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Better bring a coat.
Looks a lot like January.
CALENDAR
Tuesday, Feb. 19
HAIT: Dole Institute of Politics: Presidential Lecture Series
WHERE: Regner Hall, KU Edwards Campus
WHEN: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Presidential Historian Richard Norton Smith speaks about America's first president, George Washington. Learn some new information about the original Commander-in-Chief.
WHAT: West Side Story
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Watch this classic, award-
winning musical for aboutbidden love,
set in New York City in the late 1950s.
Student tickets are $24.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
WHAT: Step Afrika
WHERE: Kansas Union Ballroom
WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m.
WHERE 8:00 p.m.
ABOUT: This traveling step show features professional dancers and offers a step workshop for audience members. The performers encourage active participation throughout their rump-shaking performance.
WHAT: Full Student Senate meeting
WHERE: Kansas Union, Alderson
Auditorium
WHEN: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Voice your opinion at Senate's second full meeting of the semester. Legislation includes funding for the Big Event and other student organizations. All students have speaking privileges.
Thursday, Feb. 21
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union, fourth floor lobby
WHEN: 3 to 4 p.m.
ABOUT: it's time to enjoy your weekly cookies and spot of tea, complimentals of SUA. So good, even the Queen of England herself wouldn't *pass it up.*
WHAT: Film and Speaker: Codebreaker
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 6 p.m.
ABOUT. Watch "Codebreaker," a docu-
drama about the British mathematician
and cryptanalyst Alan Turing.
Afterward, executive producer Patrick
Sammon will answer questions about
the film.
Friday, Feb. 22
WHAT: Campus movie series: "Wreck-it Ralph"
WHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m.
ABOUT: Enjoy this Pixar comedy about video game characters, featuring the vocal talents of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Jack McBrayer, among others. Tickets are $2 with a student ID, and SUA will provide free popcorn.
WHAT: Campus movie series: "Wreck- it Ralph."
Edited by Jordan Wisdom
WHAT: Final Friday
WHERE: Downtown Lawrence
WHEN: All day
ABOUT: Local artists, musician
About: Local artists, musicians and vendors display their work for February's Final Friday showcase.
Senate denies $10M to KU Med for expansion
TOPEKA (AP) — A Kansas Senate committee has ratified a conservative Republican lawmaker's proposal to deny $10 million to the University of Kansas Medical Center for an expansion.
The Ways and Means Committee backed Sen. Tom Arpke of Salina on a voice vote Monday before endorsing spending recommendations for the state's higher education system.
Those recommendations overall are
largely in line with Republican Gov.
Sam Brownback's proposals for about
$2.5 billion in annual spending.
But Brownback wanted the $10 million for the expansion of the Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. The total project is expected to cost $75 million, with the rest of the funds coming from private donations.
Arpke argues the University of Kansas isn't operating as efficiently as it could and can tap reserve funds for the project.
Associated Press
Ad Astra campaign targets parking
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
With Student Senate elections around the corner, new coalition Ad Astra has released its first three platforms. Marcus Tetwiler, a junior from Paola, is Ad Astra's 2013 presidential candidate. Emma Halling, a junior from Elkhart, Ind., is running as Ad Astra's 2013 vice president.
THE FIRST THREE PLATFORMS:
Ad Astra will work with University administration to change this policy and lock in transfer student tuition rates. Tyler Childress, a junior from Coffeyville and campaign manager for Ad Astra, said this will make it fair and could make the University enticing for transfer students.
Tuition increases for incoming freshman each year. As an entering freshman, each student has a locked rate of tuition that will not increase as they progress toward graduation. Transfer students do not have this luxury.
1. LOCKING IN TRANSFER STUDENT TUITION RATES
Ad Astra plans to work with the parking department to upgrade signs to ensure students are aware of parking zones and to minimize their risk of parking tickets. They will also work to improve graduate student parking and student parking on game days.
2. IMPROVING STUDENT PARKING
3. STUDENT SENATE OPPORTUNITY ENOWMENT
Childress said that the current design is not effective, and new signs will make parking designations more clear.
Ad Astra plans to partner with the School of Business to form a Student Senate Opportunity Endowment. They will invest a principal amount along with private investors, and the funds will, in turn, be used for student research, conference travel and other curricular opportunities for students. School of Business students and KU Endowment will manage the fund.
Childress said that this endowment would not only provide funds for students now, but would stay around for years.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Proposed legislation would keep Facebook info private
NICK RENARD
nrenard@kansan.com
In this era of endless tweets, likes and status updates, personal discretion tends to yield itself to online fame.
We've heard the stories: friends and colleagues reprimanded or let go from their jobs after an employer noticed an incriminating post - but what about their future jobs?
Finney
Two Kansas Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Gal Finney and Sen.
Omeira Padez
Goudaeu,
are currently
spearheading
new legislation
aimed at
defending job
seekers from
employers
asking for usernames and passwords to Facebook and Twitter accounts.
doubt: have anything to do with the duties of the job you're applying for," said Faust-Goudue in an interview
"What you do over Facebook
Faust-Goudeau
Finney, who is also pressing a bill providing similar protection for students from schools and universities requesting online
with the Associated Press. "If people are out seeking gainful employment, we shouldn't have other barriers keeping them from work."
login info, told the AP she doesn't think employers have a right to demand such personal information.
Following these reports, the Department of Justice was tasked with determining the legality of such requests. Results, it said, were varied and inconclusive.
This proposed bill comes after reports last year of employers in at least five states requesting to browse employees' accounts, according to the AP.
"As a user, you shouldn't be forced to share your private information just to get a job," said Erin Egan, Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer, in the statement.
She explained that this policy is in place to protect both employees as well as employers, warning that use of online material in the hiring process may open employers up to claims of discrimination and potential litigation.
Facebook issued a statement soon after, sharply criticizing such employers and stating that dissemination of a Facebook password is a violation of their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Egan added that Facebook takes privacy seriously and promises to take action to protect the privacy and security of its users, whether by "engaging policymakers or by initiating legal action."
Meanwhile, some local social media experts find Kansas' new bill somewhat superfluous.
"Legislation like this is merely precautionary," said Aaron Deacon, president of Social Media Club of Kansas City (SMCKC). "It's really a question of whether
you should make laws in advance or when there is a problem."
Deacon, who is also the managing director of KC Digital Drive, an innovation team working with Google to bring record Internet speeds to the Kansas City area, said he favored education over new legislation.
Dave Greenbaum, a Lawrence computer repair technician, described using both resume material and mutual friends to isolate someone online for review and added that he has no need to ask for passwords because the information is in plain sight.
"People have to understand that any indiscretions can be brought to more and more people online," he said, adding that it is the responsibility of online communities like SMCKC to teach individuals as well as employers online etiquette.
"I can completely understand why employers want this information," Greenbaum said. "Many times, it's more about learning the nuances of the applicant that can't be derived from a simple interview."
In a March 2012 blog post, Greenbaum offered multiple alternatives to full-fledged snooping for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google + and praised online review.
"Since Twitter is 'in the moment' I get a keener picture of their personality," Greenbaum wrote in his blog post. "Are they hotheaded? Are they a complainer? What do they choose to share and why?"
Edited by Taylor Lewis
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