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WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union, 4th floor lobby
WHEN: 3 to 4 p.m.
ABOUT: The free tea and cookies are fit for the Queen, compliments of SUA.
WHAT: Pi Day Celebration
WHERE: Theatre Lawrence
WHEN: 7 p. m.
ABOUT: The Alfred Packer Memorial String Band hosts this event which combines math, science, pie and nerdy camaraderie. Tickets are $3.14 to $10.
**WHAT:** The Goldenberg Duo
**WHERE:** Spencer Museum of Art
**WHEN:** 12 to 1 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Distinguished musical siblings Susan and William Goldenberg will give a free recital at the Spencer. Expect classical selections from Edward Grieg and Beethoven, as well as Chinese folk songs and kiezmer music.
ABOUT: University faculty and staff are invited to this monthly event. Enjoy free soft drinks, light lors d'euences and specially priced beer and wine while mingling with campus colleagues.
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WHEN: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16
WHAT: big 12 tournament championship
WHERE: Sprint Center
WHEN: 5 p.m.
ABOUT: Let's cross our fingers and hope our beloved Jayhawks advance to the final round of the conference tournament.
Sunday, March 17
Bill could expand grocery store alcohol sales
**WHAT:** The National Hanging Out Show. A Call for Art
**WHERE:** Lawrence Percolator
**WHEN:** Noon to 6 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Artists are asked to contribute their works that focus on laundry hanging out to dry and the people who use them. The works will be part of a collage of vintage and current art on display.
WHAT: Scary Larry Kansas Bike Polo
WHERE: Edgewood Park
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WHEN: 7 p.m.
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Alcohol sales may be expanded, according to a proposed Kansas bill currently being reviewed by a House committee.
"Kansas consumers deserve the choice to decide where to purchase their alcoholic beverages as long as they're 21 or over," said Jody Hanson, Uncork Kansas public relations representative. "We don't feel that that should be dictated by the government. We don't like like
House Bill 2206 would expand grocery and convenience stores' rights to sell alcohol. Currently, grocery and convenience stores are only allowed to sell up to 3.2 percent alcohol beer and wine while retail liquor stores can sell full-streight beer, wine and hard liquor.
- A Bill to Fund the FY14 Line-Item Budget
"I don't just pay my employees who are local people. I also employ local HVAC people, local main-
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The bill to implement the student fee review subcommittees recommendations increased student fees for each student 55 cents per year, equaling $444.55. This was a less than one percent increase in overall fees.
liquor stores really deserve to be protected by the government."
"It's really big business trying to come in and put their foot down," said Brenton Bartz, the general manager at Mass Beverage.
Uncork Kansas, the coalition seeking HB 2206 stresses that preventing grocery and convenience stores from selling alcohol goes against the basic tenets of a free market enterprise.
- A Bill to Fund the FY14 and FY15 Block Allocations
The issue, Bartz says, is a question of big versus local business. While liquor stores like Mass Beverage are locally owned, the grocery and convenience stores that Bartz would be competing with if this bill is approved would be national corporations.
tenance people and local accountants", Bartz said. "I spread money to other local businesses whereas Kroger and Walmart have giant corporations to take care of that."
"Regardless of where a company is based or how big it is, if it operates in Kansas, these companies have to pay all types of taxes to the state -- real estate taxes, payroll taxes, personal property taxes -- and the bigger the company, the
The ability to sell liquor, says Hanson, could help struggling, rural, mom-and-pop grocery and convenience stores keep afloat. A grocery store closing in rural Kansas creates a food desert where people have to drive 15 to 20 miles to get fresh food. Furthermore, Hanson argues, larger corporations create jobs by hiring more local employees.
"They already have the knowledge, infrastructure, training and technology to regulate restricted products so it's not going to be a big jump for them to take on the
Bartz is concerned that an 18-year-old checkout clerk at a convenience store at 2 a.m. will not be as diligent at preventing underage purchase of alcohol as his employees. All Mass Beverage employees must be at least 21 years-old and are specially trained to identify customers.
Regulating restricted products, Hanson said, isn't a new challenge that grocery and convenience stores would have to negotiate, since they already sell 3.2 percent beer, wine coolers, cigarettes, tobacco products and pharmaceuticals.
more these taxes are paid", Hanson said.
beer and the wine because they're already doing it successfully," Hanson said.
SENATE
In order to survive with Walmart and other grocery and convenience stores as competitors, Bartz said that Mass Beverage would have to rework its business model. After a transitional period, the liquor store would adapt into a specialty store, allowed to sell corkscrews, mixers, cups and ice.
While amendments to the bill are currently being reviewed and introduced, if approved by the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, House Bill 2206 could be voted on by the full House next week.
Edited by Elise Reuter
BILLS PASSED:
Senate approves annual fee review
The Student Senate Finance Committee passed 18 bills last night during their meeting.
- A Bill to Fund the International Family Association Magazine at $1,350
- A Bill to Fund United Students Against Sweatshops KU at $230
- A Bill to Implement the Student Fee Review Subcommittees Recommendations ****
- A Bill to Fund Easing the Bird'n 5K at $230
- A Bill to Fund Earth Week by KU Environs at $3,322
- A Bill to Fund This Is What Privilege Looks Like at $580
• A Bill to Fund Graduate Associa
- A Bill to Fund Graduate Association of German Students at $290
- A Bill to Fund the African Student Association Event Sisimuka at $2.038
- A Bill to Fund the Non Traditional Student Organization at $430
- A Bill to Fund the South Asian Student Association Event Jayhawk Jhalak at $1,165
- A Bill to Fund the International Student Association Event International Awareness Week at $1,454
- A Bill to Fund SPIC-MACAY at $1,375
- A Bill to Fund "The Hill" at $230
- A Bill to Fund American Society
- A Bill to Fund the KU Graduate Students for Anthropology at $1,000
- A Bill to Fund "The Hill" at $230
- A Bill to Fund American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at $480
* A Bill to Fund First Nations Student Association at $2,500
- A Bill to Fund American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at $480
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AmeriCorps hosts veggie lunch at ECM
As part of its national week of celebration, the philanthropic group AmerCorps is hosting the weekly veggie luncheon at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries building, 1204 Oread AV3., today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The luncheon is designed to provide attendees with a glimpse of what Douglas County's AmenCorps branch does and how prospective members can get involved.
AmeriCorps, described by
Lori Johns, director of volunteer engagement for United Way of Douglas County, is a "domestic peace corps" that is devoted to ameliorating community welfare across the nation.
This AmerCorps group is focused on the health and wellness of Douglas County residents specifically.
"We have clients around the county that we work with as home coaches to provide them adequate health care," Johns said. "We also work quite a bit with residents who want to lose weight and elderly residents who require more personal care, and we do this through 12 to 13 local health
agencies."
In tandem with the luncheon is a one-day new diaper drive designed for impoverished young families in Lawrence.
The Hy-Vee at 6th Street and Monterey Way will also be accepting donations on Friday from 11 a.m. to p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
to drop off diaper bags at the ECM during the luncheon, at the Dougla County United Way office, at the Heartland Community Health Center or at the Lawrence Community Heal Center.
"There's a real need in a lot of these community shelters and health centers for diapers," Johns said. "We're working with the Lawrence Community Shelter to provide diapers for families who can't afford them."
Johns highlights the immediate need one donated bag of diapers satisfies for homeless and underserved Lawrence families. Those interested in helping are encouraged
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