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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 2012
Tuesday
What's the weather, Jay?
Source: wunderground.com
Partly cloudy during the day, fog overnight. Wind SW at 5 to 10 mph.
HI: 48
LO: 25
Jay's still stuffed from Thanksgiving.
Wednesday
Partly cloudy, fog early. Breezy, winds from the South at 15 to 20 mph.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HI: 59
LO: 32
day
HI: 63
LO: 39
Partly cloudy, fog early. Wind ENE at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the SSE in the afternoon.
Another crisp fall day!
Thursday
Play in leaves like Jay.
CALENDAR
Monday, Nov. 26
WHAT Lawrence Fair Trade Holiday Market
WHERE: Ecumenical Christian Ministries,
1204 Oread Ave
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
ABOUT: Do your holiday shopping and choose from an assortment of handmade, fair trade gifts. The market is open until Dec. 1.
WHAT: The Beautiful Boxer (Film Screening)
WHERE: Kansas Union, Traditions area, fourth floor
Tuesday, Nov. 27
WHEN: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: 8:50 to 10:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The LGBT Resource Center is sponsoring this viewing about a Muay Thai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.
WHAT: Support Movember
WHERE: Anschutz Library
WHEN: 8:00 p.m.
ABOUT: Show off your Movember moustache by getting your photo taken for the KU Moustache Photo Gallery.
WHAT: KU School of Music Symphonic Band and University Band
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Two of the University's musical groups perform together.
NATIONAL
Wednesday, Nov. 28
WHAT: World Fashion Show
WHERE: Kansas Union Ballroom
WHEN: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
ABOUT: Check out traditional and modern fashions from countries across the world in this SUA sponsored fashion show.
WHAT: Full Student Senate
WHERE: Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium
WHEN: 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
ABOUT: Concerned about campus issues?
Voice your opinion at this meeting.
Thursday, Nov. 29
WHAT: Queervolution
WHERE: Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center, Room 116
WHEN: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
ABOUT: A panel of LGBT community members speak about their struggles and successes after college.
WHAT: Campus Movie Series. The Campaign
WHERE: Kansas University, Woodruff Auditorium
WHEN: 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
ABOUT. The presidential campaign might be over, but you can still watch Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis battle for political supremacy.
Afghanistan, Iraq vets join Congress
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Medical Center. She was missing both of her legs and faced the prospect of losing her right arm.
This Nov. 15, 2012 file photo shows Iraq war veteran Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-III., who lost both legs in combat before turning to politics, arriving for a group photo on the east steps of the Capitol in Washington.
She lost her first election, but six years later gave it another try and now is one of nine veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who will serve in next year's freshman class in the of House of Representatives.
As the highest-ranking double amputee in the ward, Maj. Duckworth became the go-to person for soldiers complaining of substandard care and bureaucratic ambivalence.
Soon, she was pleading their cases to federal lawmakers, including her state's two U.S. senators at the time — Democrats Dick Durbin and Barack Obama of Illinois. Obama arranged for her to testify at congressional hearings. Durbin encouraged her to run for office.
Veterans' groups say the influx of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is welcome because it comes at a time when the overall number of veterans in Congress is on a steep and steady decline.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
For example, the 95th Congress, which served in 1977-78, had more than 400 veterans among its 535 members, according to the American Legion. The number of veterans next year in Congress will come to just more than 100. Most served during the Vietnam War era. In all, 16 served in Iraq or Afghanistan, not all in a combat role.
"We're losing about a half a million veterans a year in this count
try," said Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America. "We are not going to be in a world where a significant plurality of people spent some time in the military, so to have 16 men and women who
fought in this current Congress is incredibly significant."
Tarantino said he recognizes that the 16 Iraq and Afghanistan vets have wide-ranging political views. But at the end of the day, he said, their shared experiences make
it more likely they'll put political differences aside on issues like high unemployment and suicide rates among returning veterans, or in ensuring that veterans get a quality education through the post-9/11 GI bill.
CRIME
POLICE REPORTS
Information based off the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
- A 26-year-old Kansas City, Kan.
woman was arrested Sunday at 2:15
a.m. on Highway 59 on suspicion of
driving while suspended, third offense. Bond
was set at $1,500. She was released.
A 19-year-old Topeka man was arrested Saturday at 6:40 p.m. on the 1800 block of Kentucky Street on suspicion of cultivating or distributing an illegal substance and obstructing the legal
process. Bond was set at $3,500.
A 35-year-old transient man was arrested Saturday at 5:38 p.m. on the intersection of 23rd Street and Naismith Drive on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance, possessing drug paraphernalia, obstructing the legal process and two separate failures to appear in municipal court. Bond was set at $4,329.
A 22-year-old University student was arrested Saturday at 11:19 a.m. on the 1800 block of Louisiana Street on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was set at $500. He was released.
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Attention All KU Students!
The KU Theatre is seeking
Actors for
Intimate Apparel, a play by Lynn Nottage
Auditions: December 2-4,2012 The University Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive
Performance Dates: April 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,2013
Callbacks
Open Call Audition
7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, Room 354, Murphy Hall.
5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, December 3 - 4, Room 354, Murphy Hall.
To sign up for an audition time and get detailed information, go to www2.ku.edu/~utheatre.
The cast breakdown for Intimate Apparel includes 4 women and 2 men. Four of the roles are for African American actors.
Intimate Apparel, a personal and moving drama by Lynn Nottage, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her play Ruined, is symbolically a tale of dreams and disappointments in the African American experience in the early 1900s.
Questions about the play or auditions: contact Scott Knowles, director, schnownes@ku.edu, or Katherine Pryor, University Theatre managing director, kprory@ku.edu.
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