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What's the weather, Jay?
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30.2013
HI: 49
LO: 29
Thursday
weather.com
Partly Cloudy, ten percent chance of precipitation.
Sunny, no chance of precipitation.
HI: 27
LO: 8
Friday
A low of eight? That's what I hate.
Saturday
HI: 37
LO: 27
Partly Cloudy, ten percent chance of precipitation.
It's cool, let's go to school!
It's warm, get out of the dorm.
Wednesday, January 30
CALENDAR
**WHAT:** Dollar Bowling
**WHERE:** Royal Crest Lanes
**WHEN:** 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Take a break from the library and enjoy a game of bowling for only $1. Prepare for your game by watching the Disney Channel original movie,
"Alley Cats Strike."
Thursday, January 31
WHAT: Student Senate committee meetings
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ABOUT: The University Affairs, Students Rights, Finance and Multicultural Affairs committees convene for the first time this semester. Students are welcome to sit in on meetings and voice their opinions.
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union, 4th floor
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ABOUT: Enjoy free tea and cookies,
compliments of SUA. It's bloody good.
WHAT: The junkyard Jazz Band
WHERE: American Legion
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: Listen to traditional jazz from the '30s and '40s. Musicians welcome.
Friday, February 1
**WHAT:** Kansas Conference on Slavery and Human Trafficking
**WHERE:** Kansas Union
**WHEN:** 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Gov. Sam Brownback and the University co-sponsor the conference, which focuses on modern day human trafficking. The event is free and open to the public.
WHAT: KU School of Music Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble I Concert
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Come hear student musicians jam out. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 general admission.
MUSIC
Saturday, February 2
WHAT: Dueling Divas
WHERE: Theatre Lawrence
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
ABOUT. Watch some of Lawrence's most talented ladies compete in this competition. Audience members can vote for their favorite diva, bid on silent auction items and watch these singers hit the high notes. Tickets start at $60.
WHAT: KU School of Music Jazz Festival concert
WHERE: Free State High School
WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT. Not satisfied with the week's previous musical activities? Support our Jayhawk musicians at this free concert.
Students to sing for recording artist at Lied
LELLY GRIMM
egrimm@kansan.com
Select University students will have the opportunity to perform in a talent showcase for recording artist Suzanne Vega and her daughter Ruby Froom on Friday. The free showcase will be in the Lied Center Pavilion beginning at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
"We've been trying for years to do a talent showcase-like event," said Topeka senior Hillary Berry, president of the Lied Center Student Association. "It's a lot of
fun and it's a great place to say you've performed in."
To be considered for the showcase, participants had to post a video on the event's Facebook page. The video had to be a live, acoustic cover of a song of the participant's choice.
Berry, who is participating in the showcase, looks forward to the opportunity to perform. Her cover is Jewel's "You Were Meant for Me."
"It feels good," Berry said. "It's a unique opportunity play for them and that the people at the Lied Center think I'm good
enough to play."
Berry also said she is looking forward to seeing the student support the night of the showcase.
"There are some good artists making the trip and it would be really cool to get support for local artists," she said.
Prospective participants had until Jan. 23 to post their video for consideration. Judges chose nine participants to perform in the showcase and receive feedback from Vega and Froom.
and have worked with all kinds of people from young kids all the way up to seniors who want to share their work, in all kinds of settings, rural and urban, underprivileged and very well off," said Vega. "I hope to meet some people who have the wish to create something artistic and interesting."
"I have enjoyed working with people in the community before
Michele Berendsen, Marketing Communications Director for the Lied Center, also expressed excitement about the upcoming showcase.
said. "Students will be excited for, this."
"She's had really big hits and is a terrific singer-songwriter," she
Vega had some advice to share, with aspiring musicians.
"Figure out what you want to say and figure out what your limitations are — that's the key to your style," she said. "You should be doing both social media and your local hoot night performing in front of real people. They will tell you quickly what else you have to learn to be a good performer."
- Edited by Tara Bryant
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Conn. legislature considers mental health issues
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing mental health care following the deadly Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into the mental state of the 20-year-old gunman.
The prosecutor in the case, Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, said he cannot release information about Adam Lanza's mental health because of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct, which covers all attorneys in the state. His office is reviewing whether details of Lanza's mental state can be released to the public after the police report is completed, possibly in June.
"The shooters in Sandy Hook, Tucson, Aurora, Littleton, Blacksburg — we will not grant them the respect of using their names — were not in their right minds," said Richman, who, along with his wife, has started a foundation in their daughter's name to protect vulnerable groups from violence and to understand the mental underpinnings of violent behavior.
But Jeremy Richman, father of 6-year-old Arielle Richman, one of the 20 first-graders killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, told a legislative subcommittee on Tuesday that it is clear Lanza did not commit an impulsive act of violence, but rather a planned crime with the "goal of achieving infamy" like other mass shooters.
Besides gun violence and school safety, two task forces created by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly are focusing on mental health services and
"Too little is known in the mental health area about what drives these violent behaviors," he said. "Clearly, something is wrong with the person capable of such atrocities."
caters at Sandy Hook dead Police said Lanza also killed his mother at the Newtown home they shared and later committed suicide as police approached the school.
reducing the stigma of treatment as they review public policy and recommend law changes after shooting, which also left six edu
The massacre in Newtown has also
set off a national discussion about mental health care, with everyone from law enforcement leaders to the gun industry, urging policymakers to focus on the issue as a way to help prevent similar mass shootings.
Hook victim Ana Marquez-Greene and a licensed marriage and family therapist, said she hopes Connecticut will become a
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"Too little is known in the mental health area about what drives these violent behaviors."
"I don't think not having that information is going to prevent us from doing important work," said Dr. Harold Schwartz, a psychiatrist on the commission. "Adam Lanza is just one case. We really need to think about large populations. We need to think about improving the mental health system for everyone."
Members of Malloy's commission said they would like to have details of Lanza's mental health, but it's not essential.
national model to improve its mental health system. In written testimony read by her sister on Tuesday, Mar que z - Greene suggested that exposing families to trained
Nelba Marquez-Greene mother of 6-year-old Sandy
mental health professionals to destigmatize mental health access and treatment. She also called for the state to fully fund programs
"My Ana Grace was murdered. She was six years old. She was one of 26 innocent people massacred senselessly," Marquez-Greene wrote. "This tragedy could have been prevented."
Lawmakers were urged to look at numerous issues such as stronger civil commitment laws, mandatory mental health evaluations for gun purchasers, more funding for school-based health centers that provide mental health care and community-based mental health services, and allowing families to put a troubled relative on a list preventing them from obtaining a gun. At the same time, some people diagnosed with mental ill-
State lawmakers were told that individuals with private insurance have much more limited access to services than people using government insurance. Patricia Rehwmer, commissioner of the Department, of Mental Health and Addiction Services, said there are limits on the number of services that can be used annually, which can create problems for families.
that provide support to parents.
Slightly more than 100 people signed up to testify on Tuesday, compared to 1,200 who signed up to testify at Monday's hearing on gun laws.
ness told the legislators not to take out their anger with Lanza against them.
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