2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 2006
GET READY FOR THE BEAKEND
BY JEFF BRISCOE
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
KU students have two thoughts this weekend. Valentine's Day and anything but Valentine's Day. The weekend provides several opportunities for a pre-Valentine's Day date to set the mood or an evening out to forget about all the hoopla.
The Turtle Island String Quartet will be performing at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. Students can take the money they are not spending on Valentine's Day chocolates and grab a seat for a mere $11.50. Prices increase for KU staff and general admission tickets, but jazz and folk music rarely get any better than the Turtle Island String Quartet.
Movie theaters will open two new movies this weekend. "Final Destination 3" opens today, and if the promotional tag, "the ride that will be the death of you," doesn't send your date cuddling into your arms, nothing will. At the opposite end of the spectrum, "Pink Panther" premiers as well. Steve Martin stars in the remake of the classic comedy. Both movies show at South Wind 12, 3433 Iowa St.
Girls love guys who can make them laugh, and guys love free dates. Student Union Activities is sponsoring "Stand-Up Stand-
Off," an improv comedy competition, today. The free event starts at 7 p.m. at the Hawks Nest in the Kansas Union. Try impressing your crush with some funnies, but if that special someone doesn't fall head-over-heels for you, don't fret. This qualifying round provides the opportunity to win cash prizes during the final competition in March.
For an early start to the weekend, the English Department is sponsoring a poetry reading this afternoon. Celebrated Irish poet Kevin Higgins will read selected poems and sign copies of his book, "The Boy With No Face." The reading will take place at 2 p.m. at the Jahyawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Finally, if you don't feel like late nights at the bars this weekend, SUA plays host to cosmic bowling in the Kansas Union. The event features music and free bowling from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. both Friday and Saturday night. It could be another good date opportunity or an occasion to hang out with friends without busting your wallet.
So while the basketball game Saturday might give you a reason to procrastinate for a few hours, the weekend provides plenty of other good reasons to avoid studying.
— Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
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Karen Gould, a provost candidate listens to a question from William Scott, professor of English at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics on Thursday evening. Gould is currently the Dean of the McMicker, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of Thursday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
Final provost candidate visits
ADMINISTRATION
1. Plans under way for Collison, Hinrich to face off at Allen Fieldhouse
Discussing what she termed an "innovation of impact," Gould said the University needed to plan more strategically to get more out of a limited budget.
2. Breaking the gender barrier
The 18-member committee will then meet, determine which of the candidates are acceptable and provide the feedback collected from the presentations to Chancellor Robert Hemenway, who will make the final decision.
Gould said that opportunities for student leadership at the University could be expanded and that she valued student input.
3. The object of her affection
at Allen Fieldhouse
and would be collecting feedback through today.
"You notice some similarities," Scott said. "They know what to say. It's very much like Supreme Court confirmation, although nobody broke into tears as far as I know."
William Scott, professor of English, has attended either the public presentation or question and answer session of each candidate.
vide a specific time frame.
"We're going to meet as a search committee as quickly as we can," Aube said, though he didn't pro-
BY ME LINDA RICKETTS
mrickets@kansan.com
KANSAN STA WRIER
She said that although the University of Kansas had strong international programs, they could be further promoted. She said she'd like to increase the number of students with international internships and the number of minority students who study abroad. According to a survey by the American Association of Universities, only 1 percent of minority students nationwide study abroad.
"I think that it's important because it helps develop trust from the students' point of view that the provost is listening and learning as they lead," she said.
Gould is currently the dean of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
The final provost candidate has spoken.
Jeff Aube, chairman of the provost search committee, said the committee had received a lot of feedback about the candidates
Karen Gould focused on global engagement and univeristy-wide collaboration during a public address Thursday at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
5. Anti-abortion amendment goes to review
Gould, Virginia Sapiro, Jack Burns and Richard Lariviere are the four candidates to replace Provost David Shulenburger when he retires this summer and assumes a leadership position with the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
4. Teaching assistant dies
PEOPLE
Oprah Winfrey signs deal for radio talk show
in September, Winfrey and XM announced Thursday.
The new channel, "Oprah & Friends," will air programming on fitness, health and self-improvement topics with personalities that appear on Winfrey's TV program, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," as well as in O, The Oprah Magazine. It will
also feature a weekly radio show with Winfrey and Gayle King, a frequent guest on her TV show.
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has signed a three-year, $55 million deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to launch a new radio channel beginning
The $55 million deal is a far cry from the five-year, cash-and-stock deal that rival satellite radio-broadcaster Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. has with morning shock jock Howard
Stern. Originally worth $500 million when it was signed in 2004, Stern's deal is now worth $600 million due to appreciation of Sirius' stock price. XM also has signed other big programming contracts, including an 11-year, $650 million deal for Major League Baseball.
The Associated Press
"Quote of the Day"
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."
Fact of the day
In the 120 episodes of "Legends of the Hidden Temple," a game show that aired on Nickelodeon from 193 to 1995, only 32 episodes featured teams successfully making it out of the temple with the artifact, thereby winning the grand prize.
Mark Twain
Source: www.wikipedia.org
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