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The first game played in Allen Fieldhouse happened 57 years ago today. 17,228 attendants — a record that still stands — witnessed a 10 point KU victory against in-state rival K-State.
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Sunday
HI: 57
LO: 33
What's the weather, Jay?
Mostly Sunny
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Slight Chance of showers, otherwise mostly cloudy.
Friday
HI: 50
L0: 31
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
HI: 51
LO: 32
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Expect the unexpected.
Sunshine for Senior Night.
Spring is coming soon.
Thursday, March 1
CALENDAR
WHAT: Journalism Career Fair
WHERE: Kansas Room, Kansas Union
WHEN: 10 a.m.
ABOUT: Journalism students can come out and meet potential employers and find internship opportunities.
Friday, March 2
WHAT: Rock Chalk Revive
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: Five teams from Greek organiz-
izations put together original 20-minute musicals and will compete for the title of best show; shows continue on Friday and Saturday.
**WHAT:** Campus Movie; "J. Edgar"
**WHERE:** Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
**WHEN:** 8 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Leonardo DiCaprio stars in a biopic about the controversial first FBI director; tickets cost $2 for students.
WHAT: Workshop: "Jayhawks on the job"
WHERE: Various locations, Kansas City, Mo.
WHEN: 10 a.m.
ABOUT: Business and pre-business students can sign up to check out potential job opportunities in Kansas City beforehand by going to Room 125, Summerfield Hall.
WHAT: "KU Dancing with the Stars"
WHERE: Ballroom, Kansas Union
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHAT: "KU Dancing with the Stars"
ABOUT: KU students and staff strut their stuff; tickets are free for students.
Saturday, March 3
WHAT: "Summer and Smoke"
WHERE: Crafton Preyer Theatre,
Murphy Hall
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: University Theatre presents
the Tennessee Williams classic;
tickets cost $10 for students.
WHAT: Dance Admission and Scholarship Audition
WHERE: Studios 240 and 242, Robinson Center
WHEN: 1 p.m.
ABOUT: Auditions for admission and scholarships for dance major students entering the dance department in the fall.
WHAT: Concert: Punch Brothers
WHERE: Liberty Hall
WHEN: 9 p.m.
ABOUT. The progressive bluegrass quintet performs downtown; tickets cost $20.50 in advance, $22.50 at the door.
**HARRIS cosmic Bowling**
**WHERE:** Jaybowl, Kansas Union
**WHERE:** 10 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Join SUA for a night of bowling, blacklights and dance music.
Sunday, March 4
**WHAT:** Jayhawks Amazing Race
**WHERE:** Kansas Union
**WHEN:** 11 a.m.
**ABOUT:** 30 teams race around campus,
testing their physical and mental
strengths.
WHAT: Lecture with Karen LaMonte
WRENE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 4 p.m.
ABOUT. LaMonte gives a lecture about her cast-glass sculptures, one of her pieces is now on display in the Spencer Museum of Art in the 20/21 gallery.
WHAT: Karaoke Sunday
WHERE: The Bottleneck
WHEN: 11 p.m.
ABOUT: Kill them softly with your song;
the event is 18+.
PoliticalFiber.com
Kansas tax proposal questioned by critics
We pay taxes every day, but proposals going through the Kansas legislature could shift the tax burden more toward college students who work part-time and recent graduates.
Gov. Sam Brownback and House leadership have suggested proposals to keep the sales tax rate at 6.3 percent and raise income taxes for individuals making less than $25,000 a year. If these proposals pass, many millennials will likely see a dent in their piggy bank.
The sales tax rate was scheduled to fall to 5.7 percent in July 2013, but the new proposal would keep it at 6.3 percent. Currently, a student working 30 hours a week at minimum wage makes approximately $11,000 a year. Roughly $5,625 is spent on consumer goods, according to government estimates, meaning the student pays $354 in sales tax. If the sales tax rate were lowered, the student would spend $32 less per year to the government.
also affect young workers. Under a bill passed by the Joint Committee on Taxation last week, those making less than $25,000 a year would pay an average of $71.80 more in income taxes, while those making more than $250,000 would pay $1,533.27 less in taxes.
Changes in income taxes would
While Gov. Brownback says the tax overhaul will help grow Kansas' economy, critics of the proposal disagree.
- Erin Heger for PoliticalFiber.com
erin@politicalfiber.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Information based on the Douglas County booking recap
POLICE REPORTS
- A 37-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Tuesday at 7:35 p.m. on the 1900 block of Massachusetts Street and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and four counts of possession of a controlled substance.
- A 24-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Wednesday at 3:45 a.m. on the 1400 block of Tennessee Street on suspicion of domestic battery and battery. Bond was not set.
- The University Office of Public Safety reported theft Monday at 7.36 a.m. at the Spencer Research Library after someone removed property from a construction site. Loss was reported at more than $1,000. The case is active.
- A 34-year-old Shawnee man was arrested Tuesday at 7:33 p.m. on the 1800 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of driving while suspended, cultivating or distributing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and no tax stamp. Bond was not set.
- A 43-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 10:57 a.m. on the 2500 block of Red Bud Lane on suspicion of aggravated battery and domestic battery. Bond was not set.
- The University Office of Public Safety reported property crime Monday at 7 p.m. in parking lot 107 near Sellars Scholarship Hall after someone broke the mirror off a vehicle. Damage was reported at $150. The case is open.
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on the 1300 block of East 27th Terrace on suspicion of domestic battery. He was released.
- A 52-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on the 400 block of Queens Road on suspicion of operating under the influence, driving with a revoked or cancelled license, not having insurance and transporting an open container. Bond was set at $1,300.
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on the 600 block of Vermont Street on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was at $500.
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday at 7:23 p.m. on the 1700 block of New Ilamshire Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and assaulting a law enforcement officer. He was released.
— Rachel Salyer
CRIME
Connecticut man institutionalized
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was committed to a psychiatric hospital Wednesday for 60 years.
His defense team had recommended that he be committed for 45 years, while the state wanted the maximum 75 years.
Stephen Morgan was charged with murder and other crimes in the May 2009 shooting death of 21-year-old Johanna Justin-
Jinich, a college junior from Timnath, Colo. A three-judge panel found him not guilty in December after a trial where a forensic psychologist said he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
The panel committed Morgan to maximum security.
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CORRECTION
In Wednesday's "Legends of the Phog: Jayhawks in the NBA" story, it was written that former Kansas guard Josh Selby has yet to make his NBA debut with the Memphis Grizzlies. Selby has played in 18 games in his rookie season, averaging a little more than 10 minutes a game.
Hydraulic fracturing, a technique to procure oil and natural gas, is consistently in the headlines these days. Join us as the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board presents Joe Spease from the Sierra Club of Kansas and Ed Cross from the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association (KIOGA) to discuss viewpoints on this hot topic from inside the environmental and drilling industries.
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