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Students can attend free classes on Krav Maga, a self-defense style, at the Amber student recreation center at 4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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What's the weather, Jay?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Forecasters; Olyz Orsulak and Stacia Gudmisonon
KU Atmospheric Science
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Saturday
HI: 43
LO: 30
Chance of showers, with snow possible in the evening. North wind between 10 to 15 mph.
Monday HI:47 LO:25 Sunny.
Worst weather of the year.
HI: 44
LO: 30
Mostly clear skies
Sunday
Mostly clear skies.
Who cares? Super Bowl.
Monday is the new Sunday.
CALENDAR
Friday, Feb. 3
**WHAT:** Workshop: "Tips for a Successful Research Presentation"
**WHERE:** Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
**WHEN:** Noon
**ABOUT:** Learn different presentation styles and tips
WHAT: Student Advisory Board Meeting WHERE: Room 369, Regnier Hall, Edwards Campus, Overland Park WHEN: 3.30 p.m. ABOUT: Link the Edwards campus to University administration and let your voice be heard
WHAT: Cosmic Bowling
WHERE: Jaybowl, Kansas Union
WHEN: 10 p.m.
ABOUT: Free bowling and black lights;
what more could you want?
Saturday, Feb. 4
WHAT: Workshop: Open Figure Drawing
WHERE: Room 405, Art and Design Building
WHEN: 11 a.m.
ABOUT: Improve your art portfolio with free life drawing sessions open to all artists
WHAT: Harlem Globetrotters
WHERE: Sprint Center, Kansas City,
Mo.
WHEN: 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
ABOUT: Two showings of the Harlem Globetrotters with the 2012 rookie class
**WHAT:** KU Wind Ensemble
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WHEN:** 7:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** The School of Music presents its first spring semester Wind Ensemble concert
Sunday, Feb. 5
**WHAT:** Prairie Winds Festival
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WHEN:** 1 p.m.
**ABOUT:** The School of Music brings local high school students to perform in its 9th annual Prairie Winds Festival
**WHAT:** Super Bowl XLVI
**WHERE:** Indianapolis, Ind.
**WHEN:** 5:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Don't like the Patriots or the Giants? You can still catch all the awesome commercials
WHAT: Sunday Funday with DJ G Train
WHERE: Replay Lounge
WHEN: 10 p.m.
ABOUT: After your Super Bowl party,
come out and dance up a storm
HEALTH
Monday, Feb. 6
WHAT: Resume Review Day
WHERE: Room 110, Burge Union
WHEN: 11 a.m.
ABOUT: Have professionals look over your resume before the Career Fair on Wednesday
WHAT: Lecture: "The Women Jefferson Loved"
WHERE: Pavilion, Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Virginia Scharff tells the tale of founding father Thomas Jefferson's free and slave families
WHAT: Symphony Orchestra Concerto
Concert
WHERE: Main auditorium, Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The KU School of Music hosts its first Symphony Orchestra concert
Fitness challenge to include students
MARSHALL SCHMIDT mschmidt@kansan.com
"During the holidays, students tend to gain weight and this contest is a good way to be held accountable for getting more fit and healthy," said Rebecca Goering, communications coordinator for the University.
Students and faculty hit the scales Wednesday afternoon for the first week's weigh-in of the Scale Down Challenge at Amber Student Recreation Center. The 10-week weight-loss program, which is modeled after NBC's television show "The Biggest Loser", weighs participants every week and awards cash prizes for those who lose the greatest percentage of their initial weight.
So far, 67 students and 73 faculty and staff have signed up to participate in the Scale Down Challenge.
Paige Blevins, a senior from Great Bend, says the competitive element will be the most motivational aspect for her.
"I need to be healthier, and I'm competitive," Blevins said. "So the competition aspect is going to help me get healthier."
Blevins said she hopes to lose 30 pounds. She plans to eat more fruits and vegetables, and work out five or six times a week for an hour, in addition to an exercise class she is taking this semester.
Although she sees the other participants as rivals, Blevins also sees the benefit of the group element.
"If you have a community of people who you're losing weight with, even competitively, it offers a support system," she said. "You know you're not alone."
The Scale Down Challenge was only open to faculty last year, and this is the first year when students can participate. However, faculty and students are not competing against each other. Students pay a $25 entry fee, which will be used to purchase prizes for the five individuals who lose the most percentage of weight. Weekly prizes are also awarded to the individual who lost the most that week.
However, Brian Stutz, a graduate student from Aurora, Ill., is not as interested in winning the grand prize. He sees the competition as an incentive to stay in shape.
"Being held accountable helps you stay motivated to get out to the gym and eat healthy." Stutz said.
Having not exercised regularly much before, Stutz started consistently working out during the past three weeks and sees the weigh-ins as motivation to continue his routine.
Stutz wants to lose 20 pounds total, or two pounds every week.
"This is a way to be more proactive with yourself" Stutz said. "You look good and feel good."
TYLER BIERWIRTH/KANSAN
Brian Stutz, a graduate student from Aurora, III., weighs in for the 10-week Scale Down Challenge at the Ambler Student Recreational Center. Students and staff participating in the challenge are competing for cash prizes.
Students, faculty and staff can still register at ku.scaledownhub. com.
— Edited by Corinne Westeman
Information based on the Douglas County booking recap
POLICE REPORTS
- Three suspects were reported to the office of public safety for running naked down a hallway on Thursday at 2:46 a.m. in Oliver Residence Hall. A female suspect left a fake driver's license with her clothes.
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday at 2:42 a.m. on the 1300 block of Tennessee St. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance, purchase or consumption of liquor by a minor and an open container. Bond was set at $1,450.
- A 23-year-old Topeka woman was arrested Thursday at 2:00 a.m. on the 200 block of North McDonald Drive on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $250.
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday at 12:50 a.m. on the 1000 block of Emery Road, on suspicion of domestic battery.
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on Tuesday at 11:20 p.m. on the 400 block of North Second Street on suspicion of domestic battery. Bond was not set.
- A 49-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 10:35 p.m. on the 1500 block of West 22nd Terrace on suspicion of a suspicious or fictitious tag and no insurance. Bond was set at $200.
- A 49-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 6:49 p.m. on the 1200 block of Vermont Street on suspicion of being an intoxicated pedestrian in the roadway. Bond was set at $100.
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 3:02 p.m. on the 2400 block of Alabama Street on suspicion of selling or distributing a hallucinogen, sale or purchase using a communication device, sale or distribution of an opiate, narcotic, or stimulate, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, no drug tax stamp and possession of a stimulate. Bond was set at $7,500.
- Destruction and vandalism were reported to the office of public safety, after light posts were found damaged and spray paint was found on the walls Tuesday at 2:18 a.m. at Eaton Hall. Loss is reported at $500 and damage is reported at $100. The case is open.
— Rachel Salyer
CORRECTION
STATE POLITICS
Thursday's article "Before committing to a lease, renters should research property" should not have included the location of
Bryan Morgan's home. The property owners were not contacted for the story.
Kansas water policy bills move from House to Senate
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The House voted Thursday to eliminate a requirement that rights holders use a prescribed allotment of water or lose their rights. The 124-0 vote sent the measure to the Senate.
TOPEKA — Two pieces of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to revise the state's policies on water use cleared legislative hurdles on Thursday, moving a step closer to giving farmers and cities more flexibility in managing the limited resource.
Later in the day, the Senate voted 39-0 for a bill modifying a program that gives water right holders flexibility in how much of their allotment they use each year. It also provides for a percentage of that amount to be held in conservation.
House Speaker Mike O'Neal didn't anticipate the remaining pieces of Brownback's water proposals having difficulty winning approval.
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"What I like about what Sam has done is that we have been talking about many of these for some time. He's come forward and said it's time to do something about it,"
said O'Neal, a Hutchinson Republic.
O'Neal said the "use-it-or-loseit" policy begun in 1945 doesn't work in modern times. Changing the policy in a time when the Ogallala is being depleted and the state has experienced severe drought conditions in some areas for nearly two years makes sense, he said.
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