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KU's version of Dancing With The Stars is this Friday at 7 p.m. in the KS Union Ballroom. Dancers include our student body president, a football player and several other student leaders. Check
suaevents.com for details.
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2000 Doe Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence, Kan.
66045
Tuesday, February 28
WHAT: Workshop: "Time Management"
WHERE: Room 204, JRP Hall
WHEN: 1 p.m.
ABOUT: Feeling bogged down with tests and projects? Learn how to juggle your school work effectively.
**WHAT:** Study Group; "Presidential Play-By-Play"
**WHERE:** Dole Institute of Politics
**WHEN:** 4 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Political communications expert Tom King talks about what goes into a presidential campaign.
**WHAT:** Campus movie: "Footloose"
**WHERE:** Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas
Union
**WHEN:** 8 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch Kevin Bacon fight for
his right to dance.
Wednesday, February 29
WHAT: Lecture: "Slimming Down in the 21st Century: America's New Defense Strategy"
WHERE: Centennial Room, Kansas Union
WHEN: 12 p.m.
ABOUT: Retired Army Colonel Kevin Benson talks about President Obama's new defense strategy and how it will change the nation.
WHERE: 5th floor, Kansas Union
WHEN: 2 p.m.
WHAT: Architecture, Design and Plannine Career Fair
ABOUT: Students in architecture, architectural engineering, design and urban planning programs can come learn about potential employers.
**WHAT:** Lecture. "Civil Society and the Phoenix in the Ruins; Disaster, Carnival, Revolution and Public Joy"
**WHERE:** The Commons, Spooner Hall
**WEEN:** 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Scholar Rebecca Solnit talks about how our society will really look when mankind returns to its original nature.
Thursday, March 1
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.
WHAT: Rock Chalk Revue
WHAT: Rock Chalk Revue
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: Five teams from Greek organizations put together original 20-minute musicals and 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.
Friday, March 2
WHERE: Various locations, Kansas Citv. Mo.
WHAT: Workshop: "Jayhawks on the job."
ABOUT: Business and pre-business students can sign up to check out potential job opportunities in KC beforehand by going to Room 125, Summerfield Hall.
WHAT: KU Dancing with the Stars
WHERE: Ballroom, Kansas Union
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: KU students and staff strut
ABOUT: KU students and staff strut their stuff; tickets are free for students.
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.
POLITICS
Students prep to rally for elections
editor@kansan.com
ALLISON KOHN
The University's Young Democrats and College Republicans are boosting political awareness on campus as the presidential election draws closer. Both organizations encourage students to play an active role during this campaign season.
If you're in college, it's easy to just pretend it doesn't apply to you," said Evan Gates, co-president of Young Democrats. "But politics apply to everything you're doing in college. You're gong to need a job, you may or may not have student loans, you go to a public university; all of those things are up for debate this year."
Gates, a junior from Wichita, said Young Democrats will focus on building a larger student base this year. The group will work closely with the Douglas County Democratic Party as November approaches.
"KU and Douglas County are typically overwhelmingly democratic, but they are still Kansas democrats, so they still fall to the moderate democratic spectrum in the whole party," Gates said.
College Republicans president Ashley Moretti, who is also the vice president of the Kansas Federation of College Republicans, said assisting local officials during campaign season is the main focus of the group this semester.
Moretti, a senior from Wichita, recently attended the Kansas GOP Convention in Kansas City with other members of College Republicans. The group will also send more than 20 volunteers to the Douglas County caucus on March 10. Moretti said that the Kansas caucus will likely draw needed attention to the state.
"Our biggest job is getting Republican candidates voted in locally, in the county and then obviously for 2012, so we will be working on senate campaigns and the presidential campaign," Moretti said.
"I think the fact that Kansas is scheduling their caucus at the same time as Missouri's caucus is really going to bring a lot of energy to Kansas and attention from the national media," Moretti said. "Kansas will be mentioned nationally, and that's something we're usually looked over with our votes, so I do think the Douglas County caucus matters."
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Dole Institute of Politics, the College Republicans co-sponsored former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty's visit to campus. The group will host other events this semester, including a guest panel of Douglas County officials.
Gates said the Young Democrats will participate in Washington Days, the Kansas Democratic Party's convention in Topeka, featuring former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell as the keynote speaker. Additionally, the group will host social events to keep students engaged.
"We will meet at least once a month formally, but also plan social events," said Kristin Nance, a junior from Topeka and Young Democrats' co-president. "Everyone can come and hang out and talk about politics or not talk about politics, but it gives students a chance to be a part of the group."
"Regardless of party, we want to register voters," Gates said. "As elections get closer, we hope that through tabling and other events, we can get students excited again, regardless of who they are voting for, because a lot of students just don't think it's important, and it is."
Earlier this semester, with the
Both groups will be tabling on campus later this semester to register students to vote. Gates said voter registration plays a large role in sparking student interest.
"I want the kid with 'R' behind their name; that's always been a big push," Moretti said. "If you're conservative or you're libertarian, put the R behind your name so we can work together for ultimately more freedom, more choice and being more individualistic."
Moretti hopes to see more students taking a partisan stance.
Nance said political involvement and building a strong political understanding will help students remain responsible members of the community.
"If students are involved, they are also going to be more aware, more educated and all around better citizens because they have a stake and they understand." Nance said. "They will be able to get out and vote not only now but continue later in life."
For more information on these organizations and upcoming events, visit http://kansascr.com/
or email kucollegedems@gmail.
com.
Information based on the Douglas County booking recap
- A 18-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Monday at 2:35 a.m. on the 4300 block of Clinton Parkway on suspicion of operating under the influence, transporting an open container and being a minor purchasing, in possession of or consuming alcohol. Bond was set at $700.
- A 23-year-old Eudora man was arrested Sunday at 8:15 p.m. near mile marker 11 on Kansas Highway 10 on suspicion of operating under the influence and transporting an open container. Bond was set at $600.
- A 32-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 6:29 p.m. on the 1900 block of East
1500 Road on suspicion of failure to appear in municipal court Bond was set at $203.
POLICE REPORTS
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 12:40 p.m. on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street on suspicion of failure to appear in municipal court. Bond was set at $460.
- A 29-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Sunday at 11:55 a.m. on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street on suspicion of failure to appear in municipal court. Bond was set at $310.
- A 29-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 8:04 a.m. on the 500 block of Graystone Drive on suspicion of aggravated battery. Bond was set at $2,000.
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 7:36 a.m. on the 1700 block of West 28th Terrace on suspicion of failure to appear in district court. Bond was set at $300.
- A 20-year-old Baldwin City man was arrested Sunday at 2:45 a.m. on the 300 block of Country Club Road on suspicion of battery. Bond was set at $100.
POLITICS
- A 25-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 1:25 a.m. on the intersection of 19th and Ohio streets on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $250.
— Laura Sather
Polls: Obama has won back some support from women
Washington — It's looking like President Barack Obama may be back in the good graces of women.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
His support dropped among this critical constituency just before the new year began and the presidential campaign got under way in earnest. But his standing with female voters is strengthening, polls show, as the economy improves and social issues, including birth control, become a bigger part of the nation's political discourse.
"Republicans are making a big mistake with this contraception talk, and I'm pretty sure that they are giving (the election) to Obama," says Patricia Speyerer, 87, of Macomb, Miss., a GOP-leaning independent. "It's a stupid thing."
The recent furloug over whether religious employers should be
Among women, his approval ratings on handling the economy and unemployment have jumped by 10 percentage points since December. Back then, a wide swath of Americans expressed anxiety over the nation's slow climb out of recession and anger at a government that couldn't agree on steps to speed things up.
An Associated Press-GfK poll suggests women also are giving the president more credit than men are for the country's economic turnaround.
Since then, the unemployment rate has kept declining, and Obama hasn't been shy about trumpeting
For Obama, there is no more crucial constituency than women. They make up a majority of voters in presidential elections, and a bit more of them identify with his party. He would not be president today without topping Republican John McCain in that group in 2008. And Republicans would need to win a sizable share — more than about 40 percent — of female voters to beat him.
Though the economy remains the top concern among both women and men, an array of social issues — gay marriage, access to birth control and whether cancer research should be kept separate from the issue of abortion— have returned to the nation's political conversation since December.
it, and analysts say that drop may have resonated particularly with women.
forced to pay for their workers' contraception is certainly a factor but hardly the only reason for women warming up to Obama again after turning away from him late last year.
CORRECTION
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Yesterday's story "Amendment regarding off-campus jurisdiction fails," incorrectly stated Wednesday's full Student Senate meeting will be held at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. This information was obtained through the Student Senate website. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dole Institute of Politics with a presentation by Cancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.
CORRECTION
In yesterday's "Artist paints final border showdown from sidelines," the artist and his team were incorrectly informed of the number of prints
that will be signed by Bill Self. A limited number will be signed, but they are unsure of the number and time the prints will be signed.
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