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Over the summer, Sasha Kaun became only the second Jayhawk in the modern era—Danny Manning the first—to win an Olympic medal in mens' basketball.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Ian Cummings
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Managing editor
Vikaas Shanker
Photo editor
Ashleigh Lee
Opinion editor Dylan Lysen
Designers
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Emily Grigone
Sarah Jacobs
Katie K仕ko
Sales manager Elise Farrington
Business manager Ross Newton
Sports editor Ryan McCarthy
NEWS SECTION EDITORS
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Taylor Lewis
Sarah McCabe
Special sections editor Victoria Pitcher
Associate sports editor Ethan Padway
News editor
Kelsey Cipolla
Associate news editor Luke Ranker
Web editor
Natalie Parker
Technical Editor Tim Shedor
ADVISERS
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
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What's the weather, Jay?
Sunday
Forecaster: Tyler Wieland KU Atmospheric Science
sunday
HI: 93
LO: 63
Sunny, 6 mph winds
40 percent chance or PM showers. 18 mph winds.
Friday
HI: 87
L0: 67
Saturday
30 percent chance of rain, Isolated T-Storms. 13 mph winds.
HI: 79
LO: 63
Be prepared for showers.
Only sunny day of weekend.
Less chance for showers.
Thursday, August 30
CALENDAR
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ABOUT: In need of an afternoon caffeine boost?
STOP by for cookies and a cup of tea
WHAT: Craftsy Meet-up
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
WHEN: 5:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Unleash your inner Martha Stewart and bond with local craft lovers.
Friday, August 31
Hands the Programme
WHERE: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts
Street
WHEN: 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Kick off the new school year and
the beginning of football season with DJs,
prizes and free pizza.
WHAT: Volleyball
WHERE: Horesei Family Athletics Center
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
ABOUT: Cheer on the Jayhawks as they play Sam Houston State in the morning and the University of Tulsa in the evening.
**WHAF:** Friday Night at the Kino
**WHERE:** Bailey Hall, Room 318
**WHEN:** 7 p.m.
**ABOUT:** W Ciemnosci (In Darkness) tells the story of a man trying to save Jewish refugees during World War II. The film will be shown in Polish with English subtitles.
**WHAT:** Final Friday
**WHERE:** Downtown Lawrence
**WHEN:** 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Check out live bands and art at this monthly event.
Saturday, September 1
**WHAT:** Volleyball vs. Arkansas State
**WHERE:** Horejsi Family Athletics Center
**WHER:** 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch the Jayhawks battle the Red Wolves.
**WHAT:** Gateway to Gameday
**WHERE:** Kansas Union
**WHEN:** 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Come join the fun at the Union before the football game. Events include a KHK pre-game show, prize drawing and food and drink specials.
WHAT: Football vs. South Dakota State WHERE: Memorial Stadium WHEN: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ABOUT: Cheer on the Jayhawks as they take on the Jackrabbits in the opening game of the season.
**WHAT:** Soccer vs. Arizona State
**WHERE:** Jayhawk Soccer Complex
**WHEN:** 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Come watch the Jayhawks play the Sun Devils
Sunday, September 2
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Security keeping protesters at bay
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — They seem to be on every street corner. Police officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvee. Metal barricades surround all of Tampa's government buildings. State police, FBI, the Secret Service — some in riot gear — throng the city's streets surrounding the Republican National Convention.
Some, from visitors to downtown business owners, wonder if the convention security is all a little too much.
"I think it's overwhelming," said Ellen Brown, the owner of a bookstore in downtown Tampa. "It seems oppressive to me."
Soldiers patrol, Tuesday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Here's what tenes of thousands of visitors in Tampa during the Republican National Convention will see this week: police. Lots of them. They're seemingly on every street corner. Officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvee.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"It's overdone," said Tom Neal, a guest of the Texas GOP delegation. "Once you go this far, you're only a step away from becoming a police state."
During a normal August, downtown Tampa is a bit sleepy. Workers shuffle from air-conditioned offices into the steamy outdoors, past palm trees that sag under the oppressive humidity and through the city's lush green parks.
But with the convention in town, the city looks somewhat like it's under siege. Helicopters飞 almost constantly overhead and packs of police cruise by on bicycles. Fast boats whiz by the region's three bridges, looking for unseen threats. Tall chain-link fences shield the pretty parks along the Hillsborough River from view. The main library is closed.
what democracy looks like?"
Brown said she spoke with one protester who spotted the fences and long green tarps blocking the view of the city's waterfront. He was carrying a sign that said, "Is this
"Welcome to Tampa," sighed Brown.
City officials maintain the massive show of force — more than 3,000 officers — is needed to ward off possibly violent protests, pointing to several clashes with police at the 2008 Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Civil liberties advocates have worried about the amping up of security at political events, where dissenters are kept in so-called "protest zones," fenced enclosures often far from the actual event. In Tampa, the protesters and city-sanctioned parade routes are blocks away from the RNC and the nearby media center. The installation of surveillance cameras on public streets (a few dozen are in place in Tampa) also give some free speech advocates pause.
Ron Krotoszynski, a professor of law at the University of Alabama, said that security at conventions has grown since 1988, when more than 300 anti-abortion protesters were arrested after blocking clinics during the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta that year. Since 9/11, "measures have become even more draconian," he said. "Organized dissent has been banished from downtown areas."
The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern about Tampa's ban of poles, posts and rope from the so-called "event zone." The items can be used to hang banners, prop up signs and hang puppets (mostly protesters have used hand and sock puppets, but larger ones are made of papier mache and held together with planks or 2 X as).
"Some of these restrictions make sense from a security standpoint."
said Baylor Johnson, a spokesman for the Florida ACLU. "But who are you keeping safe by telling someone they can't bring in a puppet?"
In the months leading up to the convention, city officials and police estimated that more than 10,000 protesters could descend on the city. They studied what happened during prior conventions — especially the 2008 RNC in St. Paul, where thousands of protesters demonstrated and a few smashed cars, punctured tires and threw bottles in a confrontation with pepper-spray wielding police. Hundreds were arrested over a few days, including dozens of
journalists.
Seeking to avoid that kind of violence, city officials planned to bring in more than 3,000 officers from 59 state law enforcement agencies, along with Florida National Guard troops. A $50 million grant from Congress allowed Tampa police to buy everything from armored vehicles to radios.
Brown said it all might be worth it if there were actually protesters or problems. But, as she points out, the streets are largely empty and only a few hundred protesters gather at a time — likely due to Hurricane Isaac, which was a tropical storm
when it brushed past Florida on its way to hitting the Gulf Coast.
Even police have acknowledged that there have been few problems; a public safety news briefing was canceled on Tuesday because there was no news to report. During some of the actual protests, the number of law enforcement officers has rivaled the number of demonstrators.
"So far, the groups we have dealt with have been very reasonable," Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap and KU Office of Public Safety crime reports.
- A 51-year-old transient man was arrested on the 100 block of Vermont Street at 12:30 p.m. tuesday for possession of controlled substances. Bond was set for $500. He was released.
- An 18-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested on the 1600 block of West Gth Street at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for suspicion of battery.
No bond was set
- At 4:04 p.m. Tuesday an 18-year-old Overland Park woman was arrested on the 3600 block of 25 Street for suspicion of battery. Bond was set for $500. She was released.
- A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on the 2300 block of Iowa street Tuesday at 10:48 p.m. for driving with a suspended, revoked or canceled licence. Bond was set for $100. He was released.
Luke Ranker
HEALTH
Hospital tech accused of exposing patients to hepatitis C
HAYS, Kan. — Kansas health officials say nine more patients at Hays Medical Center have tested negative for hepatitis C in cases linked to a traveling hospital technician.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says 474 people were potentially exposed to hepatitis C when David Kwiatkowski (kwiht-KOW'-skeez) worked at the Hays hospital from May to September 2010. Fifty-eight of those patients died from other causes before being tested.
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Kwiatkowski has denied allegations that he stole drugs from a New Hampshire hospital, injected himself and contaminated syringes later used on patients.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Hays Daily News reports as of Monday, 357 of the remaining 416 patients had been tested. Three tested positive for a strain of hepatitis C similar to one carried by Kwiat-kwoski. Not all the test results have been returned.
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EDUCATION
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TOPEKA, Kan. — A panel of Kansas judges said it may be months before it rules on whether the state's method of funding public schools is constitutional.
Ruling on public school funding to take months
The three-judge panel heard final arguments Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court in the trial of a 2010 lawsuit challenging the system.
Attorneys for the plaintiff parents and school districts argue the state has failed to live up to its promises to increase K-12 funding as ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court in 2006.
ASSOCIATED PRESS'