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Dylan Lysen
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Allison Kohn
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What's the weather, Jay?
Friday
Source: Weather.com
HI: 62
LO: 38
20% chance of showers early, otherwise mostly cloudy, NW wind at 20 mph.
Mostly sunny. South wind at 10 mph.
Sunday
Plenty of clouds in the sky.
HI: 73
L0: 52
Saturday
Partly cloudy with 10%. South wind at 10 mph.
HI: 78
LO: 61
It's warming up!
Going to be a sunny day!
Thursday, October 18
CALENDAR
WHAT: Drop-In Draw: Mammal skulls
WHERE: Natural History Museum
WHEN: 5-7.30 p.m.
ABOUT: Get ready for Halloween with morose sketching. The museum will have mammal skulls available to draw along with coffee and cookies.
WHAT: Campus Movie Series: Ted
Friday, October 19
**WHAT:** Campus movie series; teed
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
**WHEN:** R-10 n.m.
**WHAT:** So Percussion
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WHEN:** 7:30-9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Listen to these Brooklyn-based musicians play everything from drums to beer cans.
ABOUT. Check out Seth MacFarlane's story of a grown man trying to coexist with his childhood friend, a talking teddy bear.
WHAT: Soccer vs. Iowa State
WHERE: Jayhawk Soccer Complex
WHEN: 3-5 p.m.
ABOUT: Watch the Jayhawks match up against the Cyclones.
WHAT: Voter Registration Drive
WHAT: Voter Registration Drive
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 3 p.m.
ABOUT: Stop by the Union during Tunes
at Noon to register to vote if you haven't
already.
**WHAT:** Wild West Film Fest
**WHERE:** Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts
Saturday, October 20
St.
WHEN: All Day
WHEN: An All Day
ABOUT: Join KU Filmworks for a film
competition in which teams have 48 hours
to create a horror film that is no longer that
five minutes.
WHAT: NPHC Step Show
WHAT: NPHC Step Show
WHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
WHEN: 7.30-8.30 p.m.
ABOUT: Members of the National Pan-
Hellenic Council will be performing in SUA's
second step show.
WHAT: Noche Latina
WHAT: Noelle Latina
WHERE: The Chateau
WHEN: 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
ABOUT: Students can learn about Hispanic culture at this event sponsored by the Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
WHAT: EMU Theatre Presents Horrorshow VI
WHERE: Lawrence Arts Center
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The local theater group is reviving
some of its best Halloween productions
from years past.
Sunday, October 21
**WHAT:** Soccer vs. Texas Tech
**WHERE:** Jayhawk Soccer Complex
**WHEN:** 1-3 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch the Jayhawks play the Red Raiders
ELECTION
WHAT: Elizabeth Berghout: Carillon Recital
WHERE: Campus
WHEN: 5-5:45 p.m.
ABOUT: Listen to Dr. Berghout play the bells in the Memorial Campanile.
WHAT: Tilly and the Wall
WHERE: Jackpot Music Hall
WHEN: 9 p.m.
ABOUT: The Nebraska-based indie pop tour
with Nicky Da B.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Women voters warming up to Romney
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Fresh off an intensely combative debate, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney and their running mates are taking their tuned-up fight to the precious few battleground states where the election is for grabs with just 20 days to go.
In the sprint to Election Day, Nov. 6, every aspect of the
campaign seems to be taking on a fresh sense of urgency — the ads, the fundraising, the grass-roots mobilizing and the outreach to key voting blocs, particularly women. Obama wore a pink breast cancer bracelet while campaigning in Iowa and Romney's campaign dispatched former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to introduce vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan in Ohio.
Rice and Ryan highlighted the
plight of women in the current economy, with Ryan reading statistics from the podium on female unemployment and poverty rates under Obama's leadership. "We need to get people back to work," Ryan said. "We need to get this economy turned around."
Romney also quietly began airing a new TV ad suggesting he believes abortion "should be an option" in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is
at stake.
The ad is an appeal to women voters, who polls show have favored Obama throughout the race although Romney has been making gains among them. Romney supported abortion rights as Massachusetts governor but now says he opposes abortion with limited exceptions. His campaign didn't announce the ad, but it began running on debate night on stations that reach Virginia, Ohio
and Wisconsin.
Romney traveled with comedian Dennis Miller, and singer Lee Greenwood warmed up his crowd in southeast Virginia. Vice President Joe Biden was westward bound for Colorado and Nevada.
Obama appears to have 237 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory comfortably in hand, and Romney is confident of 191. That leaves 110 electoral votes up for grabs.
CAMPUS
Kansan positions open
The University Daily Kansan is accepting applications for Spring 2013 editor-in-chief and business manager. The positions are responsible overseeing for the editorial and advertising content of The University Daily Kansan and Kansan com. Experience with The Kansan is not
Applications can be found at employment.ku.edu. The deadline for applications has been extended to 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, and the Kansan will interview applicants in the first two weeks of November. Send questions about the application process to editor@kansan.com.
required but is encouraged.
- Ian Cummings
POLICE REPORTS
Information based off the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap and KU Office of Public Safety crime reports.
- An 18-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Tuesday at 8:16 p.m. in the 1200 block of Kentucky Street on suspicion of operating under the influence, failing to report an accident, possessing of drug paraphernalia and leaving the scene of accident involving damage to a vehicle or property. Bond was set at $800. She was released.
A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 2:27 a.m. in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of transporting an open container and operating under the influence. Bond was set at $600.
A 19-year-old male University student was arrested in the 1100 block of Mississippi Street on suspicion of two counts of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and kidnapping. Bond was not set.
A 54-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 6:52 p.m. in the 1800 block of Harper Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, third offense or greater, and driving while intoxicated, third offense. Bond was not set.
HEALTH
- A theft was reported in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive Tuesday at 1:05 p.m. after someone broke into a car and damaged the steering column. Damage is reported at $1,000. The case is open.
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 4:04 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Sixth Street on suspicion of transporting an open container and operating under the influence. Bond was set at $600. He was released.
Vitamins lower cancer risk
ASSOCIATED PRESS
America's favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found.
Monthly calendar vitamin packs were used in a long-term study on multivitamins. Dietary supplements and multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk of developing cancer in healthy male doctors who took them daily for more than a decade.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The result is a surprise because many studies of individual vitamins have found they don't help prevent chronic diseases and some even seemed to raise the risk of cancer.
In the new study, multivitamins cut the chance of developing cancer by 8 percent. That is less effective than a good diet, exercise and not smoking, each of which can lower cancer risk by 20 percent to 30 percent, cancer experts say.
Multivitamins also may have different results in women, younger men or people less healthy than those in this study.
Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and formerly of the National Cancer Institute.
Hawk reviewed the study for the American Association for Cancer Research, which is meeting in Anaheim, Calif., where the study was to
"It's a very mild effect and personally I'm not sure it's significant enough to recommend to anyone" although it is promising, said Dr. Ernest Hawk, vice president of cancer prevention at the University of
"At least this doesn't suggest a harm" as some previous studies on single vitamins have, he said.
be presented on Wednesday. It also was published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
About one-third of U.S. adults and as many as half of those over 50 take multivitamins, yet no government agency recommends their routine use.
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