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Musician promotes culture and a cause with jazz guitar
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN roommen@kansan.com
With the sweet, subtle tone of his guitar, Ricardo Vogt, guitarist for the Esperanza Spalding Jazz Ensemble, plays to promote Brazilian culture this week on campus. Vogt is visiting the University to play in classrooms, dorms and other public venues, advancing education and appreciation for Brazilian sound. He performed Thursday night at a jazz guitar workshop in Ellsworth Hall.
As part of his on-campus tour, Vogt will be promoting the group KU 2Bros, a group of students dedicated to raising funds for the Two Brothers organization. Two Brothers is an international nonprofit organization that offers educational opportunities for young people in Brazil.
In Rocinha. Sneed said, more than 120,000 are living in an area of land that measures 1/2 mile by 1 mile — about the size of the University's
Paul Sneed, a professor of Portuguese, said the people who receive the benefits of the Two Brothers group are living in a slum by Rio de Janeiro called Rocinha.
main campus.
"It is important because it's helping children," Clarice Amorim, a Brazilian graduate student and president of KU 2Bros, said. "Plus,
"It's a vibrant culture that has a lot to offer."
"There's an incredible wealth of popular culture and the human experience there," Sneed said. "It's a vibrant culture that has a lot to offer."
PAUL SNEED
Professor of Portuguese
Sneed, one of the founders of the Two Brothers organization, said that lately non-profits have had an increasingly important role in offering education opportunities that the government doesn't have the funds to provide. He said this weekend's programming was not just meant to raise awareness and funds for the Two Brothers organization, but also to promote and advance the strong Brazilian culture.
people get the good chance to listen to really good, high-class Brazilian music, while at the same time helping people."
Vogt specializes in a type of Brazilian jazz known as Bossa
Nova, which will be featured in all of his performances tonight. "He's an incredibly talented and successful young musician that can bring the element of Brazilian culture to KU." Sneed said.
Vogt's visit will be concluded by a concert today at 3:30 in Murphy Hall, as well as a live party and concert at Cielito Lindo tonight.
Edited by Megan Heacock
Ricardo Vogt, right, provides guitar while partner Leala Cyr provides lyrics to a Brazilian jazz tune in a style known as Bossa Nova in Ellsworth Hall Thursday evening. Voigt is playing music on campus through the weekend to help promote the on-campus group 2Bros, which raises funds for the education of young people in Brazil.
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INTERNATIONAL
Brown falls flat in political debate
U.S.-style debates help shape politics and a close election
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIRMINGHAM, England — Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown scrapped for his political future in the country's final TV election debate on the economy — the most combative showdown yet where he traded gibes with rivals a day after an embarrassing campaign gaffe.
He tried to smooth over the gaffe at the start of the debate Thursday. After forgetting to remove a microphone on a campaign stop Wednesday, Brown was heard calling a retired Labour
voter a "bigoted woman" after she questioned him on immigration.
in good times and in bad."
The first U.S.-styled debates have spurred an unexpected transformation in Britain's politics and shaped the election, one of the closest in decades.
Thursday's debate offered Brown a chance to shine — the 59-year-old former Treasury chief is most com-
Months ago, the Conservatives' David Cameron was favored as the clear winner but he was surprisingly eclipsed after the first debate when Nick Clegg, leader
wins the vote, it seems inevitable the country will feel the harshest cuts to public services since World War II. Taxes, meanwhile, are sure to rise and recovery measures could be stalled with a hung Parliament.
"It's the ultimate Shakespearean tragedy for Gordon Brown."
FRANK LUNTZ American political consultant
of the perennially third-placed Liberal Democrats, stole the show with his affable yet confident persona. After Thursday's showdown, it seemed more likely no party would win a clear parliamentary majority with Clegg becoming a
"There is a lot to this job, and...I don't get all of it right. But I do know how to run the economy."
"There is a lot to this job, and as you saw yesterday I don't get all of it right," Brown said. "But I do know how to run the economy —
fortable talking about numbers. But his delivery fell flat. He looked tired from what some columnists have dubbed "Duffygate," referring to 66-year-old retiree Gillan Duffy.
GORDON BROWN Britain's Prime Minister
Cameron, the 43-year old who studied economics and won an endorsement from The Economist, appeared to come out on top in Thursday's de-
sought-after partner in a possible coalition
Analysts, meanwhile, all but started drafting Brown's political obituary.
"It's the ultimate Shakespearean
Britain faces mammoth economic troubles with the one of the largest deficits in Europe — a 152.8 billion pound ($235.9 billion) sum racked up during the global financial crisis. Whoever
tragedy for Gordon Brown," said Frank Luntz, an American political consultant who has advised the Republicans.
bates but analysts said polls in the coming days would give a clearer picture once voters digested coverage of the debates.
"I think Cameron came across as very strong," said Helen Coombs, deputy head of political research at the polling company Ipsos MORI.
"I thought Clegg's message was strong but I'm not sure he beat Cameron. I don't think Brown managed to turn himself around. He kept harping on about his achievements but this doesn't resonate with voters."
All three main parties have been reluctant to say what they plan to cut — answers that could lose votes. The final debate did little to explain details of economic recovery plans, but the showdown showed Brown and Cameron repeatedly trading blows over other's policies on tax, and potential cuts to welfare.
Commission says the 39-year-old Wilkes-Barre resident was found guilty Thursday and was ordered to pay $6,800 in fines and restitution, plus court costs.
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The man also faces the loss of hunting privileges for three years
Game Commission officials say the hunter admitted using bait to help him attract and kill the 707-pound bear. They say he first
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania hunter has been found guilty of using pastries to illegally bait the largest bear killed in the state during the 2009 season.
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People blow bubbles to try to beat record
MARGATE, N.J. — People all over the world Thursday tried to break into the Guinness World Records book for the most people simultaneously blowing bubbles at multiple locations.
But the publicity will help raise money for autism.
It will be several weeks before organizers know if they surpassed the 34,529 who set the record across England in 2007.
Participants signed up as far away as Australia once the event went viral on Facebook.
Associated Press
The idea started in Ventnor, N.J. Isabelle Mosca said blowing bubbles was a way for her 11-year-old
autistic son Kyle to share an activity with his classmates.
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