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Kansans struggle with insufficient minimum wage laws
jose militech
editor@kansan.com Minimum wage in Kansas falls far below the recommended living wage, according to a number of different groups, studies and organizations. The Kansas Progress Institute in Lawrence, the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have worked to identify and address the factors that contribute to poverty, low wages and the increasing cost of living in the state. One of the most complex issues surrounding the problem of balancing wages and the cost of living lies in determining how to best regulate the minimum wage and regulate inflation as it affects the cost of goods and services in the long-term. Medical and dental costs are among the most burdening and often inaccessible services that complicate the lives of low-income individuals and families. “Medical costs are a big issue,” said David Burress, president of the Kansas Progress Institute in Lawrence. “On a scale of problems, if raising the minimum wage was a foothill, trying to regulate medical costs would be the Himalayas.” Some University alumni, employees and Lawrence residents who rely on jobs that pay the state minimum wage and that do not offer health or dental insurance are experiencing first-hand the challenges of making ends meet while coping with medical issues. April Huston, a five-year food service employee at the University, has been living with impacted wisdom teeth for months and is struggling to find a way to pay for the surgery to extract the molars. The Douglas County Dental Clinic serves low-income patients but cannot do the particular surgery that she needs, and she was referred to a local dentist. “I think it would be better if the government lowered (medical) costs or if part-time employees were given some kind of health benefits,” Huston said. “I don’t have benefits and it’s going to cost me $2000. I didn’t qualify for the dentist’s credit plan. Instead of making payments I have to pay up front, which is hard.” Jonathan Robbins, a junior, works part-time as a circulation desk assistant at Watson Library.

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tlemire said. “Legislation passed prohibiting communities from establishing their own living wages. When communities talk about raising the minimum wage, part of the argument that comes back is that it’s going to be really bad for business and businesses are going to have to cut jobs. The research has demonstrated that that is very rarely the case. I think it’s very important to weigh the rhetoric against the reality when these types of decisions are made.” KACAP will be hosting the 2013 Poverty Conference in Topeka July 17-19 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center. They will show the HBO film “American Winter,” which focuses on unemployment and wages in the U.S. The film’s producer and some of the cast will be present at the showing. It is free for the public. — Edited by Megan Hinman

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He believes it’s essential to both regulate medical and dental costs, which he says are necessities of life, and he supports raising the minimum wage. “We need to have what Canada has,” Robbins said. “We can pay for it in taxes and everyone is covered. It takes away so much stress. A lot of people want to get paid more because they want medical insurance. It’s kind of ridiculous to do one thing or the other, we need to do both.” University School of Business economist George Bittlingmayer agrees that the current state minimum wage is not a livable wage but warns about the unintended consequences of raising it too much. “It clearly would be hard to support a family on that; there is no doubt about it,” Bittlingmayer said. “But there are good reasons to think that raising the minimum wage could create damage. It could price people out of the labor market.” According to the Living Wage Calculator designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a single adult in Kansas would need to make a minimum of $9.02 per hour to stay above the poverty level. A single adult with one child would

need to make more than $18.51 per is—a person’s race, their gender and hour and a single adult with two chil- other factors in life — and certainly dren would need to make $22.69 per health is a big one,” Stottlemire said. hour, and so on. “We continue to fight the rhetoric of In 1988, Kansas minimum wage what do we do with our tax dollars. was $2.65 per hour. Until we begin looking at healthcare After some minor increases as a human right as opposed to somethroughout the years, it was raised to thing that only those that can pay for $7.25 per hour in April 2009 when it receive, then we are stuck in this then Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed system of who is paying for whom… a new bill into law. Raising the minimum wage is a step However, Kansas businesses that in the right direction in addressing gross more than poverty.” $500,000 in sales “Raising the minimum wage The number annually or are of people workinvolved in inter- is a step in the right ing for minimum state commerce direction in addressing wage in the Unitfall under federal poverty. ed States rose minimum wage from 1.7 million Tawny Stottlemire law. Executive Director in 2007 to 3.6 “Ninety to 95 Kansas Association of Community Action million in 2012. percent of Kansas The loss of Programs businesses come quality jobs in the under federal mincountry can be atimum wage law,” said Tim Triggs tributed to the economic crisis that a labor conciliator with the Kansas wreaked havoc on many businesses Department of Labor. nationwide in early 2008. Kansas Association of Community Adding to the fears of Kansas Action Programs Executive Director workers, Gov. Sam Brownback Tawny Stottlemire talks about the signed House Bill 2069 into law last minimum wage issue as described April, banning Kansas communities in a 2012 Kansas Poverty Report re- from requiring private businesses to leased by her organization. provide a living wage in excess of “The causes and conditions of pov- what is required by federal or state erty are different depending on where law. a person lives, what their background “I’m a little disappointed,” Stot-

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Internet intensifies thoughtless debates G
eorge Zimmerman’s acquittal stirred up a cesspool of hasty generalizations and personal attacks that is my Facebook feed. I’m a white millennial from suburban Kansas, so there’s nothing substantial I can say about the case itself. What I can do is give all my equally white and suburban peers a friendly reminder to shut up. Before I go any further, I have to admit that I betrayed your trust, readers. A few months ago I wrote about giving up arguing on Facebook and other social media. I promised you that I would take the high road. I failed. I was baited into arguing about the millennial generation and in retrospect I can’t believe I fell for it. The “other side” was someone burping up talking points just to grind my gears. It was a friend of a friend and I’d like to think that I stayed respectful. But having the buffer of a keyboard and the support of a few Google searches, I got ahead of myself. And now I’m seeing dozens of flashpoint arguments explode across my computer screen like it’s D-Day and I can’t help but ask: what can any of you kids from Kansas who probably didn’t spare five minutes to watch the trial have to say that hasn’t already been said? That’s not to say I’m against healthy debates between citizens. Discussion is good; it reflects an informed and progressive society. What makes me doubt the rest of you is when racist terms get thrown around like snowballs and friends turn on friends because… well… there’s not really a good reason for it, they just like to argue. It’s discouraging. When I got trapped into debating the millennial generation, I defended us. I said that we were just as smart, respectful, and rounded as the Boomers and our parents. But when I come home to see comment threads with five hundred responses and everyone is comparing each other to Hitler, I begin to wonder if maybe

Facebook Frenzy

By Wil Kenney
wkenney@kansan.com the media is right about us. What’s worse is that, just like my argument about generational relations, there’s a good chance that the person you’re attacking is just trying to get a rise out of you. There are entire sub-cultures on the Internet devoted to kicking up dust and just waiting for the inevitable pit fight with a bag of popcorn handy. But maybe I’m just another idiot with a soapbox. Although mine’s made out of paper and ink, I’m probably no different. Whether you like to hear it or not, you aren’t as informed or insightful as you think you are. No one logs onto Facebook

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or Reddit to get his or her mind’s changed. They type in their favorite website to find a fight somewhere and get a punch in. Nothing is changed and the only thing that’s been proven is that the combatants are ignorant. Not ignorant of the topics but ignorant of one another. Julie Smith, the woman you just cussed out and asked to “kindly kill herself ” on Facebook, is a person. She has a favorite color and a hilarious story about a beer in a blender. She might be wrong but she’s just as stubborn as you are and can probably type faster. So again, Facebook, pour some tea and just do a crossword. Run a mile and burn off some steam. Let the incoming hurricane of news analysts do the arguing for you and most of all: listen. Then, if you’re in the mood to discuss and not fistfight, get some talking points in. Rest in peace, Trayvon. Kenney is a sophomore from Leawood.

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acebook activism is ineffective — and you can tell that to Joseph Kony. I am, of course, speaking about the phenomenon of Facebook users supporting political causes via social media interactions. Prominent examples include the infamous Kony 2012 sensation and the iconic red equals sign for marriage equality. I should preface this article by stating that there is absolutely nothing wrong with supporting worthy causes. Rather, I am merely suggesting that the practice certainly entails some unforeseen deleterious side effects. It’s one thing to, say, support marriage equality by changing your profile picture for a day, but it’s a bit more comical when thousands pledge to affix a “Kony 2012” picture to their profile until the malefactor is caught. Well-grounded causes such as marriage equality do deserve our

Social media weakens true activism
By William Ashley
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respect, but fringe movements like Kony 2012 are an embarrassment to the world and highlight our short attention spans. In some respects, history will regret movements like these, because they represent the paragon of American Slacktivism, especially considering that most of North America probably can’t locate Uganda on a map. At its worst, Facebook activism glorifies cursory research for trite causes promoting vacuous platitudes, and only serves to give people a false sense of activism. Done right, Facebook activism can be an efficacious platform for well-established movements, done wrong, it lets people take a stand – but only from a safe distance. With the odious drudgery of actual service washed away, activism becomes less valuable — and certainly less effective. People become fulfilled by simply pressing a like button, which usually prevents them from becoming more deeply involved in the movement. The cheapening of activism has to stop. I do realize that people’s hearts are in the right place, but entrusting the Internet hive mind to change the world with mere likes is just another example of hare-brained American thinking. Real change occurs when

Awareness

you step outside the safety and security of your social media profile and into the real world. Where should the masses start? Simple awareness. People should seek information on the issue they the find “like” worthy. They need not bear the burden of being the next great activist, but merely an informed citizen, because there is an intrinsic value in knowledge for knowledge sake. The more information people garner about a particular issue, the more involved and interested they will be in its development. If they do not seek information, they’ll face great scorn — scorn as harsh as the glow of the LED screens from which these Facebook users became “activists.”

Ashley is a sophomore from Topeka. Follow him on Twitter @punchlnekween.

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Love and other drugs

‘FBO’ determines relationship status
According to “It’s Complicated,” a Western University student’s 2012 elegualt@kansan.com survey about breakups and social meThree letters have changed the dat- dia, less than half of the participants ing game for millennials, and it’s said they remained friends with their mostly for the worst. ex after the breakup. One participant FBO—“Facebook official”—is the compared blocking his ex to ripping new standard of a relationship. For off a Band-Aid of painful memories. a simple social network status, it’s an Results from the survey found that incredibly delicate topic. Determining 88.2 percent of participants “creeped” when to go FBO is a science of strate- on their ex after a breakup. More than gy and could require months of care- 70 percent who unfriended their ex ful discussion tried to get access and planning. “The thing is, you’re creepthrough another acIt’s comparable count. ing on him because you to a celebrity No matter how controlling tab- want to find something. You mellow or gruesome loid rumors of want to find something to be the breakup, there’s a hush-hush almost always an angry about.” project until the element of jealously buzz goes pubthat accompanies Nicole McCroskey lic. moving on. The consophomore from Overland Park Once it hits venience of creeping one newsfeed, on Facebook tends to it’s free game. Facebook is a (if not intensify the feeling. Another survey the) mecca for gossip and often the participant described it as unhealthy source of cyber drama. While a new and “self-destructive.” “single-turned-in-a-relationship” “The thing is, you’re creeping on status evokes cutesy comments and him because you want to find someheartwarming “awh’s,” it can get nasty thing. You want to find something during a breakup when FBO turns to be angry about. You want to see if FUBAR. any new girls have written on his wall Before deciding to be FBO, Nicole or if there are pictures tagged of him McCroskey and her boyfriend at the partying or doing whatever. You’re time had gone steady for a couple of kind of looking for something to be months to test the waters. When they mad about,” she said. changed their statuses, most of their McCroskey said she never went friends knew they were together al- back to her ex’s profile on her own, ready so it wasn’t a big deal. but had friends who would keep tabs Although Facebook didn’t affect for her. She said she wouldn’t have that relationship, McCroskey, a soph- checked up on him and his new girlomore from Overland Park, has also friend even if she had the means to. experienced the ugly side of social “It wasn’t a solid, good way of media relationships. ending things, so it was like, ‘I hate Because her last ex was often busy you and I never want to talk to you with homework and fraternity en- again,’” she said. “I never felt too obgagements, McCroskey accepted the ligated to and make myself feel better fact that they wouldn’t be able to text by looking at [his new girlfriend’s] or see each other much. However, she ugly pictures.” suspected something fishy when he When creeping gets out of hand, it’s would post pictures and tweets from crucial to step away from the smarta bar after telling her he was spending phone or computer screen and get a his night studying or had canceled on fresh perspective of the relationship her last minute. itself. “I would get upset, but I wouldn’t “Sometimes it can make or break want to text him and call him out,” it,” McCroskey said. “It’s important she said. “Guys get defensive, and I to talk about it, give it some time and didn’t want to come across as a crazy make sure that you want to date and girlfriend.” are happy with the person, that you’re As these instances became more fre- putting it on Facebook because you quent, McCroskey had to end things. have [a solid relationship] and it’s not She cut off all ties, which meant un- going to change how you feel about friending him on Facebook and un- that one person.” following his Twitter. She’s not alone. — Edited by Allison Kohn

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percent of survey participants said they “creeped” on their ex’s profile after the breakup.

70.2 50.5

percent who weren’t friends with their ex tried to creep their profile through some other means (like a mutual friend’s account)

percent re-read or overanalyzed old messages and wall posts from an ex

percent deleted pictures of themselves and their ex together

— “It’s Complicated: Romantic Breakups and Their Aftermath on Facebook”

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percent said an ex posted a picture or changed a profile pic to something that made them feel bad or jealous, while only 31.4 percent reported doing that to their ex. 

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Students experience culture shock after returning to U.S. from study abroad trips
Emma Legualt
elegualt@kansan.com Naturally, when Margo Bogossian returned home to El Paso, Texas from studying abroad in Argentina, her family wanted to see pictures of her trip. However, it was this small gesture that made her realize that the word “normal” had lost it’s meaning. “It was kind of like, ‘life’s supposed to be normal again, and for me it’s not,’” she said. “I feel like I’ve changed and learned new things and seen all these new things and going back to normal life, it doesn’t fit the same again.” Hannah Lujano had a similar encounter when she tried to describe an experience she had in the country and her family laughed at her. Bogossian and Lujano, both seniors, spent six weeks studying advanced Spanish in Buenos Aires as part of the University’s Language and Culture Study Abroad Program. However, after stepping back on U.S. soil, they’ve found the transition back to small town American culture is a little more complicated than they thought. They miss the convenience and buzz of city life. Lujano, who is from McPherson, said she’s still adjusting to rural life. “The lack of constant activity is deadly,” she said. are busy all the time and a little bit more blunt,” she said. “It’s a little different compared to Midwesterners.” Having traveled abroad prior to Buenos Aires, Bogossian expected to have a similar relationship to that of her warm, friendly Costa Rican host mom. She found her Argentine host mom had a more up-front, abrasive personality. “Their look on life is a little bit different and their way of approaching people is a little bit different,” she said. “It took me a week or so to realize she’s not mad at me, that’s just how she was.” Her host mom would often accuse Bogossian’s roommate of opening and closing the blinds, even though the roommate never touched them. “It was just little things like that and you had to get used to it. It’s like, you can’t argue with the woman; she’s just going to keep saying the same thing,” she said.

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“We benefitted immensely from the cultural immersion. The reality of South America is terrifying, intoxicating and stunning.”
Hannah Lujano senior from McPherson

Bogossian has moved around the U.S. but never to a big city. Seeing buses and subways everywhere and waking up to blaring car horns at 6 a.m. were new experiences. “It’s a little bit like how I would imagine New York, where the people

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Hannah Lujano, a senior from McPherson, studied abroad in Argentina earlier this summer. She said the adjustment to life in Kansas after returning from Buenos Aires has been difficult.

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quickly learned to take advantage of the afternoon tea and snack, the merienda, after class. One thing the two haven’t had any problem adjusting to is homestyle food in the States. The first thing Lujano did when she got home was eat a burrito with her best friend and boyfriend, and Bogossian’s grandma made her a huge, American lunch complete with ham, pototaoes and strawberry pound cake. “While you’re there, the whole time you’re like, ‘I would love to go to Buffalo Wild Wings, I would love a cheeseburger now, that sounds so good.’ And then you get back and you’re like ‘I wish I could eat this from Argentina,’” Bogossian said. “Wherever you are, you want the other type of food. The short amount of time meant that the group had to take advantage of every opportunity to explore the city and culture. Sitting on the plane back to the U.S. Bogossian had a “minor freak-out.” “I was just like, ‘have I enjoyed Buenos Aires enough and seen everything I wanted to see? Because what are the chances of me coming back?’” she said. “Six weeks is definitely not enough time to become bilingual, what we learned came mostly from outside of the classroom,” Lujano said. “We benefitted immensely from the cultural immersion. The reality of South America is intoxicating, terrifying and stunning.” — Edited by Allison Kohn

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Lujano found the men were free with their thoughts concerning women. “It was an off day when we weren’t complimented by men at least a handful of times whenever we left our apartment,” she said. “This made us nervous at first, but we came to accept it like all of the other women in Buenos Aires.” Bogossian and Lujano said returning from speaking primarily Spanish to their native English has been rough. “At the end of a conversation I want to say ‘ciao,’ but everyone is like, ‘what are you saying?’” Bogossian said. A traditional Argentine dinner is at 9 p.m. or later. At Lujano’s host house, this was at least a two-hour affair. She

Hannah Lujano (front) sits on a dock in Colonia, Uruguay. Lujano said one of the most difficult parts of returning to the U.S. was speaking primarily English and adjusting to rural life in her hometown of McPherson after leaving the hectic energy of the city.

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City’s 30th annual Sidewalk Sale this Thursday
Jenna Jakowatz
jjakowatz@kansan.com Beginning Thursday morning at 5 a.m., some of the most serious shoppers from across the metro will break out their credit cards and empty their wallets for downtown’s annual sidewalk sale. Stephanie Orth, a junior from Lawrence, will be heading downtown around 6:30 a.m. to score some deals on shoes and clothing. “I have attended the sidewalk sale for a total of six years,” Orth said. “I keep coming back for the good sales on shoes and KU apparel.” Orth is just one of hundreds of people who will be up before the sun to take advantage of sales. Last year’s Facebook event had 330 attending, and this year is expected to draw an equally large crowd. Elaine Dollar works at Britches, a women’s clothing store at 843 Massachusetts St. She said she’ll be at work a lot earlier than usual. “We’re probably going to open around 6 or 6:30 a.m., and we’ll be spending the whole week preparing,” Dollar said. This will be Dollar’s first time working the sidewalk sale, but she won’t have to work alone. “Everyone on staff will be working that day,” Dollar said. Dollar said that Britches will have additional sales on items already discounted, and the store will feature items like discounted tank tops and maxi skirts as well. Orth plans on taking advantage of sales like these, but is also keeping her spending within a budget. “I usually limit myself around $50 to $70,” Orth said. Dan Hughes, manager of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike has been a part of the sidewalk sale for 24 years, and he and his staff have been gearing up for Sunflower’s 30th sidewalk sale for a while. “Everything in the store will be on sale,” Hughes said. “It’s been a lot of work. We’ve been preparing for the past four or five weeks so we’re ready when the day rolls around.” Some shoppers have been known to start lining up as early as 3 a.m. to be the first in. Although people will be in line well before stores open, Hughes advises shoppers to have a plan. “Make a check list of stores you want to hit up first so you can knock those out of the way and get the stuff you want,” Hughes said. “Then, once you’re done with that, go back a second time and see if

Arizona Trading Company advertises for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. The sale lasts from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. there’s anything you missed, or check out other stores that weren’t at the top of your list.” Like Britches, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike will be pushing most of the sales toward items that need to go. Hughes saids shoppers can expect to see deals on items that stores have a lot of or need to get rid of. After working the sidewalk sale for 24 years, Hughes has one key piece of advice for shoppers: “Stay hydrated,” Hughes said.

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‘Magna Carta’ overhyped, under lyricized
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abarbosa@kansan.com If you were expecting Jay-Z to release one of the strongest hip-hop albums to date — which isn’t too lofty an expectation, especially when you consider the production team — you’re likely disappointed. If you were expecting another pretty good Jay-Z album, you’re likely satisfied. That’s what “Magna Carta... Holy Grail” is — it’s a pretty good album. But thanks to a series of long-winded, climactic promotional commercials, we were told to expect the “new rules.” We were lead to believe this album was going to be 21st-century hip-hop’s magnum opus. Had the music community not been so mercilessly blue-balled, the album would have received universally rave reviews. This album was a slow, straight pitch with a full count and the bases loaded; it had some of the hottest producers in the game — Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, J-Roc — behind the soundboards. All Jay-Z needed to do was swing, but he only managed to hit a single. He put another point on the board, but he should have hit a grand slam. On “Tom Ford,” for example, Hov squeezes out 16 weak, forced bars in the two verses between the song’s admittedly catchy, yet nonetheless flaccid hook. The same goes for “Somewhereinamerica.” J-Roc, who helped craft the genius beat on “Ni**as in Paris,” tees Hov up with his swankiest, bounciest beat since The Blueprint’s “Hola Hovito,” with which he fumbles out a minute and a half ’s worth of mediocre — by his standard — rhymes. Sadly, the song’s highlight is the infamous Miley Cyrus line, which is nowhere remotely close to the lyrical brilliance Jay-Z is capable of. It’s funny, but Miley Cyrus name-drops should never be the highlight. The album does have its bright moments, though; “Holy Grail,” minus the limp reference to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” is a downright jam, and its ominous, dense beat is one of Timbaland’s best in years (not to mention the fact that it features what may be Justin Timberlake’s best vocal performance, ever). Hov steps away from the album’s underlying apotheotic theme to speak somewhat candidly about fatherhood in “JAY Z Blue.”

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in Fascist Spain). “Pacific Rim” is more comparable to the Mexican auteur’s “Hellboy” films, mainstream fantasies bolstered by superior creature effects and a visionary’s eye for set design (the film’s action centerpiece takes place in a Hong Kong rebuilt around the skeleton of a fallen kaiju). Jaw-dropping visuals aside, the movie should be commended for its skill at avoiding some of the melodramatic pitfalls that dog the eyeball-straining, intellect-draining films of Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich. First of all, there’s no pointless, shoehorned romance between Hunnam and Kikuchi’s characters, only a gradually established professional friendship. There’s also a merciful lack of brooding antiheroes, ponderous flashbacks and ham-fisted social commentary. “Pacific Rim” is escapist entertainment, pure and simple, arguably the best of its breed since the original “Jurassic Park” lumbered into theaters. Another strength is del Toro’s impish sense of humor, which lightens the mood without diluting the emotional stakes. Much of this stems from the yappy, excitable Dr. Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”),

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a self-confessed “kaiju groupie” who believes he can forge a neurological connection with a brain-damaged sea monster, much to the chagrin of his simpering lab assistant Gottlieb (Burn Gorman, somehow channeling Crispin Glover and John Hurt simultaneously). Ron Perlman, del Toro’s longtime friend and collaborator since 1993’s “Cronos,” also earns some well-deserved chuckles as Hannibal Chau, a black marketeer who traffics in kaiju organs to afford his 24-karat wardrobe, including a set of gold-plated teeth and shoes. All in all, “Pacific Rim” is a rare and wonderful beast: a sci-fi opus with a custom mythology whose appeal seems readymade for all age groups. I would love to see it spawn a few sequels (and maybe a crossover with Legendary’s forthcoming “Godzilla” reboot), but nothing is guaranteed when you’re dealing with an original, unproven property, especially in the middle of a season built on the promise of the safe and familiar. No matter the box office result, one thing remains certain: Guillermo del Toro has made the most ferociously entertaining movie of the summer. FINAL RATING:

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uillermo del Toro’s visually stunning monster mash-up “Pacific Rim” plays like a radioactive love letter to old Godzilla movies, mecha anime and the awesome, child-like joy that comes from creative destruction. In a summer beset with endless sequels, prequels and reboots, this is an atomic breath of fresh air: a whiz-bang Saturday morning cartoon brought to dazzling, cacophonous life by the ultimate fanboy made good. Equal parts futurist fantasia, drivein creature feature and gobsmacking action ballet, “Pacific Rim” takes place in a world where skyline-leveling leviathans called kaiju (Japanese for “strange beast”) routinely rise from an interdimensional rift in the Pacific Ocean and lay siege to Earth’s major coastal cities, including Hong

Kong and San Francisco. Faced with the threat of imminent extinction and unwilling to use nuclear weapons near such heavily populated areas, the nations of the world ban together to create the Jaegers (German for “hunter”), an army of giant robots, each controlled by two pilots linked by a “neural handshake” that enables them to act in perfect unison. The plot, a heady brew of “Top Gun” and “Mobile Suit Gundam,” focuses on disgraced ex-flyboy Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam from “Sons of Anarchy”) and his quest for redemption after the traumatic death of his older brother/co-pilot (Diego Klattenhoff). Steely-eyed General Pentecost (end-of-days motivational speaker Idris Elba) sees great potential in the damaged

young man and, after the requisite rigmarole, pairs him up with the program’s star pupil Mako (Rinko Kikuchi from “Babel”), a gifted warrior who has seen her own share of tragedy. The rest of the movie plays out as a euphoric tribute to man-insuit monster movies and the legions of children they helped to inspire (including the lifelong Godzilla fan writing this review). This should probably go without saying, but filmgoers expecting the dark, melancholy genius of del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Devil’s Backbone” may be disappointed by what they find here. There’s plenty of heart, but not much in the way of depth or complexity (the movie is about giant robots fighting giant monsters after all, not the death of childhood innocence

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editor@kansan.com Slip on an old pair of blue jeans and grab a cowboy hat because Granger Smith is bringing Lawrence more than just a concert; he’s bringing the entire country experience. Granger Smith is set to perform at the Granada Theater in Lawrence this Thursday. Tickets are $10 in advanced and $12 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. with an 8 p.m. show time. The Texas born-and-bred singersongwriter has been busy remodeling the face of traditional country one chart-topping single at a time. With George Strait as his inspiration and a 1-year-old daughter to keep him grounded, Smith is doing everything in his realm to give his fans something exceptionally unique. “If my fans have listened to my CDs, they don’t wanna go to the concert and listen to them over again,” Smith said. “I’m going to make the songs come alive, not just audibly, but visually. It will be more than a man strumming a guitar.”

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on a tour in Iraq and Kuwait earlier this year. Nothing compares to an audience of soldiers who have been away from home and crave a piece of America, Smith said. “You feel the gratitude coming back to you tenfold,” he said. “I wasn’t prepared for how much I got from them. It was no longer me thanking the fans, but the fans thanking me. I have a whole new appreciation and understanding for what they are doing and what they stand for.”

The intensity of country music culture can be almost shocking for some people. Smith’s drummer, Dusty Saxton has been banging on pots and pans since he was two years old. The self-taught musician and Texas native played for years in the rock and roll genre, but crossed lines to the country scene to join Smith’s band last September. “I’ve come to realize country music fans are one of a kind, along with the lifestyle in general” Saxton said. “We travel to states we’ve never been to before and sell a club out to hundreds of people that already know every song by heart. It’s just normally not the way it works with rock concerts.” It’s clear that Smith and his band are both serious and playful when it comes to their craft; they’re humble enough not to take themselves too seriously, but dedicated enough not to let their name slip out of mind. “Lawrence, get ready for a rocking’ country time,” Smith said. — Edited by Megan Hinman

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Upcoming blockbusters fill remaining summer weeks
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his summer has already proved to be a pretty successful one for new movies. With blockbusters like “Man of Steel” and “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” comedies such as “The Heat” and “This is The End” and, finally, surprise hits such as “The Bling Ring,” there has always been something worth watching. And it doesn’t seem to be slowing down as the summer wraps up. Rather, production companies seem to have been saving the best for last. Here are my top picks through the end of August. “The Conjuring” – July 19 Horror films seem to be out in abundance this summer, with “The

Purge” earlier on and “You’re Next” coming out soon. However, no trailer has made me more frightened than that of “The Conjuring.” And if the trailer alone makes me turn away in fear, I can only imagine how scary the actual film will be. On top of that, the basis of the movie being a “real-life” family looking back on their own terrors is a new and creative way of telling a story, which is what horror film junkies are begging for. “The To Do List” – July 26 I am not going to lie, this movie doesn’t look as funny as “This is the End,” but in my mind nothing can go wrong if Aubrey Plaza is involved. Add Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg and Clark Gregg, and I am completely sold on whatever you are selling, even if it is a movie about an overly nerdy girl trying to ditch her “loser” ways in order to score a fling the summer before her first year in college. Maybe it won’t be awesome, or maybe it will be totally lame and predictable, but I am holding out hope that this is yet another surprising comedy that is

totally worth that $9.50. “The Wolverine” – July 26 I do realize that I am one of few who did not particularly enjoy “Man of Steel,” so my summer craving for a superhero action film has yet to be satisfied. Therefore, I have very high hopes and expectations for “The Wolverine.” Switching up directors from the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” installment promises that this film will take a new — and hopefully better — direction. Needless to say, this film will have action scene upon action scene, which hopefully will not lend itself to forgetting to tell an equally thrilling story. “The Spectacular Now” – August 2 Following the success of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “The Spectacular Now” is the story of two young teens who fall in love and work through their high school days. Not surprisingly, I was a huge fan of “Perks,” so I am beyond excited for another film that can take me through an emotional roller coaster with characters I can connect with. The only

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fast, especially in the state of the Big 12. It’s hard to pinpoint this and latch a value onto it, but college football coaching may be the most essential of any sport. Sure, the best coaches get the best players but those things tend to go hand in hand. While Nick Saban is has a snaky personality and recruits football players like Fox News recruits blondes, he is eminently unbelievable at developing players and milking every inch of talent out of them. Once and maybe still a legend around these parts, former head coach Mark Mangino was unfathomably spectacular at this task. When three stars and no names such as Aqib Talib and Dezmon Briscoe are becoming linchpins of your program, you know the coach is working his wonders at getting maximum talent out of players. Weis needs to show that he can have a guy come out of nowhere and become a guy that can carry a team. When you sift through all the teams, the great ones take the per-

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ometimes Charlie Weis is tough to take seriously. Sure he’s an offensive guru and something to marvel at when he lineups up 3-WR sets with two tight ends ready to take off, but something about him doesn’t exactly inspire confidence about developing players. I’m not trying to tear into Charlie Weis’ eccentric psyche here and say they he just doesn’t have it in himself to cultivate the right system to develop college players but he surely hasn’t done anything to disprove this notion. We love our second chances in this country and that certainly rings true in college football and Weis has just that. Weis may not have any star-studded talent on this roster but there is talent. People have to be asking themselves if we can’t judge Weis on wins and losses, then how the heck are we supposed to gauge this season. First of all, does the system improve? Last year, elongated drives and time of possession was far from stellar on offense and the rhythm

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was as more out of sync than a med school student’s sleep schedule. Jake Heaps, the starting QB is still learning a new system but he has been here for a little over a year and a half. The wide receiver corps, while may not be exactly formidable, has two highly regarded transfers coming in. Nick Harwell and Justin McCay will hopefully validate just how good Weis’ system can be. Defensive has the been the black hole of Weis’ resume while he was in South Bend and it’s not going to get any easier for a defense that lost its entire starting secondary. But, that’s where the developing is going to have to spur and pick up

sonalities of their coach and respect them. Many other little things that permeate a college football game can be the surefire difference of a 5-win team versus a 7-win team. While it’s not tangible, it certainly shows down the stretch late in games as it did a little last year. You don’t want to hear about the team quitting on Weis. While play calling probably isn’t going to be a problem, the tougher things to take head-on are going to be the true tests that Weis is going to have to convey this season. The second year is important for a college coach because it’s either the stepping-stone or the breaking point into that next level. This year isn’t going to decide it, but it certainly will play a factor. — Edited by Allison Kohn 

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Kansas should produce more talent, fewer trades
Jeff Withey was the latest victim to fall to the trend as he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in this year’s draft and was moved a week later to the New Orleans Pelicans. Withey joined five other Jayhawks who have been traded since the beginning of the new year. On that list are Thomas Robinson, who has been traded twice this year, Marcus Morris, Darrell Arthur, Cole Aldrich and Paul Pierce. Robinson, Aldrich and Kirk Hinrich have all been traded twice in their careers. But no current Jayhawk has been traded like power forward Drew Gooden. Gooden, a former Big 12 Player of the Year, has been traded a whopping four times since he began his NBA career in 2002. In the trading fiasco, one of Kansas’ all-time greats in Pierce wasn’t even exempt from the increasing trend. Pierce had played his entire NBA career donning the green jersey of the Boston Celtics, a 14-year career. Mario Chalmers, Tyshawn Taylor and now Withey were all traded before they even played a minute in the league. Both Taylor and Chalmers were traded on draft day. When the picks of Chalmers and Taylor were selected, that pick had already been traded but NBA rules don’t approve trades immediately so both were drafted by a different team prior to being with their current teams of the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets respectively. This growing trend is no indication of how the Jayhawks are taught or play at the University, but it is increasingly odd that of the current Jayhawks in the NBA, very few have enjoyed a career without being traded. — Edited by Megan Hinman

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2,101 victories, .721 winning percentage, 56 conference championships and five national championships. The Jayhawks are used to excellence. Even with the prestigious history, the Jayhawks haven’t produced the NBA level talent that would be expected from a powerhouse. In fact, there is a growing trend in the NBA, a trend of Jayhawks being traded. There are 15 current NBA Jayhawks and only three haven’t been traded at some point in their career whether midseason or draft night. The three Jayhawks not to be traded: Nick Collison (Oklahoma City), Markieff Morris (Phoenix) and Ben McLemore (Sacramento).

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