active shooter [alert] even if it was just to keep us on lock-down, just because it very easily could have not been that situation,” Wienke said.

“It’s good that they were

taking that precaution so we could be safe and hopefully prevent it from getting worse.”

Around the time of the shooting, Greg Playter, a nursing student from Overland Park, was at home in bed working on homework when his phone lit up with the alert.

He saw the alert run across the screen.

“I absorbed it in,” Playter said in a phone

they can get to their test on time.”

However, during finals week, it’s only student lots that won’t be enforced — other zones for faculty and other staff members will still be enforced, as well as ADA parking spots.

“Students should still be mindful of staff parking within some of these lots – staff parking, ADA parking and otherwise reserved parking is enforced all year around,” Hultine said.

The office didn’t enforce ticketing in student lots during the spring 2018 semester finals week as a pilot — and without much publicity at the time, Ries said. Since KU Parking & Transit felt the first roll-out went suc-

cessfully, the office decided to have it in place again during this upcoming finals week.

“My hope is that this will take one extra thing off the students’ minds next week, so they can focus on doing well on their finals and having a safe and restful winter break,” Ries said. “Students are just pressured with so many things nowadays.

As a student government, I really think we need to work with

departments on campus to try and reduce that stress as much as possible.”

The period of not enforcing student lot restrictions runs from Dec. 7 to Jan. 21.

interview with the Kansan. “I was shocked. I just didn’t comprehend it could happen so close to home.”

After hearing the news, Playter, who both studies and works at the hospital, said he immediately texted a group chat he is a part of with several other nursing students.

“It was kinda crazy for us all to hear that,” he said.

He said his fellow classmates were frightened after hearing about the shooting.

“They were scared,” Playter said. “They were definitely scared ... They were in disbelief.”

On Tuesday morning, Playter said his unit manager at the hospital sent out an email to offer support in the wake of the shooting.

“The support was really helpful,” he said.

Playter said he returned to campus on Tuesday for school photos and to study, but remained more alert than usual.

“I was just a little bit apprehensive,” he said.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is still investigating the shooting, according to a department press release.

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KU won’t issue tickets in student lots during finals

NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury KU Parking & Transit will not be ticketing student parking lots during finals week, meaning students can park in any green or yellow lots without receiving a parking citation.

Starting Friday, Dec. 7, citations will not be issued to students who park in lots where they may not have a parking permit in an effort to help students easily get to final exams or turn in any final papers.

Previously, students would receive parking citations during finals week if they parked in a zone they did not have a permit for.

“In doing this, we’re trying to reduce the stress of finals week,” Donna Hultine, director of KU Parking & Transit, said in an email with the Kansan.

Last spring, Student Body President Noah Ries approached the office to pitch the idea, as it was one of Crimson &

Blue’s platforms during its campaign. KU Parking & Transit thought it was a good idea, Ries said. Coincidentally, the office was already thinking of doing something similar to it before.

“In doing this, we’re trying to reduce the stress of finals week” Donna Hultine Director of KU Parking & Transit

“We were really looking at ways we as a student government could try to make that week a little bit easier for students,” Ries said. “One of the ways we felt we could reduce that stress and anxiety for students was in the form of parking tickets. When [students] rush to campus to turn in a final paper or take an exam at a different time, the last thing they want to worry about is having to park and making sure

Illustration by Hadley Kubicki/KANSAN KU Parking will not be ticketing green, yellow or Student Housing lots for finals week.

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KU signs 20-year wind energy deal

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The University has signed a 20-year contract with Westar Energy that will guarantee that electricity will now come from renewable wind energy, according to Cassidy Kuhn, energy conservation behavior specialist at the University.

Kuhn defined wind energy as electricity produced by large wind turbines. This source of energy is an unlimited resource as long as the wind blows, and it has no emissions.

The specific wind farm the University will receive their electricity from is being built in Nemaha county, north of Lawrence, and will be completed to begin producing energy for the University in the fall or winter of 2020.

“KU has considered renewable energy for a long time, wanting to lower our emissions and use a sustainable source of energy,” Kuhn said.

The price of large-scale wind energy is the most economically pleasing for the University, but they

Illustration by Huntyr Schwegman/KANSAN The University recently signed a 20-year agreement with Westar Energy. were unable to purchase such due to its Power Purchase Agreement.

This agreement makes it illegal to buy wind energy directly from a wind farm.

However, this summer, the Kansas Corporation Commission passed a tariff that now allows large commercial and industrial customers to

purchase electricity from a wind farm through their electricity provider, which for the University is Westar Energy.

Westar Energy is an Evergy company, and is one of the largest wind energy providers in the nation, according to Westar Energy.

“This was a great

opportunity to capitalize on a renewable source of energy, save money, and lower our emissions,” Kuhn said.

Currently, the University receives a mixture of coal, nuclear, wind, solar, and natural gas for their electricity from Westar Energy.

Khun said that there will

be no noticeable changes or effects when the University switches to wind energy.

“Students will have peace of mind knowing the electricity they are using comes from right here in Kansas,” Kuhn said.

Over 60 positions eliminated in budget cuts NICOLE ASBURY @NicoleAsbury Unfilled faculty and staff positions and the quality of the University of Kansas’ education were the main focal points of the fourth budget conversation hosted by Interim Provost Carl Lejuez on Wednesday.

Lejuez hosted the conversation in part to discuss the new budget model the University is rolling out, but, at the beginning of the meeting, he started providing data on how many faculty and staff had to be removed as part of this budget cut.

Nearly 56 positions which were already vacant in between July 7 of this year and Jan. 1, 2019, but another eight positions — which were filled — were eliminated. Lejuez said in part, he wants to be clear: those last eight positions belonged to people who lost their jobs.

Those eliminations were to partially help levy

Sarah Wright/KANSAN Interim Provost Carl Lejuez speaks at the Student Senate General Assembly on Oct. 3. the $20 million budget cut overall. Near the beginning of the meeting, Lejuez said many of these eliminations and initiatives to help keep the University financially stable were not directly impacting students.

But many students went up to ask Lejuez during the meeting — how is the reduction of faculty and staff not hurting students directly?

“Everything that happens at the University impacts students,” Lejuez

said. “Having fewer staff is particularly hard for students. We have limited the impact, but are students impacted? Absolutely.”

Administration consolidating their part of the $20 million cut was also part of the conversation.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had to pay about $6.3 million of the cut, and Lejuez said many people asked why administration wasn’t cutting more to help balance the cost.

As is, 62 positions spe-

cifically from administration service and campus operations were cut or about to be cut — that encompasses people in finance and Information Technology.

“There really isn’t a lot of administration to cut right now,” Lejuez said.

“That’s why I wasn’t able to protect the schools and the college.”

Graduate student Hannah Allison told Lejuez that many graduate students only make about $16,000 per year, and Lejuez racks up a six-figure salary — specifically, around $410,000 per year.

“It feels like a lot of us are having to make less more,” Allison said.

She proceeded to ask why salary cuts within administration weren’t part of the conversation.

“It will stop really good people from wanting to come here,” Lejuez said in part.

Lejuez added that his salary is less than those of previous provosts.

While it’s not clear if

Lejuez was referring to University provosts or provosts around the state, it should be noted that state payroll records show in 2015, then-Provost Sara Rosen made an annual salary of $266,158. Rosen stepped in after Provost Jeffrey Vitter announced his resignation to take a job as the president at the University of Mississippi. At the time he left, records show Vitter’s salary was at $397,481. In 2017, then-Provost Neeli Bendapudi, who is now the president of the University of Louisville in Kentucky, made an annual salary of about $472,000 At the meeting, though some students were in attendance, the crowd was largely composed of faculty and staff. Another graduate student, José Héctor-Cadena, asked how students could be better engaged in discussing these cuts.

Lejuez said in part that he’s grappled with trying to better engage students.

He has met with student senators to try and incorporate the student voice more into the issue, he said.

“I’ve met with individual groups of students,” Lejuez said. “I don’t really know the answer to that.”

Lejuez summed up the meeting by discussing how this budget cut is the only option the University has left.

“If I knew any way to not cut the budget, I wouldn’t. I’m cutting it because I don’t know what else to do,” Lejuez said.

“The reason I’m doing this today is because I have responsibility for this — this is the budget cut I called.”

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Best stress busters for hectic finals week LUCY PETERSON @petersonxlucy

The end of the semester can create extremely mixed emotions.

Students may feel excited about finally being able to sleep without waking up to an alarm every single day, relieved about classes being over and never having to worry about that one professor ever again. But they may also be stressed because, no matter how much one tries to drown out the thought of finals with espresso (or vodka) shots, exams are still looming until the day finals are over.

Studying for finals can be time consuming and mentally draining, but the University of Kansas provides many resources to help reduce stress for students during finals week.

Here are five resources to help relieve stress this finals season and to make sure you end the semester out strong: 1. WATKINS HEALTH CENTER STRESS BUSTING STUDY BREAK Watkins Health Center is hosting three different study break sessions to allow students to take breaks from finals work by indulging in free healthy snacks and therapy dogs. These Study Break sessions will also have free massages on a first-come firstserve basis with Watkins

Natalie Hammer/KANSAN University of Kansas students gather in Anschutz Library during a Stress Busting Study Break with therapy dogs on Dec. 3.

Health professionals will be there to give students stress management tips.

The Stress Busting Study Breaks will occur on Dec. 5 and Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in Watson Library, and on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. in Anschutz Library.

2. OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS TREAT YO’ SELF EVENT The Office of Multicultural Affairs is hosting what they call “Treat Yo’

Self,” an event designed for students who need a break from finals to release some of their stress.

The event will take place on Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. There will be games, coloring, breakfast and lunch snacks, and spaces to wind down or study.

3. RECREATION CENTER FIT CLASSES From Dec. 10-13, the KU Recreation Center is

offering free fitness classes open to all students.

Students can stop by for sunrise yoga at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, meant for awakening the mind and body, or stop by restorative yoga at 6:45 p.m. on Monday for gentle yoga that calms the nervous system and quiets the mind. The Rec will also be offering a selection of their other fitness classes, such as dance fitness, and cycle and core to keep students active and releasing endorphins during the

stressful week.

4. DINING SERVICES’ LATE NIGHT BREAKFAST

5. COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES STRESS REDUCING TIPS

KU Dining Services is hosting a Late Night Breakfast on Dec. 9 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at two different locations. Students can eat breakfast food free with a University ID at Mrs. E’s and the Kansas Union Ballroom.

Buses will run for students to get to and from this event.

CAPS has created a detailed list available on their website that gives students tips on how to reduce their stress. This list also includes tips on managing time, taking charge of where you’re going, treating your body right and overcoming procrastination. Sometimes all you need is knowing where to start, and CAPS has the

of classmates together can be a helpful way for some people to study. Explaining concepts to someone else can help you retain the information better, and you can all compare notes.

It can also be a good excuse to get out of your usual study nest and to interact with other human beings.

Even if you don’t get a ton of studying done, misery loves company, so a nice group rant session is good for the soul during finals.

in Anschutz with your favorite winter drink, a face mask, an episode of your go-to Netflix show or whatever will help keep you sane after a long day of studying.

Finals guide: 8 ways to study smarter, not harder SOPHIA BELSHE @SophiaBelshe

2. FINISH PROJECTS, PAPERS FIRST

Kansan news correspondent Sophia Belshe compiled a list of study tips and tricks ahead of finals next week.

If you have assignments due the week of finals, knock those out as early as possible, even if that means completing them (gasp) before the deadline. It’s easier to focus on studying for actual tests when you don’t have deadlines looming over you.

1. PLAN IT OUT Before finals week, make yourself a schedule of when and what you’ll study. Figure out which tests are on what day and how long you need to study for each. Finals are a marathon, not a sprint, so starting the process as early as possible will help you avoid the terrifying realization that your “Western Civilization” final is in 19 hours and you haven’t opened the book all semester.

3. TAKE BREAKS Research shows that taking breaks helps prevent burnout, so try taking a 10 minute break for every 50 minutes of focused work you do.

Breaks help you pace yourself so you can study longer and retain more information. Use that 10 minutes to take

a power nap, grab a snack, contemplate your existence or watch a fun panda video. The choice is yours, but powering through for hours without stopping will do more harm than good.

4. BUT NOT A TWOHOUR NETFLIX BREAK

Breaks are productive, stopping to binge three episodes of your favorite TV show or browse through Twitter for hours is not. Breaks are a good opportunity to stretch, eat and generally remember to take care of yourself. It’s also a good idea to keep your brain active during breaks so you can get back in the studying zone faster.

Try reading an article unrelated to your study materials, go chat with a

friend or play a game on your phone instead of turning your brain off.

5. SKIP THE JUNK FOOD

During finals, it’s tempting to become a garbage monster that feeds only on Ramen noodles, Cheetos and 5-hour energy drinks, but more nutritious foods help you stay alert for longer, which means more time to study. Stop by a grocery store before finals week to stock up on healthier foods that will keep you going.

6. STUDY IN A GROUP Although not for everyone, getting a group

Finals is obviously one of the most stressful times during the semester, so be sure to reward yourself at the end of a long day

It’s futile to tell college students not to cram, but, at a certain point, sleep will help you more than staying up the extra hour to read your textbook.

You can’t do well on your finals if you can’t stay awake through them. So, if you’ve already been in the library for 12 hours and you’re contemplating doing another four, maybe just go to bed.

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Claus or paws?

Friday the Arizona Trading Company store dog will be available for photos every Friday in December

ANNA KRAUSE @KansanNews

This time around, it’s Santa Claus who better watch out — he’s got a new competitor for spreading holiday cheer and she may have the upper paw. She’s furrier, more fashionable and she won’t hesitate to lick your face if you sit too close. Her name? Friday.

In the tradition of taking pictures with the man in the red suit, Arizona Trading Company in downtown Lawrence, is holding a “Holiday Pictures With Friday” event, a fundraiser for the Lawrence Humane Society that stars their very own store dog.

Friday, a 10-monthold border collie, became a member of the ATC team when the store’s owner, Jennifer McKnight, adopted her two months ago. Friday spends her days lounging under racks of used and vintage clothing, wandering about the store and cuddling with customers.

“She runs to greet them, welcomes everybody — it’s her job. I really think that’s what she knows as her job. She takes it very seriously,” McKnight said.

Friday’s latest store duties include wearing a dog-sized Santa costume

Samantha Hsu/KANSAN Friday the dog waits patiently for visitors to take “Santa” photos with her. The Arizona Trading Company on Massachusetts Street is hosting a fundraiser to raise money for the Humane Society. and posing with customers for Polaroid photos against a bright red, light-strung backdrop. Every picture earns $5 for the Lawrence Humane Society.

“She’s the perfect store dog,” Sarah Ingle, an ATC

employee, said.

McKnight knows now there are some difficulties having a store dog — a couple of times, customers who had a fear of dogs visited the store, and

Friday had to wait it out in a back room — but overall, McKnight said Friday has had an overwhelmingly positive impact.

“Everybody’s kind of on their guard when they’re out in public, and we

always greet people when they come in, but when Friday walks up to them, people just drop their guards,” McKnight said.

“It just relaxes everybody.

It makes everybody feel happy.”

Friday will be available for holiday pictures at the Arizona Trading Company at 736 Massachusetts St. every Friday in December from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Professor attempts to bring In-N-Out to Lawrence JOSH MCQUADE @JoshMcQuadeUDK Joe Walden is many things: a University of Kansas School of Business professor, an army veteran and a powerlifting world champion.

However, students in his classes know him as an In-N-Out connoisseur.

The moment the words “extra credit” come out of Walden’s mouth, students pounce at an opportunity Walden said is the easiest five points any student could get.

At the beginning of each semester, Walden asks for his students to email the In-N-Out franchise and request the chain be brought to Lawrence.

“I did two tours in southern California while I was in the army,” Walden said. “What I discovered about In-N-Out Burger, when I talked to folks at In-N-Out University, was the first time [InN-Out] moved out of California-Nevada, they moved to a small town in Utah. There’s a link on their webpage where you can contact them.

Apparently every adult in this [Utah] town went to the webpage and said, ‘We want an In-N-Out Burger in our town.’ So [In-N-Out] went there.”

According to the In-NOut website, the burger restaurant currently resides only in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oregon and Texas. The chain recently moved into Texas, opening two stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2011.

However, with the move to Texas, the chain built a new distribution center in Dallas, allowing

for a wider delivery range.

“In-N-Out only delivers as far as their supply chain can deliver fresh foods every day,” Walden said. “They have a distribution center in northern Dallas, less than eight hours away. That’s a day’s drive from here.”

Walden said his theory is if a small town in Utah is able to win over In-NOut, Lawrence should be able to do the same.

The distance between the Baldwin City, California, distribution center and the Centerville, Utah,

Illustration by Josh McQuade and Huntyr Schwegman/KANSAN The distance between Lawrence and the Dallas In-N-Out distribution center is over 150 miles shorter than the distance between the furthest restaurant from the Baldwin Park, California, distribution center.

In-N-Out restaurant is approximately 685 miles. Using 685 miles as a limit for distance a truck can travel from the distribution center every day puts Lawrence at a perfect distance, as the city is approximately 528 miles away from the Dallas distribution center.

While Walden said he has been offering this extra credit opportunity for the past six years, he has yet to receive a response from the burger chain. However, he remains hopeful of an eventual response.

“I think they’ll figure out eventually that there’s some correlation between the first of every academic semester there’s tons of emails, or that we really want an InN-Out here in Lawrence,” Walden said.

Students enjoy doing the quick extra credit assignment not only for points, but for the opportunity to bring the first Midwest In-N-Out to Lawrence. Walden’s student Hunter Sinclair, a senior studying business at the University, has sent one of thousands of requests to the burger chain and supports the professor’s goal.

“At first I thought [Walden] was joking about the extra credit,” Sinclair said. “But when I turned in the email to him, he gave me five extra points.

It’s crazy, but I hope this extra credit actually does help bring [In-N-Out] to Lawrence.”

The dream may be possible as it is not only a few emails coming from the University. For six years Walden has offered this extra credit, meaning 12 semesters worth of his students have emailed a request to In-N-Out. Walden said about 700 out of his 750 students each semester send in requests.

Combining the requests from each semester, In-N-Out has received around 8,400 to 9,000 requests from the city of Lawrence for a restaurant.

The Kansas City metro area has also made an effort, which may have been more realistic due to the much larger population. “Bring In N Out to Kansas City” is a Facebook page with over 10,000 likes that was attempting to create a petition for the company, but it has seemed to have died out after a lack of posts for two years.

Walden’s time in California made an impact on his burger preference as he said he prefers the chain over other popular burger joints.

“Last time I was in Texas, I did a side-byside comparison. I had Whataburger for lunch and In-N-Out Burger for dinner,” Walden said. “I still like In-N-Out Burger better.”

The odds In-N-Out comes to Lawrence were once slim, but people like Walden bring more life to the idea every semester.

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Sweet-toothed senior reviews doughnuts ALEX ROTHERS @Alex_Rothers

Ever since middle school, senior Leslie Zukrow has been gifted doughnut apparel, doughnut pillows, and even a doughnut clock. She was also a contestant in a Donut Queen competition.

“You know how if you mention to someone that you like elephants and suddenly you get gifted all things elephant? That’s what happened with doughnuts,” Zukrow said.

Some may know Zukrow as “donutwhore.”

No, seriously — that’s the handle of her Instagram account in which she reviews, photographs and rates doughnuts right down to the decimal.

Since August 2017, Zukrow has visited doughnut shops and reviewed doughnuts from across the country.

Each doughnut review has an overall rating out of 10. Zukrow’s ratings follow five criteria: dough, icing, balance of flavors, creativity and presentation, and overall flavor.

“You don’t want the dough to be too dry or too moist, but you want it to hold its own,” Zukrow said.

Zukrow said the key to a perfect 10 doughnut is the balance of icing and dough.

Rachel Griffard/KANSAN Senior Leslie Zukrow runs an Instagram account to review different doughnuts that she has tasted.

“If the icing is too thick or has too strong of a flavor, it takes away from the flavor of the dough,” Zukrow said. “If the dough is too dense or thick, it will offset the icing. The two should complement each other.”

Her final decision on a rating comes down to overall flavor, but creativity is also important.

“Most places can make a Boston cream, but if they take a risk with flavors or decoration — and can pull it off — it’s a win,” Zukrow

Rachel Griffard/KANSAN Senior Leslie Zukrow runs an Instagram account to review different doughnuts that she has tasted.

said.

The best doughnut Zukrow has ever tasted was from Chubby’s Donuts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Zukrow’s hometown. The drive-thru doughnut shop sells miniature doughnuts with either powdered sugar or cinnamon.

“You get this little bag full of them and they’re warm and fresh,” Zukrow said. “Super simple, but you can’t beat simplicity.”

Zukrow said one can tell the difference between a good bakery and a bad one just by tasting a classic doughnut — a glazed chocolate cake doughnut, one of Zukrow’s favorites.

“If they get it wrong, it’s game over,” Zukrow said.

Joining Zukrow on her doughnut reviewing journey is senior Lorena de la O. Zukrow and de la O have been to doughnut shops together in Austin, Wichita, St. Louis and Kansas City.

De la O was one of Zukrow’s first Instagram followers. She is also the photographer behind Zukrow’s @donutwhore profile photo. Using a white comforter backdrop, de la O helped Zukrow with a photoshoot for a sticker and logo to develop branding for her doughnut reviews.

Even some of de la O’s friends helped give Zukrow a bigger following.

“My friends are always very supportive of my other friends, even if they don’t like fully know them,” de la O said. “There’s so many times that Leslie’s been like, ‘Lorena, I’ve had like five of your friends randomly follow me today.’”

De la O said Zukrow’s “side hustle” of doughnut reviewing might not be her number one priority, but she would love to see it grow and continue to support her friend along the way.

“There was one day

she was like, ‘Lorena, go to Kansas City with me to get this limited edition, lemon glazed doughnut from Krispy Kreme,” de la O said.

The pair drove from Lawrence to Kansas City in between classes (de la O couldn’t recall if she skipped class or not) on a Tuesday, just to get the limited edition doughnuts.

“We did it. We went, we got our doughnuts and came back,” said de la O. Zukrow said the support and positive feedback she receives from her friends and family are what inspired her to continue the reviews.

“I don’t have that big of a following, but the people that do see my posts really love them,” Zukrow said.

“Also, the fact that there are people who follow my account that I have never met makes me so happy.

I definitely wouldn’t keep doing this if I didn’t have the support that I do.”

youth in the music scene.

Nightengale and three other women founded GRL in 2014. The week long summer music camp teaches kids ages 12 to 18 to play instruments, write songs and collaborate in bands.

Steph Castor is the guitarist and manager of local band Vigil & Thieves. She volunteers at GRL, teaching campers how to play instruments.

“It’s about spreading that kind of knowledge and teaching younger kids who are taking over the scene that this is how it needs to be if you want your music to actually make a differ-

ence and say something to the rest of the world,” Castor said.

Safety is the biggest issue for performing musicians in town. GRL board member Hannah Novaria said much of Lawrence’s music scene revolves around its bar culture — not unlike other towns.

This can pose problems for Lawrence’s large number of young women and trans musicians in bands.

“That does breed a lot of toxic attitudes and makes a lot of these venues unsafe for marginalized people,” Novaria said. “We need new spaces.”

Venues are catching up, according to Nightengale.

The Replay Lounge on Massachusetts Street recently made its bathrooms gender-neutral. The White Schoolhouse, Lawrence’s newest performance space, also has gender-neutral bathrooms and doesn’t have a bar at all.

“To see their bathrooms be inclusive, to see labels that say the staff has been trained in the safe bar alliance, things like that are things that we can do to make our venues more safe,” Nightengale said.

How Lawrence’s music scene is becoming safer

COURTNEY BIERMAN @courtbierman

Men once threw fish heads at Kelly Nightengale when she was performing at a Lawrence bar. Nightengale was playing guitar in a band of mostly men and one transgender woman in the early 2000s when it was less common for women to have a space in Lawrence’s music scene.

“There have always been women and trans and gender-nonconforming people in the scene, and I do feel like when I go out now I can tell that there’s more intentions towards getting a scene that is representative of our population here,” Nightengale said. “I think it’s just a struggle because here we are — we live in a male-dominated society.

There’s a lot to undo.”

Nightengale said she laughed the incident off.

After all, it could have been worse. At another show, a man in the audience mimed beating her with his fists.

She knows other female musicians who continue to experience catcalling and sexist heckling while they’re onstage.

Experiences like these

have inspired musicians and music lovers — most of them women — in Lawrence to try to change the scene from the inside out, making Lawrence a safe, inclusive space for musicians of marginalized identities.

“If the men are stepping up, I’m not noticing that as much,” Nightengale said.

“Maybe they are, but what I’m noticing are women of color — queer, trans, gender nonconforming folks trying to claim our right to have this space and have it be something that’s for us as well as for everybody else.”

Lawrence is already home to a rich culture of DIY bookers and managers, meaning those in charge of hiring musicians to play at venues handle all the promotion and problem-solving — such as printing flyers for a show or making sure a band’s sound system is in working order.

Lawrence resident and 2018 University of Kansas alumna Paige Batson is one many DIY women taking charge of the scene. Batson is the owner and founder of booking company Petri Productions, which is behind many of the shows at

the White Schoolhouse.

Batson said Lawrence is special. Like Nightengale, she’s noticed a change in the people who are responsible for making Lawrence concerts happen.

“I do think that there are, now more than ever, more women and femmes and nonbinary folks in Lawrence,” Batson said. “Everyone that books shows is femme that I know here in town.”

Batson got her start in booking during her time at the University of Kansas working for KJHK. She said that set her up to start her own company and partner with the White Schoolhouse during her senior year of college. When she started in her current position, she said she didn’t have to look far to find the kinds of bands she wanted to book.

“The bands that were reaching out to me were always femme or artists of color or the trans community,” Batson said. “It really just seemed to kind of all fall into place itself.”

Like Batson, local nonprofit Girls Rock Lawrence also works to include nonwhite, female and trans

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5 movies to put finals week in perspective COURTNEY BIERMAN @courtbierman Nothing like finals week to get the ol’ fatalism in gear. It’s the last week of the semester, and we all want to die. But it’s going to be okay. Really, I promise. And things could be a lot worse.

Your friends are there for commiserating. Your pets are at home waiting for you after a long night at the library. Your parents are really excited to see you at the end of next week. Best of all, you don’t have to run for your life from the shape-shifting embodiment of your past mistakes. You’re going to make it through this, and here are a few movies (all available for streaming on Netflix) you can use to both decompress and put things in perspective.

“Green Room” This thriller about a punk band trying to escape a group of murderous neo-Nazis is an underrated gem. The 2015 film follows four young musicians who are accidental witnesses to a murder committed

Contributed photo Natalie Portman plays Lena in Annihilation from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. in a white supremacist stronghold. Rather than let the stronghold’s foot soldiers hold them hostage, the musicians fight for their lives.

No matter how bad things are, you’re probably going to get your degree, and that means you won’t have to travel around the country in a crappy van playing loud music at dive-y venues — unless that’s your

thing. Regardless, you’ll probably never be in this situation.

The movie features Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat and Anton Yelchin in excellent performances.

“Children of Men” Ah, the apocalypse.

Sounds nice right now. It would save all of us a lot of trouble. In this 2006

British film directed by the incomparable Alfonso Cuarón, society is on the brink of collapse when everyone inexplicably loses their fertility. When a young pregnant woman mysteriously appears, Theo (Clive Owen) must protect her.

No matter how bad your finals go, remember that mass infertility isn’t an issue for the foreseeable future.

“Annihilation” “Annihilation” is one of the best movies of 2018. The visually stunning film is about a group of women who embark on an expedition into “the Shimmer” — a giant, expanding electromagnetic field of unknown origins.

“Annihilation” is ultimately a meditation on what it means to be human.

We are human, though.

We know that at least.

And finals week is a quintessential, miserable human experience.

“It Follows”

Contributed photo “It Follows” is a 2015 release about 19-year-old Jay, who suddenly finds herself plagued by nightmarish visions and a monster that’s always on the move.

An excellent independent horror film, “It Follows” is the story of a group of teenagers who find themselves at the mercy of a shape-shifting monster. If it catches you, it will kill you, so the kids have to keep moving in order to escape it. The monster only follows one person at a time, and the only way to get rid of it is to pass it on — through sex.

The movie is a smart, terrifying exploration of

unintended consequences.

Unintended consequences are frequently an issue with sex, of course, but not usually this particular consequence. Be safe and communicative, and you’ll probably avoid being stalked by a monster. Also, you’ll have much more time for sex in two weeks.

Let that thought sustain you.

“Under the Skin”

Scarlett Johansson stars in this atmospheric film based on the book of the same name. Johansson plays an unnamed alien inhabiting the body of a woman. She spends her days driving around Scotland, on the prowl for men to seduce. Once she has one in her clutches, she steals their skin.

Mica Levy composed the haunting score, one of the best of 2013. The rich symbolism and stunning imagery don’t exactly mean this film will pump you up for more long hours at your desk, but it is nice to look at. Plus, at least you’re studying with your skin intact.

Your guide to the season’s best R&B Christmas songs

DEASIA PAIGE @deasia_paige Many Christmas songs attempt to encompass that R&B feel, but only a few are successful enough to either recreate mainstream or make original R&B holiday songs. Of course, Mariah Carey is the queen of doing both, but there are others who’ve passed the test and ultimately made R&B Christmas a genre that’s widely celebrated.

The following is a ranking of some of those songs: 1. “This Christmas”

by Donny Hathaway “This Christmas” is undoubtedly the black Christmas anthem. The 1970 holiday hit did something that wasn’t traditionally done by black artists at the time — it was an original Christmas song., it doesn’t compare to making a new holiday classic that would be played in black households for generations to come.

“This Christmas” is the best R&B Christmas song written by a black person (a black Chicagoan, in fact) and maintains those

Illustration by Huntyr Schwegman traditional R&B roots.

2. “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey When Mariah Carey and her writing partner Walter Afanasieff sat down to write “All I Want for Christmas is You” over 20 years ago, I’m sure they didn’t think the single would become an instant Christmas classic. Is it really Christmas if this

song isn’t played? Filled with Carey’s high-pitched runs, it’s catchy, has relatable lyrics of being with someone you love during the holidays and it embodies the Christmas spirit. The hit song placed Carey at the the top of the list of holiday classics, next to songs like Nat King Cole’s “A Christmas Song” and Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” “All I Want for Christmas is You” is the holiday classic

of this generation, and that’s what sets it apart from any other holiday song released in the past 20 years.

3. “Silent Night” by The Temptations The Temptations probably have the best version of this holiday classic. Introduced by Dennis Edwards’ soothing line “in my mind” and highlighted by Eddie

Kendricks’ sensuous soprano, this rendition only adds value to the original version while creating the sole holiday hit for the legendary Motown group.

4. “Let It Snow” by Boyz II Men There’s an argument that Boyz II Men’s “Christmas Interpretations” could be the second-best R&B

Christmas album from the 1990s (Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas” takes the top spot). And “Let It Snow” is the main reason why. The essence of the song has Boyz II Men written all over it — their classic R&B sound, perfect harmonies and typical lyrics about being in love.

Perhaps that’s why Brian McKnight knew the song should be theirs after he, along with Boyz II Men member Wanya Morris, wrote it. Like Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Let It Snow” is the perfect love song, and Boyz II Men are among the best at making mood-inviting love songs (*cues “I’ll Make Love to You”*).

5. “Every Year, Every Christmas” by Luther Vandross

This is also among the best Christmas love songs of all time. It paints a beautiful story about refusing to be without the one you love during the holidays, and, with Luther Vandross’ soothing voice, the feelings of being in love expressed throughout the song are emphasized.

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FFA of the Day: Is a D passing? Asking for a friend I just realized we have Blue Moon in the fridge, and i teared up.

I think I’m an actual alcoholic “They’re going to say something demeaning, and I’m going to have to behead them.

There’s no other choice.”

My brand is me drinking a $1 energy drink, iced, in a wine glass at 7:30 AM Freshman year: learns some new things.

Sophomore year: learns a lot of new things. Junior year: learns some new things. Senior year: learns nothing.

To the girl who is lingerie shopping during our 8 am: why???

you’re telling me you’ve never sat on the floor of your shower eating taco bell at 2 in the morning?

Just had to read, watch and write about the columbine shooting for 2 hours, so I guess I’m having some dark ass dreams tonight “I always hated those people in high school who used to have to beg for their grades to be an A — but I’m that now.”

SOMEONE WAS HAVING PHONE SEX VIA FACETIME ON MY BUS BYE I WOULD LIKE TO DIE NOW Not to be dramatic or anything but I’d rather die before getting a fecal transplant YouTube culture actually makes me want to die “Alright, y’all can jack off now.”

“You know you have enough Axe on when you become a fire hazard.”

“How long was your final project? Oh yeah, you didn’t turn it in.”

“I don’t know it. I don’t have to take this test.”

-My TA “The liking of pineapple on pizza is the byproduct of a morally corrupt mind”

K A N S A N .C O M /O P I N I O N

Choose your study spot wisely

recommend studying at a desk or table instead of in bed (I learned that one the hard way — ask me about the time I slept through a midterm) and headphones to block out your roommates. Your home is a comfortable, familiar place without any fear of forgetting study materials you may need. You can create any environment you’d like in the comfort of your home.

HANNAH HENRY @hannahh3614

With finals coming up, and inevitable all-nighters in the very near future, finding a place to study that matches your personality is a must. The same scenery becomes almost as repetitive as the Quizlet page you’ve clicked through for the fiftieth time. So here are different on-campus study spots for you based on what kind of studying you want to accomplish, and what learning style works best for you.

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For those of us who need our silent floors but not necessarily an entire table, head on up to the fifth floor of Watson. Plentiful chairs and desks provide comfort, especially those oddly shaped red ones, and the balcony eye-level windows give lots of natural light.

WATSON STACKS

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If you need silence to focus and love the smell of books, the Watson stacks are the place for you. Unlike the open floors, the stacks are quiet and secluded places with hidden desks and chairs of literally all shapes and sizes. Stay on the higher up stacks (think third floor and up) with the exception of the tables on one-and-a-half east, as the lower ones are almost too quiet. Unless, that is, you don’t mind looking over your shoulder to make sure a ghost isn’t behind you.

ANSCHUTZ BASEMENT Just as quiet as the

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stacks — seriously, sniffling will get you an impatient sigh down here — but way less eerie is the basement of Anschutz. Independent study desks create personal little caves and the close proximity of other people on the verge of tears is almost motivational. If you need quiet but not seclusion, go all the way downstairs at Anschutz.

FOURTH FLOOR OF ANSCHUTZ Fourth-floor Anschutz is best-floor Anschutz.

Fight me. The colors and natural lighting result in a less lethargic atmosphere than other areas. It’s almost as if we all go upstairs in Anschutz so we can pretend we don’t want to curl up into a ball and sob.

The study rooms, except for those small three in the corner, are massive and covered in white boards.

They also have an excess of outlets: computer chargers,

phone chargers, Juul chargers; the group study rooms have room for all. If you need to talk or study with others, fourth-floor, best-floor Anshutz is the place for you.

MCLAIN’S MARKET The completion of McLain’s last semester brought not only delicious food but an influx of new study spots. If you need ambiance, food and coffee while you study, McLain’s has it all. An Instagram story’s dream, the interior is picturesque and the location is convenient.

However, you mustn’t mind the noise or always have your headphones if you hope to accomplish anything here.

BUILDINGS AFTER CLASSES Many buildings have study areas within them.

Whole state-of-the-art

classrooms can be utilized in LEEP 2 and Capitol Federal Hall. Perhaps you study better in the same environment in which you learn or you can take a whole group with you to “teach” each other — a perfect study method for extroverts.

Ritchie and Slawson Halls, or the entire EEEC, (those new buildings across from McLain’s) provide glass study rooms and tables with unusually shaped but extremely comfortable chairs. Plus, you get to study underneath the fossil of a hanging Mosasaur and some sea turtles. Navigate this building just right and you’ll wind up at some booths underneath the stairs with ample room to spread out.

STAY HOME When in doubt or just too lazy to go anywhere, rely on the comforts of your home to study in. I’d

Let’s face it, if you’re studying architecture you’re never leaving your studio, let alone the building. But at least it’s cool looking and you’ve got the architecture library, inconveniently, all the way across campus in the art museum. Nowhere else is going to have the supplies you need, so if you’re going to be designing our future buildings someday, just go ahead and stay there.

Long hours of staring at our computer screens, not moving, not sleeping and daydreaming about making it through this hellish week are coming. To best survive, location is key. Keep this in mind when deciding where to settle down for six-plus hours while you make up for all the lectures you slept through this semester.

Then, five weeks of uninterrupted bliss.

Hannah Henry is a sophomore from Omaha, Nebraska, studying political science and global and international studies.

For real, sleep longer during finals SARAH GRINDSTAFF @KansanNews

Next week is finals week. While news of this may sound devastating, there’s no reason to feel anxious. It’s one of the most stressful periods in college, but there are things you can do to reduce stress and increase preparedness.

Sleep is the key to surviving finals week. As you read this, you may be thinking, “Sleep? What is sleep?” But alas, sleep is a simple and effective way to reduce finals week stress and raise your chances to succeed academically.

According to a study by the American Psychological Association, it is scientifically proven that adults who get less than eight hours of sleep each night have increased feelings of overwhelmedness and irritability, in addition to a lack of motivation and interest.

Thirty-seven percent of adults report feelings of fatigue due to stress. And lack of sleep leads to stress.

It’s tempting to try to kickstart finals week with this vicious cycle, but it is never the answer to your problems. In a breakthrough educational study, Cari Gillen-O’Neel, a researcher from UCLA, explained this phenomenon.

“Finals aren’t balanced over the semester.

You can’t have your life together.”

Leo Niehorster-Cook Senior

“Although we expected that cramming might not be as effective as students think, our results showed that extra time spent studying cut into sleep.

And it’s this reduced sleep that accounts for the increase in academic problems that occurs after days of increased studying,” Gillen-O’Neel said to UCLA Newsroom.

Seven to nine hours of sleep each night before a final, accompanied with

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ample daytime studying, will lead to better success during exam week, quantitatively less stress and an overall improved quality of sleep.

When asked how many hours of sleep he typically receives during a finals week night, University of Kansas senior and San Diegonative Leo Niehorster-Cook responded with, “Maybe three hours a night?”

Niehorster-Cook reaffirmed the impossibility of maintaining a balanced lifestyle over the course of finals week.

“Finals aren’t balanced over the semester. You can’t have your life together,” he said.

This may seem all too relatable for University students.

But with stringent time management skills and a routine schedule, these feelings of overwhelmedness and stress will diminish.

So, fellow Jayhawks, when you begin to feel stressed this upcoming week, and it seems like the world is crashing down around you, remember to

Contributed photo Researchers suggest to sleep seven to nine hours before a final and study during the day. set your alarms and get in bed at a reasonable hour.

Sleep is one surefire way to succeed during finals week, and with this knowledge, a stress-free week is within your grasp.

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Sarah Grindstaff is a freshman from Columbia, Illinois, studying political science.

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Take a vacation from your problems

REBEKAH LODOS @RebekahLodos

“Is It Just Me?” is a mental health column where we talk about things we all feel but aren’t brave enough to say. If there’s something on your mind, shoot an email to rlodos@ kansan.com.

We all inherit different personality traits.

I, cursed with a mix of narcissism and inferiority, got cynicism.

All those TED talks about mindfulness and “40 days of gratitude” challenges pass me by like white noise because, friends, life is terrible, and tricking my mind into thinking otherwise won’t change that. As a result, I spend my moments as a tense little ball of misery, hoping tomorrow won’t be so bad.

Our college years are a time of accelerated and disruptive growth. We’re aiming for something: a degree, a career, a good chance of getting into law school. The nature of higher education is that we’re always deeply aware of what we don’t know and can’t do. How else would we learn?

Apprehension about the future compounds that anxious feeling.

Questions of how each decision today will affect our future professional lives loom over us like watchful taskmasters. We

are perpetually forwardlooking.

And that’s good.

The ability to delay gratification is linked to success. But if we’re not careful, we’ll end up exchanging our present happiness for an uncertain future.

My boyfriend and I argued incessantly the past 10 days. We’re at the spot in our relationship where things we found enchanting in one another begin to push our buttons. When did I start

seeing his cute, intelligent ranting as condescending mansplaining? When did my adorable clumsiness become a dangerous threat to his personal possessions?

Pressured by how serious our commitment to one another was becoming, we lashed out.

Then, this week, he came up with a strategy straight from the “What About Bob?” playbook: It was time to take a vacation from our problems.

We had become so

obsessed with figuring out how to square our differences (of which there are many — cultural ones being the tip of the iceberg) that we forgot we weren’t together under duress. We liked each other. And if we were incapable of enjoying that, then all the arguing was pointless anyway.

It was time to trade in our grievances and laugh at each other again. We had to take life a bit less seriously.

College is just like a

long-term relationship.

That exhilarating feeling of freedom and promise gives way to responsibility and dread as the years pass. Fraser Hall, once a proud symbol of our academic community, is now a dreaded confinement because come on, those toilets are absolutely disgusting.

Once in love, now we tolerate each other. Yeah, the hill’s pretty, but it’s 20 degrees outside, and I had to park a mile away. Why do they have to make

everything so difficult?

As a gift to you this holiday season, I’m offering an out: take a vacation from your university problems.

For this week — and I can’t believe I’m writing this — try to practice being mindful about the present. It’s a well-documented stress reliever and can help decrease negative thoughts.

Of course, just what “mindfulness” entails is a tricky question.

Instructions range from daily meditation to simply being present and enjoying what’s in front of you.

I’m not a neuroscientist, but I can tell you the mere notion of enjoying something simple in the moment, like a nice cup of tea, is so revolutionary to my miserable self that no further explanation was needed. I knew exactly what to do.

Rather than worry about impending final exams, stop to think about how cool it is that you’re learning a bunch of stuff most of the world never gets to. Think about how revitalizing the cold wind is on your face, or how fun it is to be young. Forget about achieving, winning, acing or behaving. Laugh at your girlfriend, the University of Kansas, for all the bits that you can.

Your cup of coffee has a story. Get to know it.

JOHN HIGGINS @john_f_higgins

But first, coffee.

While the phrase is irredeemably cliche, it characterizes college life all too well. What would college students do without coffee? It seems that college and coffee are synonymous — how could you pull an all-night cram session without caffeine?

But it turns out that coffee dependency is not unique to college students.

Coffee is enjoyed worldwide, and it’s the world’s second most traded commodity. With the advent of Starbucks and other multinational coffee corporations, coffee has become a staple of American culture.

Our rampant demand for coffee, however, comes at a cost: we have little connection to coffee’s origin. The commodification of coffee and demand for its ubiquitous availability sacrifice coffee’s complexity and nuance. Additionally, commodity coffee often does not pay coffee farmers a livable wage. Mass-production of coffee leaves us with little sense of the process that transforms raw coffee into the final product.

To be more conscious consumers, we ought to thoughtfully consider the origin of our coffee and endorse sustainable practices such as direct trade.

The mass production of coffee tends to distance us from the reality of how coffee is grown. To resist this trend, independent roasters such as Repetition Coffee, a local

Lawrence roaster, offer a variety of single-origin coffees sourced through direct trade.

According to Amy Pope, co-owner of Repetition Coffee, a local roastery, the sustainability of the coffee supply chain is part of a conversation more people should be having about the sustainability of the products we love most.

“Coffee is a seriously laborious crop grown in many un-affluent areas of the world where there is a lot of room for poor labor practices,” Pope said.

In many countries, low commodity-coffee prices have made coffee unsustainable. Pope notes that “many farmers are pulling up their coffee plants to plant crops that make a living wage.” Supporting an ethical and sustainable supply chain is essential to prevent this from occurring. To ensure that their coffee is responsibly sourced and that farmers are paid adequately, Repetition goes to the origin and cultivates relationships with trusted importers and exporters.

In addition to supporting ethical sourcing, there is inherent value in exploring the nuance and complexity of coffee grown around the world.

Mass-production focuses on volume and replicability, which usually means that a coffee’s origin is masked. This is a shame, as there is an immense variety of coffee available.

Each coffee-growing region has its own unique characteristics. As Pope put it, “plant variety, origin, process, shipment and storage, roast level

Brooke Boyer/KANSAN Co-owner of Repetition Coffee Amy Pope roasting coffee at the company’s small factory in downtown Lawrence. and brew method” all impact the flavor of coffee.

“Coffee is a lot like wine or chocolate,” Pope said.

“In all cases the product begins with a fruit.”

The coffee bean is actually the pit of a cherry-like fruit. This means that different growing conditions can lead to a variety of different coffee flavors.

“Fruit is seasonal and takes on a lot of flavor characteristics from the soil, water, weather patterns and harvesting methods from its origin,” Pope said.

You can taste for yourself how Guatemalan coffees can be chocolatey and nutty, whereas Ethiopian coffees can have prominent berry notes or pleasant floral notes.

Kenyan coffees have characteristic brightness and fruit-like acidity; whereas Indonesian coffee tends to give you an earthy, full-bodied cup with less acidity.

“Just like avid wine lovers can identify a wine by terroir or vintage, many coffee tasters can identify region or processing method by aroma and taste,” Pope said.

It isn’t just origin that matters — the level of the roast is also very important. A lighter roast can really bring out the acidity and accentuate a coffee’s fruity flavors. As you progress in the roast, you begin to get more cocoa and nutty tones. Darker roasts, characterized by intense smoky flavors, mask the coffee’s original

characteristics.

Traditionally, industrial scale roasting tends to roast beans on the darker side in order to ensure greater consistency. As coffees tend to taste the same at darker roast levels, this is a common technique to mask the differences between origins in a blend. This approach sacrifices complexity for a uniform product. Single origin coffee, on the other hand, is generally roasted lighter to accentuate the origin’s characteristics.

If we want to explore the world of coffee, supporting small-scale sustainable production is essential.

The next time you’re purchasing coffee — whether it be in a coffee shop, a grocery store or

elsewhere — give some thought to where it comes from.

If we wish to be conscientious global citizens, it is important to consider the sustainability of the products we consume. With coffee, this is especially important.

For a crop enjoyed the world over, we have little connection to those who work to provide us with it.

However, this is starting to change.

As more roasters and coffee shops encourage people to explore the world of coffee, we are able to have some agency in supporting sustainability.

John Higgins is a sophomore from Olathe studying economics and sociology.

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BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real

Even though winter break is just around the corner, college basketball will still be in full swing, with Kansas finishing up non-conference play through the end of December and matching up with Oklahoma in the Big 12 opener on Jan. 2.

This entire season has been interesting for the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks, as nearly every game has been close, with Kansas having to constantly prove itself worthy of its ranking. Redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson has played as advertised, averaging 19 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, and senior guard Lagerald Vick is shooting 57.1 percent from beyond the arc.

The potential is through the roof for this team, even though junior center Udoka Azubuike is out indefinitely with a high ankle sprain.

With that said, the road to March doesn’t get any easier from here on out, especially over the next month. Here are the top five games to watch over the break.

No. 21 Villanova (Dec. 15) When the 2018-19 Kansas men’s basketball schedule initially dropped, this was a top10 matchup that everyone circled on the calen-

dar. Since then, this game has lost a bit of its luster with the Wildcats dropping back-to-back games against then-No. 18 Michigan and then-unranked Furman by a combined 48 points.

Not exactly what you’d expect from the defending national champions.

Nonetheless, this is still a huge matchup for Kansas, as the Jayhawks still boast one of the toughest schedules in the nation. This also serves as a revenge game for the Jayhawks, who fell 95-79 to the Wildcats in the Final Four last season.

Even if Villanova isn’t what it was last season, this will be one of the tougher non-conference tests for Kansas.

Tipoff is set for 11 a.m.

At No. 20 Arizona State (Dec. 22) Not only is this a rematch from last season when the Sun Devils stole a 95-85 win last season in Allen Fieldhouse, but it will also be the first true road game for the Jayhawks. Revenge is a theme this non-conference season for Kansas, and this is yet another opportunity for the Jayhawks to square things up with a former foe.

Arizona State has jumped back into the top 25 recently, boasting a 7-0 record, led by freshman guard Luguentz Dort, who is averaging

Rachel Griffard/KANSAN Freshman guard Devon Dotson dribbles the ball against Wofford. Kansas won against Wofford 72-47 on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

21.7 points and 6.6 assists per game. The Sun Devils also have four other players with scoring averages in the double digits, meaning this also isn’t a one-man show.

No matter who the opponent is, playing on the road is always a difficult task. It will be even more so with the memory of what happened last sea-

Kansan file photo Then-senior guard Devonte’ Graham makes a move toward the basket in the first half against Arizona State on Dec. 10. The Sun Devils defeated the Jayhawks 95-85.

son and the fact that this Kansas team is still very much searching for its identity.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

Oklahoma (Jan. 2) Sure, Oklahoma is not the same team that it used to be following the loss of former guard Trae Young. However, this is still the beginning of Big 12 play, meaning that absolutely every game will, seemingly, be a dogfight.

Kansas is the superior team on paper, but has shown an inability to put teams away, with a 25-point victory over Wofford being the anomaly. By this point in the season, though, this team will have a better grasp of its identity and how all of these different skill sets fit together.

The Sooners have played one ranked opponent thus far, falling to then-No. 25 Wisconsin 78-58, meaning that Oklahoma can’t be looking forward to a date with No. 2 Kansas any time soon.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

Texas (Jan. 14) The Longhorns should be ranked, and may be by the time this matchup rolls around. Texas has already secured a 92-89 win over North Carolina, followed by a tight 78-68 loss to Michigan State.

Led by point guard Kerwin Roach (16.7 points per game) and forward Dylan Osetkowski (11.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game), the Longhorns have arguably the best shot of any team in the Big 12 to challenge the Jayhawks for the regular season conference crown.

Texas always causes problems for Kansas, and now that the Longhorns appear to be playing near their potential for the first time under coach Shaka Smart, this looks to be more of the same.

The Longhorns sit at 5-2 currently, and could very well look entirely different by the time 2019 rolls around. Nonetheless, look for this to be another barnburner that Kansas will have to fight throughout to come out on top.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

Iowa State (Jan. 21)

The first leg of this home-and-home series is scheduled for Jan. 5, which should be a very intriguing game in its own right. Ames, Iowa, is, plain and simple, one of the hardest places to play in the Big 12.

However, the Cyclones have found recent success at Allen Fieldhouse, defeating Kansas in overtime 92-89 in 2016-17, while falling 83-78 in 2017-18.

Sophomore point guard Lindell Wigginton is a star, and is one of the best players in the Big 12, averaging 13 points per game. However, he isn’t the only Cyclone putting up numbers.

Marial Shayok (19 points per game), Michael Jacobson (16.8 PPG) and Talen Horton-Tucker (14.5 PPG) have led the Cyclones to a 7-1 record and look to make noise in the Big 12 this season.

This looks to be another close game for Kansas and should add another thrilling chapter to this conference rivalry.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

Kansan file photo Then-sophomore center Udoka Azubuike hits a shot over a defender on Monday, Feb. 26 during the game against Texas. The Jayhawks defeated the Longhorns 80-70.

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Aggresive play helps Grimes out of slump JACK JOHNSON @JohnyJ_15

Racing down the court in transition, freshman guard Quentin Grimes pointed toward the hoop, looking for a pass from fellow freshman guard Devon Dotson for an alley-oop. Dotson promptly connected with Grimes, giving both Grimes and the Allen Fieldhouse crowd some much-needed energy.

“I saw him running beside me and I know his athletic ability,” Dotson said. “I just wanted to throw it up there and make a play. He didn’t have to point, I saw him right there.”

That was just the first of back-to-back alley-oops for Grimes, the second coming off a pass from sophomore guard Marcus Garrett to put Kansas up 55-41 over Wofford with just under eight minutes to play.

“I saw coach Self running that play in practice every day, so to see him draw up that play and show my athleticism, getting my mojo going a little bit was good,” Grimes said. “It was good to do that out there.”

After dropping 21 points at the Champions Classic against Michigan State on Nov. 6, Grimes had been nearly silent for the Jayhawks, only scoring double figures once in the last five games before Tuesday.

There never seemed to be any danger of Grimes losing his starting job, but his minutes were still decreasing, as he went from playing 31 minutes against Louisiana to just 16 min-

Huntyr Schwegman/KANSAN Freshman guard Quentin Grimes puts up a layup against Wofford. The Jayhawks defeated Wofford 72-47. utes against Stanford.

“I think I was trying to play too perfect, just trying to do everything exactly what coach Self wanted,” Grimes said. “I know if I just go out there and play like I know how to play, things will open up for me and teammates.”

During that stretch, Grimes and Self sat down to watch film, with Self pointing out in the Marquette and Tennessee games specifically when and where Grimes could have been more aggressive and driven to the lane.

Grimes said Self’s mentorship off the court has helped him get out of this

slump.

“He just told me to not worry about those games,” Grimes said. “Everybody is going to have bad games and that I was just going through a slump. It was also staying after practice, getting some shots up and staying aggressive in practice, and that staying aggressive in practice would translate to the game today.”

That extra preparation, which Grimes said included more “game-like reps” such as catching the ball out on the wing as opposed to just shooting, finally paid off for the freshman on Tuesday.

Grimes finished with 14

Azubuike ankle injury looms large after win over Wofford BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real The outcome of Tuesday’s 72-47 victory over the Wofford Terriers was simply a delightful bonus to what the main focus was at the conclusion of the contest. In the opening minutes of the game, junior center Udoka Azubuike skied to the rafters in hopes of swatting a floater 15 rows up in the student section.

It was a valiant effort, but what occurred on Azubuike’s way down from the block attempt has the looks of becoming detrimental to Kansas’ aspirations for the season. Landing with an echoing thud on the solid wood floor of James Naismith Court, Azubuike immediately grasped his ankle and all 7-foot, 270 pounds of him coiled into the fetal position.

It took a few seconds for the crowd on the opposite side of Allen Fieldhouse to fathom that it was their junior center, who was grimacing in agonizing pain across from them. In what can only be summed up as devastation, the crowd —which had been wildly enthusiastic moments before — now exhibited utter dejection and all the air had seemingly exited the building at the sight of one of the nation’s best big men unable to put any kind of weight on his injured ankle.

As both teams trotted back out of their locker rooms to resume play in the second half, coach Bill Self explained that Azubuike

had suffered a high ankle sprain and would be sidelined indefinitely.

“I know the x-rays were negative” Self said after the game. “He’s got it bad, I mean he has a pretty significant ankle sprain and there’s a lot of swelling.”

This won’t be the first time Azubuike has been forced to sit out of action.

In his freshman season, he lost his season to torn ligaments in his left hand that he suffered during a practice.

“It’s very tough seeing [Azubuike] go down, he’s big part of our team.”

Dedric Lawson Redshirt junior forward

However, as brutal of a blow as this was for the Jayhawks in losing his daunting presence in the paint on both offense and defense, their production never wavered against a Wofford squad that drubbed in-state foe South Carolina 81-61 a couple of weeks back.

In fact, Kansas rattled off a dooming 27-0 run in the second half to balloon its lead from single digits to 27 points, all while featuring a smaller “four guard” lineup.

“We really just locked up on the defensive end” freshman guard Devon Dotson said. “It was really just locking in and focusing in”.

Fans rejoiced following another win that marked

Kansas’ seventh straight to open the season, but it’s worth noting that teams are not judged for their non-conference results this early in the season. Instead, the non-conference largely serves to display which squads are more conditioned or which teams possess the higher caliber players.

The truth is, the Jayhawks didn’t need Azubuike to beat Wofford. But, in a couple weeks, having him on the floor will certainly dictate if Kansas can end up on the winning end of a game.

Of course any program will appreciate winning a game by over 20 points, but the hole Kansas will need to fill for however long Azubuike remains on the bench will be the ultimate test in transitioning from now until conference play, which begins in a month.

“It’s very tough seeing [Azubuike] go down, he’s big part of our team,” redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson said. “Hopefully, we can get him back as soon as possible.”

Moving forward, valuable playing time will likely be distributed between the likes of junior Mitch Lightfoot, freshman David McMarcus Garrett.

With an even more taxing schedule setting up over these final weeks of the non-conference schedule, the Jayhawks will be forced to make with what they have against tough opponents in Villanova, Arizona State and Oklahoma approaching soon.

points, shooting 6-for-10 from the floor, including three rebounds and one assist.

The improvement didn’t go unnoticed by his teammates.

“He got in the lane and finished and I just told him, ‘It’s about time,’” redshirt junior forward Dedric Lawson said. “I just wanted to see him go out there and play and see those high school moves. I think that was his move in high school, the in-and-out.”

Wofford coach Mike Young was also impressed based on Grimes’ recent stretch of games. “[He’s] just such a big,

strong, good-looking athlete that really got going in the second half,” Young said. “You could see flashes of brilliance out there.

He’s struggled a little bit, but that can happen with young people.”

While Self said that Grimes was “much better” against the Terriers than in previous games, and thought that his aggressive play — particularly a pass to Lawson in transition — was what stood out most.

“He hasn’t been doing things like that as often as he can,” Self said. “We’re obviously a team that’s going to score more off the bounce, so we’re not go-

ing to get as many assists because we don’t have as many catch-and-shoot guys like we’re had in the past.”

For Grimes, simply “seeing the ball go through the hoop” was a massive confidence booster on Tuesday, along with making plays for his teammates.

In particular, Grimes has learned on the fly how to play more off the ball and be a bit more creative with his passing and inside-out game.

“It’s just a learning experience,” Grimes said. “I know I can play on the ball, so playing off the ball expands my game in different ways. If I know I’m on the wing, I can go right to the post, instead of trying to pass out of it. Things like that make my game a little bit better.”

One game is a small sample size, so the jury is still out whether or not Grimes will now build momentum into the back half of non-conference play.

Yet, Grimes said that this slump will definitely be beneficial in the long run.

“When you’re not thinking, ‘Oh, I’ve got to score’ or ‘Oh, I’ve got to make a play,’ you can go out there and lock up on defense and getting out in transition,” Grimes said. “It was Devon making easy plays for me and Dedric getting up the court so I can pass it to him.

It’s really just playing with a free mind out there.”

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Basketball Gameday Kansas vs. New Mexico State, Saturday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.

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Beat Writer Predictions: Maddy Tannahill: Kansas 83 New Mexico St 70

KANSAS 7-0 (0-0 BIG 12)

NEW MEXICO ST 7-1 (0-0 WAC)

Devon Dotson

Ivan Aurrecoechea

★★★★

★★★★

Marcus Garrett

AJ Harris

★★★

★★★

Quentin Grimes

Terrell Brown

★★★

★★★

Averaging 7.8 points per game through the first seven contests of the season, Grimes dropped 14 on Wofford, his first double-figure performance since week two when he recorded 10 against Vermont. Battling his way out of a slump, he shot 6-for-10 from the field against the Terriers, his highest shooting percentage game of the season at .600.

Brown provides another solid scoring option for the Aggies, as he is also averaging double figures in scoring with 11.1 points per game. Similar to Harris and Aurrecoechea, Brown also had a breakout performance against New Mexico, putting up a season-high 20 points against the Lobos.

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freshman guard

Aurrecoechea is the epitome of efficiency, shooting 59.6 percent from the floor this season, averaging 11.6 points per game. Yet, the 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward from Madrid, Spain, plays an average of just 18 minutes a game. Last time out against in-state rival New Mexico, Aurrecoechea played just 14 minutes, yet scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Nearly matching a career-high performance, Dotson recorded 16 points, three steals and three assists against the Wofford Terriers on Tuesday night. Though only a freshman, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native has quickly embraced his role as the primary ball-handler for the No. 2-ranked squad, tallying 19 assists on the season after having started all seven games.

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Following a seven-point, seven-rebound and two-steal outing by the sophomore, coach Bill Self said postgame that Garrett was “without question” the player of the game. Receiving his first start of the season, Garrett contributed 30 minutes in the blowout victory over the Terriers, shooting 2-for-6 from the field and playing a key role in the Jayhawks’ defensive efforts.

After transferring from Ohio State, and promptly sitting out the 2016-17 season, Harris made an immediate impact last season, being named to the WAC All-Newcomer Team. This season, Harris has kept pace, leading the Aggies in scoring with 12.3 points per game as an every game starter, highlighted by a 31 point breakout performance at New Mexico on Nov. 17.

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| Braden Shaw: Kansas 78 New Mexico St 68

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