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Thursday, Nov. 21
What: Pizza and Politics. In the Eye of the
Reholder.
the behavior
When: Noon to 1:15 p.m.
Where: Centennial Room, Kansas Union
About: Pizza and discussion about creative expression with UTNE Reader editor-in-chief Christian Williams
Friday, Nov. 22
What: Why Radical Connectivity Means
the End of Big
When: 5:30 p.m.
**Where:** Spooner Hall, The Commons
**About:** Lecture with Nicco Mele on how technology disrupts our lives
What: Global Entrepreneurship Celebration
When: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: Discussions and networking celebrating entrepreneurship
Saturday, Nov. 23
SENATE
What: Can Democracy Survive the Digital Age?
When: 10 a.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Discussion with Nicco Mele
What: Art Cart: Optical Art
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: Art activity creating foam projects
What: Student Recital Series: Kaitlin Fahy. Clarinet
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Murphy Hall, Swarthout Recital Hall
About: Student recital presented by the School of Music
Sunday, Nov. 24
What: Art Cart: Optical Art
When: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: Art activity creating foam projects
What: School of Music Symphony Orchestra
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: Concert presented by the School of Music
Student Senate passes two election reforms
KAITLYN KLEIN
kklein@kansan.com
Student Senate met last night to discuss and vote on two more election reform bills, but before getting down to business, Senate welcomed a guest speaker from the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
REFLECTION
Marcus Tetewiler addresses the assembly during a Senate meeting Wednesday night. The Senate passed two election reforms:
Cody Charles, the associate director of OMA, focused his speech on conversations, specifically difficult conversations he has had with students.
MEETING WITH OTHER BIG 12 SENATES
FRANK WFIRCH/KANSAN
After sharing several stories, he asked senators: "Are you having those dynamic moments, those dynamic conversations? Do you know the people you are representing?"
"I give my time for dynamic conversations," Charles said.
Moving from a point of reflection,
officers gave their biweekly reports to the senate.
Executive staff visited Texas Christian University last weekend to meet with other executive staffs from all the Big 12 schools.
ELECTION REFORM:
COALITIONS AND CAUCUS
This bill establishes a caucus system for coalitions to choose their presidential and vice presidential candidates, senators and how they want to be listed on the ballot.
The bill, which can be viewed online at Kansan.com, passed with one amendment.
ELECTION REFORM:
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Tyler Childress, one of the authors of the bill and senate chief
of staff, said the bill's purpose is to outline the powers of the elections commission to ensure coalitions follow election rules.
"We want to make sure it's very clear that the elections commission
is in charge of this code and they can hold candidates and coalitions accountable." Childress said.
The bill passed and can be viewed, in full, online.
Full senate will review the final installment of election reform at the next meeting. That bill will focus on freshman elections, which follow a different format and process than general elections.
Edited by Jessica Mitchell
RESEARCH
Students disagree with online alcohol ad study
KATIE MCBRIDE
kmcbride@kansan.com
While companies can target their advertisements toward a younger audience by utilizing online technology such as social media, a recent study says that these online ads may lead to an increased "culture of intoxication" among young people.
The study, which analyzed how 18- to 25-year-olds reacted to online alcohol advertising, was co-authored by Christine Griffin, a professor of social psychology at the University of Bath. She believes it's necessary to confront the types of messages promoted by alcohol
advertising targeted towards young people.
She says that because these ads make drinking "about fun, pleasure and socializing," young people might be encouraged to drink at an extreme or dangerously intoxicated level. To combat these unsafe drinking behaviors, she suggests the development of more regulations for online alcohol marketing aimed at this age group.
Michael Azbel, a freshman from Overland Park, agrees that there is a prevalent belief among college students that alcohol is included in the "college culture," but said that he doesn't necessarily see online alcohol advertising as having a large effect on this belief.
He said other than a few ads on
"Our friends affect how we think, even by just planting a little idea."
MICHAEL AZBEL
Overland Park freshman
facebook and YouTube, he
periously hasn't come across many
alcohol advertisements while using social media sites.
Rather, he said he's observed that young people tend to be more affected by what their peers are doing than by advertisements.
"Our friends affect how we think, even by just planting a little idea." Azbel said. "Social media can be an advertisement in itself for drinking. It doesn't even have to be a company or specific product; it can just be drinking itself."
Noelle Nelson, an assistant professor of marketing in the KU School of Business, said that advertisements from companies and the influence of peers can sometimes become indistinguishable
"It's very possible that young people do not distinguish social media content from advertisements," Nelson said. "If young people don't see a difference between alcohol ads and social media content, they may misconstrue the content as being endorsed by their peer group."
Both of these factors may have an influence on students' ideas about alcohol and drinking, said Vanessa Newton.
"I think it's kind of a chicken and egg thing; I'm not sure if adverbs~
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