2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29, 2004
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Question of the Day
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Who's my advisor?
Advisors are assigned through departments, which means that your department office (Psychology, Urban Planning, Industrial Design) is the best place to call. If you are an honors student, try calling the Honors Department. If this is your first year in a freshman-entry program, such as Engineering or Fine Arts, you will be assigned an advisor in your department. All freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, however, must be advised by someone at the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center.
Expect high Kansas voter turnout
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Kansans are expected to head to the polls next week in numbers last seen when a president named Bush was trying to win a second term against a brash Democrat promising change.
Secretary of State Ron Turnburgh predicted yesterday approximately 1.29 million Kansans or 76 percent will vote on Tuesday, in part because of interest in the tight race between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry.
If the prediction holds, it would surpass the 1992 mark by more than 120.000 votes.
"The presidential race is obviously
The predicted turnout would surpass the 1992 mark in total ballots cast, but still fall below the 85 percent turnout of the election that featured a choice between presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
driving the election," Thornburgh said. "I'm very pleased and excited to see the opportunity that we have before us."
About 300,000 more Kansans are registered to vote this year than in 1992.
In 2000,1.08 million Kansans voted in the presidential election, or about 67 percent of those registered.
Voter registration increased by more than 100,000 after the August primary, Thornburgh said, due to aggressive efforts by candidates and parties.
Overall, 1,687,896 Kansans are registered: 779,687 Republicans, 453,039 Democrats and 443,487 unaffiliated voters.
Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties account for 45.7 percent of all registered voters.
Each of those counties have special issues on their ballots, which Thornburgh said were factors in increased registration and participation in advance voting.
As of yesterday, more than 81,000 people had voted in Johnson County, where voters are deciding whether to approve a quarter-cent sales tax to finance cultural and sports programs in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The tax would benefit the Kansas City Royals, the Kansas City Chiefs and a new downtown performing arts center, as well as cultural programs on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri border.
Also a factor is the highly contested 3rd District congressional race between Democrat incumbent Dennis Moore and GOP nominee Kris Kobach.
The result could be longer lines than normal for voters when they arrive at polls Tuesday, Thornburgh said, though many counties have hired additional temporary help to deal with potential problems.
Voting between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. could reduce a person's wait at polls, he said.
Oh! The 'Horror!'
Steven Bartkoski/KANSAN
Desiree Warren, Ottawa senior; Michelle Youngblood, Omaha Neb., junior; Missy Rice, Lawrence resident; and Lauran Foulkes, Stillwater, Okla., senior, beat and whip "Midnight" the teddy bear in the Kansas Union. The four girls were having a little fun after watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show Wednesday night.
LAWRENCE
Art, films, lecture continue this week's Godzilla-thon
Godzilla-thon will continue this weekend with various events in Lawrence.
A conference, "In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture icons on the Global Stage," will be from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m today and from 8:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Arts Center Auditorium, 940 New Hampshire St.
A film and discussion will also be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Bob Beaty will discuss the film afterward.
"Japan-a-manial" a children's art appreciation class, will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Spencer Art Museum. Pre-registration is required and people should call Karen Gerety at 864-0137 or e-mail her at kcqerey@ku.edu.
Amanda O'Toole
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Hall and Chuck Berg, theatre and film, and Michael Baskett, assistant professor of theatre
and film, will discuss the film after the movie.
CAMPUS
Brazilian Student Association sponsors mini Brazilian week
The Brazilian Student Association is sponsoring a mini Brazilian week that starts today, said BSA social chair Rafael Demarco.
The group has a Brazilian week and Carnaval during the Spring semester and people were asking us why we didn't do anything for the fall semester, said the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, junior.
Tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m. there will be a Brazilian table at the Nova Cyber Cafe, 745 New Hampshire St.
Feijoada night will be Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread. Feijoada is one of the most famous Brazilian dishes, Demarco said. It contains black beans, meat, rice and cassava flour.
"This is an opportunity for people to speak Portuguese, to talk and practice the language," Demarco said.
The next event is Brazilian pop music open mic night Thursday evening at 8 in the Hawks Nest, first floor of the Kansas Union.
Guarana, a Brazilian soda, and caju and passion fruit will be served at this event.
On Friday the student group will host a movie night at 7:30 in room 100 of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The movie is O Auto da Compadecida, which is comedy about Northeastern Brazilian traditions.
The week will end with the Carnaval II. More than 900 people attended the first Carnaval, Demarco said.
The party will be at 9. p.m, at Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
Demarco encourages all students at the University of Kansas to participate in the Brazilian week events.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from the SUA ticket box on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Tickets can also be purchased at the Brazilian Cargo Co., 4706 1/2 Holly St., Kansas City, Mo.
"Diversity is one of the University's main goals," Demarco said. "It is a good thing to try new things from different cultures."
— Nikola Rowe
CORRECTIONS
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the article, "Safety Matters," Lake Quivira was misspelled.
■ Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Senate debates CLAS tuition fee," stated that the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences differential fee would cost $900 for a student taking 15 CLAS credit hours at a fee of of $30 per credit hour. This should have said the fee could go up $900 for a student taking 30 CLAS credit hours each year.
Wednesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The headline for the article, "JayWalk users, volunteers low: Eleven JayWalk users so far this year," should have said 15 people have used JayWalk so far this year.
■ Wednesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Senators unpaid, dedicated," stated the Student Executive Committee members received in-state tuition if they are out-of-state students. This should have said the Student Executive Committee positions of president, vice president, treasurer and Student Executive Committee chair are offered in-state tuition if they are out-of-state residents.
ON THE RECORD
A 21-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen five CDs and a car manual out of his car at around 4 a.m. yesterday. His loss is estimated at about $95.
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