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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
Friday
30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms early, then mostly cloudy.
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Thursday, April 19
WHAT: KU Peace Corps Sendoff
WHERE: Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: A ceremony for the University's Peace Corps applicants, nominees and invites; students looking to join the Peace Corps can come speak with Peace Corps alumni.
WHAT: University Dance Company Spring
Friday, April 20
Performance
**WHERE:** Leed Center
**HEN:** 7:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** The University Dance Company hosts its spring performance, featuring choreography by guest choreographer Carl Fink from Black Label Movement.
WHAT: Lecture: "Why Presidents Succeed,
Why They Fail."
WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: John Andrews and Lee Huebner
gives a lecture on why President Richard
Nixon's presidency ended the way it did.
**WHAT:** Tunes @ Noon
**WHERE:** Outside Plaza, Kansas Union
**WHEN:** Noon
**ABOUT:** SUA hosts a free outdoor concert;
this week's performer is Panda Circus.
WHAT: Return to the Rain Garden
WHERE: Student Ambler Recreation Center
WHEN: 1 p.m.
ABOUT: The Center for Sustainability hosts an Earth Day event highlighting a volunteer-run community garden.
WHAT: "Merrily We Roll Along"
WHAT: "Merrily We Roll Along"
WHERE: Crafton Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall
Saturday, April 21
ABOUT: University Theatre and KU Opera team up to present the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical; tickets cost $10 for students.
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
CRIME
WHAT: SMA Art Cart
WHAT: SMA Art Cart
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 10 a.m.
ABOUT: The Spencer hosts a day for students to come out and create their own Peruvian art.
WHAT: Holi. Festival of Colors
WHAT: Holi, Festival of Colors
WHERE: Watkins Memorial Health Center,
north field
WHEN: 3 p.m.
ABOUT: People throw water balloons and
handfuls of colored powder in an attempt
to cover each other in bright colors to
celebrate the Indian festival of Holi.
WHAT: Comic Bowling
Sunday, April 22
**WHAT:** Comic Bowling
**WHERE:** Jaybowl, Kansas Union
**WHEN:** 10 p.m.
**ABOUT:** SUA hosts a night of free bowling and dance music; be sure to bring your glowsticks.
WHAT: Behind the Scenes at the KU Natural History Museum WHERE: Bridwell Botany Research Lab, West Campus WHEN: 3 p.m. ABOUT: Natural History Museum curator of botany will show students more about the museum's plant collection.
WHAT: Carillon Recital
**WHAT:** Carillon Recital
**WHERE:** Memorial Campanile
**WHEN:** 5 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Dr. Elizabeth Berghout plays the bells of the campanile; bring a blanket and lounge by Potter Lake to listen.
WHAT: Choir: Men's Glee
WHAT: Chriss; men's Gree
WHERE: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy
Hall
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT. The KU School of Music presents the men's glee ensemble; ticket are free.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Five inmates escaped early Wednesday — four from a north-central Kansas jail, and one from and a state prison.
Lansing Correctional Facility
The four men who escaped from the Ottawa County Jail were among 22 inmates transferred to the jail
officials said a 59-year-old child sex offender escaped, while four people escaped from the Ottawa County jail in Minneapolis.
Carrera
James
in January from the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. The Lansing Correctional Facility said Gary Leslie Furthermey escaped from his minimum security assignment.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that the four men escaped from the Ottawa County Jail around 4:45 a.m., while Furthmyer escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility escaped early that morning.
One man from the Ottawa County Jail was quickly apprehended.
but no further details were available.
the three who remained at large from Minneapolis were Santos Carrera and Eric James, both 22, and 21-year-old Drew Wade. Sheriff's officials declined to say how the men broke out.
Carrera is in prison for a first.
degree murder in Sedgwick County that happened in March 2007. James was convicted of aggravated robbery, burglary, kidnapping and criminal damage charges across three counties for crimes in February 2008, according to online Department of Corrections records. Wade was convicted in Shawnee County on robbery and aggravated battery charges.
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