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CALENDAR
**WHAT:** Sand Mandala
**WHERE:** Spencer Museum of Art
**WHEN:** 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch as visiting Tibetan monks construct a mandala out of sand as part of Tibet week.
WHAT: Voleyball vs. UMKC
WHERE: Horejsi Family Athletics Center
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ABOUT: The Jayhaws face off against local rivals UMKC.
WHAT: Faculty Art Exhibition
WHERE: Lawrence Arts Center
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Faculty members show off their artistic talent in this showcase that runs all week.
Wednesday, September 5
WHAT: Party on the Patio
WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ABOUT: Enjoy free barbecue while learning about Dole's student advisory board.
WHAT: Ad Astra Percussion
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 6:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Local percussionists celebrate the birthday of composer John Cage with a free performance of his music.
WHAT: The Malah
WHERE: The Bottleneck
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: South Carolina electronic rockers bring their Southern rhythm to Lawrence.
Thursday, September 6
WHAT: Study Abroad Fair
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Find out about opportunities
to study abroad and speak with past
participants.
WHAT: Planning Your Semester Now
WHERE: AAAC and Writing Center
WHEN: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Learn how to make the most out of your semester by planning ahead.
**WHAT:** KU Tango Boot camp
**WHERE:** Kansas Union Ballroom
**WHEN:** 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Pick up the basics of the Argentine Tango during this no-partners necessary crash course in dance.
Friday, September 7
WHAT: Sand Mandala Concentration Ceremony
**WHAT:** Sand Mandala Concentration
**CROOKOUT:** Spencer Museum of Art
**WHEN:** 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
**AROOMATION:** The mandala created by Tibetan monks throughout the week will be dismantled in a ceremony that starts at SMA and ends at Potter's Lake.
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**WHAT:** A Conversation with Nicky Finney
**WHERE:** Hall Center for Humanities
**WHEN:** 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** National Book Award winning poet Nicky Finney will discuss how humans are now changing the planet.
WHAT: Buckwheat Zydeco
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Enjoy the Grammy award winning band's free outdoor performance.
Obama sounds off ahead of convention
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama lampooed the just-completed Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of black-and-white TV and " trickle-down, you're on your own" economics Saturday, and declared that Mitt Romney "did not offer a single new idea" to fix the economy.
"There was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but no one actually told you what they were." Obama said in Iowa, chuckling, as he set out on a three-day tour of battleground states in the run-up to his own convention. Later, Obama said, the Republican gathering was so rooted in the past, there should have been a rabbit-ears antenna on the convention hall.
Yet even the site of Obama's convention, Charlotte, N.C., served as an unwelcome reminder to the Democrats of an economy so weak that it threatens his chances for re-election.
The president carried North Carolina in 2008, but the state's unemployment rate is pegged at 9.6 percent, much higher than the nation's 8.3 percent and tied with next door South Carolina for fifth from the bottom.
Obama's convention opens Tuesday at the Time Warner Cable arena with evening speeches by first lady Michelle Obama and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the keynote speaker.
The president will be nominated for a new term on Wednesday, when former President Bill Clinton also will speak. Vice President Joe Biden delivers his own acceptance speech the same evening.
Obama's prime-time acceptance speech, to be delivered at the outdoor Bank of America Stadium, caps the convention on Thursday night. Aides predict a capacity crowd will hear the speech at the site, which has a capacity of nearly 74,000 for football.
Democrats are taking their turn in the convention spotlight just days after the Republicans met in Tampa, Fla., to nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Romney for the White House and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be vice president.
A parade of speakers in Tampa excoriated Obama's handling of the economy, which is struggling in the weakest recession recovery of the post-World War II era.
The economy has been the top-rated issue in opinion polls all year, and the president is eager to turn
Republicans "will take us backwards," Obama said, to the age of "trickle-down, you're on your own" economics that begin with tax cuts for the rich but tax increases for the middle class.
The president made a brief detour to foreign policy in his speech.
the focus onto Romney on that subject.
"Gov. Romney had nothing to say about Afghanistan this week or the plans for the 33,000 troops who will have come home from the war by the end of this month" he said.
The Republican challenger "said ending the war in Iraq was tragic. I said we'd end that war
Romney said late last year, in a veterans roundtable. "The precipitous withdrawal is unfortunate. It's more than unfortunate, I think it's tragic. It puts at risk many of the victories that were hard won by the men and women who served there."
Romney campaigned in Ohio during the day — the opening of
ake out bin did."
Obama, pointing to successes,
declared, "I said we'd take out
bin Laden and we did."
His audience cheered the mention of the demise of the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, who was killed in his hideout in Pakistan by U.S. Navy SEALs last year. Obama ordered the raid, and even Republicans credit him for the decision.
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and we did," Obama said.
Ursula Rothrock, a co-coordinator for Daily Bread, said the drive is ask-
Referring to the number of jobless in the country, Romney told his own cheering crowd, "If you have a coach that's zero and 23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach."
the college football season and proclaimed it was time the country had a winning season after years of a sluggish economy and high un-
ing for substantial food donations, such as Hamburger Helper meals and peanut butter. However, all non-perishable items are accepted.
The Center for Community Outreach (CCO) will partner with the University and the Daily Bread program to host the fourth annual KU Fights Hunger food drive, Sept. 9-24. This year, the drive coordinators hope to provide 30,000 meals to Douglas County families. All donations will be given to the Douglas County food bank, Just Food.
employment.
Donation drop-off boxes will be located at the Kansas and Burge Unions, the KU Parking and Transit Building, Anschutz and Watson libraries and the Ambler Student Recreation Center. Students can also donate $10 via text message by texting JUSTFOOKS to 80888.
VOLUNTEER
He also pledged to cut the federal deficit and "get us on track for a balanced budget."
Food drive hopes to reach thousands
Obama spoke in Urbandale, outside Des Moines, on a sprawling 500-acre property. With barns, American flags and Obama banners all around, the late summer scene offered him the quintessential heartland backdrop. He later spoke at a rally in Sioux City.
"Hunger is a big issue and when people are hungry it inhibits what all you can do."Rothrock said. "Students should connect with the Lawrence community and see the effects of hunger."
To volunteer, email dailybread@ku.edu or visit facebook.com/KU-FightsHunger.
Elly Grimm
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap and KU Office of Public Safety crime reports.
- A 25-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 12:12 p.m. on the 2400 block of West 24th Terrace on suspicion of criminal damage to property less than $1,100, battery and domestic
- A 32-year-old Topeka man was arrested Monday at 12:16 a.m. on the 1000 block Massachusetts Street on suspicion of being intoxicated in the roadway. Bond was set at $100.
- A 21-year-old male University student was arrested Sunday at 4:08 a.m. on the 3100 block of Clinton Parkway on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was set at $500. He was released.
- A 20-year-old male University student was arrested Sunday at 2:02 a.m. on the 1100 block of Tennessee on the suspicion of aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Bond was set at $15,000.
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Tibet week to hit campus
battery. Bond was set at $1,500. He was released.
Rachel Salyer
Various campus organizations will bring Tibetan culture to the University this week.
Tibet Week, sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Center for Global and International Studies, begins tomorrow with the construction of a sand mandala in the Spencer Museum of Art's Center Court. Construction of the mandala will continue throughout the week and will end with a dedication ceremony on Friday at 2 p.m.
The last event of the week is a cultural pageant performance on Friday.
Buddist school Christian Lucanzi will give his lecture. "Dimensions of Sacred Space: Mandalas in Early Tibetan Buddhist Art and Architecture" tonight at 7 p.m.
at 7 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Other contributing organizations include the Department of Visual Art, the Department of History, the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the South Asian Studies. All Tibet Week events are free and open to the public.
University history professor Eric Rath said the performance includes demonstrations of Tibetan rituals.
"The events provide a rare opportunity to observe firsthand the creation of traditional Tibetan visual, performance and monastic culture," Rath said.
—Elly Grimm
LOCAL
The Lawrence Art Center, 940 New Hampshire, hosts its annual exhibition featuring art by University faculty until September 22. The exhibit displays the work of the University of Kansas Visual Art Faculty, and will feature works from mediums such as canvas, sculpture, ceramic and cloth. In addition, the exhibit is part of the second anniversary of Final Fridays, a lawrence-based art event bringing visitors to downtown Lawrence to encourage awareness of the art galleries. A reception was held 5-9 p.m., August 31 at the Lawrence
Art Center to jump start the exhibition and preview the gallery. The Kansas University Visual Art Faculty features 30 full-time professors, specializing in all areas of drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, sculpture and art education. The Lawrence Art Center gallery hours are N. day through Saturday. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sundays 1-5 p.m.
Lawrence Art Center displays faculty's talent
—Andrew Ruszczyk
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