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2012 is the 100th anniversary of the first Jayhawk. But KU dates back to 1865. How could there be a KU without the Jayhawk? There were several unofficial mascots from 1865 to 1912. One of the most popular was the bulldog.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
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Partly cloudy and warmer during the day. Cold at night.
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A nice break after classes.
Friday
Forecaster: Shawn Milrad, KU atmospheric science
A gloomy start to the weekend.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR
Wednesday, Jan. 18
WHAT: Lecture: "The Economics of Retail Markets: How Should Lawrence Protect its Downtown?" WHERE: Ecumenical Campus Ministries Center, Lawrence WHEN: Noon ABOUT: Discussing the future of business in downtown Lawrence
WHAT: "South Pacific"
WHERE: The Lied Center of Kansas, Lawrence
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: A revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic
Thursday, Jan. 19
WHAT: Drake Bell
Lawrence
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: Former Nickelodeon star comes to Lawrence
WHAT: Brad Paisley with The Band Perry and Scott McCreery WHERE: The Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ABOUT: The country singer brings his "Virtual Reality World Tour 2012"
WHAT: Doomtree with
WHAT: Doomtree with Steady P
WHERE: The Granada,
Lawrence
WHEN: 8:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The Midwest hip-hop collective comes to Lawrence
WHAT: The Cast Pattern with Khaldera and Silent Habit WHERE: The Replay Lounge, Lawrence WHEN: 10 p.m. ABOUT: A local band brings the rock to The Replay Lounge
Friday, Jan. 20
WHAT: Jack's Mannequin with Jukebox the Ghost and Allen Stone WHERE: The Beaumont Club, Kansas City, Mo. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ABOUT: Rock out to some piano music in KC
WHAT: "Bloody Murder," presented by Theatre Lawrence WHERE: Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ABOUT: Theatre Lawrence puts on a comedic murder mystery spoof
WHAT: Blackout with
WHAT: Blackout with Skrause WHERE: The Granada, Lawrence WHEN: 9:30 p.m. ABOUT: The Granada hosts its 20th Blackout party
Saturday, Jan. 21
WHAT: Girl Scout Cookie Sale WHERE: Wal-Mart, 33rd and Iowa, Lawrence WHEN: 9 a.m. ABOUT: Get your Thin Mints fix
WHAT: Campus Movie
WHAT: Campus Movie Series: "Paranormal Activity 3"
WHERE: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, Lawrence
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: Bring your popcorn and be ready to get scared
WHAT: The Good Foot
WHAT: The Good Foot WHERE: Jazzhaus, Lawrence WHEN: 10 p.m. ABOUT: A '60s soul band covers all your favorite funk hits
Political Fiber
Statistics help define Milennial generation
Anecdotally, millennials are tech-savvy, more liberal than our parents, loading ourselves with student loan debt and graduating into the worst job market in years. But who are we really and where do we as a group stand on political issues?
Based on Pew Research data, millennial voter turnout rates rose from 40 percent to 51 percent between the 2000 and 2008 presidential elections, and 66 percent of millennials voted for Barack Obama. But millennials are divided about whether Obama has made good on his promise of change in Washington: 46 percent of millennials say things have changed and 48 percent say they have not.
Millennials are disillusioned with government and see businesses as well as partisan and special interest groups as dominating factors in the political arena.
But even so, millennials seem to express civic duty through less political outlets, such as volunteering. We are more likely than any other generation to have participated in community service in the last 12 months. We are also more likely than other generations to buy (or to choose not to buy) from companies that espouse political or social values they agree with.
Washington because of special interest groups and Obama's political opponents, while 42 percent say business corporations have even more control over their daily lives than the government.
For more information on millennials and their political beliefs, check out PoliticalFiber.com on Feb.1.
— Brienne Pflannentie for PoliticalFiber.com brienne@politicalfiber.com
Fifty-six percent of millennials say things haven't changed in
WORLD
Tourists injured after Ethiopia terror attack
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Five foreign tourists were killed by unknown armed rebels in Ethiopia's restive Afar region in the country's north, Ethiopian state television reported on Tuesday.
The Ethiopian Television, or ETV, cited the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense report a group of eight unidentified foreign nationals were attacked near the Eritnean border on Monday.
EFTV suggested that the attackers were rebels with ties to Ethiopia's archival Eritrea, which hosts the exiled Oromo Liberation Front, a rebel group listed as
ETV said two tourists were injured severely and have been brought to a health clinic by defense forces. They are in critical condition, the state television said. Another tourist survived the attack unarmed.
a terrorist organization by the Ethiopian government.
In Vienna, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Peter Launsky-Tiefenthal said as many as 22 tourists of several European nationalities may have been attacked, including two Austrians.
In Berlin, a spokesman at the German Foreign Ministry, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said it has received "reports of an attack on a tour group with Germans in Ethiopia" and that the ministry is trying to determine what had happened.
Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged tourists had been attacked in the Afar region but said it didn't have any further details about the attack or the victims' nationalities.
Associated Press
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