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Graduation Guide 2014-2015 Finals Guide: Kick back and relax with puzzles, motivational quotes and more Class of 2015 KANSAN.COM MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN MONDAY, MAY 11 OPEN MIC TUESDAY, MAY 12 THE LONE BELLOW CEREUS BRIGHT WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 THE ROCKETBOYS QUIET COMPANY SATURDAY, MAY 16 KANSAS CITY REGGAE PRESENTS CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS SUNDAY, MAY 24 THIS LEGEND STANLEY & THE SEARCH WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 ETANA GONZO FRIDAY, MAY 29 MOUTH WICK-IT THE INSTIGATOR SATURDAY, MAY 30 THE STEEL WHEELS MONDAY, JUNE 1 YOU ME & EVERYONE WE KNOW DAISYHEAD FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT WWW.THEBOTTLENECKLIVE.COM UPCOMING SHOWS THIS WEEK AT FREE POOL AND $1 DOMESTIC MUGS FROM 3-8PM DAILY! Graduation Guide 2014-2015 Page 2 kansan.com From the Editor’s desk AMIE JUST | @Amie_Just T he time of year where sanity goes to die: finals week. Sleep is harder to come by than an open table at Anschutz. Your blood has turned into coffee. The only math you care about is the percent you need on your final exam to bump up your grade. It’s been a long year. So much has hap pened here since August. We’ve had a masked man on campus protest in classrooms. We’ve seen President Obama. We’ve witnessed an 11th-straight Big 12 Championship. Aside from taking tests and writing papers, we’re busy attending every basketball game. We’re busy with our clubs and organizations. We’re busy working long hours so we can afford to pay our rent. We all deserve a break after finals are finished. Who deserves a break more than anyone else? The seniors. They’ve been here for four (or five or six) years. Once finals are over, the seniors, along with graduate students, will walk through the Campanile and down the hill. Their collegiate careers will be finished. As a sophomore, I have a little while before that time, but I know several people who will be tossing their caps on Sunday. And I have no idea what I’m going to do without them. That’s what college is about — making friends and forming lasting relationships. Only sometimes, those friends are a few years older than you, and at some point, you have to say goodbye. You’re excited for your friends, as they’ve achieved their biggest accomplishment thus far, but a little piece of you resents them, ever so slightly, for leaving you behind. Here’s to the seniors. Congratulations. You’ve done great things and you’re going off to do even bigger and better things. Here’s to everyone. We’ve made it through another year. That’s something to be proud of. Study spots Find out when and where you can study on campus during finals week PG. 4 Senior commentaries Two Kansan seniors reflect on their four years at the University of Kansas PG. 3 Motivational quotes Read some words of wisdom to get you through the last week of the semester PG. 5 A year of news Remember the biggest University news stories from this past year: sexual assault, President Obama, masked men and Gov. Brownback. PG. 8-9 A year of sports Kansas Athletics had a rollercoaster of a year with the firing of football coach Charlie Weis and women’s basketball coach Bonnie Hen rickson, but there was still plenty to celebrate. PG. 7 2015 graduates A list of the University’s 2014-15 graduates. PG. 11-23 OFF ANY CATERING ORDER (785) 843-6000 1814 W. 23rd St Carry-out Dine-in Delivery 10% PERFECT FOR GRADUATION CATERING when you mention this ad A s a senior getting ready to leave this lovely University, I guess my advice to you would be this: Do things that scare you. Do you remember how someone looks when you first meet them? You reach out your hand and say, “Hi, my name’s Paige. It’s so nice to meet you. ” You ask what they study and where they’re from. You know, typical freshman questions. Then, months later when you’re sitting on the floor together eating Jimmy John’s or pizza (probably pizza), sharing stories, you look at them and see them in an entirely different light. They’re almost unrecognizable. It’s like that person you met earlier was a shell of the person who would become so important to you. I can say that about every one of my friends I’ve made here. Not that they were a shell of a human until I graced them with my presence, but that they were a mystery, full of potential. I never would have guessed how important they would be to me until later. I can say the same thing about my entire experience at the University of Kansas. I knew my four years at the University would be important to me, but I had no idea just how big of an impact it would have. I remember walking through campus and never once thinking about how it all would become part of who I am today. But it did. Five semesters ago I walked into the University Daily Kansan newsroom and sat down for an interview to be a correspondent copy editor. I had just decided to switch to journalism and knew I needed to get involved with the newspaper to boost my résumé. I had no idea that two years from that point I’ d be walking out of the newsroom as managing editor. What started out as a few-hours-a-week job became my life. I won’t remember staying up late to study for a final or whatever I learned in Western Civ. Instead I’ll remember the late nights that ended in a trip to Muncher’s at 2 a.m. for a cream cheese doughnut. I’ll remember the ringing in my ears after Thomas Robinson’s block against Mizzou’s Phil Pressey. I’ll remember sitting on the roof of my friends’ apartment complex. I’ll remember taking naps on stacks of newspapers after producing The Kansan’s 72- page Back To School behemoth. I’ll remember leaving someone mid-conversation when “Ignition (Remix)” came on at the Sandbar. I’m about to embark on the biggest adventure of my young life — the leap into the wide unknown. I’m going to spread my figurative wings and fly and hopefully not get sucked into the engine of the airplane called life. Had I not moved into a dorm, applied for The Kansan, studied abroad in Ireland, etc., I would have wasted my time here. I would have walked through the Campanile this Sunday and asked myself if I had done all that I could. But instead, I’m going to walk through and remember how beautiful these four years have been. Then I’ll go back to focusing on not falling down the hill in my heels. Graduation Guide 2014-2015 Page 3 kansan.com CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES OF 2015! Now you're in the driver's seat of the rest of your life. We're here to help you roll out in style. Luxury & Imports is the RIGHT CHOICE for the REAL WORLD. The right car. The right price. The smart choice. FIRST TIME BUYER PROGRAM 4.25% Financing No credit. No cosigner. YOU MADE IT! Browse our website for vehicles to fit your need. Call for more information. We'd love to hear from you! 913-772-7200 / / luxuryandimports.com What college taught me: Do things that scare you PAIGE LYTLE @plytle27 W hen the word “college” comes to mind, you probably think “the best four years of your life” because that’s what everyone tells you. I’m not here to tell you this is not the case, because in my personal experience, my four years at the University have been just that — the best moments of my 22 years of living. However, there are some things they don’t tell you. And that is what I’m here for. People tell you to make the most of your college experience because time flies, but they can’t tell you just how fast. A friend, whose teacher gave them this golden thought nugget, told me the other day that “college years are like dog years, ” and it has stuck with me since. Time flies and so much changes in one year. How could it possibly have only been 365 days? Significant others come and go, classes are aced and failed, parties get out of hand and mistakes are made. But this is what shapes you. Experience teaches you. Failure proves that you can get back up. Friends are there to hold your hand along the way. I chose The Kansan as my extracurricular activity to devote my time and energy to and am so thankful my freshman-year self made that decision. It has taught me more about myself and the ever- changing field of journalism than anything else. Studying abroad in Germany taught me more than I could have ever imagined — but we’ll save that for another column. The point is this: Don’t just find your “Kansan” or study abroad. Do more. They tell you it will be the best time of your life, but they don’t tell you it will also be the hardest. Graduating high uploads/Litterature/ grad-finals-guide.pdf