Jayplay

life. and how to have one.

August 20, 2009
EXERGAMES
from serious workouts
to physical rehabilitation,
video games arent just
for couch potatoes
passion pit
dance-electro-pop
played by elves in the
woods. in Africa.
big shots
see celebrity culture
through the eyes of
Andy Warhol

august 20, 2009 // volume 7, issue 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
2
August 20, 2009
the gaming diet
virtual gym, real workouts
10
Jayplay
thats disgusting
sharing lipstick could make you sick
12
catch of the week
this art student is a sucker for a sweet voice
13
celebritweets
its a slutty heat
4
cover and table of contents
photo illustration by Jerry Wang
thursday, august 20th friday, august 21st saturday, august 22nd sunday, august 23rd monday, august 24th tuesday, august 25th wednesday, august 26th
Poker Pub/ Conroys Pub
6 p.m. & 9 p.m., free, all ages
The Junkyard Jazz Band
American Legion,
7 p.m., free, all ages
Floyd the Barber
Pachamamas,
9:30 p.m., free, all ages
Whos Bad The Ultimate
Michael Jackson Tribute
The Granada, 10 p.m., $10,
18+
Neon! Dance! Party! w/
DJs Stevie Cruz, Iggybaby
& more
The Jackpot, 10 p.m., free-$5,
18+
Stik Figa Album Release
Party with DJ Godzilla
The Eighth St. Taproom, 10
p.m., $3, 21+
Ample Branches / Rusty Scott
The Eighth St. Taproom, 10
p.m., $3, 21+
KU Hawk Week Family
Arts Festival The Lied Cen-
ter, 6 p.m., free, all ages
Amanda Shaw The Lied
Center, 7 p.m., free, all ages
Blue Turtle Seduction with
Uglysuit The Bottleneck, 8
p.m., $8, all ages
Bostons Final Borning
Lawrence Arts Center, 8
p.m., $5-$8.50, all ages
Retro Dance Party Wildes
Chateau 24, 9 p.m., $3-$5,
18+
KU Hawk Week Movie
on the Hill Star Trek Daisy
Hill, 9 p.m., free, all ages
The Cool Kids The Granada,
10 p.m., $10, all ages
Throw Rag / The Spook
Lights / The Big Iron The
Jackpot, 10 p.m., $10-$12,
18+
Sweat! with Miles Bonny
and Josh Powers The
Eighth St. Taproom, 10 p.m.,
$3, 21+
Midnight Movie Madness:
Pulp Fiction Liberty Hall, 11:30
p.m., $5, 17+
The Casualties / Mouth Sewn
Shut / Krum Bums / Pass-A-
Fist / Shred Scare The Jack-
pot, 5 p.m., $10-$12, all ages
The Brody Buster Band / Old
Country Death Band / Kick
Kick The Replay Lounge, 6
p.m., $3, all ages
Poker Pub Conroys Pub, 6
p.m. & 9 p.m., free, all ages
Steve Earle-Solo & Acoustic
Liberty Hall, 8 p.m., $25, all
ages
Bostons Final Borning
Lawrence Arts Center, 8 p.m.,
$5-$8.50, all ages
Son Venezuela The Granada,
10 p.m., $6, 18+
Drakkar Sauna CD Release
Party with special guest The
Jackpot, 10 p.m., $6-$8, 18+
Breakdown with Stackwell
and Bsears! The Eighth St.
Taproom, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Donnys Element The Jaz-
zhaus, 10 p.m., $4, 21+
Big Stack Daddy / Spider +
Octopus The Replay Lounge,
6 p.m., $3, all ages
Poker Pub The Pool Room,
7 p.m. & 10 p.m., free, 21+
All Leather / Pixel Panda
The Jackpot, 7 p.m., $6-$8,
all ages
Kathy Griffn Starlight
Theatre, 7 p.m., $39.50-$59,
all ages
Dirty Stomp w/ DJ Hector
The Selector The Jackpot, 10
p.m., $1-$2, 18+all ages
Grant Hart with Danny
Pound The Eighth St. Tap-
room, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Lil Wayne / Young Jeezy /
Soulja Boy Starlight Theatre, 7
p.m., $39.75-$125.75, all ages
Brew & View Movie Mad-
ness The Jackpot, 9 p.m.,
free, 21+
Original Music Mondays The
Bottleneck, 9 p.m., $3, 18+
The Ignorant / The Alerts
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.,
$2, 21+
DevilDriver The Granada,
6:30 p.m., $18-$20, all ages
Tuesday Nite Swing The
Kansas Union, 8 p.m., free,
all ages
Iglu & Hartly The Jackpot,
10 p.m., $5-$7, 18+
SuperGiant / White Witch
Canyon / The Old Black
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.,
$2, 21+
Poker Pub The Pool Room, 7
p.m. & 10 p.m., free, 21+
The Americana Music Acad-
emy Jam Signs of Life, 7:30
p.m., free, all ages
Jeremy Ashida / Julia Peter-
son The Bottleneck, 8 p.m.,
all ages
Transmittens / Zanins
Magic Crayon The Eighth St.
Taproom, 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Naomi What? / Hooves &
Beak (farewell show)
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.,
$2, 21+
Jayplay
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1435 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-4810
editors note //
Its easy to get excited about being a
KU student this time of year. Classes
arent too difcult (yet), football season
is nearing, and campus is as beautiful as
ever. During the day, downtown Law-
rence is busy with people going in and
out of shops and restaurants. At night,
houses in the student ghetto buzz with
chatter and music from various parties
and get-togethers. Old friends are re-
united and new friendships are formed.
Te youthful energy in the air is nearly
tangible.
But this year, we are especially excited
because we get to bring Jayplay to you
each week. If youre new to the Univer-
sity, Jayplay is our weekly entertainment
and lifestyle magazine. In each issue,
youll fnd new ways to stay healthy, im-
prove your relationships and have fun
around town, as well things that we just
think are interesting and important. If
youre already familiar with the maga-
zine, you may notice a few changes this
semester. Weve added some new con-
tent, while keeping the things that have
made Jayplay a great magazine in the
past.
So, take some time to see what we
have for you this week, enjoy the last
throws of summer, and look for a new
issue every Tursday.
SEAN ROSNER, EDITOR, AND ALEX GARRISON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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CALENDAR
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August 20, 2009
EDITOR // Sean Rosner
ASSOCIATE EDITOR // Alex Garrison
DESIGNERS // Laura Fisk, Liz Schulte
CONTACT // Hailey Osterhaus
HEALTH // Kirsten Hudson, Amy
Johnson
MANUAL // Francesca Chambers, Patrick
De Oliveira, Andrea Olsen
NOTICE // Hannah DeClerk, Kelci
Shipley, Valerie Skubal
PLAY // Sarah Bluvas, Zach Getz, Jake
Lerman
CONTRIBUTORS // Mike Anderson,
Clayton Ashley, Taylor Brown, Amber Jackson,
Chelsea Johnson, KJHK music staff, Sasha
Lund, Landon McDonald, Abby Olcese, Brett
Phillippe, Nicolas Roesler, Amanda Sorell
CREATIVE CONSULTANT // Carol
Holstead
CONTACT US // jayplay09@gmail.com
NOTICE
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August 20, 2009
tomorrows news // hostels in the U.S.
You don't have to be in Europe to
stay in a hostel. For students trying to
see the United States on a budget there
are more options than dodgy motels and
expensive hotels. Try one of the thou-
sands of hostels available throughout
the U.S. With dorm-style rooms costing
$10 to $40 per night and private rooms
available for a little more, you can stay
in the heart of many downtown areas
very cheaply.
Hostels can also provide you with
more than just a place to stay. Te staf
members, being locals, are full of infor-
mation on places to go and things to see
that you wouldn't know about other-
wise.
Most provide a fully functional kitch-
en and some even provide free meals.
Kyle Willmore, front desk clerk at the
Green Tortoise Hostel in San Francisco,
says the Green Tortoise saves its custom-
ers money by giving them the means to
cook their own dinners, rather than go
to restaurants.
Along with the cheap rates, free meals
and hot showers, hostels give you great
opportunities to meet fellow travelers.
Between your room, the dining area
and the common area or TV lounge,
you meet people from all over the world.
Youre bound to fnd a traveler to hang
out with, says Patrick Evans, Student
just call us Cleo
Travel Association representative.
Hostels may not be the fanciest
places youve ever stayed. But if you
can survive living in the dorms, you
can defnitely survive staying in a hos-
tel.
A good place to start your U.S. hos-
tel search is the Hostel International
website, hiusa.org.
Photo by Valerie Skubal
celebritweets // johncmayer
KELCI SHIPLEY, TAKEN FROM TWITTER.COM
En route to Vegas. How do we party? 100 dollar bets on NYT crossword puzzle
races. Rockstar? Oh yah.
6:09 p.m., Aug. 14th
I just had the weirdest dream and you were all in it. I mean, it was you, but you
had the faces of a diferent 1,930,256 people.
5:45 a.m., Aug. 14th
Burning question: am I to eat cottage cheese with a fork or a spoon? Please
advise.
6:36 p.m., Aug. 13th
I love to get into my car, hit the open road, and just close my eyes and get lost
in the music. And the brush.
1:21 p.m., Aug. 13th
12:14pm, up and at em! Cofee, jazzercise and then killing a homeless man.
What are your plans today?
1:17 p.m., Aug. 13th
It's 102 degrees in the Valley today. But it's a slutty heat.
2:59 p.m., Aug. 12th
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Q&A
NOTICE
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August 20, 2009
For those who are unfamiliar
with your band, how would
you describe your style?
I would describe it as dance-
electro-pop played by elves in the
woods. In Africa.
Is there a story behind the
name Passion Pit?
Mike [Angelakos] was in a class
where they were talking about
passion pits, which were drive-
in movie theatres in the 1950s
where kids would go to make
out. He thought it sounded good
at the time, and unfortunately
now we cant change it.
You attended Berklee College of
Music in Boston. What were
you studying there?
I was doing flm scoring and
conducting and also music
synthesis, so it was like two
diferent worlds. But somehow I
managed to be in the band and
I still ended up graduating last
May. I would say Im a pretty
good multi-tasker.
// with Ayad Al Adhamy of Passion Pit
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What started of as a Valentines Day gift for lead singer Michael Angelakos
girlfriend has since turned into a successful collection of electronic pop songs
performed by the fve members of the Boston-based band Passion Pit. Te
group has had recent success with their frst full-length album, Manners,
and has played major gigs such as Lollapalooza in Chicago. Most recently, the
band rocked on campus at Night on the Hill, Mondays Hawk Week event.
Ayad Al Adhamy, who puts the electronic fair into the songs with his
synth and samples, recently took a few minutes during a very important
Taco Bell run to talk with Jayplay about the bands up-and-coming success.
You guys are nominated in the
Breakthrough Video category
for the 2009 MTV Video Music
Awards. How did you react
when you heard?
I was actually moving from Bos-
ton to New York when I heard
so I was in a U-Haul truck, and
of course I was the last one to
fnd out. I havent really thought
about it too much, but its pretty
amazing.
Will you guys be attending the
awards?
No, we actually have a show that
day so well be playing in the
middle of the Rocky Mountains.
But its not like were going to
win. Were in the same category
as Death Cab for Cutie and
Gnarls Barkley, so, yeah, we have
no chance. I mean we werent
even on TV before all of this.
If it happens Ill be even more
surprised.
Why do you think your music
is so popular with the college
crowd?
You can listen to it while you
study, party, or just hang out. Its
not too emotional but it can be if
you want it to. Plus, were college
kids, too, so I think people can
defnitely relate to us.
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Passion Pit, from left: Ian Hultquist, Jeff Apruzzese, Michael Angelakos, Nate
Donmoyer, Ayad Al Adhamy.
tomorrows news // hostels in the U.S.
VALERIE SKUBAL
KELCI SHIPLEY
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PLAY
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August 20, 2009
out & about //
Te beginning of a new school year
doesnt mean the end of outdoor fun, so
before that frst biology exam has you
locked in Watson Library, check out
Amanda Shaw, the 19-year-old New
Orleans-based fddler who will liven up
the Lied Center with her brand of Ca-
jun pop.
Shaw, who recently released her de-
but album, Pretty Runs Out, will open
the 2009-2010 season by performing a
mix of country and pop-style jazz-blues
rock with her band Te Cute Guys at a
free outdoor concert and arts fair. She
became interested in the violin after
hearing an orchestra perform on televi-
sion at age 3 and became the youngest
soloist to perform with the Baton Rouge
Symphony Orchestra at age 7.
Captivating audiences with her Ca-
jun originals and fddle-induced covers
of popular songs by artists such as Te
Ramones and Cyndi Lauper, Shaw is
one of a group of musicians giving new
spirit to the New Orleans music scene
with her contemporary twists says Kar-
en Christilles, associate director of the
Lied Center. Shaw starred in the 2006
IMAX flm Hurricane on the Bayou,
which showcases the musical talents
and environmental eforts of four artists
following Hurricane Katrina, and it is
Shaws environmental consciousness, as
well as her vivacious music, that Chris-
tilles says interested the Lied Center.
Shaw is sure to bring the same vi-
brant spirit to her performance at the
Lied Center. Meet Shaw at a pre-perfor-
mance party at 5:30 p.m. and hear her
foot-stomping beats at 7 p.m. Friday, at
the Lied Center. Admission is free. Te
event will move inside if it rains.
random people. random answers.
We went skydiving at Osage City. It
was cool because you were hooked up
to someone and they did all the work
while you get to just enjoy it.
I jumped of the clifs of Grand Lake,
the 50-foot ones.
I went to Bondi Beach in Australia. I
hung out on the beach, had a beer after
and hung out with my mates.
I helped a 60-year-old man build a
limestone shed for a few weeks. Tere
were no other buildings around. It was
just us in the middle of nowhere with
miles upon miles of Kansas around.
I spent a week on Table Rock Lake. I
took my Jetski down and spent pretty
much the entire week on the lake
itself.
Hally Crangle
Lincoln, Kan., junior
Stephen Gouge
Sydney, Australia, senior
Kylie Deneen (right)
Wichita sophomore
Staci Allen (left)
Shawnee sophomore
Burton Gepford
Shawnee senior
Kelsey Howarter
Wichita sophomore

this weekend // Amanda Shaw

SARAH BLUVAS
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August 20, 2009
In this musically minded town in
the Midwest, Te Midday Ramblers are
waiting for someone to challenge them.
Te locally rooted bluegrass outft has
been playing together for the past 12
years and has managed to keep the
same four members throughout their
tenure in Lawrence. According to the
groups mandolin player, Kory Willis,
this makes Te Midday Ramblers the
longest-running band in town with all
the founding members intact. Willis
says the band has no hesitation about
proudly wearing that title until some-
one dares to put it to the test.
Leo Posch is the groups banjo player
and the only member whos a native
Lawrencian, but over the years all four
of Te Midday Ramblers have come to
call Lawrence home.
Weve all got families and we like
playing around here, says Willis.
Te band, who describe themselves as
being over the hill, or at least on it,
have found a perfect ft for their low-
key familial lifestyles in the Lawrence
bluegrass scene. But dont let their age
fool you.
Bluegrass is something that ages
well, Willis says. You can play it when
youre 16 or when youre 60.
Te Midday Ramblers werent
spawned out of the mellow world of
bluegrass each member spent their
younger years playing rock music in
bars. But when their years caught up to
them, things changed.
Since their good old days the band has
moved on from rock to bluegrass and,
as a result, more diverse venues. An up-
coming gig at the Kansas State Fiddling
and Picking Championships, which
takes place this weekend in South Park,
has been a yearly favorite. Te band al-
ways looks forward to the long-standing
event and has played it multiple times.
Tey say its a great way to expose people
to bluegrass, a genre that can often be
tough to get your hands on, but one
Willis says has broad appeal.
Its great music to dance to.
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stage presence // The Midday Ramblers
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August 20, 2009
STEPH SCHNEIDER
Chris Harris stretches his arms and positions his legs on the
platform. He chooses the song, Cowgirl, a favorite among the
group, except Harris plays it on expert. Lights flash on the
screen, a lets go! comes from the speakers, and Harris is ready
to dance.
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The Gaming Diet
getting in shape with video games
Left, right, back and forward his legs
move. Te Nike symbol on his tennis
shoes almost seems blurred. Bouncing
back and forth, Harris begins to work
up a sweat. About 50 seconds later the
song ends and Harris waits for his score.
A++, and a dance combo of 80. Har-
ris walks of, pleased with his perfor-
mance.
Harris has just fnished playing the
video game Dance Dance Revolution.
But hes not at an arcade; hes at a KU
exercise class devoted specifcally to the
game.
Dance, aerobics, kickboxing, and
other forms of physical activity through
exergaming are becoming increasingly
popular, and are now being seen as a le-
gitimate way to get regular exercise.
Wii Fit is the latest exergame that
is bringing the gym to its players. My
roommate recently brought up Wii Fit
from home, which makes new workouts
convenient and fun. Electronic beeps
and bops echo in my living room, and
the absence of treadmills, stair climb-
ers, and smelly people is refreshing. Te
games may be virtual, but the calories
burned are real.
Te point of exergaming is to make
working out more fun than walking
or running on a treadmill, says Con-
nor Williams, Lawrence Athletic Club
employee. Its not just lifting weights
and riding a bike. People stay more in-
terested, Williams says.
Marketed as the frst video game that
can be used as a workout tool, Wii Fit
has proven to get both kids and adults
of their butts. In January and Febru-
ary, Wii Fit was the best-selling video
game in the U.S., selling more than six
million units, according to market re-
searcher NPD group.
Wii Fit uses a handheld remote con-
troller that sends messages to a video
screen as players go through the mo-
tions just like playing a video game.
Teir movements control a mii, an
on-screen character modeled after
themselves. When the player does a
push-up, the mii does a push-up. Wii
Fit users can try yoga, strength exercis-
es, aerobic exercises and balance games,
while stepping and rotating around on
a movement-sensitive board and follow-
ing an on-screen trainer.
Te predecessor to Wii Fit was Dance
Dance Revolution, the game that got its
players hopping and dancing enthusi-
astically in an arcade and now in front
of their TV sets. Since coming out in
1998, the various editions of Dance
Dance Revolution games have sold mil-
lions of copies worldwide. DDR helped
launch the exergame industry, Ian Bo-
gost, author of the Te Rhetoric of Exer-
gaming, says.
Suddenly, middle-class moms were
using their kids Playstations (DDR) for
exercise, Bogost says. Tey were play-
ing a game that was never intended to
be used in that way.
Te DDR idea is simple: Players posi-
tion themselves on a 3-foot square plat-
form with an arrow on each side of the
square pad. Te arrows point up, down,
left and right. Players face a video screen
that has arrows scrolling upward to the
beat of a song they have chosen. When
the arrow reaches the top of the screen,
the player steps on the arrow on the pad
that corresponds to the arrow on the
screen.
DDR was created as an entertainment
game, but researchers and players both
noticed it worked up a sweat. DDR can
be a good aerobic exercise, and accord-
ing to ddrzone.com, some regular play-
ers have reported burning around 500
calories in an hour, and weight loss of
10-50 pounds with long-term use.
Te benefts of these physically de-
manding exergames has rehabilita-
tion centers now using them as a tool
for athletes who are recovering from
surgery or an injury, most often ankle
sprains and knee surgery like ACL re-
construction. Lawrences OrthoKansas,
PA rehabilitation department is using
// //
FEATURE
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August 20, 2009
Game Speed, a foor pad and screen that
resembles DDR, though music is not a
part of the game. Regardless, it has pa-
tients wondering, Am I playing Dance
Dance Revolution?
Game Speed is being used as a reha-
bilitation tool to gradually get injured
athletes back into shape, OrthoKansas
physical therapist Randy Freivogel says.
Patients enter their name, age, and de-
gree of difculty based on their injury.
Te game tests patients on their speed,
agility, strength and power. Playing
time is determined by the patients lev-
el of difculty, their surgery, and their
amount of time spent in rehab. Patients
jump from side to side, up and down,
but a designated relax time is included
in all the sessions.
Competition is another beneft to
playing an exergame, Freivogel says.
Students come in for rehab and the
Game Speed tracks and records perfor-
mance based on what activity they are
being tested on, Freivogel says. You
can see how competitive people can get
by playing a type of exergame as part of
their rehab, thus pushing their perfor-
mance.
After about four weeks of rehabilita-
tion on the Game Speed, patients typi-
cally are ready to get back on the feld,
track or court, Freivogel says.
Whether these exergames are used to
heal, lose weight or have fun, there is
growing evidence that regular exergame
use helps people stay ft and manage
their weight. Te state of West Virgin-
ia, in hopes of battling its high obesity
rate, has signed a partnership with game
publisher and DDR creator Konami
to install DDR machines in the public
schooling system. According to a Mayo
Clinic study, West Virginia has some of
the highest obesity and diabetes rates in
the country. DDR arcade machines have
been installed in most of its 765 public
schools, where they are now being used
during physical education classes, re-
cesses, and lunchtimes in many school
districts around the United States.
Tis past spring, the University be-
gan ofering a DDR class in the Kansas
Unions Jaybowl as an alternative to a
traditional workout class. Instructor Su-
san Hofmans once-a-week class is help-
ing students develop a positive attitude
toward working out because its fun and
competitive.
Te class has about 20 students, rang-
ing from men on the basketball team to
students just wanting to get non-tradi-
tional, fun workouts in.
DDR expert Chris Harris heard
about the DDR class at his freshman
orientation when someone said it was
actually a good workout.
You cant slow down or else youll
fail the game, Harris says. Its not
like a sport where you can take a quick
break.
Harris says that he gets a better work-
out doing DDR than he did running
track and cross-country in high school.
Te class forces me to jump on the
pad. Im weirdly nervous and begin
sweating even before I select my song
and easy difculty. Tere are hundreds
of songs to choose from, and I pick a
motivating song, Stayin Alive. Soon
I am echoing the songs Ah Ah Ah
Ah chorus, but not because I want to
sing along. I am feeling the burn. Bop
here, bop there, jump up and step back.
I keep seeing miss on the screen and
continue to hear boo from the speak-
ers. My feet seem to automatically go
on the wrong arrows, which is refected
in my low score. I can feel all these DDR
masters eying me at my sides, giving me
pity claps and cheers. Te game fnally
winds down. I am out of breath and
sweating. My legs hurt, and all I can
think of is how much that game kicked
my ass.
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August 20, 2009
thats disgusting // sharing makeup
KRISTEN HUDSON
good for you, bad for you //
always parting your hair on the same side
Whether youre slicking on your friends
peachy pink lipgloss or borrowing your
roommates shiny new bronzer, that
makeup youre applying could be giving
you more than a makeover. Using some-
one elses makeup could transmit bacte-
ria or spread an infection.
Impetigo, a skin condition that causes
red sores on the infected area, and fever
blisters are two possible consequences of
sharing makeup, says Lee Bittenbender,
a dermatologist at the Dermatology
Center of Lawrence.
Sharing makeup could also result in
a staph infection. Staph infections are
caused by staphylococcus bacteria, a
type of germ commonly located on the
skin or in the nose. Some people, even
if theyre healthy, can carry the infection
without realizing it, says Cecil Fackrell,
a physician assistant at the Dermatology
Specialists of Kansas City. Usually staph
bacteria only cause minor skin infec-
tions, but sometimes the bacteria can
enter the bloodstream, urinary tract,
lungs or heart, according to the Mayo
Clinic.
Borrowing your friends latest Sep-
hora fnd could also result in an allergic
reaction.
You might never have any problems
with your eye shadow, but then you try
a friends and get an allergic reaction be-
cause youve never used that brand be-
fore, Bittenbender says.
While sharing any type of makeup
be it foundation, powder or eyeshadow
is unhygienic, using someone elses
eyeliner is a defnite no-no. Its more
risky because of the chance of contami-
nation from body fuids, Fackrell says.
Lipsticks also pose threats because of the
chance of catching cold sores and herpes
viruses.
When it comes to makeup, dont do
as your mother told you be selfsh.
HEALTH
People are generally wary of change,
which is probably why its so hard to
alter our look. But is keeping our hair
parted on the same side just an inno-
cent desire for some consistency, or is
it damaging our hair?
Chelsea Brown, hair stylist at Shoshin
Salon in Kansas City, Mo., says clients
who keep their part on the same side
for long periods of time start to lose
life in their hair, and the hair begins
to thin out on one side. Brown says
changing a part creates more volume
and gives people a whole new look.
Worried about ending up with a
goofy cow-lick post-part fip? Train-
ing a part takes time says Brown, and
using a blow-dryer is crucial to how
the part will lie. She recommends do-
ing a tornado blow dry, a technique
where there is no focus on a part at
all. Hair is shifted from the right side
to the left side while drying, creating a
messy look. When hair starts to cool
down and is about 95 percent dry pick a
part and let hair cool in that one spot.
If hair-thinning isnt incentive enough
to make the change, think of this: the
more often you change your part, the
more often youll change your look, and
the less often youll need to pay for a
haircut.
Verdict: Bad for you
Photo illustration by Amy Johnson
Photo illustration by Kristen Hudson
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catch of the week //
Rachel Morris sits on the porch of
the Bourgeois Pig holding her pome-
granate mimosa in one hand and
thinks for a moment. What is she
looking for in a signifcant other?
Girls who are intelligent and
funny are two big wins for me, and
please dont be tone deaf, its a turn
of, she says.
Morris has an eye for beauty and
a heart for the arts. She will graduate
in December 2009 with a degree in
fne arts and photo media. Soon after,
she plans to attend graduate school to
learn more about making movies. As
a relatively relaxed person, she tries
to steer away from writing dramatic
scripts and focuses on comedies.
Machada Smith, Tulsa, Okla., se-
nior, has had frsthand exposure to
Morris skilled photography. Over
the course of a three-year-long friend-
ship, Smith has volunteered multiple
times to model for Morris.
Smith says that friendship is almost
exactly like being in a relationship with
someone, the only thing that is difer-
ent is the sexual involvement. Being
friends is like getting a good preview of
what you would want in a relationship,
says Smith. Rachel is a good friend,
so I think shed be a good girlfriend to
someone.
major: Fine arts and photo media
interested in: Women
When it comes to sex and relation-
ships, theres a lot of bad advice out
there.
It is often the blind leading the
blind, sexual expert Michael Castle-
man once wrote.
Popular relationship books such as
How to Succeed with Women, among
others, are often flled with half-truths,
vague language, over generalizations
and fat-out bad advice.
For example, authors Ron Louis and
David Copeland write in their afore-
mentioned book, Men that worry
about hurting women dont have the
sense of freedom or the confdence they
need to be successful with women
you will be happier and get more sex if
you concentrate more on how you are
like other men than on how you are dif-
ferent.
Not exactly advice for the enlightened
age.
Popular magazines tailored to sexual
issues, such as GQ and Cosmopolitan,
are unfortunately flled with a lot of the
kansas in heat (print edition) // no more bad advice
If a girl goes on a date with Morris,
she should expect some active interac-
tion. Morris says she doesnt want to sit
in a theater without talking. Hands-on
activities and any kind of outdoor ad-
venture would be ideal.
Above all things, the girl to win over
Morris doesnt have to be artsy or pho-
togenic.
You know, if we click, we click,
Morris says. Im open to new experi-
ences.
Contributed photo
Relationship researcher Mike Anderson lays out his plan to tackle the
sticky world of relationship advice, one weekly Jayplay column at a time
same, leading to an over-abundance of
bad advice. For a lot of people, the local
bookstore self-help section, chock full
of these kinds of books and magazines,
is where they get their information.
One of the studies I have done asked
people where they get their information
on sex and relationships. I discovered
that people turn to either this type of
relationship literature, pornography or
their closest friends and relatives. Un-
fortunately, pornography often depicts
poor sexual habits and our friends and
relatives are often relying upon the same
misinformation and myths from a lot of
popular literature.
You might be reading this and think
that I dont believe anyone to be good at
sexual relationships or anyone to be any
good at giving advice. I dont think that
at all. I believe there are a lot of people
out there who have strong romantic re-
lationships and are extremely sexually
satisfed. But still, there are a lot of peo-
ple who arent. Te purpose of this col-
umn will be to help both of these types
of people. My goal is to help everyone
reading this article to have healthier
romantic relationships and to have the
best sex of their lives by giving the best
advice I know of through my experience
as a relationship researcher (and an avid
reader).
Ill aim to dispel myths from popu-
lar literature and bring in the best ideas
from not only good relationship and sex
books, but also academic research from
the areas of psychology, sociology and
communication studies.
Ive read everything from pick-up
books such as Te Game and the Mys-
tery Method, to scholarly research such
as Te Journal of Sexual Research and the
archives of Sexual Behavior. Im that guy
you see at Borders sitting down in the
self-help section reading books about
sex. And what Ive learned from all of
these readings and from the research
studies that Ive conducted is this: Re-
lationships might be as individual as
snowfakes, but like snowfakes, all
share similar properties. Relationships
have similar patterns of development,
problem areas and breakdowns in com-
munication.
Each week I plan to tackle new and
old relational and sexual issues such
as relational dialectics, small talk, to-
tal body sensuality, kegels and g-spots.
Each time I hope to give you a piece
of advice that will either help initiate a
relationship, enhance a relationship or
maintain a relationship.
But to better help you, I want to
know what you would like to know.
If you have a question about sex and/
or romantic relationships, please e-mail
me at kansasinheat@yahoo.com.
I look forward to helping you heat up
your love lives.
Mike Anderson, Dellwood, Minn., graduate stu-
dent, is the host of Kansas in Heat, a talk show
about sex and relationships that airs Wednes-
days at 8 p.m. on KJHK, 90.7fm and at kjhk.org.
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August 20, 2009
get some culture //
ANDREA OLSEN
Somewhat like Perez Hilton, Andy
Warhol was famous simply for being fa-
mous and made a living talking about
and photographing celebrities. Similar
to Hilton, his pop art examines the ideas
and efects of popular culture, fame and
mass production.
Te Spencer Museum of Arts new
photography exhibit Big Shots: Andy
Warhol, Celebrity Culture, and the
1980s showcases portraits shot by War-
hol of various pop culture icons. Taken
mostly with a Polaroid camera, the piec-
es examine the idea of celebrity culture
in the 1970s and 1980s.
Te exhibit ofers more than just
pictures of celebrities, and more artists
than just Warhol. Tere are music vid-
eos, prints, posters and other forms of
media on display along with the photo-
graphs. But perhaps the most interactive
part of the exhibit is the vintage photo
booth, where visitors can snap candid
photos and get their own dose of celeb-
rity life. Annette Becker, Norton junior
and a member of the Spencers Student
Advisory Board, says that the diferent
elements really bring the exhibit to life.
Warhols art was all about inter-
acting with people, and art cant exist
without people coming to experience
it, Becker says.
Te exhibit is open in the North
Balcony during museum hours. In con-
junction with Hawk Week the museum
will be playing the flm I Shot Andy
Warhol at 7 p.m. tonight in the Spen-
cer Museum of Art Auditorium. Te
movie centers on the life of feminist
Valerie Solanas, who attempted to mur-
der Warhol in 1968, and is free.
Contributed photos
These photos of Jean-Michel Basquiat
(above), Joan Collins (top right) and Wayne
Gretzky were taken by Andy Warhol and are
being showcased in the Spencer exhibit.
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in the life of ... // a Merry Maid
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a germaphob, but youll want to clean
your house from top to bottom before
you invite her over for dinner.
Ogan, manager of Merry Maids,
2201 W. 25th St., says becoming a
housekeeper has taught her easier and
better ways to clean, but she and her
staf think twice before eating a meal
now that they know where to look for
dirt.
I have a lot of girls who come back
after a week or two of training and say,
You know what? I dont want to eat at
that restaurant again because thats dis-
gusting!
Becoming a maid may not be stu-
dents frst career choice, but Ogan says
her employees often cry when they leave
Merry Maids after graduation or to take
a new job.
She says her employees love working
for the company because the owners
send the women fowers on their birth-
days and anniversaries and takes them
out for dinner after especially difcult
jobs, such as move-in/out week.
Ogan and her staf say they have
a home with Merry Maids, but they
didnt deny the downsides of the job,
such as cleaning vomit and alcohol
of the walls of student apartments or
cleaning unfushed, broken toilets.
Te Merry Maids staf has seen it all
and, perhaps surprisingly, Ogan says
some of the worst cleaners are often
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jayplay says
get acquainted with Mashable
Social media aim to unite all of us
Gen Y-ers in digital communion, but,
so far, it seems to have split us into
three separate camps: 1. Tose of us
who have no idea what a tweet is; 2.
Tose of us who tweet in our sleep (or
at least dream of a mobile client that
would make that a possibility); and 3.
Tose of us who dont really know why
we should care.
But fear not, all three of these
camps can fnd a happy home at mash-
able.com, a powerful and user-friendly
guide to being a 21st-century twenty-
something.
Mashable, lead by 23-year-old Scot-
tish wunderkind Pete Cashmore, is
a one-stop resource for social media
news and how-tos for navigating the
crazy virtual world of tweets, vlogs and
Nings.
Mashable is an incredibly useful tool
for learning how to engage in the social
media revolution and how to make your
online presence work for you. In addi-
tion to frequently updated news cov-
ering everything from new iPhone appli-
cations to new Radiohead digital releases
Mashables hefty how-to lists educate
on everything from how to use Facebook
to get a job to fve ways to get the most
out of your music collection.
Mashable is at once a moving histo-
ry of the social media revolution and a
tool for how to use it to your advantage.
No matter what camp you fall into (Im
somewhere between 1 and 2), theres
handy, easily digestible information on
Mashable to improve and simplify your
online life.
experiment with Google-plotzing
As much as we love and advocate
technology (follow JayplayMagazine
on Twitter!), we know sometimes it
can get a little creepy. Every once in
awhile we need a little revolt against
the Digital Man.
Enter, Google-plotzing, one mans
quirky attempt to make Gmail ads
more useful by being a little snarky
with the technology.
Esquire writer Tom Chiarella de-
tailed what he called Google-plotzing
in a funny and small-revolution-in-
spiring essay in the magazines June
issue. Bored with the ads Google had
been generating based on keywords in
his e-mails, Chiarella began to place
random words at the end of his cor-
respondence to try to mess with the ad-
generator.
I enjoyed the idea of Google-bots
working to make sense of the presence
of mangoes in a letter about a tax return.
It felt both seditious and productive,
my personal cloud of privacy, Chiarella
writes in the article. He fueled his one-
man revolt with words such as steel
wire, despair and Rhoade Island in
his digital post-scripts.
So, we say give it a try, too, and give
your lazy Google-bots a good kick in the
pants.
Feel free to send some of your rebel-
lious e-mails our way at jayplay09@
gmail.com. Just make sure theres some-
thing snarky in the P.S.
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book review //
AMBER JACKSON
Sex scenes that will make you hot,
action scenes better than the movies
and revenge plots that will make you
cringe. All these make Dying for Re-
venge by Eric Jerome Dickey a sexy,
provocative read.
Te main character, Gideon, tries
taking a break from his dangerous
lifestyle as a world-renowned assassin,
but gets sucked back in.
His vacation is cut short after a
person Gideon calls Grim Reaper
makes an attempt to end his life on a
sunny beach in the Cayman Islands.
As the third installment to Dick-
eys Gideon series, Dying for Revenge
makes the big-budget blockbuster
movie look insignifcant. Not only
does this book have a sultry edge it
also takes thrilling to a new level.
Dickeys character Gideon seems to
be the right mix of villain-and-hero,
violence-and-love to make women melt
and men think twice before approach-
ing. No reader can deny that once get-
ting into this characters head he is hard
to hate even with the job of a killer.
What makes this book special be-
sides its intense action and passionate
sex scenes is the books intricate detail.
Dickey builds vivid scenes into the ever-
thickening plot.
When looking for a book for pure
pleasure no reader can go wrong with
this book. What is a better way to end
a day of stressful classes, boring read-
ing assignments and typing papers than
with a killer book?
movie review // 500 Days of Summer
500 Days of Summer, now playing
at Liberty Hall, is a romantic comedy
about a young guy, Tom (Joseph Gor-
don-Levitt), who meets Summer, the
girl of his dreams (Zooey Deschanel)
at the greeting card company when he
works. Te movie, played out of se-
quence, tells the story of how Tom woos
Summer, who claims not to believe in
traditional relationships, their eventual
breakup and his eventual recovery.
Te script is surprisingly clever, given
that it comes from the writers of Te
Pink Panther 2. And while it is a movie
with a thoughtful, realistic look at rela-
tionships, there are moments where the
movie tries too hard. In an attempt to
appeal to young, hip twentysomethings,
writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H.
Weber take every opportunity to insert
cool pop-culture references that arent
really necessary to make the story work.
Summer is a pretty girl with a cute, en-
gaging personality. She wouldnt need to
like Te Smiths or read J.D. Salinger in
order to be attractive to Tom. Likewise,
Tom is a young, likeable guy whos
certainly good looking and friendly
enough. Tose scenes where he sings
Karaoke to the Pixies? Dont need
em. Its entirely possible to make
this movie a good, solid story about
a guy and a girl and have it interest
the young folks without making it all
about the hipsters.
Even though 500 Days of Summer
borders on annoyingly cool, the in-
sights it gives into relationships and
the feelings they stir up are touching
and true. Deschanel is enchanting as
the heartbreaker Summer, and Gor-
don-Levitt is sympathetic and easy to
identify with as the romantic Tom.
Even the supporting performances,
especially from Geofrey Arend as
Toms best friend, are solid and fun-
ny. Tose pop-culture references may
be phony, but the performances and
emotions arent.
restaurant review // Ingredient
BRETT PHILLIPPE
While walking down Mass Street
on a summer afternoon, I passed by a
Lawrence original, Ingredient. I always
see people coming in and out of this
hot spot and always say to myself that I
will eat here the next time I am feeling
famished, but never follow through on
it. Except for today. Today I made the
decision to eat there and follow through
on my decision. It is safe to say that I
was not disappointed by my visit.
When I walked in, I was impressed
by the modernized design of the place
and was immediately welcomed by
friendly staf. As I got up to order there
was so much to choose from that I felt
a bit overwhelmed. Ingredient ofers
choices ranging from humungous sal-
ads and delicious wraps, to extravagant
pizzas and incredible sandwiches. Once
you order and pay, you go sit down and
wait for your order and its often packed
in there so you may be waiting for a
while, which is truly the only down-
side. But once the food is set down
in front of your face and you dive in,
you know it was worth the wait.
Te price range for Ingredient is
about $10 to $15, so its a good deal
if youre looking for a spot for a date
night.
reading. its not just for textbooks, you know
Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey
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music review //
Watch this space.
Tis semester, Jayplay is teaming
up with the Universitys student-run
radio station, KJHK, to provide you
with music reviews from the top taste-
makers of local, diverse college tunes,
the KJHK DJs themselves.
So, if youre a music lover, a music
maker, or just want to know whats
cool on college radio, get excited.
To tide you over, heres KJHKs 15
most-played new albums as of Aug. 4.
(Charting begins again Aug. 23.)
Hollywood hits, indie ficks, and everything in between
VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Sound Of Wonder: Rare Electronic
Pop From The Lollywood Vaults 1973-
1980 (B Music)
OWL CITY
Ocean Eyes (Universal Republic)
MIDNIGHT VINYL
The Perpetual Motion Machine EP (self-
released)
KJHKs guide to sonic consumption
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Upper Air (Dead Oceans)
GOBBLE GOBBLE
Neon Graveyard (self-released)
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