Jayplay

life. and how to have one.

January 29, 2009
Not game for the
Big Game?
8 reasons to watch the
Super Bowl this Sunday
Sneaky theater
smugglers
is that a 12-pack of beer
under that tube top?
Ill Quit
Tomorrow
smokings hold
on college
students and
the myth of
social smokers
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January 29, 2009
Volume 6, Issue 18 [ ]
13 CONTACT: clicking
your way to love
4 WESCOE WIT: Tit-tastic and a little short.
5 PLAY: bootlegged goods at the theater
7 PLAY: skipping out on Super Sunday? think again
9 GOOD FOR YOU/BAD FOR YOU: Carmex and veggies
14 IN THE LIFE: meet a coupon book guy
19 REVIEWS: rush to see The Reader
Clockwise from top right: photo
illustration by Chance Dibben; photo
illustration by Allison Richardson;
photo illustration by Ryan McGeeney
Photo by Chance Dibben
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January 29, 2009
Editor Matt Hirschfeld
Associate editor Jessica Sain-Baird
Designers Erica Birkman, Lauren
Cunningham
Contact Elliot Kort, Stephanie Schneider
Health Sachiko Miyakawa, Megan Weltner
Manual Becka Cremer, Adam Schoof
Notice Madeline Hyden, Ross Stewart,
Zach White
Play Kelly Breckunitch, Tanner Grubbs,
Kristopher McDonald
Contributors Drew Anderson, Mark
Arehart, Alicia Banister, Taylor Brown, Chance
Dibben, Mia Iverson, Carly Halvorson, Daniel
Nordstrom, Meghan Nuckolls, Abigail Olcese,
Brieun Scott, Kelci Shipley, Amanda Sorell,
Derek Zarda
Creative consultant Carol Holstead
Contact us jayplay09@gmail.com
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10 p.m., The Bottleneck,
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Interpreti Veneziani
7:30 p.m., The Lied Center,
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Scott Smith & Friends
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Kiko De Gallo
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North Mississippi All-
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Grocery Bingo!
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Tapes n Tapes/Wild
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9 p.m., The Jackpot Music
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Original Music Mondays
9 p.m., The Bottleneck, free,
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Karaoke Idol Party
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editors note
calendar
Soccerstud15.
That was my user-
name when I dated
and made friends
online in my high
school years. Soc-
cer, because I played soccer. 15, because
that was my age at the time. And stud, be-
cause well you get the picture.
I would use these sites to fnd other
gay people my age. Augusta, Kansas, doesnt
have a booming gay population, and the high
school locker rooms just werent doing
enough for me. With Augusta having a popu-
lation of about 9,000, my graduating class of
156 and only about 10 stoplights in the town,
I needed to get away.
Wichita was 20 minutes east, and my gay
safe haven in my high school years. It had a
couple of gay clubs and a lot of other guys
just like me. I befriended dozens of user-
names and met about two dozen others in
person.
Meeting people online had become a
lifeline for me. I desperately wanted to meet
other gay people in person and develop a
friendship from there, but I felt I had no op-
tions, so I resorted to the only alternative I
knew: the cyber world.
Stephanies story on page 13 outlines how
to be successful when looking for a mate on-
line. Some people are limited by location or
by time when looking for a signifcant other,
and relish in the convenience of dating online.
When I came to KU, I realized (really al-
ways knew, actually) that looking for friends
in the cyber world was a crutch. I eventually
phased it out of my life and made friends the
old-fashioned way: face-to-face. It wasnt as
simple as a few keystrokes here and there,
and not nearly as convenient. But I had
started to get a tan from the glow of the
computer screen, and knew it was time for
the real deal.
Matt Hirschfeld, editor
The Great Tennessee
Monkey Trial
7:30 p.m., The Lied Center,
$13 students, all ages
Fresh Ink
10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, $3, 21+
The Boxing Lessons/
The Rinkles
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge,
$2, 21+
wednesday, feb 4
notice
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January 29, 2009
WESCOEWit
Girl on her cell phone:
My boyfriend is so much
hotter than him. Well,
maybe not. But he does
look good in a track suit.
Bus driver: My bones
pop so much I feel like
I must have a machine
gun in my soul.
Girl 1: What did the shirt look
like?
Girl 2: Tit-tastic and a little short.
Girl 1: Maybe thats why he
doesnt respect you.
Girl: I really, really like him.
He Facebook-messaged me the other
day, actually!
Guy: What did he say?
Girl: That hes dating another girl. But Im
still hopeful.
Guy 1: Dude, you go to the gym a lot.
Guy 2: I cant help that Im an absolute
animal on the StairMaster.
Girl 1: You know how I
like my coffee.
Girl 2: Yeah, like your
president.
Girl: Ive realized that Im
the reason for my parents
divorce. Im OK with it,
though.
Girl: My mom said that I
only have this body
because I work out, but
once I stop, Ill be ugly.
Madeline Hyden
Though presidential campaigns in the
past have left supporters with a fimsy yard
sign or a cheap button to commemorate the
election season, this year change has come
to election swag.
UncommonGoods (www.uncommongoods.
com), a philanthropic company that makes
interesting, sustainable gifts, has released
election memorabilia made from recycled
paper ballots. Ballot necklaces, featuring
either Barack Obama and Joe Biden or John
McCain and Sarah Palin, are handmade from
offcial ballots printed for the November
4, 2008, election. The ballots are framed in
acrylic and attached to a silver chain. For the
more dedicated politicos, UncommonGoods
offers actual, unused wall ballots from the
presidential elections in New York that are
framed as posters. These vintage-looking
wall ballots are steadily being replaced by
electronic voting machines, making the
posters a collectors item.
UncommonGoods also has a slew of
other interesting election goods, including
campaign slogan mugs and a note or recipe
holder in the shape of Obamas head.
Contributed photo
Cast your vote for eco-chic: 2008 election ballot neck-
laces from Uncommon Goods are made from the of-
fcial presidential election ballots.
The necklaces sell for $38 each. If you need
a little more incentive, $2 from every recycled
ballot necklace and $10 from every poster
sold goes to Fund for Public Schools, a non-
proft organization devoted to supporting
reform in New York Citys public schools.
Madeline Hyden
[Introducing to class]
Guy: Im Ernest, and
Im the only black
guy in this class. So
you can just remem-
ber me as Ernest the
black guy.
Girl 1: Im scared of fying.
Girl 2: You should take a submarine
Girl 1: But that conficts with my fear of
whales.
Girl 2: What? Theyre gentle giants!
Girl 1: NO! No, they are not!
Guy 1: Hows that sushi?
Guy 2: Thats what she said.
Guy 1: That doesnt even make sense.
Guy 2: She could have said that.
Girl 1: Do you guys
remember Xanga?
Girl 2: That was the best
show ever!
[Talking about playing football]
Guy 1: If you can touch it, you
can catch it.
Guy 2: Like herpes.
Girl: I felt like shit this
morning. I need to go out
tonight.
Girl: Whats your favorite food?
Guy: Pizza!
Girl: If you said borscht I was
going to kill you.
Guy 1: Did you hear Barack
Obama ordered a missile
strike on Pakistan that killed
18 people?
Guy 2: Change is here!
Zach White
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As the last of the credits roll off the screen
and the audience piles out through the double-
wide doors, remnants of smuggled items re-
main for the cleaning crew of Southwind The-
ater in Lawrence to unearthand Jon Kelly,
house manager, has seen it all.
It becomes a bit of a game for us, to see
what we can fnd, Kelly says, casting a foretell-
ing grin.
If movies could be ranked by potential to
reveal unique items tucked between and under
the seats, family-orientated flms would cer-
tainly pale in comparison to those frequented
by the college demographic.
Where the Bedtime Stories and Hotel for
Dogs types will undoubtedly leave their marks
with Ziploc bags of unfnished candies for the
little ones, patrons of flms like Pineapple Ex-
press and Step Brothers affrm an entirely dif-
ferent culture.
Here, we fnd random articles of clothing
(a pair of shoes was found once); empty bags
of microwaveable popcornpre-popped; an
empty ffth of Jack Daniels; emptyand full
beer bottles; and Subway wrappers.
Among this list of distinguished castaways,
Kelly recalls a few fnds worthy of honorable
mention: An entirely-consumed 12-pack of
beerwhich continues to mystify Kelly as to
how it was smuggled in during a warm, coat-
less dayand a small bag of marijuana found
just outside the theater doors to the high-fest
extravaganza, Pineapple Express.

Wine bottle on the loose!
Before seeing Walk the Line, Toronto sopho-
more Emily Knight and a friend quickly stopped
into Goodwill. A pair of cheap husband and
wife champagne glasses would complement
their $4 bottle of vintage red wine perfectly.
Photo illustration by Tyler Waugh
All this action is making me hungry: Anything edible or drinkable can fnd its way into a movie theater. Theres no
better way to enjoy a sub sandwich than in the deep recesses of a dark movie theater.
Clandestine
By Tanner Grubbs
tgrubbs@kansan.com
cine-philes
If candy could ever be considered contraband, then look no further than the theater.
Many people, students alike, find the act of smuggling into movies just ordinary routine.
$8 for a Twix bar!? Cut some corners at your local grocer
Theater Dillons
1 lb. of Twizzlers $8.67 (sells 6 oz. at $3.25) $2.35
20 oz. bottled pop $4.25 $1.09 to $1.49
20 oz. bottled water $4.25 $0.79 (1 liter)
1 hot dog $4.25 $3.00 (6-pack of Oscar Mayer XXL Beef Franks)
Small bag of popcorn $4.75 $5.99 (10-pack box of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn)
Finding their seats in time for the previews, the
two waited methodically for the prime oppor-
tunity to pop the cork without garnering too
much unwanted attention.
Timing could not have been worse. At the
peak of a tumultuous preview, sudden and un-
expected silence ensued as the cork rang its
trademark POP! for all the theater to hear.
Yet all the two could do was laugh hysteri-
cally amid the mob of eyes weighing down on
them.
As the bottle emptied to its last few drinks,
and audience members lost interest in the mis-
chievous pair, something historical happened.
About a year after Johnny Cash hit rock
bottom, we knocked it over, Knight says.
The nearly empty bottle of wine cascaded
down an incline full of metal and sneakers like
a Plinko chip.
If people hadnt caught on to the laughing
teenagers already, she says, the clank of the
cab-sav rolling down the aisles gave us away.
Thank god for the man-purse
and French theaters. While studying
abroad last summer in Paris, Leawood junior
Collin Johnson and three other conspirators
huddled around his chic man-purse on a side
street and commenced to knock back a healthy
number of swigs of alcohol before recorking
the bottle and entering the theater to watch
the Angelina Jolie assassin epic, Wanted. Their
surreptitious ways, though, could have been
avoided if they were only informed that a bar
sat comfortably in the center of the complex.
Johnson, however, was pleasantly surprised
to see that a young French couple to his left
had hatched the same plan with a bottle of Jack
Daniels.
But the movie itself, Johnson explains, was
terrible even under the infuence.
The next week Johnson repeated more
acts of smugglingthis time stumbling into
Hancockwith a few big cans of cheap Belgian
beer and a sandwich.
I did draw a couple of strange looks in the
darkness when all the natives heard me con-
tinuously popping tops, Johnson notes.
One for the record books
Jamie Wenke, Topeka junior, decided to up
the ante a bit, past the usual pop and candy
routine. Having missed dinner, her friends
saved her a seat in the theater while Wenke
casually strolled into Yello Sub and ordered
four sub sandwiches to go. Having an exces-
sively large purse, in this case, certainly carries
its advantages.
The tricky part is getting into the movie
theater, Wenke says.
Wenke suggests that when attempting to
transport such a cargo, it is important to rest
your forearm over the top of the purse to con-
ceal the goods. And if youre carrying candy,
Wenke says, keep your purse still so the rus-
tling of plastic doesnt give you away.
Not to let their appetite linger among the
casting eyes of ushers (who surveyed the audi-
ence for the frst 10 minutes), Wenke and com-
pany very carefully unfolded Yello Subs trade-
mark foil wrapping, ducking below the seats
when taking each bite.
Im sure the people around us were
amused at the sight, she says.
Getting caught, however, may be more dif-
fcult than smuggling itself.
If the audience doesnt know, theres a
good chance we wont know, says Southwind
manager Kelly. JP
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If you end up with a case of
the Mondays next week, Tapes n
Tapes may be the cure. The indie
rock band from Minneapolis will
be playing at Jackpot Music Hall
Monday. Drummer Jeremy Han-
son says the band has a sound
that you cant really pigeonhole.
Sometimes I call it just rock
music. We get put into the indie
genre, I guess, but I would de-
scribe it as experimental prob-
ably more than anything because
we are, kind of, all infuenced by
different things, Hanson says.
Hanson says the band has
been coming up with new music in a different way recently.
The new stuff weve been working on, Josh [bandmate] and I have been kind of jamming,
and we havent really done that before, but we get together weekly or a couple times a week
and just play together and fgure out ideas, Hanson says.
Hanson says that when they get on stage, fans can expect a party atmosphere from the
band, and that they will also hear some of the new music the band has been working on.
Kelly Breckunitch
play
[stagepresence]
Tapes n Tapes
Contributed photo
Whats all that racket: The indie rock band Tapes n Tapes will be
playing Monday at the Jackpot Music Hall.
This Weekend: Souper Bowl
The big game is on Sunday, but the Law-
rence Arts Center is holding a Souper Bowl
event of its own this Saturday. The Souper
Bowl Saturday event will beneft the ceram-
ics department at the Arts Center through
the sale of ceramic bowls and an auction of
guest artwork, says Ben Ahlvers, associate
education director of the Arts Center.
Ahlvers says guests who buy the ceramic
bowls will also receive lunch with their pur-
chase including soup and a side of bread. The
bowls range in price from $10 to $30.
Most of them are made by instructors
and some of our students and then we also
have local potters that donate and I have
some folks from other parts of the country
that have sent in some things, Ahlvers says.
Ahlvers also says the Arts Center is auc-
tioning two art pieces from guest artists at
the event. He says the pieces will be on dis-
play until Saturday, which will be the fnal day
of bidding.
Ahlvers says the event continues to be-
come a bigger deal each year. I think the qual-
ity gets better and better each year so its really evolving into something, in my opinion, a pretty
high caliber sale, Ahlvers says.
Kelly Breckunitch
Contributed photo
The Big Game not for you? Go to the Lawrence Arts
Centers Souper Bowl Saturday this weekend for some
soup, a side of bread and a bowl to take home.
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2007 & 2008
pass the time. Pittsburgh center Justin Hartwig
once called Lawrence home while Arizona line-
backer Monty Beisel spent his academic days
in Manhattan. Drew Garner, Leawood graduate
student, says it always helps to have a Hawk.
The Super Bowl
presents the perfect
opportunity to throw
a party, have a few
drinks and share some giggles
with 50 of your closest friends.
Many college students like an excuse to par-
ty or at least to gather with a few friends. What
better time is there to have a get together than
Super Bowl Sunday?
Anderson says she will spend her Super
Sunday with friends and family enjoying deli-
cious food while Kansas alumnus Matt Johnson
says he will probably party it up with his com-
rades and pound some beer. What will you be
doing?
The commercials.
Despite economic uncer-
tainty, the show must go on
and go on it will. At $3 mil-
lion a pop (or at least each
30-second ad), Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi and Dor-
itos have locked up multiple spots, according to
NFL reports. General Motors intelligently shied
away from its slots this year, possibly to fund its
CEOs trips from Detroit to Washington D.C.
in their innovative hybrid SUVs.
Miller High Life will even be airing one-
second ads. A preview of them can be seen at
www.1secondads.com.
The Super Bowl is a
win-win for everyone
who takes part.
Hardcore football fans get
to watch the biggest game of the year, casual
fans get a piece of the game and entertainment
and those that really dont give a damn can fnd
some piece of the pie to fll their time. So really,
everybody watching wins.
To put the cherry on top, Hedrick says, Its
the Super Bowl dont you have to watch? JP
Ben Smith, Stilwell junior, says he will be watch-
ing in the event of a much-welcomed wardrobe
malfunction.
You want to be in-the-
know come Monday
morning.
With millions of Americans
gathering to watch the game, who wants to be
out of the loop at the water cooler come Mon-
day morning? Amanda Gage, Lawrence fresh-
man, says she wont be one of those few people
who are at a loss for words when the game
becomes the topic of conversation.
It is a huge event in America that is recog-
nized by so many companies and people all over
the nation, Gage says. You feel like you should
watch because, if you dont, then you end up
feeling as if you were left out and dont know
about something big that just happened.
The Super Bowl offers
a spicy mix of the old
and the new (the clas-
sic dynasty vs. the up-and-comer).
The Pittsburgh Steelers have reached the
seasons fnal game six times, taking the Lom-
bardi Trophy home with them on fve occasions.
They have been to the ship and captured mul-
tiple crowns. Making it this far is nothing new
to Steeler nation.
The Arizona Cardinals have a vastly differ-
ent story. They trudged through the end of the
season fnishing 9-7, yet somehow capturing a
division title. Reaching the postseason was a big
step for a team that has long been the predict-
able losers; therefore, it was no surprise that
no one gave them a chance to win even one
game in the postseason.
Will the Steelers win a record sixth title,
or will the Cardinals claim their frst? Kansas
alumnus Tom Hedrick, who did play-by-play for
Super Bowls I, II and IV for CBS, says the battle
on the feld promises to be action-packed.
The Super Bowl offers
a local tie to the
Jayhawk community.
If you still couldnt care
less who wins the game, at least you will have
a Jayhawk to cheer on and a Wildcat to jeer to
Big Game on Super Sunday
Souper Bowl
Top 8 reasons to watch the
Fanatics, casual aficionados and fickle fans
all have a reason to watch
By Kristopher McDonald
kmcdonald@kansan.com
Once again, the Big Game is upon us, the
bowl that is oh-so-super. Super Bowl XLIII airs
Sunday and pits the Pittsburg Steelers against
the Arizona Cardinals. This year Tampa will host
this glorious party that just happens to have a
football game somewhere in the midst of it
all. Rabid fans, casual fans and those who re-
ally dont give a damn will be sitting around a
television helping make this the most-watched
TV program of the year. Will you be watching?
Here are 8 reasons why the Super Bowl is def-
nitely worth your time.
The Super Bowl gives
students a plausible
excuse for a Monday
morning hangover.
At one point or another, most college stu-
dents have spent time drumming up excuses
for late homework, lack of coherence in class
and tardiness. According to NFL reports, more
than 148 million people in the United States
watched the Giants shock the almighty Patriots,
so there is a good chance a plentiful number of
Photo illustration by Alex Bonham-Carter
All fan-fare welcomed: The Super Bowl is a good chance for people to come together for a great watch party.
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professors will be watching this year, too.
Sophomore Kelsey Smith says she wishes
the game was on a Saturday, but fgures she will
make it work because she wont be the only
one lacking energy Monday morning.
The Super Bowl will
showcase a wide
variety of musical
artists.
The musical talent performing before and
during the game should be worth the time
investment, says Prairie Village freshman Alicia
Anderson.
Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson
will valiantly step back into the spotlight to sing
the national anthem. Hudson will be joined in
the pre-game festivities by country diva Faith
Hill, who will sing America the Beautiful.
Headlining the Bridgestone Super Bowl
XLIII halftime show is Bruce Springsteen and
the E Street Band. While the group may bear
more popularity with older audiences, the ex-
citement of what might happen thrills some.
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Danger
By Megan Weltner
mweltner@kansan.com
in the mix
The hazard of combining alcohol and energy drinks
After a long week of studying and waking
up for 8 a.m. class, Blair Brosnahan, Plano, Texas,
senior, typically likes to relax on Friday nights
with a Red Bull and vodka. After studying all
week and lacking sleep, Brosnahan feels it is the
best way for her to be able to enjoy time with
her friends.
Brosnahan is not alone. A study conducted
by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
at East Carolina University showed that half of
Red Bull drinkers consume more than one Red
Bull a month and half of these students mix the
energy drink with alcohol. Yet, because of its
negative effects, the fad is a dangerous one.
Its back to the basics, says Jenny McKee,
health educator at Watkins Health Center. An
energy drink like Red Bull is a stimulant and
alcohol is a depressant. You just dont mix the
two. The health risks involved are major.
And by major, she means rapid heart rate,
shortness of breath and disorientation. The
Oops! I did it
again
Top 10 mistakes made while
drinking energy drinks and
vodka:
1. Buying a round of shots for 20 strangers
because its last call
2. Deciding to stay up until the afternoon
football game the next day
3. Dipping into other questionable sub-
stances.
4. Driving
5. Ordering Tryyaki and Pokey Sticks be-
cause you just couldnt decide what sounded
better
6. Stalking your ex-girlfriend/boyfriend

7. Watching re-runs of Rock of Love be-
cause you cant sleep
8. Getting on Facebook (entering a interac-
tive social website while intoxicated ought
to be deemed illegal)
9. Waking up your roommates with a
serenade of the Backstreet Boys I Want it
That Way
10. Jumping into the Chi Omega fountain
only to fnd that it is empty
Photo illustration by Chance Dibben
Recipe for disaster: Mixing stimulants such as energy drinks
and depressants such as alcohol allows a body to tolerate more
alcohol with feeling the depressant effect.
more you drink, the more you slow down each
of your organs and everything functions at a
slower rate. When these two are mixed, it is
the perfect recipe for disaster.
When the average student consumes fve
to six drinks, they will begin to feel tired or sick.
This is their body telling them it is time to stop
consuming alcoholic beverages, says Stephen
Ilardi, associate professor of psychology. When
an energy drink such as Red Bull is put in the
picture it allows the body to tolerate more al-
cohol without feeling the depressant effect.
In other words, energy drinks hinder your
bodys ability to give you the warning sign that
it is time to stop drinking. The Department of
Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest University
reports that students who mix alcohol with
these stimulants are at a greater risk for alco-
hol-related consequences, such as being taken
advantage of sexually, driving drunk, being phys-
ically injured, or requiring medical treatment.
Some students claim that
the morning after can be the
worst part. I feel like shit the
morning after I drink a Red
Bull and vodka. Im not sure
if it is because Im up all night
or because of the sugar in
the drink. Whatever it is, its
not fun, says Matt Schmidt-
Phillips, St. Louis senior.
Yet, some students feel
they have no choice when it
comes to keeping their ener-
gy up until the wee hours of
the morning. With a demand-
ing school schedule, a good nights sleep can be
hard to fnd.
Other recommended ways for students to
get a shot of energy before they hit the bars
would be to go for a run or play a mind game
on the Internet. These activities stimulate your
brain and get your
heart rate going.
But if you are so
tired that you need
an energy drink to
stay awake, go to
sleep.
When your body
is begging for slum-
ber, pounding a Red
Bull and vodka may
not be the best op-
tion. Stick to some
physical exercise, a
mind game or may-
be even skip that
one night at The
Wheel and make a
date with TiVo and
your bed. JP
Photo illustration by Chance Dibben
Crash-inducing concoctions: Some students have gruesome hangovers after a night of slamming a couple of energy drinks mixed with alcohol. Other
ways to stimulate the mind that dont include mixing depressants and stimulants include exercising and playing a stimulating mind game.
9
January 29, 2009
health
Cutting onions can make you cry.
Peeling potatoes or carrots can create a
mess in the kitchen.
Canned vegetables seem like a good
solution to simplify your vegetable prep-
aration. You can preserve them in your
pantry. If you use canned tomatos, its
easy to make pasta sauce or chile even
from scratch. But are canned vegetables
good for your health?
Canned vegetables are nutritious, but
they are higher in sodium, says Ann Chap-
man, dietitian for Student Health Services.
She suggests rinsing off vegetables before
cooking them to prevent your body from
taking in too much salt. If you have high
blood pressure and sodium is an issue,
frozen vegetables can be as nutritious and
lower in sodium, she says.
Canned fruits can be also healthy. For
example, canned peaches are as nutri-
tious as the fresh, Chapman says. Avoid
canned fruits that are packed in heavy
syrup, though. Choose the ones packed
in their own juice or water.
VERDICT: GOOD FOR YOU with proper preparation
Sachiko Miyakawa
Photo illustration by Sachiko Miyakawa
Canned vegetables
Carmex
Have you ever put Carmex on
your lips and then thirty minutes later
craved more? Could Carmex be ad-
dictive? Some say it contains fberglass
and salicylic acid for the purpose of
continually drying out users lips.
I used to use Carmex all the
time. It really felt like I was addicted
to the stuff, says Lauren Gross,
Wichita senior. Then someone told
me it was addicting and didnt actu-
ally moisturize your lips. It just kept
you wanting more.
Gross stopped using the lip balm,
nervous she was getting scammed.
However, David Kaplan, dermatolo-
gist at Adult and Pediatric Derma-
tology in Leawood, says that this rumor is an urban myth.
People who use strong lip balms like Carmex tend to have extremely dry skin already, Kaplan
says. They assume the lip balm will continue working for days and days, and that is not the case.
Carmex has no harmful ingredients and Kaplan even recommends the lip balm to his patients.
I see nothing wrong with the balm, but you would be amazed at how many patients refuse
to use the stuff, Kaplan says.
For all of you who are still skeptical of the balm, the ingredient list mirrors that of many
other lip balms on the market today: menthol, camphor, alum and wax. All are completely safe.
VERDICT: GOOD FOR YOU
Megan Weltner
Photo illustration by Megan Weltner
Pass the salt: Canned vegetables have high sodium levels,
but you can dilute your veggies for a healthier side dish.
De-chap those lips: Carmex contains the same ingredients of other
safe lip balms. Dont be fooled by the myth that Carmex is addictive.
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feature
For me, smoking started as an occasional guilty pleasure. Many of the
friends I hung out with lit up after a few drinks and in a moment of weakness, I
decided togiveit a try.I was surprised by how well thesmoky flavor of tobacco
complemented thesweet,bitter tasteof alcohol.I felt sosoothed.Soon,I craved
a smoke with my first drink of the night as much as I craved pizza after last call.
LIGHTINGUP
en masse
[the lethal addiction behind
social smoking]
By Ariel Tilson
atilson@kansan.com
I marvel at how many people my age still
hover downtown around patio heaters and
shiver outside bar doors obscured in clouds of
smoke. Although the number of heavy smok-
ers has decreased during the past 30 years,
according to the American Lung Associations
Trend in Tobacco Use 2008 report, smoking
prevalence is the highest among young adults
aged 18 to 24, and 23.7 percent of young
adults still smoke. Like drinking cheap liquor
and eating fatty foods, it seems social smok-
ing has become an integral part of the col-
lege experience. But Im left wondering how
this casual habit affects our health and if we
can really just give it up when we graduate.
Nice to meet you. Got a light?
Ginger, Robin and Annika, who asked their
last names not be used, huddle together on
the stairs at the back of the Eighth Street Tap
Room. They say that theyre social smokers,
but in truth their smoking habits vary. An-
nika, a former KU student from Lawrence,
says she considers herself a social smoker
because she only smokes about one ciga-
rette per month. She says she doesnt buy her
own cigarettes but bums them from friends
when she goes out. Her friend, Ginger, Law-
rence senior, says she smokes about half a
pack per week. She says usually she and her
friend, Robin, another former KU student
from Lawrence, buy a pack and split it. All of
them say they dont really smoke any other
time than when theyre drinking with friends.
Ive heard people innocently label them-
selves social smokers, but is social smoking
really less harmful than regular smoking? At
some point my smoking evolved into a daily
habit, but Im not sure how or when I made
that transition. The idea that you can smoke
socially without getting addicted is purely
a myth, says Joseph DiFranza, professor of
family medicine at the University of Mas-
sachusetts. DiFranza says social smoking is
a misleading and unscientifc term because,
in reality, you form an addictive relationship
with your nicotine-flled buddy at frst puff.
In order to analyze how quickly nicotine
dependency occurs, DiFranza and his col-
leagues developed a 10-question survey called
the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and in
Spring 2004 administered it to college stu-
dents in Mississippi. The survey determined
tobacco dependence based on a persons loss
of autonomy, or when that person was unable
to stop smoking without diffculty. The more
questions they answered yes to, the more dif-
fcult quitting would be for them.The results of
the survey showed that students didnt need
to smoke daily for an addiction to develop.The
study also suggested that women answered
yes to more questions than men and devel-
oped symptoms of dependence much faster.
Im not sick. Im a smoker.
When Im pushing myself at the gym, I
can feel the tightness in my chest worsen af-
ter a night of heavy smoking. You dont have
to be a regular smoker like me to feel the
negative effects of smoking. Even one puff can
cause you to get sick more often, says Patri-
cia Denning, physician and chief of medical
staff at the Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Upper respiratory infections are more com-
mon among smokers because the chemicals
in cigarettes disable your cilia cells, or the
hair-like projections that act as your bodys
garbage collectors. Cilia cells collect debris,
such as bacteria and allergens, pass it up to
your mucus membranes, and then move it to-
ward the trachea where its all coughed up.
Denning says even one cigarette can in-
hibit the process because when the cilia cells
are out of commission, all the debris you
inhale is instead transmitted to your lungs.
The warm, moist environment of your lungs
causes the bacteria to multiply, creating re-
spiratory infections and increasing your sick
time. Denning also says that light smoking
can cause heart attacks and strokes later in
life because nicotine narrows your arteries.
The popular misconception that light or
casual smoking poses less health risks was
discredited in a study published in the Sep-
tember 2005 issue of Tobacco Control, by
Norwegian researchers Kjell Bjartveit and
Aaje Tverdal. In their study, Bjartveit and
Tverdal found that light smokersthose
who smoked only one to four cigarettes per
dayhad a more than 50 percent increase
of early death from any cause. The research-
ers followed the light smoking habits and
the health of more than 43,000 adults in
Norway for more than 30 years. More spe-
cifcally, they discovered that light smoking
nearly triples the risk of death from heart
disease or lung cancer. And what shocked
me the most was that the risk of lung can-
cer was signifcantly greater for women
who were light smokers, with a fve times
increased risk of getting the disease com-
pared to a three times increase for men.
Over at the Replay Lounge, Jayme Walden
says that she tries to stay healthy and con-
siders smoking her one vice. Walden, Shaw-
nee senior, says she plans to quit when she
graduates. Shes been smoking for the past
three years and says that shes always con-
sidered it a college thing. Next year will
be different because she wont be around
roommates who smoke and she wont be in
Lawrence, which she says caters to smoking
and drinking. On average, Walden says that
she smokes about 10 cigarettes per week,
and although she says she likes to think that
she enjoys it, she really does want to quit.
I got my diplomaI quit!
Id like to be a non-smoker after I graduate,
but I dont think I can quit as easily as passing
through the Campanile and walking down the
hill. You need to start trying to quit at least a
couple months in advance if you want to be
a non-smoking graduate, says Ken Sarber, an
administrative professional in the Wellness
Resource at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Sarber says that once smoking becomes rou-
tine in college, its hard to break. He advises
that students who want to quit post-grad-
uation should start in a program about two
months ahead of time. The habits you create
when you frst start smoking carry through
the rest of your addiction, says Sarber, and ulti-
mately prevent you from quitting the frst time.
For most smokers, including myself, smok-
ing and drinking go hand-in-hand. Sarber says
that this habit can be the most diffcult one
to break because the complementary taste
of alcohol and tobacco are naturally habit-
forming. People who try to quit often feel a
void because theyve become so used to that
hand-to-mouth relationship.To quit successful-
ly, Sarber advises joining a cessation program,
like the one offered at Watkins, and create a
strong support system from your family and
friends. Otherwise, it can take a few attempts.
The average person tries six times to
quit smoking on their own before theyre ei-
ther successful, or before they give up and
just continue to smoke for life, Sarber says.
The frst step to quit is to recognize why
you started smoking and what triggers your
urge to light up. For instance, do you crave
a cigarette when youre at the bar, like me,
or is it when youre stuck in the car driving
long distances? After recognizing what sets
you off, Sarber says you need to start a de-
laying process. During the frst week, wait
half an hour to smoke every time you physi-
cally reach for a cigarette. Sarber says that
people dont realize it usually only takes 10
to 15 minutes for cravings to pass, so by the
time you allow yourself to light up, you might
not really want to anymore. If the frst week
was no problem for you, during the second
week you can extend the delay to an hour.
You can also stop from smoking anywhere
thats part of your old routine. For instance, you
could ask your friends to support you by not
smoking with you or giving you any cigarettes,
and hang out with the non-smokers instead
when others head outside. If youve made it to
the third week without any serious problems,
your cravings arent as severe, and youre pre-
pared to throw all your smoking-related para-
phernalia awaythen youreready to call it quits.
As a light smoker, its not a physical addic-
tion that will make it hard to quit, but letting
go of the relaxing relationship Ive developed
with cigarettes. Sarber advises that light smok-
ers replace the urge to smoke with a healthi-
er, positive reinforcement. So when Im jones-
ing for a cigarette during the relaxing hiatus
in the morning before the days chaos begins,
I just need to take a breath and fnd some-
thing else to distract me. Im not sure what
that will be yet, but now that Ive addressed
my addiction, Im hopeful that I can break
up with my faithful but fatal confdante. JP
Photo illustration by Ryan McGeeney
Take a puff: Almost one-fourth of young adults
aged 18 to 24 smoke cigarettes.
Photo illustration by Ryan McGeeney
Breaking the smoking habit isnt as easy as 1-2-3, but cessation programs can help put
out the addiction.

the idea that you can
smoke socially without
getting addicted is
purely a myth

are you
or arent you?
So, are you addicted? If you answer yes to any
one of these questions developed by DiFranza
and his colleagues, the chances are youve got
a problem.
1. Have you ever tried to quit, but couldnt?
2. Do you smoke now because it is really hard to quit?
3. Have you ever felt like you were addicted to tobacco?
4. Do you ever have strong cravings to smoke?
5. Have you ever felt like you really needed a cigarette?
6. Is it hard to keep from smoking in places where you are not
supposed to, like school?
When you tried to stop smoking (or, when you havent used to-
bacco for a while)
7. Did you fnd it hard to concentrate because you couldnt
smoke?
8. Did you feel more irritable because you couldnt smoke?
9. Did you feel a strong need or urge to smoke?
10. Did you feel nervous, restless or anxious because you
couldnt smoke?
If you think you might be addicted and youd like
to quit, here are some programs that can help you
out.
Kan-u-quit, smoking cessation program at the Wellness Resource Center
at Watkins Health Center. For more information call them at (785) 864-9570.
Ex, a website by the American Legacy Foundation offering free quit plans
designed by medical experts.Visit their site at www.becomeanex.org.
SmokeFree.gov offers online guides and a toll-free, national hotline
to assist in your quitting efforts. Check out their website or call them at
1-800-QUITNOW.
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12
January 29, 2009
Bitch
MOAN
&
with Carly Halvorson and Elliot Kort
contact
Have relationship questions or need some advice?
E-mail bitchandmoan@kansan.com.
*Bitch and Moan is not to be considered as a substitute
for professional help.
I had a boyfriend since my junior
year of high school. Im just recently
single, and not sure how to start dat-
ing again. I cant judge anymore how
fast to move or when to take the next
steps. How do you get back into the
dating groove? Michelle, sophomore
Elliot: Well, Michelle, trust me when I say
youre not the only one. Even people who have
found themselves in the dating pool for a long
time have issues with knowing when and how
to take any number of steps. But it seems to
me that your frst concern should be to ac-
tually enter the pool itself. So go ahead
jump in! Odds are youll fnd dating is like rid-
ing a bike; youll pick it back up again quickly
and probably remember how fun it can be to
learn about someone new. Sure, there might
be speed bumps. After all, everyone needs a
signifcant rebound period after any lengthy
romantic tryst. The only other thing Id suggest
you keep in mind is the necessity for patience.
Youve just come off of quite a long relationship.
Dont expect every guy you meet at your fa-
vorite watering hole to potentially be the one.
Carly: Honestly, I wouldnt worry about jump-
ing back into the dating pool just yet. Go have
some fun being single. Coming out of a serious,
long-term relationship can be a liberating ex-
perience. This is especially true if you were the
one who initiated the breakup. Take some time
for yourself so you can learn what you really
want out of your next relationship. Reconnect-
ing with friends you may have neglected is also
very important. Once you get tired of paying for
your own dinners, dont stress about the right
way to get your groove back. Like Elliott said,
no one really knows what theyre doing anyway,
so youre not alone. Every relationship starts
in its own way and moves at its own pace. The
only rule that is universally applicable to every-
one is to go with what your gut tells you. No
one can accurately gauge how you feel but you.
Im the friend people always come to
for advice. (Yes, I recognize that this
question is ironic.) The problem is
that when people ask me for advice,
they seldom follow it. Should I keep
giving my opinion or just shut up?
Sam, senior
Elliot: If people dont want to listen, they wont
listen. Even if they ask questions in the frst
place. So, Im sorry Sam. Your friends are put-
ting you in a tight spot by expecting you to dis-
pense wisdom and then ignoring your thoughts.
If I was you, Id stop giving them what they ask
for. See how they respond to utter silence. If
theyre not phased, then clearly all they want is
to hear themselves talk. If, however, their ears
perk up with the realization that youre not
saying anything, point out to them that youve
provided them with plenty of ideas that they
did not see ft to pursue. And if some of the
questions are pretty much carbon copies of one
another (and Im guessing they are), tell them
they already have their answer. Then theyre
forced to act or admit that theyre not listening.
Carly: Sometimes, people seek advice when all
they really want is for you to tell them what
they want to hear. Deep down, they already
know what theyre going to end up doing. How-
ever, the fact that your friends repeatedly seek
your opinion is very important. It shows their
trust in you and their respect for you. They
wouldnt keep coming to you if they didnt feel
you had something worthwhile to say, even if
they dont follow your advice. Besides, shutting
down when they ask for help is not only rude,
but it sends the message that you think youre
100 percent right and theyre totally wrong. You
dont know every factor that affected their ulti-
mate decision. Perhaps they left out something
because theyre ashamed, or maybe just by talk-
ing to you, they realized something else about
their situation. Just keep being their supportive
friend, because they obviously need someone to
talk to. Maybe one day theyll follow your advice.
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contact
I like to ski, do things according to plan,
and seek adventure. The only factoid missing
in my eHarmony.com questionnaire is that
I am a reality TV junkie. Can I add that in
somewhere? I have now fnished the 45-min-
ute, 436-question eHarmony.com personal-
ity questionnaire. Username: Jayhawker09.
The number of online dating websites is
countless, making this trend a more accepted
way of fnding a match. On both eHarmony.
com and Match.com, about 500 users are
connected to the 66044 Lawrence zip code.
eHarmony.com is among the growing
number of dating sites that use question-
naires to determine compatibility between
people on the site. This type of matchmaking
is considered scientifc now: Last year, eHar-
mony.com played a part for 236 marriages a
day in the United States, according to Har-
ris Interactive, a marketing research frm.
Dating websites serve as a tool to fnd
a potential girlfriend or boyfriend at the
click of a mouse. Ryan Harp, Topeka se-
nior, joined Match.com this past Decem-
ber after he broke up with his girlfriend.
Match.com works like eHarmony.com.
The site asks users to make a profle listing
likes and dislikes, and what theyre looking
for in a mate. It sends compatibility match-
es through e-mail daily, weekly or monthly.
Harp says it was an easy way to
meet other people without hav-
ing to get too serious right away.
Its kind of like Facebook, Harp
says. Its easy and you dont have
to pay anything unless you want to
see who is looking at your profle.
Harp searches for women up
to 30 miles away, and adds to
his profle that he likes watch-
ing and playing sports, hanging
out with friends, and listen-
ing to music. Since De-
cember, Harp has had
a few matches, but
still remains single.
The more
Finding a date and eventual mate is
as easy as jumping into the cyber dating pool
By Stephanie Schneider
sschneider@kansan.com
information you can give a potential mate, the
better off you will be, says couples thera-
pist Julie Hardesty Sullivan of Fairway.
Online dating gives you the
opportunity to get to know the
person on a deeper level through
e-mails and phone calls frst, Sullivan
says. It helps slow the relationship down
and take some of the sexual tension off.
After getting rejected from eHarmony.
com, Mel Browar, 25, Overland Park sa-
lon owner, subscribed to Yahoo! Person-
als and Match.com. Users can be rejected
for reasons such as providing inconsistent
answers to the questions. At the time,
Browar worked at a bar. To avoid the bar
scene, she turned to online dating. For a
three-month, $60 Match.com member-
ship, Browar found her boyfriend, Andy.
Match.com uses a wink-
ing system as a way for people to
show interest in the other person.
Once the person winks you, ei-
ther deleting them or winking back
is the next step, Browar says. I
winked back, and we started talking.
The next night, January 6, 2008,
Andy and Browar met at Browars bar and
they have been together ever since.
I used to be hesitant to say I met
my boyfriend on an online dating
website, but its a good story to tell,
Browar says. If we get married, I hope
I can be on a Match.com commercial.
There may be some disadvantages to on-
line dating, but social psychology professor
Chris Crandall has seen many online dat-
ing relationships lead to successful mar-
riages. The Internet provides a conve-
nience that regular dating may not have.
It is only a start though, he says. Sta-
ble romantic relationships must also
be face-to-face, or they remain ethereal.
Crandall says it can be a quick
and reasonable way to start.
As long as you proceed to the well-
established steps in a relationship of ap-
pearing in public, presenting the other
person to friends, family and as long as
you have plenty of face-to-face time in
the end Crandall says. Why not? JP

How to have a
successful online
dating profile
Making a good online dating profle is
key to your cyber firting success. Hon-
est profles make men and women click
online, but knowing what to put, and
what not to put, may be hard. It was for
me at least. When creating my online
dating profle, I came across what I think
are necessities for a successful profle.
1. A picture. Its usually the frst thing
people look at, so make sure it depicts
who you really are. Not having a pic-
ture is OK, but people need to con-
sider supplying one if necessary. Lastly,
make sure your picture is big enough
for people to see, and dont have a
picture with fve other people in it.

2. A good user name. Make a user
name that refects something about your
character, but dont seem too desper-
ate. Romeo seeks Juliet, and Prince
Charming scared me off. Incorporate
a favorite hobby or nickname. I saw a
lot of Jayhawk themed names. Its cute
but still try to stand out above the rest.
3. A good bio. Relax and dont seem
too uptight. Being original is always a plus.
Sick of the bar scene was on nine out of
10 bios. We all are sick of the bar scene.
Write something that shows off your
personality, but be concise. No one wants
to read a 10-page bioget to the point.
Couples therapist Julie Hardesty
Sullivan says the risk of someone not
being who they seem to be is an im-
portant factor with online dating.
Meeting face-to-face can be quite risky.
I encourage students to se-
cure a frst date mate, Sullivan
says. This is a friend who can ac-
company each dater to the frst
meeting experience, which should
always take place in a public setting.
Illustration by Erica Birkman
Turn up the heat in your love life online: About 500 users within
the Lawrence zip code 66044 are using
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Contributed photo
Matt Rissien, Overland Park senior, and Ben Antes, Overland
Park junior, pass out coupon books to students on campus.
manual
Photo illustration by Becka Cremer
Keeping cold air out
If your utility bills are rocketing, or you
just want to make sure you arent wasting
energy this winter, grab a box of matches.
Hold a lighted match near all of the places
that might allow cold air into your home, es-
pecially along baseboards and around win-
dows and doors. If the fame gets blown out,
then you have an air leak, says Joe Stober, a
supervisor at Home Depot, 1910 W. 31st St.
Stober recommends
buying expanding foam
called Great Stuff ($6.97
at Home Depot) to fll
in gaps around windows.
He says weather seal-
ing tape around doors
and plastic flm window
insulation kits can mini-
mize gaps and make sure
you arent spending too
much on utilities and
wasting energy. Stober
recommends the Frost
King window insulation
kits; for about $11, you
can add an extra layer
to your windows, with a
buffer that keeps warm air in and cold air out.
You can also heck out the Home Energy
Saver calculator at www.hes.lbl.gov. Just en-
ter your address and some details about
where you live to see other ways you
can save energy and money this winter.
Becka Cremer
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in the life of...
The coupon
book guy
If you saved money at Gumbys this
week, you might want to thank Johna-
than Hurst-Sneh. Hurst-Sneh, Over-
land Park junior, is an intern for The
Campus Special, but you might know
him better as the coupon book guy.
Hurst-Sneh is responsible for re-
cruiting other students to hand out
coupon books on campus. He says
students sometimes recognize him
when hes not working and ask for
more coupon books because they
want more copies of certain coupons.
Overland Park senior Matt Rissien re-
cently passed out the books for the
frst time. Rissien, Overland Park se-
nior, says he hopes hell get to do it again.
Its fun because you get to engage with stu-
dents, but you know that youre that annoying
guy passing out coupon books, Rissien says.
He and Ben Antes, Overland Park junior,
tried different approaches to get people
to take the books, Rissien says. Sometimes
they would stay silent, offering coupon
books to students with-
out interupting their walks to class. Other
times, theyd follow students around campus
until they gave in and accepted the books.
There were a lot of people who stopped
and talked, and we made some people laugh.
Plus, we saved some people some money,
Rissien says. That has to be a good day.
Becka Cremer
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January 29, 2009
manual
Youre blank. Every pencil is mov-
ing except yours. You crammed
all last night and now ... nothing.
Memory can be the bane of a stu-
dents existence. When you blank on a
test or a job interview, you look like an
idiot. So why cant you just remember ev-
erything? Well, remembering is diffcult.
Its hard work ... were all lazy, says Su-
san Kemper, professor of psychology. People
try to take shortcuts, such as cramming, and
are often left empty-minded, Kemper says.
We also spread our attention over
many areas, Kemper says. Multitask-
ing gives us only a fraction of our atten-
tion to something that requires all of it.
Kemper says research shows humans
dont multitask well. When your attention
is divided between many areas, you cant fo-
cus. If you are listening to music, listening to
your friends, checking Facebook and study-
ing, then your memories will be tied to that
context, Kemper says. When you take a test,
you arent multitasking, so your chances of
remembering what you studied are slim.
Do one thing and do it well, Kemper says.
Another factor in memory is repeti-
tion; the more you go over the informa-
tion, the better you will remember it.
John Colombo, professor of psychology,
says spaced practice is the best method
of remembering something. Spaced practice
requires that you get started early, because
you study a little bit each day. Plan ahead
and stake out time to study with moder-
ate intensity, and youll remember more
than if you were to study with high inten-
sity over the a single period, Colombo says.
But how should you study? Two types of
memorization strategies, mnemonic and
elaboration can help when you hit the books.
Mnemonics
Used since the days of Aristotle, mnemon-
ics are the best-known way to remember
something. Mnemonics (neh-monics) use ac-
ronyms to group facts together in a meaningful
way. An example: Richard Of York Gained Bat-
tles In Vain. This mnemonic helps you remem-
ber the colors and order of the colors in the
visible spectrum: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue, Indigo, Violet. The mnemonic functions by
relating a memorable sentence with informa-
What did I
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How to improve your memory for tests ... and life
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tion contained in it; in the example, the frst letter of each
word helps you remember the frst letter of each color.
Mnemonics should be visual, outlandish and weird, Me-
linda Gaddy, psychology graduate student, and Kemper say,
because these attributes make them easier to remember.
Elaboration
The other method of memory recall is elabora-
tion, or depth of processing. With it, you create re-
lationships with everything you need to remember.
This makes more neural pathways, and the more
neural pathways you have, the better your mem-
ory. You might not remember what exactly you
wanted to remember, but youll eventually re-
member it through remembering something else.
Gaddy suggests mnemonics for visual learners
and elaboration for verbal and auditory learners.
Stimulation
Cigarette smokers, caffeine ad-
dicts and Adderall abusers beneft from
boosts in short-term memory when-
ever they smoke, swill or swallow.
Kemper says users gain a short-term ad-
vantage, but they may fame out and are
faced with serious consequences later,
such as addiction and poor health. How-
ever, some students use stimulants anyway.
Paul Kubicki, Kansas City, Kansas, freshman,
smokes before tests because nicotine makes
him feel more alert and focused. Mickey Ces-
er, Lawrence graduate student, says he felt
mentally slow when he tried to stop smoking.
I felt healthier, but I also felt like I was wear-
ing a goldfsh bowl over my head, Cesar says. I
couldnt think my way out of a wet paper bag.
Brigid Dunn, Topeka senior, says
she drinks black coffee when study-
ing and drinks lots of water so she
doesnt crash. She says it helps her focus.
These methods for focusing can height-
en short-term memory, but not long-term
memory. Also, if you dont normally take
stimulants, they could disrupt your sleep,
which is a major factor in recollection, Melin-
da Gaddy, psychology graduate student, says.
Because of the major consequenc-
es, Kemper does not endorse us-
ing stimulants to aid memory.
I do not recommend someone bor-
row their friends Adderall to get through
their bio exam, Kemper says. JP
sometimes you have to cram,
and heres how to do it.
1. Dont distract yourself
Find a quiet place to study, Susan Kemper, professor of psychology, says, and dont listen
to music. If you listen to music to drown out the rest of the world, then it only works if you
dont pay attention to it, Kemper says. Noise-canceling headphones would be more effective.
Other people, conversation, TV, music, might make you more comfort-
able, but they are the source of distractions, and distractions take some re-
covery time once they occur, says James Joula, professor of psychology.
2. Dont pull an all-nighter
Dont dare disrupt your sleep pattern, because it is one of the worst things
you can do for memorization, says Melinda Gaddy, psychology graduate student.
We dont know why or how, but sleeping makes memo-
ries consolidate. Cram the night before, not the day of, Gaddy says.
3. Dont change your lifestyle
If you drink a Red Bull while studying, then you should drink a Red Bull before the test,
Gaddy says. Make the place you will take the test the place you study. Your memories are tied
to the context of how you studied them, so changing your lifestyle will change the context.
4. Dont stop exercising
If you work out often, not exercising changes your lifestyle and can cause a crash in mood,
which can decrease concentration. Exercise promotes chemicals in the brain that facili-
tate learning, Gaddy says, and suddenly stopping can have disastrous effects on memory.
Photo illustrations by Jon Goering
Bad memory got you down? Dont stress, use mnemonics, elaboration and
stimulation to get your memory jogging.
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January 29, 2009
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MOVIE: Inkheart
Inkheart is a movie made for and to be
enjoyed by children. Based on a popular
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good-looking flm with a neat premise and
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bogged down by poor planning and senti-
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The movie tells the tale of Mo (Bren-
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talent: When they read aloud, objects and
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The consequence is that when this happens,
someone else is placed into the world of
the book. Such was the case with Meggies
mother (Sienna Guillory), who was sucked
into the titular world of the book when Mo
read it aloud to the then-infant Meggie, un-
aware of his powers.
Mos reading also materializes several
characters: the evil Capricorn (a scenery-
chewing Andy Serkis) and his henchman
(Jamie Foreman), and Dustfnger (Paul Bet-
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is the reason Conquest is so engaging.
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areas of Nazism during and after WWII in
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Berg (Peter Kross), and from society. The af-
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law school. During his education, Hanna and
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different characters who all have varying spe-
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Mage (lightning attacks and healing) and the
Scout (speed and invisibility). Heroes, such as
Gandolf and Sauron, are also available at certain
pre-selected locations throughout the eight
levels. Each level represents a major battle in
the fght for Middle-earth and the journey to
destroy the ring at Mount Doom, so there is a
pretty good summary and variety of clips of all
three movies.
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battle moves for all of the characters. This can
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The Reader is a well-crafted flm that will
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