Online Check out the website during the week for breaking news and photos. 04 Money sick Karen Ingram explains why for-profit health care is not the way to go. Hemingway lives on “A Farewell to Arms” author still an icon 50 years after his death. 03 www.kstatecollegian.com wednesday, july 6, 2011 vol. 116 | no. 155 High: 82 F Low: 68 F Tomorrow High: 90 F Low: 72 F Friday kansas state tatecollegian.com wed d d d dnesd d d d d d d d d d da y , j j j j j j j j j ul l l l l y 6 6 6 6, 2 2 2 20 0 0 01 1 11 1 1 co co ll egian A semi carrying hot asphalt flipped over in the middle of A semi carrying hot asphalt flipped over in the middle of Tuttle Creek Boulevard near the River Pond Area on Friday Tuttle Creek Boulevard near the River Pond Area on Friday morning. No one was severely injured. Both sides of the morning. No one was severely injured. Both sides of the road were closed and oncoming traffic was minimal. road were closed and oncoming traffic was minimal. Rachel Spicer editor-in-chief Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of the 8 Wonders of Manhattan running in the Collegian over the summer. A new wonder will be on each front page. Directly south of Man- hattan is the Konza Prairie Biological Station where eco- logical research is conducted. Three nature trail loops are open for public use with a suggested trail maintenance fee of $2. The shortest trail is the two-and-a-half mile Nature Trail Loop. Where the Nature Trail Loop breaks off from the ap- proximately four-and-a-half mile Kings Creek Loop is the Hokanson Homestead, stone buildings quarried from nearby limestone ledges by Swedish immigrants Andrew Hokanson and his two broth- ers around 1880. The trail is accommodated with a composting restroom near the homestead. There is a toilet with a mulch bin sitting next to it to help the aerobic decomposing process. The longest of the trails is the six-mile Godwin Hill Loop. Along with the beautiful Flint Hills, hikers may also see deer, turkey, birds, vari- ous sunflowers and lizards. To get to Konza Prairie, drive on McDowell Creek Road to just beyond the Ashland Bottoms turnoff. The turn will be to the left for the Konza Prairie. 5 Konza Prairie Rachel Spicer Lauren Gocken photo editor Manhattan bikers gathered together at City Hall to start a progressive dinner ride beginning at Radina’s for appetizers, on to Bluestem Bistro for the main course and ending at Varsity Donuts for rootbeer floats Friday. Mayor Jim Sherow talked about the two new state laws affecting Manhattan cyclists. e first requires a three-foot passing area between road rid- ing bicyclists and other vehicles. e second allows cyclists to pass through a red light that doesn’t sense them aſter a reasonable amount of time has passed without receiving a ticket. Nathan Finster staff writer Coach Frank Martin took command of the room. “Most Catbackers events are about getting people to know me and my family, but this event is different,” said Martin, men’s basket- ball head coach. “Here, this is comfortable, this is home. So we can talk about the real stuff.” This was the final Man- hattan Catbackers event of the summer, held on June 29. Joining Martin were Bill Snyder, football head coach, Wyatt Thompson, the voice of the Wildcats, and Mike Clark, director of develop- ment for K-State athletics. About 250 Catbackers came out to hear these dis- tinguished guests at the K- State Alumni Center and participate in a silent auction on June 29. All donations and auc- tion profits from the evening went into the Ahearn Fund. Last year, the event raised $15,000 for K-State athletics. The Catbackers are an alumni club that supports K-State Athletics and con- tributes to scholarships for student athletes through the Ahearn Fund. “If you are watching a game and see Jacob Pullen sink a 3-point bucket and you’re an Ahearn member, thank you. You made a dif- ference for that kid,” Clark said. While ticket sales are a big part of revenue for the ath- letics department, Ahearn member club fees and the generosity of the Catbackers help not only the students, but the university as a whole. “The coaches and profes- sors are all mentors for these athletes and these kids are impacted both on the court and in the classroom,” Clark said. Clark said he wants to see another 700 members in Riley County Catbackers Club by next year, which will increase alumni membership from 3 percent to 10 percent. Thompson said the sup- port of the Catbackers paid off last year. “Kansas State had more than 200 student athletes on the honor roll last year ... we boasted two national cham- pions in track and field ... the baseball team emerged as the regional champions ... girls’ tennis had a record-breaking year,” Thompson said. To top it all off, the Wild- cats went 13-1 in all sports against the rival Jayhawks. Coach Snyder talked about the importance of caring and how powerful it can be. “It really is about people caring about people; that is what K-State is to me,” he said. Coach Martin said atti- tude is everything and that he was proud of the team’s effort. “It was an exceptional season,” Martin said. “I don’t pay attention to our record, but I know we were losing more often than we needed to. Heck, I’m miserable after a win.” The audience chuckled with Martin as he showed his softer side. He beamed while directing the Catbackers’ at- tention to his children, who were having their own picnic on the floor of the Alumni Center. He also sang a line from the Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling.” Martin discussed his pride in the team this year, im- pressed by their ability to adapt in the heat of competi- tion. “I don’t worry about prac- tices, I worry about what happens outside of our com- plexes,” Martin said. “When your best two scorers get taken off your team because of off-court conduct, you have to change how you do things.” Martin recalled that after a loss one night in the coach’s locker room, he told his staff to “keep those kids’ spirits high. If we keep doing what we did tonight, we’ll be OK.” After the defeat in Boul- der, Martin walked onto the court for Sunday practice before the game against KU and saw that the players’ “spirits were off the charts.” “It was our best practice of the year,” Martin said. “The next night from jump ball to the final buzzer, it was clear who the better team was that night.” At the NCAA tournament, Martin said he never counted K-State to be down and out. “It didn’t work out, that’s all,” he said. Near the end of the night, Coach Martin’s voice was auctioned off. Lance White of Wamego spent $1,000 to have Frank Martin record a voice message on his cell phone. Dinner ride raises awareness of new laws Fundraising dinner, silent auction draws big names CYCLAWCAL Mayor Jim Sherow, far right, led the group of cyclists with the help of two Riley County Police Department escorts. Photos by Lauren Gocken | Collegian Radina’s provides bruschetta, hummus, cheese and crackers to cyclists Friday. Kyle Gach, Man- hattan resident, took a few appetizers at the first stop on the progressive dinner ride. Photos by Lauren Gocken Collegian Top: At the Manhattan Catbackers silent auction and dinner event on June 29, Dave Fiser, 1961 alum- nus, signs the blank check that was given to the Ahearn Fund. Bottom: Glasses and Catbackers mugs sit on tables in the Alumni Center prior to the Catbackers fundraising dinner.
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OnlineCheck out the website during the week for breaking news and photos.
04 Money sickKaren Ingram explains why for-profi t health care is not the way to go.
Hemingway lives on“A Farewell to Arms” author still an icon 50 years after his death.03
www.kstatecollegian.com wednesday, july 6, 2011 vol. 116 | no. 155
A semi carrying hot asphalt fl ipped over in the middle of A semi carrying hot asphalt fl ipped over in the middle of Tuttle Creek Boulevard near the River Pond Area on Friday Tuttle Creek Boulevard near the River Pond Area on Friday morning. No one was severely injured. Both sides of the morning. No one was severely injured. Both sides of the road were closed and oncoming traffi c was minimal.road were closed and oncoming traffi c was minimal.
Rachel Spicereditor-in-chief
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of the 8 Wonders of Manhattan running in the Collegian over the summer. A new wonder will be on each front page.
Directly south of Man-hattan is the Konza Prairie Biological Station where eco-logical research is conducted. Three nature trail loops are open for public use with a suggested trail maintenance fee of $2. The shortest trail is the two-and-a-half mile Nature Trail Loop.
Where the Nature Trail Loop breaks off from the ap-proximately four-and-a-half mile Kings Creek Loop is the Hokanson Homestead, stone buildings quarried from nearby limestone ledges by Swedish immigrants Andrew Hokanson and his two broth-ers around 1880.
The trail is accommodated with a composting restroom near the homestead. There is a toilet with a mulch bin sitting next to it to help the aerobic decomposing process. The longest of the trails is the six-mile Godwin Hill Loop.
Along with the beautiful Flint Hills, hikers may also see deer, turkey, birds, vari-ous sunflowers and lizards. To get to Konza Prairie, drive on McDowell Creek Road to just beyond the Ashland Bottoms turnoff. The turn will be to the left for the Konza Prairie.
5 KonzaPrairie
Rachel Spicer
Lauren Gocken photo editor
Manhattan bikers gathered together at City Hall to start a progressive dinner ride beginning at Radina’s for appetizers, on to Bluestem Bistro for the main course and ending at Varsity Donuts for rootbeer fl oats Friday. Mayor Jim Sherow talked about the two new state laws aff ecting Manhattan cyclists. Th e fi rst requires a three-foot passing area between road rid-ing bicyclists and other vehicles. Th e second allows cyclists to pass through a red light that doesn’t sense them aft er a reasonable amount of time has passed without receiving a ticket.
Nathan Finsterstaff writer
Coach Frank Martin took command of the room.
“Most Catbackers events are about getting people to know me and my family, but this event is different,” said Martin, men’s basket-ball head coach. “Here, this is comfortable, this is home. So we can talk about the real stuff.”
This was the final Man-hattan Catbackers event of the summer, held on June 29. Joining Martin were Bill Snyder, football head coach, Wyatt Thompson, the voice of the Wildcats, and Mike Clark, director of develop-ment for K-State athletics.
About 250 Catbackers came out to hear these dis-tinguished guests at the K-State Alumni Center and participate in a silent auction on June 29.
All donations and auc-tion profits from the evening went into the Ahearn Fund. Last year, the event raised $15,000 for K-State athletics.
The Catbackers are an alumni club that supports K-State Athletics and con-tributes to scholarships for student athletes through the Ahearn Fund.
“If you are watching a game and see Jacob Pullen sink a 3-point bucket and you’re an Ahearn member, thank you. You made a dif-ference for that kid,” Clark said.
While ticket sales are a big part of revenue for the ath-letics department, Ahearn member club fees and the generosity of the Catbackers help not only the students, but the university as a whole.
“The coaches and profes-sors are all mentors for these athletes and these kids are impacted both on the court and in the classroom,” Clark said.
Clark said he wants to see another 700 members in Riley County Catbackers Club by next year, which will
increase alumni membership from 3 percent to 10 percent.
Thompson said the sup-port of the Catbackers paid off last year.
“Kansas State had more than 200 student athletes on the honor roll last year ... we boasted two national cham-pions in track and field ... the baseball team emerged as the regional champions ... girls’ tennis had a record-breaking year,” Thompson said.
To top it all off, the Wild-cats went 13-1 in all sports against the rival Jayhawks.
Coach Snyder talked about the importance of caring and how powerful it can be.
“It really is about people caring about people; that is what K-State is to me,” he said.
Coach Martin said atti-tude is everything and that he was proud of the team’s effort.
“It was an exceptional season,” Martin said. “I don’t pay attention to our record, but I know we were losing more often than we needed to. Heck, I’m miserable after a win.”
The audience chuckled with Martin as he showed his softer side. He beamed while directing the Catbackers’ at-tention to his children, who were having their own picnic on the floor of the Alumni
Center. He also sang a line from the Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling.”
Martin discussed his pride in the team this year, im-pressed by their ability to adapt in the heat of competi-tion.
“I don’t worry about prac-tices, I worry about what happens outside of our com-plexes,” Martin said. “When your best two scorers get taken off your team because of off-court conduct, you have to change how you do things.”
Martin recalled that after a loss one night in the coach’s locker room, he told his staff to “keep those kids’ spirits high. If we keep doing what we did tonight, we’ll be OK.”
After the defeat in Boul-der, Martin walked onto the court for Sunday practice before the game against KU and saw that the players’ “spirits were off the charts.”
“It was our best practice of the year,” Martin said. “The next night from jump ball to the final buzzer, it was clear who the better team was that night.”
At the NCAA tournament, Martin said he never counted K-State to be down and out.
“It didn’t work out, that’s all,” he said.
Near the end of the night, Coach Martin’s voice was auctioned off. Lance White of Wamego spent $1,000 to have Frank Martin record a voice message on his cell phone.
Dinner ride raises awareness of new laws
Fundraising dinner, silent auction draws big names
CYCLAWCAL
Mayor Jim Sherow, far right, led the group of cyclists with the help of two Riley County Police Department escorts.
Photos by Lauren Gocken | Collegian
Radina’s provides bruschetta, hummus, cheese and crackers to cyclists Friday. Kyle Gach, Man-hattan resident, took a few appetizers at the fi rst stop on the progressive dinner ride.
Photos by Lauren Gocken Collegian
Top: At the Manhattan Catbackers silent auction and dinner event on June 29, Dave Fiser, 1961 alum-nus, signs the blank check that was given to the Ahearn Fund. Bottom: Glasses and Catbackers mugs sit on tables in the Alumni Center prior to the Catbackers fundraising dinner.
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STREET TALK
What book should they teach in schools?
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“The ‘Harry Potter’ series because it helps to teach good reading
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“’Their Eyes Were Watching God’ because it’s really inspirational
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Th anks to the magic of the Internet, a gem fell into my eager hands recently in the form of a book by Marty Beck-erman. Th e title of the book says it best: “Th e Heming Way: How to Unleash the Booze-Inhaling, Animal-Slaughtering, War-Glorifying, Hairy-Chested, Retro-Sexual Legend Within... Just Like Papa!”
How could I pass that up? So I began reading and soon I was in pain from laughing too hard. I had wanted desperately to get this book read and reviewed
in time for Father’s Day, but unfortunately I was out of town for a week due to a family emergency. However, it should be noted that I believe any time is a great time to give somebody a gift they’ll cherish. If you’re not much for gift -giving, try to think of it as a health aid. Laughter is the best medicine and I can’t think of a better way to say “LMFAO” than this book.
Part biography, part irony, part how-to, all hilarious, “Th e Heming Way” is a testosterone-fueled celebration of masculin-ity. Sort of the male response to “Th e Feminine Mystique,” only with more guns, booze and dead animals. I was impressed by Beckerman’s extensive list of sources he cited, proving you
can be professional in your use of dick jokes. Kudos.
Just how off ensive is it? Take this nugget of joy, for example: “A meal without meat is like sex without an orgasm. No wonder so many women are vegetar-ians!”
Or this valuable advice about hunting strategies: “It’s like sex: make sure you’re aiming at the correct part of the target’s body, and resist the temptation to dis-charge prematurely. And then, to check whether your conquest is unconscious, ‘with extreme caution, tap him on the rump with the butt end of your spear.’ Yes, just like sex.”
If those did not make you chuckle evilly, this book is not for you.
Why, you might ask, did I read this book and enjoy it so much, in spite of the fact that I am female? Two reasons: I love Ernest Hemingway and I have a sense of humor. Frankly, I don’t think you’d even necessarily need to be a fan of Hemingway to enjoy this book, but you do need the ability to laugh at politically incorrect and poten-tially off ensive jokes, because Beckerman does not hold back and neither does Hemingway. I say “potentially off ensive” because humor is in the eye of the beholder, so what might make you cringe might make me guff aw, and vice versa.
For that reason, I would recommend any woman to buy this for the man they
love, whether it be her father, brother, husband or therapist, but I would not recommend she read it. Just accept the fact that you’ve done your good deed for the year and move on. On the other hand, Beckerman does have a hilarious and impressive collection of hate mail proudly displayed on his website, marty-beckerman.com, so he probably wouldn’t mind either way.
I give “Th e Heming Way” fi ve out of fi ve stars. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’ll change your life. Well, maybe not, but you’ll certainly fi nd it memo-rable.
Karen Ingram is junior in English. Please send comments to [email protected].
Book celebrates manhood in hilarious, potentially off ensive ways“The Heming Way”
Book review by Karen Ingram★★★★★
On July 2, 1961, Ernest “Papa” Hemingway took his own life. In some ways, it seems impossible that he’s been gone for fi ft y years now when his works are still being constantly read and discussed. “A Farewell to Arms” and “Th e Old Man and the Sea” have both become part of the de facto Western canon and will most likely be read by genera-tions that have yet to be born.
Th e fact that Hemingway committed suicide is interest-ing for a number of reasons. In some ways, it seems fi tting. When discussing his work with a friend of mine, my friend asked, “Isn’t it all kind of depressing?”
I have only read a very small percentage of his work,
but to paraphrase a more modern author who could be compared to Hemingway in terms of his lifestyle and al-coholism, Tucker Max, I have a feeling everyone who has actually read all of Heming-way’s work — which includes countless short stories, novels, memoirs and non-fi ction — could probably fi t rather comfortably in a Prius.
So while I hardly claim to deserve space among this group, I think I’ve read enough to gather that many of the issues that Hemingway struggled with in life, like the aforementioned alcoholism, are certainly present in his literary creations as well.
“Th e Sun Also Rises,” which is semi-autobiographi-cal, features characters trying desperately to deal with falling in and out of love and it seems like the main way they deal with it is to drink away their concerns. Th e word “wine” is probably in the running for being the most-used word in “Th e Sun Also Rises.”
So yes, novels about char-acters who don’t realize that they’re becoming alcoholics can be really depressing. But they’re also very honest and so, subsequently, they’re relatable. Isn’t that one of the main goals of all great literature? To give us something to relate to and to make us question aspects of our own lives?
If that’s the case — and I tend to believe it is — then Hemingway’s work has to be regarded as some of the great-est of the past century. I know that I’m certainly not saying anything new here. Th ere’s no doubt that a great number of literary critics have pointed out how great his work is before, but for me, I am still amazed by the fact that it’s impossible to fl ip through his work without fi nding things to relate to, despite the fact that the author has been gone for half a century.
So if you haven’t read anything of his, you should probably consider doing so. You may not like it — there are
certainly “great” authors that have written works that I’ve struggled to get though — but even if that’s the case, you’ll probably still fi nd that you get something out of it, regardless of what it may be.
Th e better the book, the more you’ll get out of it. Hemingway’s works stand as some of the greatest of the past century. Th at’s hard to ignore, isn’t it? I think that’s why fi ft y years aft er he died, I’m writing a column about him. Others are writing entire books about him.
I think that says it all.
Joshua Madden is a senior in politi-cal science and history. Please send comments to [email protected].
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Iris Johansen“A Stolen Life”
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EDITORIAL BOARD: EDITORIAL STAFF THOUGHTS ON A WEEKLY TOPIC
What is your favorite part about Fourth of July?“I enjoy lighting fi reworks and spend-ing time with family. We don’t really have any traditions so each year is an
adventure.”
Rachel Spicereditor-in-chief
“Seeing family is my favorite part of any holiday. I don’t complain about
the long weekend either.”
Rachel Urbanmanaging copy editor
“It used to be the fi reworks because they were magical. Now it’s the
fi reworks because it reminds me of the brave men and women in the U.S.
military.”
Karen Ingramnews editor, opinion editor
“Seeing people put aside their diff erences to celebrate our common
identity as Americans. “
Joshua Maddenedge editor, online editor
“My family’s never really done a lot for the Fourth of July but I love
cooking out on the grill, so I guess the food is my favorite part.”
Lauren Gockenphoto editor
How do you feel about the Casey Anthony trial verdict?
“This case got way too much coverage in the tabloids...I got sick of seeing it on TV all the
time.”
“She’s guilty, she knows she’s
guilty...it’s a bunch of bull.”
“I fi nd the whole case discerning...you can have all the emotion in the world, but emotion doesn’t prove physical evidence.
That’s all the case is really missing.”
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because of all the evidence they had, they basically said
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Money is power and power corrupts. Th e news frequently shows some rich and powerful CEO or politician who embezzles money, while his wife and family stand by and defend him, saying what a good man he is. I’m sure he is to them, but good people are capable of all sorts of evil when-ever money is concerned. Th is is why we’ll never have universal health care in America.
For-profi t health care is, quite simply, a confl ict of interests. Th e health care industry’s job is to make people well, not worse, but any for-profi t business’ goal is to make money, by any means necessary. Th is is a confl ict. If you’re thinking like a business-man, it makes more sense not to cure people, because long-term care generates more money than a cure. We have no reason to cure cancer when we can create new drugs to treat it every couple of years and parade these “break-throughs” on TV commercials directly targeted to consumers.
Surely not, you say? Consider this: in 2007, researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmon-ton discovered that dichloroace-tate, or DCA, a substance used to treat metabolic disorders, caused regression in lung, breast and brain tumors, according to the university’s offi cial website. Th e results “astounded” them. Yes, a cure for cancer.
But stateside, the news has been suspiciously quiet, only reaching a few health blogs and not breaking major news venues. I guarantee you the FDA will never approve such a drug for the same reason it does not approve of natural remedies used for all sorts of ailments in countries with socialized health care. Ac-cording to a May 14 Nutrition-News.com article, DCA does not require a patent, so pharmaceuti-cal companies would not be able to make money off it.
I have found bottles of DCA online for about $100 each. Assuming a bottle will last you 30 days, you could purchase a
year’s supply of DCA for roughly $1,200. Compare this to Avastin, the best selling cancer drug in the world, according to a June 29 CBS News article. Th e FDA recently said Avastin should no longer be used for treating breast cancer because it is ineff ective and has dangerous side eff ects, but the drug manufacturer, Roche, is fi ghting this decision. Th ey have every reason to fi ght; a year’s supply of Avastin costs $100,000.
I do not understand why people scream bloody murder at the idea of socialized health care, as if it were evil. “We don’t want to be like Canada or Germany,” they say. Preposterous. One does not need to look outside of our country to fi nd an example of universal health care that works; one needs only look at the U.S.
Army. Th e premise is simple: everybody pays, everybody is cared for.
I have personally met several people who joined the Army because they had no insurance and a family member was ill. I can not fi nd any statistics on how many people join the military for the health care — believe me, I looked hard — but it does not appear anyone has publicly done a poll. What I did fi nd, however, was equally disturbing.
A May 30, 2008, New York Times article by Floyd Norris details how a universal health care plan for all Americans would strike a terrible blow for the Army. Without a draft , the military relies upon recruits to join willingly and polls show the number of people considering a stint in the military is half of
what it was in the 1980s.“A signifi cant factor for many
recruits, it turns out, is the mili-tary’s generous health benefi ts for dependents,” the article states. No numbers are given, but it cites examples of people, much like the ones I have met, who joined solely because of the health care benefi ts. If a universal health care plan were available to all civil-ians, the military would lose one of its major incentives for joining. Imagine the problems this would cause for our military, up to their armpits in Iraq and Afghanistan, if people didn’t need to sign up anymore for health care.
President Obama reminds me of the kids here on campus who make promises if you vote for them, only to discover once they have become student body president that they can not follow
through on their promises. Real-ity sinks in and the leader discov-ers there is too much money at stake and too many people with money who demand things not change.
And so, my fellow Americans, this is why we do not have health care and we still have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Th is is why we are stuck in a tug-of-war over drugs, health care, oil and so many other unpleasant things. Always be skeptical of the answers people in power give you when they say why this is so. Th e root of the problem is always money. I apologize for sounding pessimistic, but reality quite oft en is sadder than people would like.
Karen Ingram is a junior in English. Please send comments to [email protected]
For-profi t health care ensures cures will never be ‘found’BLOOD MONEY
Karen Ingram
People do stupid things. That’s our nature. I’m not just talking some people, but everyone. Luckily for most of us, our stupid decisions are made with at least some sort of common sense, allowing us to learn from that mistake and move on with our lives. Others are not so lucky.
Take for instance a man whose can of Coke is stuck in a vending machine. What is one’s natural reaction for retrieving said Coke? Find someone from maintenance, or someone who looks important with a lot of keys hanging off their belt? No, time won’t allow for that. Oh, I know. Shake the vending machine until the Coke falls loose. This results in pulling the machine a little too far forward and it falls, causing his untimely demise. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 1995 that, since 1978, 37 people had died and more than 100 were injured by causing vending machines to fall on them. Vending machine manufac-turers voluntarily agreed to equip their machines with warning labels, but vending machine-related deaths continue to this day. Common sense: it will save your life.
A note to our read-ers, should you ever decide to take on a vending machine, which I am not condoning, please push the machine so it tilts away from you rather than pull it toward yourself. Thus if it falls, you get a scare and a hefty fine, but live to tell your tale.
As I said before, not all dumb decisions are fatal, some are actually awarded for their stupidity. Take Stella Liebeck for example. This is the woman involved in the infamous 1994 McDonald’s hot coffee inci-dent. This woman put a hot cup of coffee between her legs so she could take the lid off and put cream and sugar in it. In the process of pulling the lid off toward her, the coffee fell in her lap, was absorbed by her cotton sweatpants and severely burned her legs, butt and groin area.
This woman settled for less than $600,000 after being award $2.86 million by a jury of her peers. This means people like us allowed this woman to work the system because of her own stupidity. Now, does McDonald’s need to serve their coffee between 180 and 190 degrees Fahrenheit? Probably not, but
between 1982 and 1992 only 700 people were reported to have been burned by their coffee, according to Kevin G. Cain’s 2007 article “And now the rest of the story... The McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit.”
I figure that’s 70 people a year out of the approximately one billion cups of coffee sold annually. Not a big threat. If you compare it to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 2009 statistics,
you’re 157 times more likely to die in a car crash than to burn
yourself with McDonald’s coffee.
After hearing and reading about several stories like these, I am no longer astonished by our absurd safety laws and regulations. It seems people today
lack common sense (or in many of the tort lawsuit
cases, are just money-hungry people) and need
everything labeled with the hazards it could impose. Before we know it,
there will be signs at lake parks stating you are capable of drown-ing, or signs at restaurants warning you of the choking hazards.
I truly fear for the future of man-kind. With IQs lowering, laziness and greediness rising and the feel-ing of having to “protect” everyone from themselves, we are heading down a dark and gloomy path. Darwinism, survival of the fittest, is what allowed us to develop many of the civilizations and lifestyles we have. Now we are slowly making civilization cater to the lowest man on the totem pole instead of making him rise to the challenges of life. Not everyone deserves a blue ribbon.
Rachel Spicer is a senior in civil engineering. Please send com-
ments to opinion@spub.
ksu.edu.
Catering to the stupid undermines beauty of Darwinism
Rachel Spicer
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