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NEWS / THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
Weather forecast
Mark Twain
Expect broken clouds much of the day with a high around 73. Southeast winds at 20 to 30 mph.
THURSDAY:
HURSDAY NIGHT: Seventy percent chance of thunderstorms,some may be severe with a low of 48.
FRIDAY:
Cooler, with temperatures barely reaching 50 and rain much of the day.
Call the KU weather line any time:
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FACT OF THE DAY
There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas."
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FRIDAY NIGHT: Showers ending, temperatures falling to the mid-30s.
SATURDAY: Highs back into the mid- to upper- 50x
SUNDAY: Warmer, highs warming into the mid-to upper-60s.
Information from forecasters Adam Smith, Yuka Honzawa and Garrett Black, KU atmospheric science students
What's going on?
FRIDAY
April 14
April 15
Richard Reber and the School of Music will hold a discussion of 20th Century music in relation to animation projects at Oldfather Studios from 2 to 3 p.m.
Tunes at Noon will take place outside the Kansas Union from noon to 1 p.m. Local artists will be featured.
SATURDAY
MONDAY
April 18
"To Kill a Mockingbird" will be shown at Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union at 7 p.m. as a part of the "Read Across Lawrence" series.
April 16
"Man Equals Man" by Bertolt Brecht is playing at William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
TUESDAY April 19
Dan Savage, a columnist from The San Francisco Chronicle and author of "Savage Love," is the recent creator of the It Gets Better Project, a movement helping promote awareness about LGBT issues. He will speak in the Kansas Union from 7 to 9 p.m.
SUNDAY April 17
There will be a carillon recital at the Memorial Campanile from 5 to 15:30 p.m. Dr. Berghout will perform on bronze bells housed in the memorial.
WEDNESDAY
April 20
All University students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a free Runner's Clinic at Watkins Memorial Health Center. Participants can be evaluated on strength, flexibility, and running or walking form. The clinic is from 1 to 4 p.m.
LOCAL
downtown Lawrence business closes after 35 years
BY AMANDA KISTNER editor@kansan.com
The allure of free shipping and no sales tax for online purchases only seem enticing to a customer, but it is doing extensive damage to brick-and-mortar businesses, such as The Bay Leaf, on Massachusetts Street. The Bay Leaf has announced it will be closing its doors in May after being in business for 35 years.
He said the only hope down- town stores have for staying in business is if they all band together
Rickhof has noticed a steady decline in sales over the past few years and she thinks Internet purchasing is to blame.
"Internet purchases add to the lack of interest in downtown shops," owner Geri Riekhof said. "The lack of attention and support from the community is what hurt our business."
er and get on the same page. There needs to be local support, as well as attractive new retail shops to entice people to come shop. Riekhof suggests stores collaborate and offer later hours during the holiday season to help get sales up. Large downtown-wide promotions also help to bring people to Massachusetts Street.
If there are just bars, restaurants and T-shirt shops left on Massachusetts street, people won't come, Riekhof said. She suggests the best way to combat online sales is if there is a mandatory, yet fair, tax put on all online sales, to make them comparable to what people would spend in stores.
She is offering 20 percent off all merchandise in the store as part of her going out of business sale. Cooking classes will also continue until the end of April.
Edited by Danielle Packer
—From Forrester Research online sales five-year forecast
ON THE RECORD
On April 10, an individual was arrested at Douthart Scholarship Hall for possession of marijuana.
On April 12, an individual removed two chairs and a table from a study room in Jayhawker Towers at a loss of $500.
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