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What's the weather, Jay?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Friday
Source: wunderground.com
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HI: 64
LO: 46
Partly cloudy with SW winds at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Roll around in the grass.
HI: 63
LO: 45
Mostly cloudy with S winds at 15 to 20 mph.
Don't forget your windbreaker!
Sunday
HI: 64
LO: 50
Partly cloudy with S winds at 5 to 15 mph.
Head to the park.
CALENDAR
Thursday, Nov. 29
**WHAT:** Queervolution
**WHERE:** Satatini Multicultural Resource Center, Room 116
**WHEN:** 7-8 p.m.
**ABOUT:** A panel of LGBT community members speak about their struggles and successes after college.
WHAT: Campus Movie Series: The Bourne Legacy
WHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
WHEN: 8-10 p.m.
ABOUT: Come check out the latest addition to the action-packed Bourne series.
Friday, Nov. 30
WHAT: KU's Got Talent
WHERE: Kansas Union, Ballroom
WHEN: 8-10 p.m.
ABOUT: Come enjoy the best student talent on campus at this SUA sponsored show.
**WHAT:** New Found Glory
**WHERE:** The Bottleneck
**WHEN:** 8 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the band's album, "Sticks and Stones." The Story So Far and Seahaven will also perform.
Saturday, Dec. 1
**WHAT:** World Fashion Show
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Ballroom
**WHEN:** 7-9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Join SUA and enjoy traditional and modern fashion, cuisine, music and special talents from cultures across the world.
**WHAT:** Stompdance Hosted by Bran Supernaw in conjunction with Hashinger Hall
**WHERE:** Hashinger Hall, Black Box Theatre
**WHEN:** 7-10 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch members of the Quapaw, Cherokee, Shawnee and Delaware Nations sing and dance around a fire.
Sunday, Dec. 2
POLITICS
WHAT: Women's Basketball vs. Minnesota
WHERE: Allen Fieldhouse
WHEN: 2-4 p.m.
ABOUT: Watch the Lady Jayhawks play the Beavers.
WHAT: If the Whole Body Dies by Robert Skloot
WHERE: William Inge Memorial Theatre,
Murphy Hall
WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m.
ABOUT: The Holocaust is reexamined in the
this play about Raphael Lemkin whose work
led to the adoption of the United Nations
Treaty Against Genocide,
Obama to host Romney to private lunch
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate on Oct. 12 at Hofstra University in Hemostat, N.Y.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election.
Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney following their bitter campaign and consider the Republican's ideas.
"The president's campaign, if
"In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward," Obama said at the time.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama aides said they reached out to Romney's team shortly before Thanksgiving to start working on a date for the meeting. The two men will meet in the White House's private dining room, with no press coverage expected.
In the days after his loss, Romney told top donors that the president was re-elected because of the "gifts" Obama provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters, all of which are core Obama constituencies.
you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift", Romney said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama was looking forward to having a "useful discussion" with his former competitor. But he said there was no formal agenda for the lunch.
Many Republican officials, eager to move on quickly after the loss, disputed Romney's comments and urged the party to focus on being more inclusive.
While in Washington, Romney will also meet with his former running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, according to a Romney campaign aide. Ryan is back on Capitol Hill, where he's involved in negotiations to avert a series of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that have come to be known as the "fiscal cliff."
Much of that debate centers on expiring tax cuts first passed by George W. Bush, Obama and Romney differed sharply during the campaign over what to do with the cuts, with the Republican pushing for them to be extended for all income earners and the president running on a pledge to let the cuts expire for families making more than $250,000 a year.
Obama and Romney's sit-down Thursday will likely be their most extensive private meeting ever. The two men had only a handful of brief exchanges before the 2012
The White House sees Obama's victory as a signal that Americans support his tax proposals.
election.
Even after their political fates became intertwined, their interactions were largely confined to the three presidential debates.
Ronney has virtually disappeared from politics following his loss in the Nov. 6 election. He's
spent the last three weeks largely in seclusion at his family's southern California home. He has made no public appearances, drawing media attention only after being photographed at Disneyland in addition to stops at the movies and the gym with his wife, Ann.
NATION
College campuses stall marijuana use
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPOKANE, Wash. — Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up.
With the money comes a requirement for a drug-free campus, and
Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in funding from the federal government, which still considers pot illegal.
So despite college cultures that include pot-smoking demonstrations each year on April 20, students who want to use marijuana will have to do so off campus.
the threat of expulsion for students using pot in the dorms.
"Everything we've seen is that nothing changes for us," said Darin Watkins, a spokesman for Washington State University in Pullman.
"The first thing you think of when you think of legalized marijuana is college students
smoking it," said Anna Marum, a Washington State senior from Kelso, Wash. "It's ironic that all 21-year-olds in Washington can smoke marijuana except for college students."
Voters in November made Washington and Colorado the first states to allow adults over 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, and exit polling showed both measures had significant support from younger people. Taxes could bring the states, which can set up licensing schemes for pot growers.
processors and retail stores, tens or hundreds of millions of dollars a year, financial analysts say.
But the laws are fraught with complications, especially at places like college campuses. At Washington State, students who violate the code face a variety of punishments, up to expulsion, Watkins said. The same is true at the University of Colorado Boulder, where the student code of conduct prohibits possessing, cultivating or consuming illegal drugs.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 11:03 p.m. at the intersection of Kansas Highway 10 and Highway 59 on suspicion of possessing an open container, no proof of liability insurance and driving while intoxicated. Bond was set at $600. He was released.
A 40-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 9:37 p.m. in the 3600 block of Arkansas Street on suspicion of domestic battery. Bond was not set.
CAMPUS
Steps taken to ensure accessible camnus
The University is almost halfway done with recommendations to make campus more accessible to those with disabilities.
According to a press release, the University has completed 21 of the 49 recommendations made by the Americans with Disabilities Act task force. Fred Rodriguez, vice provost for diversity and equity, said in the press release the success of implementing the ADA task force's recommendations is a benefit to the whole campus.
"This is important as we continue to strive toward an inclusive campus community for everyone," he said.
report to Jeff Witter, provost and executive vice chancellor, highlighted the hiring of two administrators: Jamie Lloyd Simpson, director of Accessibility and ADA Education, within the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access; and Monita Ireland, ADA Code Compliance, within Design and Construction Management.
The task force's annual progress
In the press release Simpson said many of the recommendations directly support Bold Aspirations, the University's strategic plan.
"The correlations between these two reports reinforces that creating a more accessible campus for people with disabilities creates a stronger university for everyone," she said.
— Luke Ranker
LOCAL
Bureau offers reward to help find arsenists
A $2,500 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspected arsonist targeting apartments in south Lawrence.
On Wednesday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical department announced The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering the reward after more than a dozen suspected arsons occurred between West 23rd Street and West 25th Street and from Iowa Street to Naismith Drive.
The fire department announced Oct. 19 that it was seeking the public's help in the cases and has been working with ATF, the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sherrif's Department, but has not commented on the number of arsons suspected.
Two weeks ago, The University Daily Kansan filed an open records request for fire reports that showed 12 total fires occurred within the suspected zone. Of the 12, nine occurred at multi-family dwellings, one occurred in an outside dumpster, and one occurred at a laundry facility. Seven of the reports listed arson as a cause for the fires.
Four additional fires occurred in or near the zone in the past two weeks: Nov. 19 at 1026 W. 24th St, Nov. 20 at 2413 Ousdahl Road, Nov. 22 at 2401 W. 25th
Many of the fires occurred in hallways or laundry rooms within the complexes. No injuries have been reported, and no more than $1,000 in damage for an individual fire is listed.
St. and Nov. 25 at 1721 W. 24th St
The fire department has not returned The University Daily Kansan's calls requesting more information on the fires.
Anonymous tips will be accepted, and anyone with information can call the fire department at 785-830-7065, the Lawrence Police at 785-830-7430 or the TIPS Hotline at 785-843-TIPS (8477).
According to the release, the fire department "continues to ask the community to remain vigilant and ensure their smoke alarms are in working order and all combustible materials be removed from hallways and exit ways. Occupants should practice exit drills with family members."
— Rachel Salyer