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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY
DAILY KANSAN
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NEWS MANAGEMENT
Managing editor Lisa Curran
ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT
Business manager Garrett Lent
NEWS SECTION EDITORS
Art director Hannah Wise
News editor Laura Sather
Associate news editor Vikaas Shanker
Copy chiefs
Maria Daniels
Jennifer DiDonato
Alexandra Esposito
Dana Merethid
Designers
Bailey Atkinson
Ryan Benedick
Megan Boxberger
Stephanie Schulz
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012
Opinion editor Jon Samp
Photo editor
Jessica Janasz
Sports editor
Max Rothman
Associate sports editor Matt Galloway
Special sections editor Kayla Banzet
Web editor Laura Nightengale
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ADVISERS
General manager and news adviser Malcolm Gibson
Sales and marketing adviser Jon Schlitt
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Tuesday, April 3
What a downer.
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Hold off on that kite flying.
WHAT: Lecture: "Running 101: Shoe Fit, Hydration, Nutrition"
WHERE: Room 202, Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center
WHEN: Noon
ABOUT: As part of its Lunch and Learn series, Recreation Services presents a seminar on how to stay hydrated and healthy while running in the April heat.
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WHAT: Study group: Presidential Play-
by-Play
WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WHEN: 4 p.m.
ABOUT: Political communications
expert Tom King speaks about the status of elections and presidential campaigning.
WHAT: Lecture: "Visualizing the
WHAT: Lecture: Visualizing the Ruined City"
WHERE: The Commons, Spooner Hall
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: History professor Dr. Janet Ward from the University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, April 4
WHAT: No Smokeout
WHERE: Wescoe Beach
WHEN: 11 a.m.
ABOUT: Students and faculty from
Student Health Services provide
information about tobacco use.
WHAT: Student Lecture Series: Bill Rasmussen
WHERE: Ballroom, Kansas Union WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen speaks to students about being an entrepreneur.
WHAT. 2012 Dole Lecture with Senator
Genere Mitchell
WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 5
ABOUT. Former Senate majority leader George Mitchell speaks to student about his work in politics.
WHAT. Lecture: "International Law and Israel"
Vikaas Shanker
SCHOOL Room 104, Green Hall
WHEN: 12:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Chicago's Israeli Consulate
Deputy Consul General Shahar Arieli
speaks to students about responding
to terrorism in Israel.
WHAT: SMA Student Night: "Art Here! Art Now!"
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 5:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The Student Advisory Board
at the Spencer Museum of Art hosts a
night for student artists.
HONORS
WHAT: Campus Movie: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Friday, April 6
ABOUT. SUA presents director David Fincher's film adaptation from the novel by Steig Larsson.
WHERE: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHAT: Lecture: "The Elegant Equation"
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: Noon
- A 32-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 4:41 p.m. on the 600 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of criminal trespass. Bond was set at $100.
ABOUT: SMAI intern Lindsey Waugh presents the intersections of art and mathematics in works from the Cryptograph Exhibition honoring Alan Turing.
- A 19-year-old Kansas City man was arrested Sunday at 5:43 a.m. on the 600 block of Louisiana Street on suspicion of criminal trespass and criminal damage to property. Bond was set at $200.
WHAT: Student Public forum for Vice Provost candidate
ABOUT. Students can ask questions to the third candidate for the Vice Provest of Student Affairs, Tammara Durham.
WHERE: Malott Room, Kansas Union
WHEN: 1:30 p.m.
WHAT: Tunes @ Noon
WHERE: Kansas Union Plaza
WHEN: Noon
ABOUT: Student Union Activities hosts the Brody Buster Band putting on a free hour-long concert.
Seven journalists win national writing award
The Society of Professional Journalists awarded seven University of Kansas students with the Mark of Excellence Award on Monday according to a press release. One student, Rebecca Fensholt, will continue to the national competition.
University students competed at the Region 7 level which included students from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The Mark of Excellence Awards were presented at the Region 7 Spring Conference in Ames, Iowa on March 31.
The Kansan's former managing editor Joel Petterson and Vikaas Shanker, the associate news editor, were awarded third place for editorial writing.
Former columnist James Castle, editorial writers Mandy Matney and Shankter took second place for general column writing.
In the radio feature reporting category, KJHK's news editor Tommy Strauser took third place and Becky Sullivan placed second.
Fennholt received first place in radio sports reporting for her "Women's Flat Track D雇 Association, Roller D雇" entry. As a first place regional winner, Fennholt will advance to the national round of judging. National winners will be announced in late April.
- Rebekka Schlichting
- A 25-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Monday at 11:37 a.m. on the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $100.
Information pulled from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and KU Office of Public Safety booking recaps
POLICE REPORTS
- A 42-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday at 12:20 a.m. on the 100 block of East 9th Street on suspicion of walking on the roadway while intoxicated. Bund was set at $100.
POLITICS
Speculations grow for running mate
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and other ambitious Republicans eyeing a possible invitation to be Mitt Romney's running mate might want to keep 1920 in mind.
That was the last time the losing vice presidential nominee was a politician skillful and lucky enough to eventually become president.
His name? Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
So one takeaway for this year's much-talked-about group of potential vice president candidates is simply this: If you hope to be president one day, accepting the No. 2 spot is a pretty good deal if the ticket wins — and a possible path to political obscurity if it loses.
Of the dozen presidents since FDR, five were former vice presidents. (Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush moved directly into the Oval Office; Richard Nixon had to wait eight years).
A few former vice presidents won their party's presidential nomination but lost the general election. They include Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Al Gore. But the losing vice presidential nominee has tended to join a more frustrated list of people who at one time or another sought the presidency. They include John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, Lloyd Bentsen and Edmund Muskie.
Romney hasn't locked up the
GOP presidential nod, but hes on his way. Speculation about his choice for a running mate, meanwhile, is growing.
Most often mentioned are younger politicians who have expressed presidential ambitions themselves or had others do it for them. They include Rubio, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, all in their early 40s; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49; South Dakota Sen. John Thune, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, in their early 50s; and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, in their mid-to-late 50s.
All are younger than Romney. 65. They could be well-positioned to run for president in 2016 if Romney loses this fall to President Barack Obama, or in 2020 if Romney wins.
The question they may have to ask themselves is this: Is it worth joining Romney's ticket, given that the November election is likely to be close and Obama is a well-financed, experienced campaigner?
Roosevelt was a 38-year-old Assistant Secretary of the Navy when he became James M. Cox's running mate in 1920. Warren G. Harding won easily, Cox was forgotten, and Roosevelt 12 years later won the first of his four terms as president.
It's certainly an honor to be asked to run for vice president of the United States. It's also a gamble.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Rubio endorsed Mitt Romney as the party's presidential nominee March 28, saying it's increasingly clear that Romney will win the nomination and that continuing the primary fight will only damage the effort to defeat President Barack Obama.
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