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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. 2013
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Mostly cloudy. Ten percent chance of rain. Wind at NNE 13 mph.
Mostly sunny. Zero percent chance of precipitation. Wind SW at 12 mph.
Sixty-nine feels so fine.
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Mostly cloudy. Ten percent chance of rain. Wind S at 13 mph.
Friday
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Seventy-five, spring has arrived!
Fifty-one, go on a run.
Wednesday, March 13
CALENDAR
**WHAT:** An Evening with Edwidge Danticat
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
**WHEN:** 7:30 to 9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Danticat is an acclaimed and award-winning author of several non-fiction works. Her visit to campus is part of the Frances and Floyd Horowitz Lecture, which is dedicated to multicultural issues.
WHAT: Student Senate Legislative Committees
Thursday, March 14
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ABOUT: The Finance, University Affairs,
Student Rights and Multicultural
Affairs committees will convene to
discuss newly authored legislation.
For locations and times, visit
studentsate.ku.edu.
**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: Tea at Three
WHAT: Pi Day Celebration
WHERE: Theatre Lawrence
WHEN: 7 p.m.
CAMPUS
WHAT: Pi Day Celebration
ABOUT: The Alfred Packer Memorial String Band hosts this event which combines math, science, pie and nerdy camaraderie. Tickets are $3.14 to $10.
Friday, March 15
**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 kizmer music.
WHAT: TGIF
WHERE: Adams Alumni Center
WHEN: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
ABOUT: University faculty and staff are invited to this monthly event. Enjoy free soft drinks, light hors d'oeuvres and specially priced beer and wine while mingling with campus colleagues.
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.
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Spectators crowd around a sculpture titled "Sophie-Nombikayi" by Mary Sibande on Sept. 27 at the Spencer Museum of Art. As part of the Fart Art Walk, the museum hosted an event to celebrate the exhibitions on display this fall.
Finance Committee to vote on group funding
The Student Senate Finance Committee will vote tomorrow on several bills to fund student organizations and events. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Here are the proposed bills:
- Allocation of $2,138 to the African Student Association for its event, "Sisikuma Afrika," which is a celebration of African culture through dance, poetry, music, drama and cuisine.
- SENATE
- Allocation of $1,754 to fund International Awareness Week, which is organized by the International Student Association. There would be events throughout the week to showcase the different cultures and customs of more than 100 countries represented by students at the University.
- Allocation of $1,000 to fund a series of workshops by Ted Gonder on April 28. According to whitehouse.gov, Gonder is the executive director of Moneythink, a non-profit student movement that works to expand economic opportunity for urban youth. Moneythink
Interactive art experience begins today at Anschutz
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
recruits, trains and places college students as mentors in high school classrooms nationwide to serve as mentors. The workshops would be organized by Nourish International.
- Allocation of $5,632 to "The Hill," a student organization derived from "Style on the Hill," a student-created online blog centered on music and fashion. The organization plans to print and distribute a fashion magazine unrelated to The University Daily Kansan.
LibArt, KU Libraries' student art exhibition program, premieres its ongoing Wall Drawing events, today in Anschutz Library at 11 a.m. The technology behind the wall drawing is simple: students can use the interactive pens to draw directly onto the projection screen on the wall. Users can adjust settings such as color and width of the pen.
- Allocation of $1,000 to the KU Graduate Students for Anthropology to host a free lecture by Ivy Pike, a professor from the University of Arizona, on her biocultural research in Kenya.
- Allocation of $4,092 to fund the 25th annual KU Powow hosted by the First Nations Student Association. The purpose of the event is to promote Native American culture on campus.
- Allocation of $1,750 to SPIC-MACA to fund a performance by Subhen Chatterjee, a Grammy award-winning Indian slide guitar player.
Courtney Foat, LibArt coordinator, said that it is a fairly intuitive system and allows for group work or individual drawing. She also said that it's much simpler than typical design programs such as Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign.
Bored during a break between classes? You can now instantly create artwork on a projector screen in Anschutz Library.
Originally, KU Libraries purchased the projector to exhibit
"It's very user friendly," Foat said. "People can jump in whether or not they're art majors."
— Nikki Wentling
COURTNEY FOAT
LibArt coordinator
student art in the libraries, but Foat said that it wanted a way to let students engage with the art. She said the exhibits are usually static art and this was a way for groups to interact with each other and get more of an experience our
All of the drawings will be saved and students can share them with each other or online. There will be a basic copyright form for students to sig to the projector to sign.
Foat said that as far as they know, this is the only type of interactive projector with the drawing capability on campus right now. Eventually, the libraries want to reach out to faculty to use the
"It's very user friendly. People can jump in whether or not they're art majors."
of the art.
- Edited by Madison Schultz
Luke Englert, a junior from Syracuse, said this program will be a new way to bring students to the library. He said that this could also be used for more than just drawing and even as an interactive white board.
program in a classroom setting.
"You can send the actual image to the students." Englert said. "Usually, whenever people are taking notes they miss something." Englert said. He also said that even if you aren't an artist, it's not as serious because of the medium.
"With this you'll actually have something to do that is engaging and fun while relieving stress at the same time," Englert said.
Students go to the libraries during their breaks between classes and the interactive projector can serve as a way for them to enjoy their down time.
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