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Thursday, September 27
Perfect day for a picnic
**WHAT:** Woodrell on Writing
**WHERE:** Spooner Hall, The Commons
**WHEN:** 2 to 3.30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone and University alumnus, will talk to aspiring writers.
WHAT: Voter Registration Drive
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 12 to 3 p.m.
ABOUT: You can't complain about the election results if you don't vote.
WHAT: Fall @ The Spencer
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Check out what SMA is offering this fall.
Friday, September 28
WHAT: Campus Art Walk
WHERE: Campus
WHEN: 1:30 to 6 p.m.
ABOUT: Look at art created by students and local and international artists in different buildings around campus while enjoying free food.
WHAT: Ragmala Dance
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Indian dance comes to KU.
Students get a discount.
WHERE: The Granada
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: The 90s rockers are back together and touring to promote their new album.
WHAT: Guided by Voices
Saturday, September 29
**WHAT:** Candidate Fair
**WHERE:** Lawrence Visitor's Center
**WHEN:** 10 a.m. to noon
**ABOUT:** Meet with area candidates for county offices and state House and Senate seats.
**WHAT:** Campus Movie Series: "Brave"
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium
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WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
ABOUT: In case you missed Pixar's first film with a female lead on Friday or you loved it so much you want to see it twice, go watch it again.
Sunday, September 30
**WHAT:** Cub Scout Popcorn Sale
**WHERE:** Hy-Vee on 6th Street
**WHEN:** 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Pick up some Trails End popcorn and support local Boy Scouts of America, Pack 3055.
WHAT: Mid-Autumn Festival: Moon Viewing
Party
WHERE: Lied Center, Courtyard
WEN: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Enjoy the Kansas City Chinese Music
Ensemble under the moon. Bring a blanket
and lawn chair.
This photo shows flyers on a bulletin board in the student center at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill. In 2008, college campuses were filled with campaign posters and political rallies.
**WHAT:** Found Footage Film Festival
**WHERE:** The Granada
**WHEN:** 7:30 p.m.
Young voters unimpressed by false promises
AUGUST: Watch an assortment of videos found in garage sales, warehouses and dumpsters across North America.
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ELMHURST, Ill. — What a difference four years can make.
In 2008, college campuses were filled with campaign posters and political rallies — and frenzy. Remember "Obamamania"? This year, it's difficult to find a college student who's truly excited about the presidential race.
"Politics has gone back to that thing you don't want to bring up," says Abraham Mulberry. He's a freshman at Elmhurst College in suburban Chicago who's trying to start a club for young Democrats.
Last election, his campus had an active Students for Obama chapter, organized well before the election. But this time, there's nary a campaign placard, for either President Barack Obama or Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
"I wouldn't say the election is the No. 1 hot-button issue here," Mulberry says, disappointed.
Granted, you don't see many signs of campaign enthusiasm in the neighborhoods that surround his campus, or elsewhere for that matter. But it's telling that, on many college campuses across the country — where, in 2008, then-candidate Obama's messages of "hope" and "change" easily took hold — the mood is markedly more subdued.
"Certainly, some (young people) have stopped believing," says Molly Andolina, a political scientist at DePaul University in Chicago who tracks young voters. "Maybe that's inevitable. For structural reasons, it's easier to offer hope and change as a candidate, than as a president."
"For young voters, it was like going to Woodstock in 1968," says John Della Volpe, the polling director at Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
Now like a lot of Americans, they're more worried about the economy and finding jobs. Voter ID laws in some states, which ban or restrict the use of student IDs at the polls, also are causing confusion on campuses — at a time when students are already weary and cynical about political bickering in Washington.
graduating in December. "That's the scariest thing to a lot of young people — that nothing is going to happen."
In 2008, Weber cast a half-hearted vote for John McCain, certain Obama would win. This time, he's voting for Romney and sees the election as a "toss-up."
He is still in the minority in the 18- to 29-year-old age group, according to polls. Young people are leaning strongly Democratic,
as they traditionally do, and favor Obama by a wide margin — though some pollsters say the youngest new voters are showing signs that they may buck that trend.
An Associated Press poll conducted earlier this month found that 61 percent of registered voters in the 18-to-29 bracket support the president, compared with 30 percent for Romney.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based off the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recan.
- A 22-year-old female University student was arrested Wednesday at 3:37 a.m. in the 700 block of Indiana Street on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was set at $500. She was released.
- A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 24th Street on suspicion of driving while suspended and theft of property of services less than or equal to $25,000. Bond was set at $2,750. He was released.
- A 48-year-old transient man was arrested Tuesday at 2:19 p.m. in the 200 block of West 10th Street on suspension of disorderly conduct and possessing marijuana or THC. Bond was set at $200. He was released.
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 11:54 a.m. in the 100 block of North Michigan Street on suspicion of domestic battery. Bond was not set.
- Rachel Salver
CORRECTION
In Wednesday's story "Affordable Care Act gives students new insurance options," the last names of two sources were switched. The correct names are Diana Malott and Joe Gillespie, both associate directors of KU Student Health Services.
Mary Beth Chambers, spokeswoman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, was misquoted. She said, "It's been the trend for the cost of health insurance premiums to not increase substantially based solely on students remaining on their parents' plans."