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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
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Friday
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Overcast, southeast winds at 5 to 15 mph
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Partly cloudy, west-northwest winds at 20 to 25 mph
Don't blow away.
No plan to tan.
Wednesday, April 17
CALENDAR
**WHAT:** Screening of "Corporate FM"
**WHERE:** Woodruff Auditorium
**WEN:** 7 - 9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** KJHK and SUA will host a screening and discussion of the documentary "Corporate FM," directed by alumnus Kevin McKinney.
Thursday, April 18
WHERE. Dole Institute of Politics
ABOUT. The Dole Institute Advisory Board hosts a discussion on gun control. Patricia Stoneking, president of the Kansas Rifle Association, and Allen Rostron, former senior staff attorney at The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, will speak.
WHAT: Gun Control: Freedom vs. Safety
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHEN: 3 p.m.
WHERE: Kansas Union
ABOUT: Celebrate the imminent
weekend with a cup of tea and some
good company.
Friday, April 19
WHAT: African World Documentary Film Festival
WHEN: 7 - 10 p.m.
WHEN: 7 - 10 p.m.
WHERE: Wescoe Hall, Rooms 3139 and 3140
ABOUT. The Kansas African Stud-ies Center hosts screenings of film selections for the African World Documentary Film Festival Thursday through Saturday. Thursday's films are "Woodstock in Timbuku - The Art of Resistance" from 7 - 8:30 p.m. and "War Don Don" from 8:35 - 10 p.m.
**WHAT:** ISA International Awareness
Week 61st Annual Festival of Nations
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium
**WHEN:** 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Check out this free international talent show, and enjoy talents ranging from flute to dance.
WHAT: University Theatre, the KU School of Music and KU Opera present. "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini WHERE: Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall WHEN: 7:30 - 9 p.m. ABOUT: Tickets are $10 for this classic operatic work performed by University students.
Saturday, April 20
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**WHAT:** Food Utopias Workshop
**WHERE:** Spooner Hall, The Commons
**WHEN:** 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** This workshop will consider the possibilities of just and sustainable food systems while incorporating the lessons and cautionary tales of Utopia.
WHAT: Cakes & Kegs for March of Dimes
LAWRENCE
WHERE: Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St.
WHEN: 9 a.m.
WHEN: 9 a.m.
ABOUT: $10 buys unlimited pancakes and two drink tickets. Proceeds will be donated to March of Dimes, March for Babies.
Construction begins on Rock Chalk Park
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics
MATTHEW JOHNSON
mjohnson@kansan.com
University $39 million.
Construction on the University's portion of Rock Chalk Park officially commenced with the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday.
The new facility will consist of a 1,500-seat softball stadium, a 2,500-seat soccer stadium, a 10,000-seat track and field complex and a 28,000-square-foot indoor training building. There will be parking for 700 cars and overflow space for 700 more. The project will cost the University $200.
The complex will be constructed on the northwest corner of town, just east of K-10.
ing to provide facilities that rival the facilities of the teams against which we compete. It's important for us to draw quality student athletes to Kansas."
"The cooperation between the University and the city has helped make this a reality."
The original cost of the project was estimated to be around $50 million, but the Bliss Sports Foundation offered to commit to the project for $39 million. The University will be making payments for the next 30 years.
JIM MARCHIONY Associate athletics director
There has also been substantial cooperation between the University and the city on the project. The city purchased 26 acres of land from the Universi-
"First, it will be an extremely high quality track, of which there are only a handful of others in the United States," Marchiony said. "Our goal is to host regional and national championships along with having a great home for the Kansas Relays. And in the other sports, soccer and softball, we're go-
director at the University, cited the necessity of bringing the University's facilities into compliance with Title IX requirements as one of the reasons for the project.
"It is important for us to provide excellent facilities to the student athletes who are involved in soccer, softball and track and field," he said. "We've had Title IX concerns with our facilities for over two decades. This is an excellent opportunity to rectify those concerns."
ty for $780,000,
upon which it
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a 181,000
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facility directly
adjacent to the
new soccer,
softball and
track complex.
Marchiony said the quality of the new facilities will allow the University to hold large events it is incapable of hosting now. It will also put the University on the same level as its competitors.
Kevin Loos,
vice-chairman of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, expressed his support of the collaboration.
"We're hopeful that the 2014 Kansas Relays will be held at the new facility," he said.
"We've voiced support for the KU relationship," he said, "It's a great partnership. I don't know if the project would have happened if there hadn't been cooperation between KU and the city."
"The cooperation between the University and the city has helped make this a reality," he said. "It's really been a terrific partnership, and we're looking forward to seeing all of these facilities built."
Marchiony agreed with Loos' comments.
According to Marchiony, if construction proceeds as expected, the new complex should be completed in a year.
Edited by Tyler Conover
KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling concludes Tuesday's Rock Chalk Park ceremony with a story about the 120 years of KU Endowment. The ceremony was held at the project site yesterday morning at Sixth Street and George Washington Way.
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Traveling festival features 15 films to promote culture
The Kansas African Studies Center is hosting the second Africa World Documentary Film Festival beginning tonight at 7 p.m. with screenings of 15 films
through Saturday.
The central mission of the festival is to promote an understanding of Africa and the knowledge and culture of African people.
Christina Lux, assistant director of the Kansas African Studies Center, was a member of the film selection committee along
with doctoral students in film and media studies and anthropology.
"Documentary films reach a broad community with information about Africa," Lux said. "The content of the films and the art in the films is really astounding."
Committee members previewed and discussed the 50
films on a list that they received. They also got faculty feedback before making their selection.
Lux said the committee looked for films with a range of topics in a range of regions throughout the continent of Africa to reach out to the University's audience.
The featured films are part of
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an international traveling film festival. After the festival leaves the University, it will move to Jamaica, South Africa and London.
The films will be shown in Wescoe 3139 and 3140 and are free to the public.
Hannah Swank