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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
Sunny West northwest winds at 4 to 9 mph.
Tuesday
HI: 59
LO: 39
Thursday
Windy with rain.
South southeast winds at 20 to 30 mph. 80 percent chance of rain.
Splash in the puddles.
Wednesday
HI: 49
LO: 27
Fun in the sun.
Mostly cloudy. North northwest winds at 5 to 15 mph.
Keep warm, stay inside.
Monday, Nov. 4
Calendar
**what:** MBA Lunch Information Session
**When:** Noon to 1:30 p.m.
**Where:** Edwards Campus, BEST Building, BEST 280
**About:** Lunch and information about the School of Business MBA program
**What:** Case for a Pardon
**When:** 7 to 8.30 p.m.
**Where:** Kansas Union, Alderson
**Auditorium**
**About:** Congressman Emmanuel
Cleaver II and former Kansas City Star
columnist Steve Penn discuss the life of
Pete O'Neal, Black Panther leader
Tuesday, Nov. 5
What: Ujamaa Brownbag Lecture
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Alcove F
About: Lecture with Amy Hunt, MA
student in African and African American
Studies
what: Keep Calm and Rock Chalk
What: Keep Calm and Rock Chalk Finance
When: 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Edwards Campus, Regents Center, lobby
About: Personal budgeting information from Student Money Management
Wednesday, Nov. 6
What: Lunch-N-Learn
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Amber Student Recreation Fitness Center, Room 202
About: Information session on how to stay healthy during the holiday season
CAMPUS
**What:** How to Get the Job of Your Dreams
**When:** 5.30 to 7 p.m.
**Where:** Burge Union, Gridiron Room
**About:** Personal branding for job search workshop with Dr. Dennis Rosen
Thursday, Nov. 7
What: Is There an American Dream for You?
When: Noon to 2 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Big 12 Room
About: Panel discussion on how institutional failure perpetuates poverty
What: An Evening with Naismith
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Edwards Campus, BEST Building
About: Artifacts from University Archives related to the life and legacy of Dr. James Naismith
Popular housing conference comes to campus
This is the first time in
TOM QUINLAN
tquinlan@kansan.com
University students living on campus can expect plenty of visitors in the near future. College delegates from across the midwest will be on campus next fall for a collaborative effort to improve student life within the setting of campus housing.
20 years that the University has hosted one of these conferences. MACURH board member, Tyler Treptow, estimates about 300
MACURH, or the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Hallis, is an organization made up of students involved in student housing at midwest colleges. The University won the bid to host the 2014 MACURH conference from Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, edging the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The decision was announced at the 2013 MACURH conference, which took place at Saint Louis University from Oct. 25 - 27.
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- 400 representatives from over 30 schools are expected to attend the conference next year.
Eight University students (from left to right) Kaitlin McAlexander, Katie Gerard, Austin Keehn, Luke Maxfield, Brock Duran, Laura Wehmeier, Taylor Hanna and Skylar Johnson, won the bid to bring the popular college housing conference, MACURH, to campus next fall for its 2014 conference.
Sophomore nursing student Laura Wehmeir is vice-chair of the 2014 MACURH conference. Wehmeier explained many criteria are considered when picking a college to host the conference, but believes the enthusiasm and excitement of her peers that represent the school set it apart.
The benefits for the eight University students who have worked to bring MACURH to campus have not only been professional, they've been personal.
"We've all become extremely good friends throughout the process. We're very close to one another," Wehmeir said.
Those attending the conference will network and participate in team building exercises with others involved in student housing from around the midwest. Much of the conference will involve 'programming sessions' where attendees will brainstorm and share ideas for programs that improve student social and academic life.
Wehmeier shared a program called "The Game of YOLO" which helps keep students safe by educating them about alcohol awareness and other hazards college students face. One activity in the program has students in residence halls play Mario Kart while texting to simulate the real-life dangers of texting and driving. Delegates who learn about these programs at MACURH conferences are free to implement the programs at their own universities.
Taylor Hanna, a junior majoring in applied behavioral science and the conference chair for the 2014 MACURH conference, looks forward to hosting. He greatly a great, honor
"It's really a great honor
for KU. It's just something every KU student can take pride in," Hanna said.
The MACURH conference is a rare opportunity for the school to show all it has to offer to representatives from different colleges across the region and members have the next year to properly prepare.
Edited by Casey Hutchins
REGIONAL
More than 500 tarantula breeds found in Kansas
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WICHITA — Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in parts of the state, particularly in the southern tier of counties.
Kansas, and they are capable of biting, but you really have to provoke them to get that type of a reaction." Fatal tarantula bites are extremely rare but the
The large, hairy spiders are often depicted as dangerous but Jim Mason, of the Great Plains Nature Center, said the spiders are generally docile. Tarantulas rear up on their back legs when they are annoyed, giving plenty of warning to humans, he said.
"They're really pretty neat critters
he said. "They're the largest spiders in
in the west. They're especially common in the Red Hills near Medicine Lodge, according to Ken Brunson of the Nature Conservancy of Kansas. Other solid populations are found in southeast Kansas, especially Chautauqua and Elk counties. Guarisco said some scientists believe the tarantulus range may be moving north in Kansas.
Male tarantula found in Kansas can grow to about 5 inches but females are smaller. Females can live 20 or more years, while males generally die after only a few years.
"They're really pretty neat critters. They're the largest spiders in Kansas."
JIM MASON Great Plains Nature Center
bites can be painful, The Wichita Eagle reported. The bites usually produce a localized reaction that goes away in a few days.
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The best time to see tarantulas in Kansas is mating season in Septem-
"There are stories of mass migrations across roads, but I have not been lucky enough to see one," Guarisco said. "I have seen a dozen or more on a small stretch of road just north of Sedan."
Most of the states tarantulas live in southern counties but stretch north as far as Gove and Trego counties
Hank Guarisco, a Lawrence-based independent arachnid researcher, said more than 500 species of spiders live in Kansas. Their habitat ranges from northern Texas and Louisiana into Kansas and Missouri.
Brunson said ta-
rantulas in Kansas normally live in burrows they line with silk they've made. They survive by eating insects.
The spiders generally don't have trouble surviving a Kansas winter, Guarisco said, because they have a type of natural antifreeze in their blood.
"They can survive well below freezing," he said. "They're pretty hardy that way. It's just amazing stuff."
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In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, Nurse Dee Reynolds shows a Chilean Rose Hair tarantula.
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