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What's the weather, Jay?
Friday
—weather.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
HI: 79
LO: 53
Cloudy. Zero percent chance of rain.Wind ENE at 8 mph.
Got my head in the clouds.
Isolated t-storms.
30 percent
chance of rain.
Wind S at 8 mph.
HI: 85
LO: 56
Saturday
HI: 82
LO: 61
A.m. clouds/ p/m.
sun. Zero percent
chance of rain.
Wind ESE at 9 mph.
Where's the fall weather?
Sunday
Let's hope for the fifty-six.
Calendar
Wednesday, Sept. 11
What: Volunteer Fair
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, 4th Floor
About: KU volunteer clubs and local programs table in the lobby to give information on volunteer opportunities
Thursday, Sept. 12
What: Queering the Bible
When: 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: ECM Center, Main Floor
About: A presentation by Rev. Dwight
Welch on being Christian and
challenging social norms
Cost: Small donation requested for
6:30 dinner
What: The Role of Islam in Post 9/11 America
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
About: A lecture by Arsalan Iftikhar,
international human rights lawyer and author
What: Sexy Science
When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dyche Hall
About: Games, activities and snacks for KU students 18 years or older
Friday, Sept. 13
What: Sand Volleyball Tournament
When: 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Ambler Student Recreation Fitness
Center, Sand Volleyball Courts
About: Six-person team or club tournament
for cash prizes, presented by Student Union
Activities
CAMPUS
What: Potselui Putina (Putin's Kiss)
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Bailey Hall, 318
About: Film and snacks presented by the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies.
Saturday, Sept. 14
What: Monarch Watch Fall Open House
When: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Foley Hall
About: Open house, refreshments, hands-on activities, garden and lab tours, tagging demonstrations and bugs
What: Fabrications or How to Lie with a Computer
What: Fabrications or How to Lie with a Computer
When: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: Keynote speech on manipulating modern technology
Remodel underway for KU Bookstore
CALEB SISK
csisk@kansan.com
Keeping with the spirit of campus construction and renovation, the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union is undergoing a top-to-bottom remodel this semester.
The bookstore will join a number of other campus hotspots that have been given facelifts in the past few years, including the Underground and Wescoe Beach. These projects are being undertaken by the University in an attempt to enhance the student experience.
The eagerness for the bookstore remodel is evident in the faces of all of the staff members within the building. "We're really excited about the construction," said Estella McCollum, director of KU Bookstores. "This has been a long time coming."
The project has been in the making for close to three years and should certainly wow students and faculty upon its completion.
The new floor plan will boast 13 total registers distributed among the different areas of the store. By moving the registers to the corners of the floor rather than having them lined up in the front, the bookstore hopes to alleviate some of the congestion that occurred with high traffic in the past.
The KU Bookstore is now under construction. The remodel is set to be completed by Nov. 15.
The remodel is set to be completed by Nov. 15. The current phase of the design, commissioned by Sabatini Architects and Bruner Construction, is scheduled for completion on Sept. 20.
The KU Tech Shop will have its own register rather than sharing sales space with the rest of the store. By separating clothing, textbooks and technology into their own areas, McCollum said she is "confident that this will create a much better customer experience when it comes to peak traffic times."
ERIN BREMER/KANSAN
The nature of the bookstore gives it quite a bit of control over the planning process for the development. "We are a self-funded nonprofit, so everything that we
make is reinvested into building upkeep and student activities," McCollum said.
-- Edited by Emma McElhaney
STATE
New license plates support the arts with Driving the Arts program
KATIE MCBRIDE
kmcbride@kansan.com
The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission announced a new license plate as part of an initiative called "Driving the Arts" in a move to generate funding for arts programs.
arts programs.
The plates have a $50 annual fee with 100 percent of the revenue going to Kansas arts programs. The CAIC has a revenue goal of $100,000 per year, requiring a minimum of 2,000 plates to be purchased by April 1 to meet this year's goal.
Governor Sam Brownback vetoed to continue funding the Kansas Arts Commission in 2011, making Kansas the first state to stop funding the arts. Brownback defended his decision by saying the arts should be funded by private contributors, not public tax dollars.
This led to the loss of $689,000 of funding for the Kansas Arts Commission and more than $1 million in matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mid-American Arts Alliance towards arts programs and grants in Kansas.
Since the funding cuts, arts programs and initiatives have had to raise funding through local taxes and private donations. Many programs have struggled to raise funding on their own, specifically in rural areas, writes Scott Rothschild from the Lawrence Journal-World.
Maria Losito, a junior from Olathe studying illustration and animation, said even if the funds from the plates do not make up for the significant amount lost from funding cuts two years ago, it might create a positive motivation to start finding other sources of funding.
Losito said she worries that students will lose interest in art or not attempt to pursue artistic endeavors if resources are limited or inaccessible, and might lose an important way to express themselves.
"Having an art program helps young students discover who they are and gives them extra avenues to figure out what they want to do in life." Losito said.
In 2012, Brownback formed the CAIC, a division of the State Commerce Department, which replaced the previously disbanded Kansas Arts Commission.
The Kansas arts community recently celebrated a success in August, when the National Endowment for the Arts restored $560,000 in arts grants to the CAIC. Some of the grant recipients for this year include the Hutchinson Theatre Guild and the Arkansas City Area Arts Council.
Selena Cochran, a senior from Karimna City
Leawood studying visual art, said that throughout her time in school before coming to the University, her arts and choir classes were "the most fun part of the day, a release and escape during school."
"I think it's something all children should be able to explore if they want to, and they shouldn't have to struggle to find a way to do it," Cochran adds. "They might not ever know that they'd enjoy something like that, which is scary."
Cochran said she doesn't "understand why the arts would be considered less important than other things," and said she thinks the arts deserve funding from the state.
"It makes people explore other ways of thinking, and other ways of processing things," Cochran said. "If you don't have the arts, you're not using a whole other part of your brain, the creative side. It's just an important part of life."
Cochran said she finds it sad that some students in schools around Kansas may not get the opportunity to experience arts classee
"For a lot of people, it's their escape if they're struggling through something. It helps them get through difficult times. Everybody should be able to test it out."
Loito said she feels that a loss of arts funding means a blow to contributions that the artistic community makes.
To reserve a Driving the Arts license plate, visit
“It's great to have people who can provide beautiful images that will make people happy," Losito said.
KansasCommerce.com/
ArtsPlate.
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