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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
Forecaster: weather.com
Thursday
HI: 63
LO: 44
Partly Cloudy. 20% chance of rain, wind NWN at 16 mph.
Friday
HI: 55
LO: 36
Fall has arrived.
Few Showers. 30% chance of rain, wind NNE at 12 mph.
Bring an umbrella just in case!
Saturday
Partly Cloudy. 20% chance of rain, wind NNE at 6 mph.
HI: 59
LO: 31
Prepare yourself. It's game day.
Wednesday, October 3
WHAT: Environmental Film Festival
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 5 p.m.
ABOUT: Watch "The Island President," a film about how the Maldive Islands could become uninhabitable.
**WHAT:** Campaign 2012; Debate Watch
**WHERE:** Dole Institute of Politics
**WHEN:** 7:30-10:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Participate in a focus group about how undecided voters feel about the first presidential debate.
WHAT: Ingrid Michaelson
WHERE: The Granada
WEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: The indie singer-songwriter provides the perfect fall soundtrack.
Thursday, October 4
WHAT: A Conversation with Eula Biss
WHERE: Kansas Union Ballroom
WHEN: 5-7 p.m.
ABOUT: The author of the University's first common book comes to campus.
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union, Level 4 lobby
WHEN: 3-4 p.m.
ABOUT: Celebrate the end of the week with tea and cookies.
Friday, October 5
**WHAT:** Tunes @ Noon
**WHERE:** Kansas Union
**WHEN:** noon-1 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Check out a local band or performer as your first weekend act of fun.
CAMPUS
WHAT: William Elliot Whitmore
WHERE: The Granada
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The blues rocker returns to Lawrence accompanied by Samantha Crain.
WHAT: Fall Break Begins
WHERE: All University
WHEN: Saturday through Tuesday
ABOUT: Enjoy an extended four-day weekend
Saturday, October 6
Students weigh in on presidential debate
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Westerville, Ohio on Sept. 26. On the eve of the first presidential debate, the early autumn Republican reviews are in for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and they are not pretty.
Following his campaign speech at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach Va., President Barack Obama greets and takes photos with supporters along the rope-line on Thursday.
NIKKI WENTLING
nwentling@kansan.com
After the extensive coverage of the presidential election, including the secret videos, SNL spoofs, pundit opinions, theme songs and unsavory political ads, it is time to hear from the candidates themselves in a moderated setting.
The first of three presidential debates will air tonight at 8 p.m. Central Time on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as cable news channels such as CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. Jim Lehrer, host of NewsHour on PBS, will moderate the debate, which will focus on domestic policy.
Candidates are expected to speak on the topics of the economic system, health care, commitments to social programs and the size
of government.
"For this first debate, the whole thing is important," said Burdett Loomis, a professor in the department of political science. "It will show what the relationship of government to the citizen will be over the next 30 or 40 years, and honestly I can't imagine anything that's more important to someone who is 20 right now than that kind of question."
Jacob Peterson, a senior from Osage City and president of KU College Republicans, said he will vote for Mitt Romney because of Romney's plan for the tax code and solutions for the economy.
Peterson said he thinks the debate will show that President Barack Obama has failed in solving many of the country's problems.
"I think it will be pretty difficult for President Obama to answer for what he's done in the past few years," Peterson said. "I think that when Romney sheds light on where he stands on issues, people are going to realize that a lot of the things being said about him aren't accurate. Romney is a candidate who, the better you get to know him, the better you feel about him."
In a poll released yesterday by Quinnipiac University, 49 percent of likely voters back Obama, while 45 percent side with Romney.
Loomis said Obama's challenge in this debate would be to not make any serious mistakes. He also said that Romney needs to articulate his plans for economic policies.
"Debates historically have not determined the outcome of elections, but this is a race that is
reasonably close," Loomis said. "I do think it's far more important for Romney given the fact that he's 4 percent behind nationwide."
Kristin Nance, a senior from Topeka and President of KU Young Democrats, looks forward to the candidates discussing issues like higher education, women's issues and the economy. Nance said she plans to vote for Obama, in part because Romney did not turn out the way she thought he would.
For Romney, the pressure is on, Loomis said. He said that while Obama has to maintain his advantage, Rommy must find an argument that will break through and get undecided voters in swing states like Ohio, Virginia and Florida on his side.
Both Nance and Peterson think Romney and Obama should provide a detailed plan for the economy in order to gain more votes.
"I was looking for him to be the economic candidate who would
leave social issues alone," Nance wrote in an email. "Instead, he allowed the far right to push him into social issues."
Nance said because higher education is becoming more expensive every year, scholarship money is dwindling and parents are unable to assist their children with finances as much as they did in previous years, the topic of the economy is especially relevant to her and other students.
"When we graduate, that's the thing we're going to have to try to tackle," he said. "How do we get a job and how do we go out on our own in an economy that, at this point, doesn't look seem to be getting better any time soon?"
For some entertainment, also check out the 90-minute, pay-per-view debate between Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and Fox's Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. Central Time. The debate, titled "O'Reilly v. Stewart 2012: The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium", costs $45.9 for online streaming.
Peterson said that undecided student voters need to look at economic factors in order to make a good decision.
Edited by Allison Kohn
Tension,political spin will dominate debate
POLITICS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—There's more to tonight's presidential debate than just the 90 minutes onstage. For the campaigns, it's a three-part performance:
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So in the days before their first meeting, President Barack Obama called Republican challenger Mitt Romney "a good debater" and deemed his own skills "just OK". His aides groused that Romney got more rehearsal time, while Obama was busy being president.
For his part, Romney praised Obama as "a very eloquent, gifted speaker." And, despite his numerous GOP primary match-ups, Romney noted, "I've never been in
A stagehand uses a lint roller on Tuesday to clean the background on the stage at the Magness Arena at the University of Denver, where the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled for tonight.
PART I: AW, SHUCKS TIME
a presidential debate like this."
PART II: TENSION CITY
The first of the three presidential debates — starting at 9 p.m. EDT in Denver — should bring the biggest audience of any campaign event. More than 52 million TV viewers watched Obama's initial match-up with John McCain in 2008.
Despite all the rehearsal, something's bound to take the candidates by surprise, and they'll be judged by how they improvise on the fly.
Studies find viewers tend to see the guy they preferred going into the debate as the winner when it's over.
"When is it that anybody performs so badly that you just say, 'Oh, my God, I would never vote for this person?' said Rutgers
PART III: THE SPIN
University professor Richard Lau, who studies how voters decide. "Someone would have to seem so incompetent. That's not going to happen."
room" to tell reporters and afterdebate TV audiences that the other guy blew it, and why.
Campaign aides and big political names will descend on the "spin
Viewers may feel they're judging what they saw and heard for themselves. But campaign strategists think getting the spin right goes a long way toward deciding who "won."
Information based off the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
POLICE REPORTS
- A 52-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Tuesday at 3:19 a.m. in the 700 block of Arizona Street on suspicion of domestic battery, obstructing the legal process, aggravated battery and battery of a law enforcement officer. Bond was not set.
- A 43-year-old Topeka woman was arrested Monday at 9:55 p.m. at mile marker 202 on Interstate Highway 70 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, second offense, and fleeing or attempting to elude, first offense. Bond was set at $750. She was released.
- A 49-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday at 2:05 p.m. in the 100 block of Florida Street on suspicion of criminal damage to property less than $1,000, domestic battery and battery. Bond was not set.
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