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Calendar
Wednesday, March 5
What: Ground-breaking for two new residence halls on Daisy Hill When: 3:30 p.m., reception to follow at The Lied Center Where: The Lied Center Pavilion About: A ceremony to celebrate the new $47.8 million project on Daisy Hill.
Thursday, March 6
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
About: A free vegetarian meal on Thursdays at the ECM.
What: Unmanned Drones: Soldiers without Uniforms When: 7:30 p.m. Where:Dole Institute of Politics About: The first installment in a two-program series on drones.The technology of drones and ethical questions involving their use will be discussed. Part two in the series will take place on March 11.
Friday, March 7
What: Undergraduate Research Office Hours
Hours
When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Strong Hall, Room 151
About: Stop by the office to ask about getting started in research as an undergraduate student.
What: KU Jazz Festival Concerts
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium
About: Day one of the KU Jazz Festi-
val. Performances on both March 7
and 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
What: Art Cart: Marvelous Miniatures
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: Open to the public, this month's Art Cart event will have participants look closely at small-scale works of art. They then will create their own miniature piece.
The event also meets on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Twitter account pokes fun at coalitions
CASSIDY RITTER news@kansan.com
Not KU Elections (@KU_ Elections), a new Twitter account, keeps students updated on the Student Senate elections while adding humor to the topics being discussed.
would like to remain anonymous.
this account was created to promote information distribution about election issues." Not KU Elections said in an email. "We would love to create interest in an important, but usually bland, topic. We'd love to put a little spice into the election media."
Natalie Parker, a junior from Overland Park and a member of GrowKU, said she finds the account disappointing because the students involved in
allows people to take a step back from the election and see a different perspective, but some tweets are pessimistic.
"I think there are some people who can't move on from past elections," Admus-
"We would love to create interest in an important, but usually bland, topic. We'd love to put a little spice into the election media."
Not KU Elections also said they are not in opposition to the elections. Instead, the account is "dedicated to pointing out ridiculous parts of the election season: Retweets from basketball players, platforms that will never happen (+/- system) and drama that comes along with college politics" they said in an email.
The creators of the account
NOT KU ELECTIONS Twitter account
the election are dedicated.
"Something like this gets the general public disengaged and doesn't want to get students involved in the election," Parker said. "I think it's really discouraging."
Elections Commission Liaison for GrowKU, Will Admussen, said there is a good and a bad side to the account. Admussen said the account
sen said. "Student Union has worked to change that culture but there will always be people to bring up the past."
The Jayhawkers coalition has not issued an official statement as to whether or not they are in support of Not KU Elections. However, Kristina Maude, campaign manager, and TJ Blake, social media coordinator and public relations director, agreed that the account creates engagement among the student body.
I think that at some level I find some of them [Not KU Elections tweets] to be harshly worded," said Blake.
However, Blake doesn't think the account is a bad thing because it creates active engagement, questioning and people caring about the election. He also said this account is a representation of the real world because not everyone is going to agree with what you do or stand for.
Free State and Crimson and True, two new coalitions, said they have no official stance about Not KU Elections.
Mitch Rucker, elections liaison for Free State, did say that some of the tweets are pretty accurate and tell the "naked truth."
Jeffery Durbin, a junior from Fort Scott, is a former Student Senate member and follows Not KU Elections on Twitter.
"The important part of being a representative of a population means representing the entire population," says Durbin.
He said this account brings forth another opinion on elections as well.
"We believe in awareness, engagement and a good laugh." Not KU Elections said in an email. "If a coalition can't handle a good poke, they should out of the fire."
The account has 64 followers as of Tuesday evening.
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It's literally the first question we ask," Schmitz said. "We really look for that mission alignment, for people who are passionate, and if they're fired up about it, we feel that's a great first step to them being successful."
Paige Adamany, a freshman from Leawood studying Strategic Communications, said she knows future employers may not put much stock in a specific major, so she went with one that she hopes will provide her with enough diversity to impress on job applications.
"I definitely think KU had the better journalism program, so that was a factor for me that KU had better programs for what I was interested in," Adamany said. "I know my major is pretty broad, so I'm aware I can go other places with it and that's what I really like about it, I'm not boxed in."
Gallup's study also found a large gap in how well universities think they have prepared their graduates for the workforce and how well businesses think they have. Ninety-six percent of college and university chief academic officers say they are extremely or somewhat confident they are preparing students properly for their jobs, while only 11 percent of business leaders agree.
This isn't a new issue though, according to David Gaston, director of the University Career Center. He said businesses look at hiring through a cost-benefit analysis, and the resources it takes to find the right person for a job can cost a company upwards of $100,000, so they expect universities to act as a training program for their potential employees in order to save some cash.
"If a student can show in one way or another they're going to add more value to their company than what they're going to pay them, they're going to be more likely to get hired," Gaston said. "One of the best ways to do that is through an internship or some other type of work experience, because you've shown them you can work in an environment similar to theirs and they're going to get a better return on their investment."
Gaston said graduates looking for jobs need to find a balance of depth and breadth when it comes to their field of study to raise chances of getting that first job. Students in professional schools will provide a depth of knowledge in a specific field, he said, which is much more helpful when it comes to breaking into the
Because of this, Gaston said job candidates have to show employers how hiring them will fit nicely into the budget.
job market, but those with a broad knowledge of a field may have a better opportunity to work their way up in a company. The problem for those without depth is breaking into the job market to begin with, Gaston added.
"When you're hiring a student in an entry level position, those with a lot of depth find it easier to get a job because you can put them on a task, and they'll get after it quickly, so they need less training" he said. "Unless these graduates that have majors that have more breadth have shown they have depth in some way, they'll have trouble finding that first job."
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Edited by Jamie Koziol
KEY POINTS
Nine percent of business leaders polled say a job applicant's college is a major factor in the hiring process, and 28 percent of them say the candidate's major is a very important
major is a very important factor too.
Ninety-six percent of college and university chief academic officers say they are extremely or somewhat confident they are preparing students properly for their jobs, while only 11 percent of business leaders
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Die-hards, some in Mardi Gras costumes, braved the weather along the traditional St. Charles Avenue parade route and in the French Quarter.
"Mermaids love the water," he said of his wife, Terrina Cook, who was dressed in a shiny blue mermaid costume, complete with a fin.
Ronnie Davis, a professor of economics at the University of New Orleans, decided to break
NEW ORLEANS— Revelers endured winter temperatures and a chilling rain along parade routes Tuesday as New Orleans' 2014 Carnival season neared a close.
Cold, gray day doesn't stop Mardi Gras revelers
"We'll drink, drink, drink until it gets drier," said Dean Cook of New Orleans as he walked Bourbon Street dressed as a pirate with vampire fangs.
his button-down image for at least one day. Clad in tutus, he and his wife, Arthurine, stood along the avenue watching the Krewe of Zulu's floats roll by.
"All year I have to dress professionally. This is the one time I get to act like a fool." Davis said.
As a cold rain fell, crowds along the stately, oak-lined avenue thinned and French Quarter bars filled with patrons looking for a dry spot to escape while letting the good times roll.
"It's awful cold," said Rick Emerson, a Tampa, Fla., native who was watching costumed revelers pass by from an open doorway of a Bourbon Street daiquiri shop.
Temperatures for most of the day in the New Orleans area were in the lower 40s and by early evening had dropped to about 38 degrees. The wind chill made it feel even colder.
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