The weekend's weather
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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Kansan Weekend Edition
Friday
February 12, 1999
Section:
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Vol. 109 • No. 93
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Wandering the Web
This week's trip through the World Wide Web is devoted to the fine art of love and romance. Sunday is Valentine's Day, and that means that we're all going to be inundated with little hearts, flowers and chocolate. The Internet is no exception. These links will help get you in the mood for love.
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This is a page of Valentine's Day links that will take you to sites devoted to the language of flowers, Shakespeare's love sonnets and to how to cook the perfect dinner for your Valentine.
■ www.sendakiss.com.au
This is just what you'd think: you can send a kiss to someone on the Internet. It's the virtual equivalent of blowing a kiss to that special someone across the room.
■ www.happyvalentinesday.com/valentine
For those of you who can afford to spend some cash on your honey, this is the site. This page has links to online shopping — surfers can order flowers, candy and other gifts. There are also links to sites that offer free animated, musical electronic Valentine cards, and even a kid zone.
CONCERTCALENDAR
Tonight:
The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. — GBH,
Against All Authority, Billyclu
Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. — Simplexity
（USPS 650-640）
Tomorrow:
The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. — Shaking Tree
The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. — Ekoostic Hookah
Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. — Einstein Electric
The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. — Stabbing Westward, Placebo
■ The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. — The Ark Band
Sunday:
The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.—Swing Set
Index
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News ...2A
Movies ...5,9A
Valentine's ...1B
Sports ...7A
Classifieds ...10,11B
Horoscopes ...8A
Game times ...8A
Temperamental Kansas weather chills students
By Jennifer Roush
Kansan staff writer
KU students woke up yesterday to a blustery, chilly reminder that it is still winter in Kansas — despite springlike temperatures Wednesday.
Paul Frantz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said that the high was in the 30s yesterday, a sharp drop from the 70 degree range the day before.
He said that a cold front brought thunderstorms into Lawrence near 7 a.m. yesterday. Rain changed into snow as the temperature dropped from 65 degrees at 6 a.m. to the low 30s later in the morning. With the wind chill, the temperature was 1 below zero.
Many students were left wondering what was going on.
"I didn't think it would snow," said Joe Rader, Sacramento, Calif., senior.
"I just thought it would rain all day. I'm from California, and I hate the cold."
Some students from Kansas had their own ideas about why the weather changed.
"I had to unpack my winter clothes again this morning when I saw the weather," said Jeff Engstrom, Junction City sophomore. "But it's just typical Kansas.
Mickey McGuire, KU weather lab manager, said that the rapid weather changes were typical for the month.
"Temperatures in February swing a lot," McGuire said. "It's just the extremes in Kansas."
He said that yesterday's temperatures were not out of the normal range for this time of year.
McGuire also said that if spring came sooner this year, other weather patterns, such as tornadoes and thunderstorms, could be accelerated as well.
"An earlier severe weather season is a possibility," he said.
Not all KU students were upset about the falling temperatures yesterday. In fact, some were glad to see the abrupt change after so many days of above-average temperatures.
"Ireally wish it would stay cold for awhile," said Katie Durst, Albuquerque, N.M., freshman. "I saw the weather report yesterday, and I was hoping that it would get colder, considering that people were wearing shorts."
Anna Clarke, Seattle graduate student, also was happy that the mercury dropped.
"I'm from Seattle," she said. "And I thought it was supposed to get cold here in the winter. I want the snow to stick, so that I can use my cross-country skis."
Frantz said that students should get used to the changing temperatures — that's how the weather works in Kansas.
"You can get these changes in Kansas in the spring," he said. "Spring does seem to be coming a little early this year."
Frantz said that a warming trend would begin this weekend, with temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s tomorrow and low to mid-60s Sunday.
Another small cold front will cross the state Monday, pulling temperatures back into the 50s.
Franzt said that the weather could again change abruptly on Tuesday, when there is a chance for rain.
Chris Drayer, Chicago junior, said that he wanted it to get warm because he was ready to take his boat out on the lake, but that he also enjoyed the fluctuating temperatures.
He said that he liked it when he didn't know what was going to happen.
Monika Frantz, Denver, Colo., freshman ducks into a University Daily Kansan distribution box to shield herself from the cold wind. After a week of mild temperatures the weather quickly reverted to normal winter conditions. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
Senate closes deliberations; votes to be cast
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — With acquittal assured, the Senate talked its way through a third and final day of closed-door deliberations, yesterday, setting the stage for today's climactic noontime votes in the case that one Democrat called "this sordid saga."
At President Clinton's impeachment trial yesterday, a steady stream of lawmakers came forward to announce their intentions for the roll calls on perjury and obstruction of justice, dividing largely along party lines on presidential guilt or innocence but officials.
nonpartisan condemnations of Clinton's behavior with Monica Lewinsky.
"There can be no doubt that President Clinton's conduct has made a mockery of most of his words, or that his example has been corrosive beyond calculation to our culture and to our children," said Gordon Smith (R-Ore), who said he would vote to convict.
Clinton
Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois said he would vote for
"No one, not any senator in this chamber nor any person in this country, will look at this president in the same way again," he said.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman said he had concluded that Clinton's wrongdoing in this sordid saga did not justify making him the first president to be ousted from office in our history. The Connecticut Democrat had commanded nationwide attention last September
acquittal on both charges.
See VOTE on page 2A
Who wrote the book of love?
From the history of St. Valentine to modern celebrations, the Kansan explores the holiday of love.
See page 1B
Another record on the line
The men's basketball team travels tomorrow to Lubbock to face Texas Tech and try to keep alive a 9-0 lifetime record against the Red Raiders.
See page 7A
Road trip
The KU rugby
club takes its 30-year tradition and heads to New Orleans to open its season amid Mardi Gras festivities.
See page 11A
Fall Break
The University Council votes to implement a mid-October break as soon as Fall 2000, but there are still a few more hurdles to jump. See page 3A