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WEDNESDAY
September 22
The Commission on the Status of Women will host a Sextival, focusing on healthy sexuality, safe contraception, and reproductive justice, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wescoe Hall.
The Academic Achievement and Access Center will host a workshop on preparing for mid-term exams from 3 to 4 p.m. in Room 4008 at Wescoe Hall.
THURSDAY September 23
The School of Business will host mock interviews with employers all day in Room 125 at Summerfield Hall.
Student Union Activities will be hosting "Tea at Three" from 3 to 4 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Tea and cookies are free.
SUNDAY
FRIDAY
September 24
September 26
There will be a carillon concert from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at the Memorial Campanile.
The KU School of Music Student Recital Series will feature Zach Bachtert and Justin Davidson on alto sax from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall at Murphy Hall.
Student Union Activities will host Tunes at Noon, featuring Quiet Corral, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Plaza outside of the Kansas Union.
Student Union Activities will show the movie "Sex and the City 2" at 8 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
MONDAY
September 27
Ben Eggleston, professor of philosophy, will lead a "Lunch and Conversation" session on managing grade expectations, which will focus on helping students appreciate the realities of grade distributions in large classes from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Room 135 at Budig Hall.
SATURDAY September 25
Former KU quarterback Todd Reesing will be sign ing copies of his new book in the KU Bookstores at the Kansas Union from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Student Union Activities will be host free Cosmic Bowling from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Jaybowl at the Kansas Union.
TUESDAY September 28
The School of Music will host the KU Symphony Orchestra from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. Tickets cost $7.
Dole fellows Kevin Jackson and Joseph Phillips will host a Black Conservation in America study group at the Dole Institute of Politics from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL
Ex-hostage sued by lover
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BOGOTA, Colombia — The estranged second husband of Ingrid Betancourt has filed court papers seeking half her fortune just as the world's most celebrated ex-hostage launches a memoir about her six years in jungle captivity
The lawyer for Juan Carlos Lecompte told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he filed a motion a day earlier in Bogota family court seeking to freeze all of Betancourt's assets — in Colombia and abroad.
Lawyer Heli Abel Torrado said the assets include an apartment in Paris, a home in Wyoming and royalties from her memoir. The book, titled "Even Silence Has An End," went on sale
internationally Tuesday.
Betancourt's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.
Lecompte said Betancourt, 48, filed for divorce several months after the Colombian government rescued her in July 2008.
Her memoir has already raised the ire of one of her former fellow captives, Clara Rojas, who decried as "infamy" Betancourt's suggestion in it that Rojas asked their leftist rebel captives for permission to get pregnant.
Betancourt, a dual French-Colombian national, was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in February 2002 while campaigning for president.
Betancourt has two grown children from her first marriage
and now divides her time between Paris and New York.
Shealiened many Colombians in July when they learned she had decided to seek more than $6 million in damages from the state. Betancourt later withdrew the petition for damages.
Some prominent Colombians accused her of being reckless by heading into the conflict zone where she was kidnapped. Betancourt contends the government bears responsibility for stripping her of armed protection.
In an interview with the Bogota newspaper El Espectador on Sunday, she called Colombian society "cruel."
Betancourt appears to harbor lingering resentments.
ADMINISTRATION
Law school searches for its future dean
The screening process for a new dean for the School of Law began on Sept. 1 and the application process will continue until the position is filled.
The new dean is scheduled to begin duties on June 30, 2011.
Christopher Drahozal, chair for the dean of law search committee, said the committee performs the initial screening and identifies the best group of candidates.
Beyond that, the decision will rest in the hands of Jeffrey Vitter, the new provost and executive vice chancellor
The position for dean is open because Gail B. Agrawal, the first female dean for the school, left the University of Kansas to become the dean at the University of Iowa College Of Law. Argawal
Stephen W. Mazza, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Law, became the interim dean on July 1, the same day Agrawal started her position at the University of Iowa.
Because of the nature of the search process, Drahozal said there was only so much he can comment on. He said a reasonable amount of candidates have applied, but he could not disclose any of their names.
"I can't comment on candidates, which is I'm sure what most people are interested in,"
served as dean for the school from 2006 until 2010.
Everything regarding the candidates is confidential until 48 hours before an on-campus interview.
At the end of the semester, Drahozaal said he hoped the committee will be finished with their part in the screening process.
Law faculty member Stephen McAllister, who served as dean from 2000 to 2005, said the position of dean required the right kind of person to do it and do it well.
"It is very high energy and demanding," McAllister said. "But can be a lot of fun."
Drahozal said.
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