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watching the films, Hughes realized that with Free State Brewery beers on tap, Liberty Hall would be a great place to show Banff.
Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop rents out Liberty Hall to bring the festival to Lawrence. The proceeds from the event go to the Lawrence Mountain Bike Club and the KU Rock Climbing Club.
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Brian LeSage, Leawood sophomore and president of the KU Rock Climbing Club, said the club's dues are one of the lowest, because of events like Banff. The money they get goes to buy climbing and traveling gear for the club. It is also used for climbing clinics to teach beginners how to climb safely.
"It's not how hard you climb, but how good you look doing it."
The club also takes three or four out-of-state weekend trips per year, which the money from the Banff festival helps fund.
LeSage said.
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Paul Davis, manager at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, said the videos were a great way to motivate the members of the Lawrence Mountain Bike Club and the KU Rock Climbing Club.
Hughes said ticket sales were ahead of what they were last year, when the Saturday night showing was almost standing room only.
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"The last few years have gained momentum," Davis said. "It used to be just hard-core people, but word of mouth has spread."
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Ryan Surface, Prairie Village junior, climbs the rock wall in the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center Wednesday. The KU Rock Climbing Club will receive a portion of the proceeds from the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Legislator denies affair allegations
Assemblyman Mike Duvall sits at his desk in the Assembly chambers on Wednesday. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass today stripped Duvall of his spot as vice-chair of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee.
BY JULIET WILLIAMS
POLITICS
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses created an embarrassing distraction for lawmakers Thursday.
Republican Mike Duvall resigned Wednesday after a videotape surfaced in which he described to a colleague in lurid detail his sexual conquests, including a spanking
The scandal filled the Capitol with gossip and distracted many legislative staffers from more important business at hand.
"I think it's imperative that the leadership of both parties take this very seriously..."
"This is a real black eye," said Derek Cressman, regional director for the government watchdog group Common Cause. "I think it's imperative that the leadership
DEREK CRESSMAN Common Cause regional director
fetish, the skimpy underwear of one mistress and his carrying on two affairs simultaneously. He sought to deny the affairs on Thursday.
of both parties take this very seriously and address it in a fast and strong way"
The fallout from the scandal began to emerge, with calls for an outside investigation in addition to the internal ethics probe to determine whether the alleged affairs might have influenced his votes.
The videotape shows Duvall during a break from a July 8 committee hearing detailing his extramarital exploits to fellow
Republican Assemblyman Jeff Miller of Corona. He is overheard on an open microphone bragging that he slept with an energy industry lobbyist who wore "eye-patch underwear" and that he enjoyed spanking her when they hooked up. He told Miller, a longtime friend, that he also was sleeping with another lobbyist.
"Oh, she is hot!" Duvall said about the second woman.
The 54-year-old married father of two issued a statement denying he had affairs and saying his only offense "was engaging in inappropriate storytelling."
The lobbyist Duvall refers to in his comments reportedly works for Sempra Energy, a San Diego-
based energy services company. The allegation that Duvall slept with a lobbyist who does business before his chief committee prompted calls for an outside investigation and tougher rules of conduct for lobbyists.
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competition's event coordinator. She said up to 50 selected photographs would be displayed for sale during the ArtWalk at an outdoor display on the corner of 9th and Massachusetts Streets.
She said although most of the ArtWalk's exhibitions would be in galleries, she expected hundreds of people to visit the group's outdoor exhibition as they pass between the showinues.
- "Being on Mass will be perfect," McNealy said. "The goal is just to get people to see the photos so we can spread our message."
Kelsey Dennis, Louisburg senior and member of KU Uganda, has worked as a member of the eight-person team organizing the event. She said she was intrigued by Chang's excitement about getting competition started when he returned from Africa. She said her involvement with the project has furthered her passion for fighting social injustices.
Dennis said she thought the competition had been well received by the community.
"Everyone I've talked to is excited." Dennis said. "It's an easy thing for people to support because it doesn't take a lot of commitment. Just submit a picture and that it's."
According to the competition's rules there are three entry divisions: student, amateur non-student, and professional. A prize package will be awarded to the winner of each division. The photographs will be sorted by five categories - people,
INFO FOR COMPETITION
- Photos due by Tuesday, September 15.
- Three divisions: student, amateur non-student, professional.
- Entry fees: $15 for one photo, $25 for two, $30 for three.
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- Prize package to overall winner of each division: $100 cash, Oakley sunglasses, Mallard Outdoor Watch, t-shirt, Nalgene bottle, gift certificates and more.
- Winning photos will be displayed and sold at the Lawrence ArtWalk on October 10-11.
- Visit www.rivertowell.com to enter.
CRIME Man sentenced to life after brutally killing child
places, cultural traces, flora and fauna, and black and white/monochromatic.
An autopsy revealed victim Cesar Razo had 304 injuries on his 23-pound body when he died at a hospital on June 20.
VISTA, Calif. — A Southern California man who fatally beat and tortured his girlfriend's 2-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Chang said sponsors donated contents for prize packages, which include $100 cash, Oakley sunglasses and gift certificates among other prizes. He said photos could be submitted online at rivertowell.com, or be sent to an address listed on the site.
Jose Maurice Castenada was convicted in June of first-degree murder after testimony revealed the boy was kept in a closet and tortured with hangers, belts and a cable wire over several months.
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MEDIA
Harvard newspaper says ad was not to be printed
BOSTON — The head of Harvard University's student newspaper is blaming an ad that questioned the Holocaust on "a miscommunication."
Harvard Crimson president Maxwell Child said in a letter to readers Wednesday that his staff initially rejected the ad.
But Child said the decision "fell through the cracks" in the three weeks between the ad's submission and its publication Tuesday.
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Engineering & Computer Science Career Fair
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 Noon - 5 p.m. Kansas Union Ballroom www.ecc.ku.edu