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Wednesday, April 2
What: The Brave New World of Political Communications: Lessons from the Obama Campaigns
When: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Dole Institute of Politics, Simons Media Room
About: Dole Fellow Mark Sump will examine political communication strategies that resulted in two Obama victories. Admittance is free
Thursday, April 3
What: Film Screening: "One Day After Peace"
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art auditorium
About: A documentary showing the perspective of a woman who has experienced South African apartheid and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict firsthand. A short panel discussion will follow, and admittance is free.
What: 5th Annual Mid-America Humanities Conference When: 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Kansas Union About: A conference for undergraduate and graduate research sponsored by the Humanities and Western Civ program. Also takes place on Friday, April 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
When: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Budig Hall, 135
About: A seminar with Peter Felten of Elon University and Leslie Tuttle of the KU Department of History. Attendance is free, and lunch will be provided if registered by April 2. To register, email cte@ku.edu.
What: Subversive play in the classroom: The power of immersion in learning
Friday, April 4
What: Human Migration Lecture Series: Chickens coming "home to roost"; U.S. Policy Spurring Mexican and Central American Migration When: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons The Department of Anthropology brings the latest lecture exploring human migration from social, economic, demographic and biological perspectives. Free to attend.
What: Ecology Seminar: John Head, University of Kansas When: 12:15 p.m.to 1:15 p.m. Where: Higuchi Biosciences Center, 130
About: A seminar from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology titled "Global Legal Regimes to Protect the World's Grasslands."
Saturday, April 5
What: Graduate Research/Write-In When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Watson Library,4th Floor About: The KU Writing Center presents an intensive day of writing in Watson Library. Workshops and one-on-one sessions with a research librarian or writing consultant will be available.
STUDENT SENATE
**What:** More Than You Know: A Helen Morgan Cabaret
**When:** 7:30 p.m.
**Where:** Robert Baustian Theatre, Murphy Hall
About: In a special benefit performance for the Friends of the Theatre (FROTH) Student Enrichment Fund, Lauren Stanford, KU alumna and 2013 Metrostar winner, returns to Murphy Hall for one night.
Coalitions round out platforms as elections near
AMELIA ARVESEN
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"It's not our first 100 days that motivate us but our last 100 days," said Marcus Tetwiler, student body president.
The current Student Senate executive staff will pass over responsibilities after elections in under two weeks, but it doesn't mean they're slowing down anytime soon.
Platforms are still coming to fruition, such as Student Body Vice President Emma Halling's initiative to install lockable cellular charging stations in downtown bars
In fact, Halling said the installation in at least highly popular bars is slated to begin in April after the University's General Counsel reviews plans.
The lockers would be smaller than those in the recreation center but can be accessed by a similar self-set code with chargers for a variety of devices inside. Halling received approval from
the Student Safety Board to purchase the machines.
Halling said it's important students have access to rape crisis lines and cellular applications like SafeTrek immediately, especially in the downtown area.
"You can give people as many apps as you want, but if their phone is dead, it doesn't matter." Halling previously told The Kansan.
"There aren't many buildings that you walk in and it's evident that there was a heavy student hand in the creation of all this," said Said.
Student health was a priority of the Student Senate this year, and the renovations of Watkins Health Center have progressed, said Morgan Said, current outreach director. Carpeting, paint colors and student artwork have already been chosen for the lobby of Watkins. Most of the renovations will occur in the summer.
Next week's voting results will decide the platforms for the 2014-2015 school year.
Three coalition platforms are outlined, but new initiatives have been added.
Crimson and True
An initiative released on March 27 encourages the University to license out textbooks and books already in the public domain, said Sara Anees, vice presidential candidate.
She said it would cut down the cost and increase the availability of textbooks. Members of Crimson and True would work with University Governance to make texts free or discounted.
"You can't get every book from the library." Anees said. "That's just inconvenient."
A privately-funded music festival is GrowKU's most recent initiative. The plan includes working with a student advisory board to bring a big-name act to Lawrence during Homecoming.
GrowKU
Numerous professional campus entites would
How much more comfortable and confident I am. In high school I was awkward and didn't have that many friends, but then I came out and everyone wanted to be my friend and it felt good. More of my friends started coming out after me and we just had all this stuff to bond over. Realizing how strong the community is has been cool.
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I guess I just never really thought about it growing up. It wasn't until my junior year of high school that I decided to cut my hair short again. It
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was because my best friend, who I liked at the time, had a crush on this model guy who had this specific haircut that she thought would look great on me. I was like "Yeah!" So, I cut my hair and that sent a message, I think. I also made a Facebook post about it on National Coming Out Day, but at that point all the people I cared about knew, just from like, I guess I don't really know how I came out, probably just from having a girlfriend.
- FUNDING OF AN LGBTQ COORDINATOR FOR SILC
- INTRODUCTION OF THE ELIMINATION OF TEXTBOOKS SALES TAX
- EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRIZE SINCE COMING OUT?
continue funding conversations if GrowKU is voted into office, Said said.
Said said this event will bring past, current and future KU fans together.
"This is so large scale that it goes beyond just one student group," Said said.
Javhawkers
A social justice minor was added under the Beyond platform last week. The proposed curriculum would offer students another alternative for a rounded-out education,
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actually forced it out of me to her one day. The way she went about it was a little different. She told my sister to come out to me as straight and then I was like, "Oh OK, well I'm gay." She just told me that she loved me and it was definitely a good experience.
Telling my parents was different. My parents actually just sat me down one day and asked me about it. It was really random and I was kind of upset at the time. They had noticed that I was acting differently and said, "OK, we know you're acting weird, so either you're gay or you're on drugs." Like those were my two options. It just made me angry because I thought I was going to come out and not be outed. I feel like I missed the opportunity and I would have liked to have that. But I knew they'd be accepting about it, so it was OK.
"There's a core base of people who are active in the OMA who this would appeal to but at the same time, it's important for people to have that cross disciplinary study," Oatman said.
Mitchell Cota, vice presidential candidate, received support from the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) after administration told him they've wanted to introduce the minor for a while, said Oatman.
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