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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"All dogs go to heaven because, unlike people, dogs are naturally good and loyal and kind."
— Whippet Angel from All Dogs Go to Heaven
FACT OF THE DAY
The bible mentions dogs 14 times.
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National health care reform passes
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The House of Representatives passed a bill for health care reform Sunday night, which will benefit low income Americans.
Long winter creates tomato shortage
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The extended winter weather this year has caused tomatoes to become less available and more expensive to consumers.
Several hundred KU
Several hundred KU students attend summer classes at the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Many undergraduate students at the Lawrence campus take advantage of their upper-level under-graduate course offerings at www.SummerOfYou.org.
What's going on today?
The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Jayhawk Politicos: From KU to Real Politics" noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Adams Alumni Center, 1266 Arecad. Ave.
Soprano Julia Broxholm will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the School of Music's Student Recital Series.
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March 24
- The Army Brass Quintet will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall of Murphy Hall.
Avenue Q, a PG-13 Broadway musical comedy, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center. Tickets are $24 for students and $48 for adults.
THURSDAY
March 25
■ Pianist Jiehe Hong will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall of Murphy Hall.
- University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
FRIDAY March 26
SATURDAY March 27
SUNDAY
The 2009 Russian film, "Taras Buila," will play with English subtitles from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 318 of Bailey Hall.
Student Union Activities will screen "The Princess and the Frog" from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the William Ige Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
March 28
■ University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
Baritone Ryan King and pianist Laura Gibson will perform from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
MONDAY March 29
Percussionist Miguel Rivera-Ramirez will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
Rory Stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights at Harvard University, will present the lecture, "Afghanistan: Rhetoric and Reality" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Students seek to legalize pot
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BY JESSIE BLAKEBOROUGH
Marijuana often evokes images of the dregs of society, clothed in tattered tie-dye, unwashed and unmotivated — everything our parents have warned us about. Recently a small group of students opened a KU chapter for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, to challenge these
stereotypes and the laws that reinforce them.
of our group want these laws to change," Calver said.
NORMAL is a 30-year old organization whose ultimate goal is the decriminalization of cannabis.
"Marijuana is a non-toxic plant that people have used for thousands of years. There are many other uses for cannabis besides getting high. People
President and founder of the KU campus chapter, Thomas Deacon, a freshman from West Lafayette, Ind., fully supports NORML's ultimate goal of legalization.
"People should have the right to decide to use marijuana like they have with alcohol and tobacco."
MEETING TIMES
THOMAS DEACON President of NORML'S KU chapter
should have the right to decide to use marijuan a like they have with alcohol and tobacco," Deacon said.
Reid Calver, a sophomore from Overland Park, and the director of communications for KU's chapter, explained the club hoped to garner support to ultimately change legislation on marijuana.
"The truth is, other legal drugs like alcohol and cigarettes are much more dangerous than marijuana. Here at KU we had several alcohol-related deaths last year alone and while there have been no marijuana-related deaths, law enforcement is more lenient with alcohol violations. The members
**WHAT:** NORMAL meetings
**WHEN:** 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday
**WHERE:** Room 412, Lindley Hall
The group meets every Tuesday to answer questions about cannabis, discuss possible fundraising and watch documentaries that support marijuana usage and law reform.
hosting a concert in the spring to raise awareness and funds, but the main focus of NORMALS agenda is to pass Project SAFER. Project SAFER is a movement on college campuses across the nation to enact rules that make alcohol and marijuana penalties equal in college housing.
"On a local level we would like a referendum at KU to lower marijuana penalties to the same level as alcohol. Right now, the University encourages the use of the deadly drug alcohol over marijuana. We believe that if students would like to use a safer drug in their own time, they can without fear of more punishment," Deacon said.
"If we can pass the Project SAFER referendum at KU, people in Kansas will take notice. The larger amount of supporters we can get can help in influencing actual state legislation to ease cannabis laws," Deacon said.
Deacon is trying to reach out to the student body for their support and involvement.
"You don't have to smoke to support expanding people's rights and safe access to a safer drug. People who want to be involved politically in their community should join. It is a unique issue in the U.S. because both people on the left and the right support its legalization," Deacon said.
Edited by Becky Howlett
The group is working toward
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police say a plot to steal a delivery man's pizza brought out a SWAT team in Alaska.
Man beat for pizza
Police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker said a man trying to deliver a pizza order Sunday night was confronted outside a
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northeast Anchorage home by a man with a gun and a stick. He said three other people attacked the delivery man from behind and grabbed the pizza, but ran away without taking his money.
Police said the suspects then barricaded themselves in a home, prompting authorities to
call in a SWAT team that entered the property.
Fugitive enters bar in hospital gown
PITTSBURGH — A fugitive wanted for bank robbery in Michigan is in custody after
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police say he walked out of a Pittsburgh hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an intravenous needle still his arm.
Authorities say police were called to JR's Bar Friday night after 20-year-old Elbert Lewis Thompson II walked in from Allegheny General Hospital. Thompson was taken into custody a short time later.
Associated Press
CRIME REPORT
Sometime over spring break a bicycle from the bike racks outside Budig Hall was stolen and the bike lock was cut. Losses were valued at $550 and damages were estimated at $25.
Sometime between last Monday and Wednesday the Mississippi Street parking garage was vandalized with graffiti. Damages were estimated at $200.
Kaye McIntyre, Kansas Public Radio producer, and Scott Murphy, KU Associate Professor of Music, pitch for donations during the spring membership fundraising drive at the KPR studios on Monday afternoon. KPR has raised more than $150,000 of its $240,000 goal. Contributions can be made by calling 1-888-577-5268 or at the KPR website at www.kansapublicradio.org.
DJ'ing for donations
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