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Friday, March 30
Fire up the grill.
CALENDAR
WHAT: Soapbox Friday
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: Noon
ABOUT: Got something to say? You've got two minutes to do so at the Spencer on Friday.
WHAT: Tunes @ Noon
Saturday, March 31
WHERE: Outside Plaza, Kansas Union WHEN: Noon ABOUT: It's finally spring, and SUA is sponsoring bands to play out in the sun for free.
WHAT: "The Foreigner"
WHERE: William Hale Memorial Theatre, Murry Hall
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: University Theatre presents a comedy by Larry Shue; tickets cost $10 for students.
**WHAT:** The Big Event
**WHERE:** Ambient Student Recreation Center
**WHEN:** 8 a.m.
**ABOUT:** Students volunteer for various organizations around town; meet up at the Rec Center Saturday morning before heading out to help.
WHAT: Concert: "Mnozil Brass"
**WHAT:** Concert. "Mnozil Brass"
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WHEN:** 7:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** An Austrian brass septet visits Lawrence to perform its music and slapstick comedy routines.
Sunday, April 1
WHAT: Cosmic Bowling
WHERE: Jaybowl, Kansas Union
WHEN: 10 p.m.
ABOUT: SUA sponsors free weekly bowling for students; bring your glowsticks.
WHAT: Cosmic Bowling
WHAT: Wayne Simien Free Throw Challenge
WHERE: Allen Fieldhouse
WHEN: 2 p.m.
ABOUT: The registration deadline for the competition, is Thursday;
the event is hosted by local charities, Called to Greatness and Family Promise of Lawrence.
WHAT: Carillon Recital
WHERE: Memorial Campanile
WHEN: 5 p.m.
ABOUT: Dr. Elizabeth Berghout and carillon students perform; bring your blanket and sit by Potter Lake to enjoy the bells.
WHAT: Speakeasy Sunday
WHEN: 10 p.m.
ABOUT: A variety show and jam session with different musicians each week, cover is $3 and the event is 21+.
Monday, April 2
WHAT: Physics Colloquium
WHERE: 2074 Malott Hall
WHEN: 4 p.m.
ABOUT: Discuss neutrinos — massless particles passing through you right now at the speed of light — with Fermi Lab (III.)
physicist Dave Schmitz.
WHERE: 305 Courtside Burge Union
WHEN: 4:30 p.m.
WHAT: Philosophy lecture
WHERE: 305 Courtside Burge Union
WHEN: 4:30 p.m.
ABOUT: David Boonin, a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado in Boulder, presents a lecture titled "The Non-Identity Problem."
WHAT: "The Foreigner'
Romney's advisers downplay any notion of a makeover or a major shift in the campaign. And
WHAT: "The Foreigner"
WHERE: William Inge Memorial Theatre,
Murphy Hall
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: If you can't make it tonight, University Theatre is holding another showing of this comedy by Larry Shue. Tickets cost $10 for students.
Aides and allies long have insisted that there's a likable, personable, even fun Romney underneath the persistent image of a buttoned-down, multimillionaire businessman that Republican voters got to know during his failed bid for the nomination in 2008. This time, the former Massachusetts governor has sought to shake the rap, even among some supporters, that he's awkward, boring and overly scripted.
POLITICS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday. Romney joked that he'd pick Leno rival David Letterman as his vice president, talked at length about health policy and said he'd be happy to have a rival of his own, Rick Santorum, serve in a Romney administration.
Romney shows his more personable side
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BURBANK, Calif. — Mitt Romney doesn't always wear suits these days, and his hair isn't always so perfectly coiled. He shows up at NASCAR events and tweets pictures of himself eating Subway sandwiches. His wife, Ann, gushes in a new online video about the start of their four-decade old "love story."
The Republican presidential front-runner's latest efforts to show his more personal — critics would say more human — side were on display Tuesday as he sat down with a late-night talk show host for the first time since 2010.
"I can do you a favor with this," Romney said on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," as the host pressed him about his list of potential running mates. "I'll choose David Letterman."
Expect more attempts at levity in the coming weeks as the likely GOP nominee shifts toward the general election and starts to introduce himself in earnest to voters who don't know him nearly as well as the Republican primary electorate does.
they publicly insist they are still focused on the primary race even though their boss is all but certain to clinch the nomination.
But aides also are mindful that when he does get the 1,144 convention delegates needed to secure the party nod, the general electorate will start to pay closer attention and some voters will take their first serious look at Romney. The campaign is looking for ways to attract independent voters who will be critical in the campaign against President Barack Obama.
Just 38 percent of independents said they had considerable interest in the primary fight, according to a February AP-GRK poll. The rest had only a passing interest or no interest at all. That's far lower than partisans - 73 percent of Republicans said they had a great deal or quite a bit of interest in the election.
Ann Romney, whom the candidate introduces as "my sweetheart" at nearly every campaign stop, is likely to play a big role in introducing Romney to a wider audience; aides say her mere presence softens his sometimes rough edges. That's why she been a near constant presence on the campaign trail, taking the microphone to tell the story of how they fell in love and how he'd call while away on business trips to tell her that raising their children was more important than his job.
So, the campaign is discussing possible ways to show Americans a more complete picture of Romney, from giving longer TV interviews with his five sons and 16 grandkids by his side, to having his wife appear on daytime talk or cooking shows.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County booking recap
- A 26-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Thursday at 3:28 a.m. on the 2000 block of Bluffs Drive on suspicion of possessing stolen property less than $1,000 and possession of stolen property greater than $1,000 and two counts of failure to comply with a District Court's orders. Bond was set at $3,000.
- A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday at 1:27 a.m. on the 2000 block of Murphy drive on suspicion of domestic battery. Bond was not set.
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 8:10 p.m. on the 900 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of consumption or
● A 62-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 7:38 p.m. on the 4800 block of Bob Billings Parkway on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child under the age of 18. Bond was not set.
- A 23-year-old Houston man was arrested Wednesday at 3:55 p.m. on the 3100 block of Creekwood Drive on suspicion of soliciting without a license. Bond was set at $100. He was released.
possession of a cereal malt beverage in public and aggressive panhandling, which is defended by the city of Lawrence as "any request for or solicitation of an immediate donation of money." Bond was set at $200. He was released.
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 10:21 a.m. on the 2400 block of lowa on suspicion of driving while suspended or with a revoked or cancelled license and no insurance. Bond was set at $200. He was released.
A 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday at 3:31 p.m. on the 1700 block of St. Andrews Drive on suspicion of soliciting without a license. Bond was set at $100. He was released.
- A 28-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday on the 1700 block of west 24th Street on suspicion of criminal trespassing and interfering with the duties of a law enforcement officer. Bond was set at $500. He was released.
STUDENT SENATE
-Rachel Salyer
Committees pass bill to amend budget code
Student Senate committees passed a bill to substantially amend the Senate's budget code on March 27.
Discussion on the bill lasted more than two hours in the finance and rights committees. Josh Dean, the finance committee chair and author of the bill, said that the intent of the changes — and the hard part of the bill — was to clarify the code while preserving the intent of the rules and
regulations regarding funding for student organizations.
The bill abolished a rule against funding meetings and newsletters and clarified that Senate will fund up to $1,000 plus 50 percent of costs of an organization's event, and added implied definitions to the code.
Members of the finance committee attempted to generate a bill that would allow Senate funding for events that are open to all students, bypassing a regulation that requires organizations requesting funding to be open
to all students.
The bill was a reaction to Senates denial of funding to the Homecoming Steering Committee because it was not inclusive to all students.
After heated debate, the bill didn't pass.
The bill to amend the budget code will go to full Senate for official approval on April 4.
-- Vikaas Shanker