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FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2008
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"If we were somewhere else in Kansas wed have no gigs at all," Baggett said. "It's just too artsy."
Brian Baggett, guitar player for the band Dojo, said Lawrence had a wide range of venues, but that it was sometimes difficult to find one that fit his band's unique style.
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior, passes out fliers for "Music For The Masses" while dressed as a robot on Wescroach on Wednesday. "Music For The Masses" is an all-day music festival held in Burcham Park on Sunday. The concert is free.
In the past, the concert was held at Burcham Park near Second and Indiana streets on the bank of the Kansas River. Armstrong said the location was perfect because it provided an open field
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The cost of the concert includes buying a permit, renting a stage, sound equipment and advertising. This year the cost is about $1,000.
"There a lot of politics in the music scene here," Armstrong said.
Most of the advertising for the concert is done through posters and fliers. To promote the concert on campus, Armstrong wore a robot costume and handed out fliers in front of Wescoe Hall.
Armstrong starts planning the shows five months in advance. He handles financing, promotion, booking, logistics and sound.
the public and will run from 12:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday on the west side of South Park near Vermont and 12th streets.
Alex Folsom, Lawrence junior and guitar player for Capital D and the Rest of Me, said having the concert on a Sunday afternoon would encourage people to come out.
Chris Armstrong, Lawrence junior, organized the show. He said he first started the concert as a high school student in 2005 because he wanted to give bands an opportunity to perform outside the restrictions of traditional venues.
Lawrence residents will have the opportunity to hear eight local bands at "Music for the Masses," an annual outdoor concert, this Sunday.
Baggett said having the concert outside would also allow younger fans to see local talent that usually played in clubs.
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"I think it's just more liberating to be outside, in a park, playing." Henry said.
He moved the concert this year because he wanted it to be more accessible to drive-by traffic.
The event's biggest crowd at Burcham Park was 240 people. Armstrong said his goal was 400 to 500 people this year.
Cody Henry, who provides lead guitar and vocals for ClusterFunk, said it would be nice to play at an outdoor venue because people could drop by easily.
ELECTION 2008
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for the audience and the river as a backdrop for the stage.
Women take center stage nationally
On Aug. 26, 1920, women gained the right to vote. 88 years later, the U.S. faces the possibility of electing a woman as its next vice president.
pening with the women candidates this year," Unger said. "Women can run for president and become president if we want to. I think that's a great and powerful thing."
Clarissa Unger, Colby senior and a Democratic delegate for Kansas, said this year had been an exciting
Unger said it was also great to see a woman in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's position, but said she thought Palin was chosen for the wrong reasons.
"I feel like she was chosen because she's a woman," Unger said.
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one for women politically. Unger traveled to the Democratic National Convention in Denver and watched Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) speak on Aug. 26 about women's rights and how far the nation had come since then. Clinton ran what Unger called a very successful campaign until conceding the Democratic presidential nomination to Sen. Barack Obama.
Don Haider-Markel, professor of political science, said the U.S. had fallen behind many other countries in regards to its number of serious women candidates for high office.
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"And she's doing a major disservice to women because she hasn't been a major advocate for women in the past."
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"In other countries they require 30 percent of their parliament to be women," Hider-Markel said. "We don't have anything like that in the United States."
Carrie Lindsey, president of the League of Women Voters in Douglas County, can't say much about Palin, but has been very excited about the national election.
"It's been an interesting year, both with gender and race issues," Lindsey said. "It's so great to be a part of the league because of the level of participation in the process."
The league currently has 115 members and was ratified as an official organization in 1947, and became the first League of Women Voters in Kansas. Lindsey said that the league was a nonpartisan organization that focused on action, education and advocacy.
"The league has been a very structured organization aimed at not only helping women learn to vote, but also to help them become informed about issues and the candidates themselves." Lindsev said.
Lindsey said that it was interesting when an election became about a candidate's personality, which made it more difficult to get to the issues.
"From the league's perspective, that's what's important — how the issues affect you and your life," Lindsey said.
Lindsey said it was all about the process of the issue itself rather than the person in the office. That is why, she said, the league didn't endorse political candidates. She said it asked all candidates the same questions on all the issues.
"Voters need to look at the issues that are important to them." Lindsey said. "They need to see where they stand before deciding on something so important."
The league is publicly endorsing keeping the T, Lawrence's public transit system, up and running.
The next forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Douglas County on the issue of the T will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Oct. 8 at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Regardless of what happens in November, Haider-Markel said the country is ready for a woman to be vice president.
"I would even argue that it has been ready since 1984," she said.
"The glass ceiling is no longer there — it has been broken for a female vice president."
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