THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
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ART OF SELF-DEFENSE
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ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
1. Lee Nelson uses techniques to deflect his opponent's strike in the Krav Maga workshop Tuesday night at the Ambler recreation center. Krav Maga teaches consistency and confidence when learning self-defense.
2. Don and Susan Booth talk about Krav Maga during the workshop. For the past 25 years, the Booths have been teaching in Lawrence. "The main thing is confidence," Susan said. "Self-defense teaches you to defend yourself if needed. And the confidence you can use every day."
3. Helen Albrecht, a freshman from Naperville, Ill., practices her jabs in the Krav Maga workshop. "I always enjoy exercise and I can apply this to real life." Albrecht said.
4. Students learn the proper stance formation of Krav Maga Tuesday night at the rec center. The workshop was put on by The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, Campus Safety Committee, Student Senate and Student Recreational Services. The workshop will run Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. until April 26.
5. Emilie Swartz, a graduate student from Eureka, practices her kicks. "I saw the event on the website and thought that it would be something that I could use." Swartz said.
INTERNSHIPS
USA Pavilion 2012 seeks Korean-speaking interns
USA Pavilion 2012 is still accepting applications for its summer internship program at the World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. The World Expo will take place in May.
Forty student ambassadors will be responsible for greeting visitors and government officials and providing administrative and programming support, according to a press release.
The expo's theme this year is "The Living Ocean and Coast." It will focus on the importance of coastal and oceanic regions for the global economy and environment.
All undergraduate and graduate students have until Feb. 10 to submit applications. The application fee is $90. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, proficient in speaking Korean and have at least a 2.75 GPA.
USA Pavilion 2012 will provide students with entry visas, on-site job training, housing and a $20-a-day stipend for their time in Korea. The University of Virginia is the official university partnered with USA Pavilion 2012, so student ambassadors will earn course credit from Virginia through the internship. Students accepted for the program will begin orientation in Korea on May 2 and will stay until the expo is over on Aug. 12.
To apply, visit http://www.pavilion2012.org/student-ambassadors.
- Laura Sather
CAMPUS
Gov. Brownback to speak about human trafficking
Gov. Sam Brownback will speak at "Ending Human Trafficking: A conversation with Kansas Governor Sam Brownback" about issues related to human trafficking tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is organizing the event, which is aimed at educating the campus community on human trafficking and how people can stop it.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, "Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world and is tied
a co-sponsor of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
"Kansas serves as a major route for traffickers who exploit victims through sex trafficking and forced labor," wrote ETWRC program director Kathy Rose-Mockry in an email.
Brownback will discuss how trafficking affects Kansas and what is being done to stop it on the state level. He is
with the illegal arms industry as the second-largest criminal industry in the world today."
The Kansas Union Ballroom is located on the fifth level of the Kansas Union.
-Vikaas Shanker
Romney wins in Florida, Gingrich vows to continue
POLITICS
TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney won a commanding victory in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding from defeat a week earlier and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided result Newt Gingrich vowed to press on.
"Thank you FLI!" an exuberant Romney tweeted minutes after the race was called. "While we celebrate this victory, we must not forget what this election is really
about; defeating Barack Obama."
The winner-take-all primary was worth 50 Republican National Convention delegates, by far the most of any primary state so far.
Returns from slightly more than half of Florida's precincts showed Romney with 47 percent of the vote, to 33 percent for Gingrich.
But the bigger prize was precious political momentum in the race to pick an opponent for Democratic President Barack Obama this fall.
That belonged to Romney when he captured the New Hampshire primary three weeks ago, then swung stuningly to Gingrich when he countered with a South Carolina upset 11 days later.
Now it was back with the former Massachusetts governor, after a 10-day comeback that marked a change to more aggressive tactics, coupled with an efficient use of an overwhelming financial advantage.
Associated Press
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